The Trek HD tablet will be available from the company starting on May 12 for as low as $49.99 with a two-year mobile contract. Buyers can also choose pay a total sum of $200 over 20 months.
AT&T already offers a host of tablets from companies like Apple, Samsung, LG, Asus and others. The Trek HD would be its cheapest model outside of refurbished LG G Pad 7.0, refurbished Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 and new Asus MemoPad 7 tablets, which are offered for free as part of its mobile contract plans.
The Trek HD, which has an 8-inch screen and Android 5.0, code-named Lollipop, will ship on Tuesday. The tablet offers eight hours of battery life.
AT&T considers it to be an entry-level tablet. The device runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, which also has an integrated LTE modem. Other features include 16GB of storage, a micro-SD slot, a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front camera.
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