Those in Canada who have been eyeing a new affordable Samsung tablet are in luck as local carrier Virgin Mobile has launched an exciting new plan for the Galaxy Tab E 9.6.
On Wednesday, May 25, Canadian network operator Virgin Mobile introduced the budget-oriented Galaxy Tab E 9.6 tablet as part of an installment plan.
Thanks to the offer reported by Mobile Syrup, consumers in Canada who subscribe to the network operator can purchase the Samsung tablet from either Virgin Mobile's online or physical store for as little as $13.75 each month for 24 months. Alternately, subscribers of Virgin Mobile can purchase the tablet outright for $329. These prices are in Canadian dollars and not USD.
Currently, Virgin Mobile offers two tablets to its subscribers: the Samsung Galaxy Tab E 9.6 and the ZTE Grand X View, which costs $239 outright.
The installment plan option, which subsidizes the price of the tablet as one does need to shell the money out altogether, is something consumers have been requesting from Virgin Mobile for a while now.
Those who opt for the installment plan for the Galaxy Tab E 9.6 will be required to pay taxes on the device's full price. However, Virgin Mobile is not charging any upfront cost for the Samsung tablet.
Subscribers, however, will need to shell out some dough for the flexible data plans the carrier offers, which start at $5 (for 10 MB) and can go up to $40 (for 5 GB). Customers who use more than 5 GB need to pay an extra $10 per GB. This cost is in addition to the installment charges for the Galaxy Tab E 9.6 tablet.
To check out the details of the tablet's plan you can head to Virgin Mobile Canada's website.
To refresh your memory, the Galaxy Tab E 9.6, as the name suggests, boasts a 9.6-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen display. Under the hood, it houses a quad-core processor clocked at 1.3 GHz and 1.5 GB of RAM. The tablet boasts 8 GB of onboard storage that may be expanded to 128 GB via micro SD card storage.
The tablet also has a 2-megapixel selfie camera and a 5-megapixel primary snapper. The Android-powered tablet houses a 5,000 mAh battery that offers support for up to 8 hours of usage.
