The Vodafone Smart Tab units have been relatively popular among people who wanted to pay zero dollars for a slate on contract and get some midrange or low end features. Now a new generation of slates from the carrier is being prepared and the name is Vodafone Smart Tab III.

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The device have just been leaked in the shot below, that shows the Smart Tab III 7 and Tab III 10. The third gen slates have appeared in Bluetooth tests published online and we’re dealing with 7 and 10 inch models with Android 4.2. The manufacturer here is Lenovo, according to some documents. The products are expected to support 1280 x 800 pixels resolutions on IPS panels and arrive with SIM card slots, WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0.

The CPUs inside will be MediaTeks clocked at 1 GHz, but the core number is unknown. Storage versions are also unknown, but 8 or 16 GB are probably. I also expect 1 GB of RAM inside and a lot of bloatware, as usual. Will you buy such a model or go with a lesser known brand?