Vodacom Unveils Low-Cost Smart Tablet Aimed At South Africans

     South African Telecom giant, Vodacom has launched a new 3G tablet mobile device designed specifically for the South African market. "The Vodacom Smart Tab 3G, the 7-inch tablet will run on the Android 4.4 KitKat operating system.

The Smart Tab 3G weighs in at just 275g and features a 7-inch 960×540 TFT capacitive touch screen display.

    Additionally the device features a 2 megapixel rear-facing camera for pictures and video, a 0.3 megapixel front- facing camera for video calls and selfies, 4GB of memory which is expandable up to 32GB via micro-SD card, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Zulu language support.

During the unveiling of the device, Vodacom’s Chief Commercial Officer, Phil Patel said: 

   “Just over a year ago we stepped back and looked at the devices currently in the market in South Africa and realised there was a massive gap.

The smartphones and tablets on offer were either prohibitively expensive or cheap and had lower level specs. We sketched out what we thought the ideal specifications were for South Africa, and using the purchasing power of Vodafone’s global device team, we were able to have the device manufactured at a price point that works out at R2 per day.”