There are some 950M cell phones in India. I've always wondered how the poorest of the poor actually afford these things. It isn't unusual to see someone who's leading an obviously poor life with a cellphone.
Perhaps this is a distribution model which would work. Sell high-end tablets to rich, status-conscious folks first (there are plenty of those in India now). Then as prices start coming down people of humbler means will want them and be able to afford them.