8 inch galaxy note, coming 2013 MWC.

NoasArcAngel

NoasArcAngel

Wise Old Owl
So it seems that the mysterious 8-inch Galaxy Note will have its moment in Barcelona, after all. Samsung’s Head of Mobile Communications, JK Shin, all but confirmed that the 8-inch tablet will be announced at the Mobile World Congress in the Catalan capital.

Shin allegedly confirmed the device's existence to Korean news outlet iNews24 during an invitation only dinner involving Samsung’s new high-level officers and some members of the Korean press. However, no other details were provided by Shin.

The 8-inch slate is expected to be the same mysterious GT-N5100 that popped up on numerous benchmarks a few days ago. As we had reported last week, the device, which will most likely compete with the iPad mini, will have an 8-inch LCD of the Wacom variety with a resolution of 1280 x 800. That’s the same amount of pixels as the big brother Galaxy Note 10.1, so the display will likely be crisper thanks to the higher pixel density. A 5 megapixel camera is expected to sit on the back, with a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera.

The Note 10.1 tablet is set to get some company next month



On the processor front, it is expected that Samsung may employ the Exynos 5 Octa processor, which it announced during CES, earlier this month. The eight-core processor is based on the ARM big.LITTLE/Cortex A-15 architecture and is designed to be a low powered, high performance mobile processor. Other technical specifications are exepcted to be 2GB of RAM, 16/32GB of internal storage along with a microSD slot and a 4600 mAh battery. Besides have the usual bouquet of connectivity options like Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and A-GPS. The new Note tab will run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and will be 211.3 x 136.3 x 7.95 mm in dimensions and will weigh around 330 g. The specifications and the screen size lead us to believe that the new Note will be in direct competition with Apple's iPad mini.

A Google translation of the Korean on inews24’s site also mentions that Samsung will not unveil any major phones in Barcelona. That would mean that the Korean company will continue announcing its major phones at its own private event, like it did last May with the Galaxy S III in London. So those eagerly awaiting the follow-up to Samsung’s flagship device will have to wait longer than next month for a proper look.

The Galaxy SIV is one of the most awaited devices of the year and has already started to whet the appetite of Android fans. Its rumoured specs include an Exynos 5450 Quad-Core CPU clocked at 2.0GHz, a Mali-T658 GPU, 2GB of RAM, a 4.99-inch Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and a 13 megapixel rear camera, with Android 4.2.1.
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8-inch Galaxy Note to be announced at MWC

looks like the game is about to change. very very fast, will xperia Z still win hearts? or will the GS4 change the rules? wait and watch :D

:drool: over specs
 
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NoasArcAngel

NoasArcAngel

Wise Old Owl
mastercool8695 said:
why is samsung not entering the budget range,
just flagship devices ??
:evil::-(
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its easier to make money on high end devices specially since the "galaxy" brand which has tablets and phones and cameras is very well established and the numbers are going into millions, with budget devices only way to make profit is to mass produce even then the profits are very low.

secondly, when you produce high end devices, like the galaxy s about 2 years ago samsung wont bring the price point of a device lower than a certain level, instead it will alltogether stop manufacturing it.

meaning you wont see a galaxy s2 hitting 15k ...

also with the leaping advancements in mobile technologies, it doesnt make sense to make age-old hardware.

1. number of units sold will be low, mostly in 3rd world and developing countries
2. production line is cramped
3. need of the people changes
 
randomuser111

randomuser111

Technomancer
I think the title should be edited so as to not confuse people :) Make it Note Tab and not "Note" which makes people think its a phablet.
 
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