AT&T is preparing to launch its own tablet, the Trek HD, on May 12. It's the companies first self-branded tablet, running Android 5.0 Lollipop.
This tablet is quite surprising, as the Trek HD came out of nowhere. There hasn't been a peep or even a rumor of its arrival beforehand. Either way, the AT&T Trek HD will be available to purchase online come May 12, and stores nationwide on May 15.
While certainly not the most impressive tablet you'll ever see, it is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, clocked at 1.6GHz. It features a 4060mAh battery, 16GB of internal storage, and a expandable memory option of up to 32GB, which isn't a very attractive amount for the power user. It has a 5-megapixel shooter strapped to the back, and a 2-megapixel solution on the front.
AT&T is very excited to offer the device for $49.99 on a new two-year contract. Another option is to get the device on an installment plan for an additional $10 per month. AT&T knew you'd be excited to sign-up for a new contract on a device boasting 2013 specs. In that case, you mine as well get an older tablet that probably is a lot better in terms of quality for the same price–$10 per month and available on AT&T.
Update: the device has 1GB of RAM and can be purchased outright for $199.99.
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source: AT&T
How much RAM? I’m going to guess 1, but maybe 2 because how high clocked the 400 is. It’s usually @ 1.2ghx not 1.6ghz.
They didn’t say in the announcement – we’ll find out tomorrow when they launch it. They didn’t mention anything about the outright price either.
It’s out now, and I just checked. Has only 1GB of RAM, and can be purchased outright for $199.99.