Micromax Funbook P280 tablet launched at Rs 4,650

[ashish1]

NEW DELHI: Micromax has launched its new Android tablet, the Funbook P280 at Rs 4,650.

The Funbook P280 comes with a detachable keyboard and a leather case.

The tablet sports a 7-inch 5-point capacitive multi-touch screen that features a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. Powered by a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor (All Winner A13), the tablet comes with 512MB RAM and 4GB internal storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD card.

The Funbook P280 runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and comes preloaded with apps like Spuul, Opera Mini, Kingsoft Office, and M!Live. It sports a 0.3MP rear camera capable of shooting video.

The tablet is backed by a 2,400mAh battery and the company claims a standby time of 250 hours. In terms of connectivity, the tablet supports WiFi and 3G connectivity via USB dongle. It does not support voice calling.

Micromax Funbook P280 tablet launched at Rs 4,650 - The Times of India

 

[Tangent]

...when will these be made in India...not assembled in India...All smartphones are chjxed in India...and teh ust a sticker is fiinese made and packing...
Why no Indian company is thinking to make one.....

 

[vicky sen]

Why no Indian company is thinking to make one.....

Micromax is an Indian company!!!

No voice calling and 0.3 MP camera makes it a bit dull, But considering the price, its probably a good deal!!

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Is this another Chinese rehash?

 

[indoPunjabi]

Made in China tablet with Indian company sticker.

 

[Tangent]

Micromax is an Indian company!!!

.....It is as much Indian as much as Raul is competent...both are only a 'sticker' deep....

 

[Koovie]

...when will these be made in India...not assembled in India...All smartphones are chjxed in India...and teh ust a sticker is fiinese made and packing...
Why no Indian company is thinking to make one.....

When we start working on our manufacturing capabilities, infrastructure etc etc etc...

Any foreign company can tell you how hard it is to make investments here.

 

[Bobby]

So you are saying Apple can not own iphone as it is manufactured in China?

 

[kbd-raaf]

So you are saying Apple can not own iphone as it is manufactured in China?

Apple iPhone are designed in California. Micromax phones are generic phones made in China that are just rebadged with the Micromax logo.

 

[Daedalus]

Apple iPhone are designed in California. Micromax phones are generic phones made in China that are just rebadged with the Micromax logo.

That's what the company used to do in its initial days, now they have moved on to in house designing.
This is from a 2011 article

Indian R&D push
Micromax, the largest Indian-owned brand by sales, which has invested more than $10 million in R&D, is stepping up funding to form a separate division for in-house research to a create a smartphone range "rivalling Nokia and Samsung's", an executive said.

"We are working towards manufacturing feature-rich smartphones. One such effort is a gesture control engine on our Superfone device," said Micromax's co-founder Rahul Sharma. This technology enables a user to operate a Superfone simply by hand gestures.

Micromax, Spice, Lava, Zen, Karbonn, Maxx, Olive to design & make their own smartphones - Economic Times

The company employs 40 people in its R&D centre in Gurgaon.

 

[kbd-raaf]

That's what the company used to do in its initial days, now they have moved on to in house designing.
This is from a 2011 article


Micromax, Spice, Lava, Zen, Karbonn, Maxx, Olive to design & make their own smartphones - Economic Times

The company employs 40 people in its R&D centre in Gurgaon.

Well that's heartening, but 40 people does not a R&D division make.

 

[Daedalus]

Well that's heartening, but 40 people does not a R&D division make.

Enough for a company of this size. They were also going to set up another division in Beijing, don't know what happened about that.

 

[Tangent]

Dear U have to understand the way the deptts and institutes are named in India. e.g all the hospitals you will see has 'Research center' in it's name...It has to do more to the TAX slab than to any research .
The R& D at micromax is more like the development of cover, flip or slotted ...Actually they too are imported from china..