Lava QPAD R704 Voice Calling Tablet Unveiled in India at Rs 8,499: Top 10 Rivals to Consider

| Updated: Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 15:04 [IST]

While the smartphone market grows and evolves with time, the tablet business sees a constant flow of of devices, but none making it as big as Apple with its iPads all across the world. But there are budget-oriented players in the Indian market that are constantly looking at offering tablets for all.

Fresh out of the oven is the new Lava QPAD R704 that aims at the budget minded users out there. And while the tablet demand has shown signs of fading of late, it hasn't stopped Lava from selling new tablets in the country. Lava on Tuesday launched the new tablet device.

The Lava QPAD R704 is aimed at young working professionals, students in professional courses and enterprise segment. The Android-based tablet will be available nationwide at a price of Rs. 8,499.

Under the hood, the tablet has a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, clocked at 1.2GHz. The tablet offers 1GB of RAM and 8GB of ROM. In terms of memory expansion, the tablet does support a microSD card slot. Camera wise there is a 2MP rear camera and the front snapper is a 0.3MP unit.

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean will be onboard the device out of the box, as expected. The product will be made available in two colors. The QPAD R704 has a 7-inch IPS display with a resolution of 600 x 1024 pixels. The screen resolution isn't sharp enough on the basis of listed specifications.

The tablet also comes with with High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) which provides improved video quality support for higher resolution videos and Snapdragon Audio for rich 3D surround sound and excellent audio performance.

The budget tablet sports a 3,500 mAh battery which delivers up to 300 hours of standby time and 10 hours talk time. Notably, the Qualcomm Quick Charge technology further allows 30% faster charging on the device.

But while the new release comes with a lot of expectations from the company, it isn't the only one in its class. Here's a look at the top 10 rivals it should be considering in th long run.

Dell Venue 8

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Key Features
8.0 Inch, 800x1280 px display, IPS LCD
Android v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Dual core 2000 MHz processor
5 MP Primary Camera, 2 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
2 GB RAM
4100 mAh, Li-Ion battery

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 T211

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Key Features
7 Inch, 600x1024 px display, TFT
Android v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Dual core 1200 MHz processor
3 MP Primary Camera, 1.3 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, DLNA
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 64 GB
1 GB RAM
4000 mAh, Li-Ion battery

Asus Fonepad 7:

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Key Features
7.0 Inch, 800x1280 px display, IPS LCD
Android v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Dual core 1200 MHz processor
5 MP Primary Camera, 1.2 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 64 GB
1 GB RAM
3950 mAh, Li-Polymer battery

Samsung Galaxy Tab4 7.0 3G T231:

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Key Features
7.0 Inch, 800x1280 px display, TFT
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Quad core 1200 MHz processor
3.2 MP Primary Camera, 1.3 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 64 GB
1.5 GB RAM

Lenovo A7-30

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Key Features
7.0 Inch, 600x1024 px display, LCD
Android v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Quad core 1300 MHz processor
2 MP Primary Camera, 0.3 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
1 GB RAM
3500 mAh, Li-Polymer battery

Asus Fonepad 7 FE170CG

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Key Features
7.0 Inch, 600x1024 px display, LCD
Android v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Dual core 1200 MHz processor
2 MP Primary Camera, 0.3 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, WiFi
4 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 64 GB
1 GB RAM
3950 mAh, Li-Polymer battery

HP Slate 7 VoiceTab

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Key Features
7.0 Inch, 800x1280 px display, IPS LCD
Android v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Quad core 1200 MHz processor
5 MP Primary Camera, 2 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
1 GB RAM

Lenovo A7-50

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Key Features
7.0 Inch, 800x1280 px display, IPS LCD
Android v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Quad core 1300 MHz processor
5 MP Primary Camera, 2 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
1 GB RAM
3450 mAh, Li-Polymer batter

Micromax Canvas Tab P650

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Key Features
8 Inch, 768x1024 px display, IPS LCD
Android v4.2.1 (Jelly Bean)
Quad core 1200 MHz processor
5 MP Primary Camera, 2 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
1 GB RAM
4800 mAh, Li-Ion battery

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite 7.0

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Key Features
7.0 Inch, 600x1024 px display, TFT
Android v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Dual core 1200 MHz processor
2 MP Primary Camera
3G, WiFi
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
1 GB RAM
3600 mAh, Li-Ion battery