Windows-powered Dialog WinPad breaks price barrier at Rs. 25,990

From left: Dialog Axiata Head of Business – Mobile Telecommunications Asanga Priyadarshana, Dialog Axiata Group Chief Marketing Officer Amali Nanayakkara, Intel Country Business Manager Indika De Zoysa, Dialog Enterprise Group Chief Officer Jeremy Huxtable, Dialog Axiata Group Chief Executive Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, Microsoft Asia Pacific General Manager, Southeast Asia New Markets Michelle Simmons and Microsoft Sri Lanka and Maldives Country Manager Brian Kealey at the launch of the Dialog Winpad

Dialog has announced the launch of its latest device – the Dialog Winpad – a Windows 10 and Intel powered Tablet with a detachable keyboard. Powered by Microsoft Windows 10 OS and an Intel baytrail Quad Core processor, the Dialog Winpad is where the tab meets the laptop to present users the ultimate in convenience and connectivity wherever they go. 

With a 10.1 inch screen, the Winpad is powered by 3G and WiFi connectivity via Sri Lanka’s fastest network, Dialog, and boasts a built-in Microsoft Office Suite. What makes the Dialog Winpad the ultimate in connectivity for work and play is its detachable keypad. The Dialog Winpad – a tablet and laptop all in one – is the ultimate innovation in mobile connected lifestyles for students, executives, gamers and mobile workers.

“We are excited to partner with Dialog to introduce the Windows 10 enabled Dialog WinPad to the Sri Lankan market. The Dialog WinPad will bring an unmatched 2-in-1 Windows experience with its affordable price point for local users seeking portability and flexibility with their device of choice,” said Microsoft Asia Pacific General Manager, Southeast Asia New Markets Michelle Simmons.

“Windows 10 brings exciting new features and is supported across a wide range of device form factors – from the ultraportable notebooks to powerful mobile workstations. This offers more choices for consumers and enterprises, as well as new opportunities for our device partners,” she added. 

The Dialog Winpad is priced at just Rs. 25,990 and is also available via Dialog ‘Lesi Pay’ (easy payment) at just Rs. 2,279 a month subject to a down payment of Rs. 3,400. 

“The Dialog Winpad has been designed to present consumers with a dynamic and adaptable user experience. We were also intent on bringing this top of the range device to market at a price point which would be affordable to a broad segment of Sri Lankan consumers. The Dialog Winpad, with its unique design and inbuilt Windows 10 suite will extend to its users, multiple functionalities including high-speed internet surfing, business computing and a host of educational as well as leisure applications. We are privileged to have been partnered by Microsoft and Intel in this endeavour,” said Dialog Axiata PLC Group Chief Operating Officer Azwan Khan. 

Intel EM Ltd. Sri Lanka Liaison Office Country Business Manager Indika De Zoysa added: “The Dialog Winpad is an exciting new product that showcases the amazing 2 in 1 personal computing experience that Intel’s innovative technologies, together with Microsoft and Dialog, bring to consumers in Sri Lanka. We continue to look forward to future collaborations to launch even more exciting devices to market.”

The Dialog Winpad is available at all Dialog Customer Care Centres island wide, and comes with 1GB of free data for a period of three months. Customers could obtain more information on the Dialog Winpad by simply calling 1777 on their Dialog mobile.