HP Slate 6: 6-inch Voice Calling Phablet Codenamed 6001RA VoiceTab Coming to India?

By Anuj

| Published: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 19:38 [IST]

American PC giant HP may not be having a good time, as far as far as slow adoption of Windows-powered notebooks in the western market. At the same time, HP had been pushing the usage of Android-ready tablets in its native and select markets for quite some time.

To make sure consumers get an unparalleled experience across different platform, HP might come up with a 6-inch tablet, codenamed "HP SLATE 6 " in the near future. In late last month, The Information reported that HP would be announcing affordable 6 and 7-inch slates for the emerging markets like India and China.

Also, there is a possibility to see the newer devices to be priced under $250 or Rs. 14,000 in select markets. The latest buzz claims that HP's upcoming 6-inch phablet has been spotted on Bluetooth SIG, dubbed HP Slate 6 Voice Tab. Amusingly, the HP Slate 6 is a "Voice Tab". It may sound pompous; however, the upcoming tablet/phablet will have voice calling facility.

HP Slate 6: 6-inch Voice Calling Phablet Coming to India ?

Subsequently, GizBot also spotted the said device with a model number (HP Slate 6 6001RA VoiceTab) on Zauba, a website that basically tracks imports and exports to and from India; it indicated HP has already started to import the device into India.

Based on the shipment data, HP had imported an estimated 700 units of Slate 600 VoiceTab on January 2, 2014. Also, the device may come in 8GB / 16GB internal capacities, and will be powered by Android OS.

Moreover, according to shipping details, the value of each unit is listed as Rs. 14,705. Going the details, the 6-inch voice tab could be priced under Rs. 17,000 in retail market. Therefore it is safe to say that the HP Slate 6 Voicetab is scheduled to launch India in the second week of January; however, we haven't got any confirmation on the same.

Last year, the said device spotted at GFXBench with hardware details. Then, the tab was being tested with a 720p HD resolution display, Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and a quad-core 1GHz Marvell processor. Watch this space for more action!

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