RDP Launched India's Cheapest Laptop 'Thinbook' at Rs. 9,999

RDP, an IT hardware and mobile manufacturing firm launched its RDP Thinbook ultra slim laptop on Wednesday priced at just Rs. 9,999. The device is claimed to be the cheapest and affordable laptop in its price segment.

The company says that the Thinbook, which is developed under the strategic association with Intel and Microsoft, basically aims to fulfill the needs and requirements of an entry level consumer looking for an affordable yet latest device.

The device is powered by Intel Atom x5-Z8300 SocC (4 cores, 4 threads, 1.44GHz base clock, 1.84GHz Turbo clock, 2MB Cache) coupled with 2GB of RAM. It comes with 32GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 128GB using a microSD card. The laptop is packed with a 14.1-inch HD display of resolution 1366X768 pixels and a 10000mAh Li-Polymer battery which is capable of delivering up to 8.5 hours of backup.

K.T. Rama Rao, Information Technology Minister of Telangana, who launched the 1.4 kg weighing device assured full support to the company’s plan to manufacture the following device in Telangana in three to four quarters.

Priyadarshi Mohapatra, Country General Manager, Consumer Channel Group, Microsoft India and Anand Ramamoorthy, Director- Consumption Sales, Intel South Asia were also present at the launching event to honor the efforts of the company.

Vikram Redlapalli, founder and managing director, RDP Workstations Pvt. Ltd. said, “The company has planned to sell 30,000 to 40,000 devices during the current year. Despite the low cost, features of the RDP has not been compromised. It can be used for education and for all basic and above basic applications.”

RDP has plans to come with more powerful variants of the model, which were designed in Hyderabad but manufactured in Taiwan.

Integrated in 2012, the firm started manufacturing low-cost computing devices named Thinkline which were server based computing systems instead of traditional personal computers. After that company started to manufacture mini PCs, catering to corporate, small and medium businesses.

Vikram later added, “This is our first product in consumer space. We see a huge potential in affordable computing devices.”

The company also gave a glance of its other affordable products like 10.1-inch Thinbook 2-in-1 Laptops, 8-inch Gravity Tablets, the PlugPc, the ThinBook Convertible, and all of them are powered by Microsoft and Intel processors.

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