Acer launched the Acer C720 Chromebook in India back in October for Rs. 22,999. Now the C720 is available for Rs.15,999 on Snapdeal as a part of Google’s Great Online Shopping Festival. It comes with 1TB Google Drive space for two years worth up to Rs.14,800, extra Rs. 500 buyback offer in exchange for old laptops and free a Skullcandy headphone worth Rs. 2,999. It is powered by Intel Haswell-based Celeron 2955U processor and promises 8.5 hours of battery life.
It has a sleek design measuring a thickness of just 1.9cm, comes with a 11.6-inch (1366 x 768 pixels) anti-glare display that ensures the viewers see what they are meant to see on the display and not just reflections and weighs 1.25Kg It comes with 2GB DDR3 RAM and 16GB of storage and a SD card slot. It has HD camera for video chatting. The connectivity features include, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, HDMI port, USB 2.0 port and USB 3.0 port.
Commenting on the launch, Nitin Bawankule, Industry Director eCommerce, Google India said,
We are delighted to have Acer join the Great Online shopping festival with a great offer on Acer C720 Chromebook. We hope the buyers in India will find great value on this offer.
S. Rajendran, Chief Marketing Officer, Acer India said:
Acer Chromebooks are No 1 in the United States and faring extremely well all over the world. Acer C720 is the most powerful Chromebook allowing its users to stay connected for longer hours with optimised internet usage and instant access to more than 3,000 applications. We are extremely happy to bring this powerful product to the Indian consumer through our strategic partnership with Snapdeal.com.
Anand Ramamoorthy, Director Consumption Sales, Intel South Asia, said:
Intel has a long history of developing compelling products for client computing while enabling new and innovating operating systems. We would like to congratulate Acer on the launch of their Intel Processor powered Chromebook. The launch of the Intel processor based Chromebook demonstrates our ongoing work to ensure Intel architecture is the platform of choice for customers and we continue to provide a spectrum of experiences to the end-user.
Tony Navin, Senior Vice President, Snapdeal.com said:
This product promises to offer great value for consumers and is the perfect fit for Snapdeal customers looking for innovative products at lucrative price points. We’re very excited to launch the Acer C720 Chromebook on Snapdeal.com and are positive of a tremendous response from our customers.