Micromax Canvas Tab P650, a 3G tablet, will be priced at 16,500. The new tablet is aimed at strengthening Micromax presence in the Indian tablet market which is dominated by Samsung with 19 percent market share.

Market research agency IDC has recently shared the market share list of top tablet makers in India in the second quarter of 2013. Samsung leads the tablet market share with 19 percent share in India. Micromax market share in the second quarter was 8.5 percent. Karbonn is in the third position with 7.8 percent share in the Indian tablet space. ( Tablet market share in Q2, Samsung, Micromax, Karbonn lead )

The 3G tablet offers around 5 hours of browsing time, Micromax said on Wednesday.

Micromax, the #1 Indian smartphone player in the country, has tried to bring a slew of latest software and hardware features that offer seamless and enhanced user experience.

“The Canvas Tab will strengthen our leadership in the tablet PC market complemented with a 360 degree go to market strategy to reach out to the consumers,” said Rahul Sharma, co-founder, Micromax.

The 8-inch tablet with IPS full touch display is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad core processor.

4800 mAh battery is good enough for tablet users who want to connect seamlessly.

This is the first tab in the Canvas series runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean) upgradable via FOTA.

Micromax Canvas Tab P650 features the video player where one can watch a video and at the same time preview another video with ease (multiple video view), pause the video when you are not looking at the screen (look away pause), or use the option of video pinning to continue surfing on the tab while the video continues to run, the tablet promises superior application performance.

Micromax offers M! Security feature offering security solutions including Back-Up, Anti-Theft Tracker, Anti-Virus.

The latest tablet has 16GB internal memory which is expandable up to 32GB.

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