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Along with a number of smartphones, the tablet market has also seen some addition in October with a variety of tablets from Microsoft, Apple and Nokia have been introduced and released in the this month.

While few tech firms tried to squeeze the side bezels keeping the screen size same, some revealed their first ever tablets.

The List of tablets revealed in October and their specifications have been listed below:  (Courtesy GSM Arena and Microsoft)

Nokia Lumia 2520

Display: 10.1in IPS LCD Full HD screen with 218ppi pixel density.

Memory: Comes with 32GB of in-built storage and supports another 32GBof microSD card. The tablet features a 2GB RAM.

Processor and OS: Lumia 2520 is powered by 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor and runs on Microsoft Windows RT OS.

Camera: 6.7 megapixel rear and 2 megapixel front camera.

Battery: 8000mAh non-removable battery.

Apple iPad Mini

Display: 7.9in IPS LCD screen with 1536 x 2048 pixel resolution and 324ppi pixel density.

Memory: Comes in 16/32/64/128GB in-built storage option along with 1GB RAM.

Processor and OS: The tablet is powered by 1.3GHz Apple A7 dual-core processor and runs on iOS 7.0.3.

Camera: 5 megapixel rear and 1.2 megapixel front camera.

Battery: Non-removable Li-Po battery.

Apple iPad Air

Display: 9.7in IPS LCD screen with 1536 x 2048 pixel resolution and 264ppi pixel density.

Memory: Comes in 16/32/64/128GB in-built storage option with 1GB RAM.

Processor and OS: The tablet is powered by 1.3GHz Apple A7 dual-core processor and runs on iOS 7.0.3

Camera: 5 megapixel rear and 1.2 megapixel front camera.

Battery: Non-removable Li-Po battery.

Microsoft Surface 2

Display: 10.6in durable display Full HD screen.

Memory: Comes in 32/64GB in-built storage option and 2GB RAM.

Processor and OS: The device is powered by 1.7GHz NVIDIA Tegra 4 quad-core processor and runs on Windows RT 8.1 OS.

Camera: 5 megapixel rear and 3.5 megapixel front camera.

Battery: Up to 10 hours of video playback and 7-15 days standby.

Microsoft Surface Pro 2

Display: 10.6in Clear Type Full HD display.

Memory: The 64/128GB in-built storage variants come with 4GB RAM and 256/512GB in-built storage variants come with 8GB RAM.

Processor and OS: The tablet is powered by 4th generation Intel Core i5 processor and runs on Windows 8.1 Pro OS.

Camera: Two 720p HD camera in front and backside.

Battery: 7-15 days standby capacity.