Acer C720 Chromebook which was announced last week is available at select stores in India today. The Chromebook will be available in India exclusively at Chroma and Reliance Digital outlets. On the online front, the Chromebook is available at Flipkart.
The Acer C720 Chromebook comes with Google’s Chrome OS and features a 11.6 inch Acer ComfyView LED Backlit TFT LCD Display of 1366 x 768 resolution. There’s a dual-core 1.4 GHz Intel Celeron (4th Generation) processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 16 GB SSD storage. Thanks to the new Haswell processors the battery life is dramatic increase considering the poor battery lives of last generation Chromebooks, the Acer C720 gives up to 8.5 hours battery life.
“The Acer C720 is a significant step forward for our highly-acclaimed Acer Chromebook line, as it delivers speedy performance, quick boot times, a matte anti-glare display and a slimmer design that is portable enough for anywhere use,” said Mr. S. Rajendran, CMO, Acer India. “These key advances allow families and students to continue collaborating, learning and playing in exciting ways, all while staying secure since Chrome OS includes multiple layers of protection from online threats.”
“Chromebooks are designed to make computing faster, simpler and more secure for everyone, and we’re delighted that we can now bring this experience to India. Chromebooks have become the go-to laptop for many people around the world and if you love using Chrome on your PC, you’ll get going on a Chromebook in seconds”, said Mr. Caesar Sengupta, Vice President, Product Management, Chrome OS.
You can get the Acer C720 Chromebook with 16 GB SSD at Rs. 22,999, you also get couple of year’s warranty with the Chromebook. There are also some cool bundled plans by Airtel and Tikona you get with the Chromebook.