The IFA 2015 Berlin event 5-10 September
During the Berlin IFA 2015 event, Samsung teased their upcoming next gen tablet the Samsung Galaxy View. Rumors were plentiful but now we have an official date.
The South Korean-based manufacturer will release their ginormous tablet this October.
It’s a 18.4-inch device tasked with increasing the company’s tablet sales. Unfortunately, popularity for this kind of device is slowly decreasing. Apple and Samsung are witnessing a decline in sales – the iPad and Galaxy Tab aren’t doing that well compared to last year.
The main reason is that there are more flagship smartphones manufactured with bigger displays than ever before. Take a look at Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus or Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge Plus.
Smartphone screen size is bigger and functionality is almost on par. Why would a consumer buy a tablet when he can acquire a smartphone that he can keep in his pockets?
With the Samsung Galaxy View 18.4-inch tablet, the smartphone manufacturer is hoping to entice consumers to make a 180 degrees turnaround.
Apple is also aware of this. Their counter-attack could very well be a new 12.9-inch iPad Pro, rumors have it.
The new SM-T670, dubbed the Samsung Galaxy View, will sport a 1920 x 1080 resolution on the 18.4-inch display. However, screen quality is somewhat sub par to what we are accustomed to. There will be no AMOLED display on Samsung’s new tablet.
Samsung HQ
The Samsung Galaxy View houses the company’s proprietary Exynos 7580 proc and 2 gigs of RAM. The gigantic device will have 32 gigs of built-in storage. At the current moment we don’t know if we will be able to expand size via a microSD card slot.
For such a big device, there has to be a bigger power source. Samsung features a 5,700mAh battery to juice the 18.4-inch display. The company notes that the device will be packaged with an integrated stand. This means that you will be able to use it as a monitor in order to fully take advantage of its capabilities.
We don’t know the display’s ppi and we don’t know at how much the Samsung Galaxy View will retail at. What we do know is the basic specs and that it’s going to be available this October.
We will have to wait until October to see if the entertainment behemoth’s new device will increase tablet sales, or if it’s a dead and gone tech.
However, if you can’t wait until then, you might want to take a look at Lenovo’s new phablet line. They are pretty weird but the specs on those babies are just to die for.
