Sunday, 14 April 2013
Samsung has now officially announced the Samsung Galaxy Mega series smartphones. The two smartphones sport massive displays – 5.8 and 6.3-inches respectively. The two phablets will be available in Europe and Russia starting next month and there is no information on a global release date yet. There is no pricing information available about either of the phablets.
Specifications of Samsung Galaxy
Mega 6.3 :
- 6.3-inch display with a 720p HD resolution.
- Exynos 5250 chipset with a dual-core processor clocked at 1.7GHz.
- 1.5GB of RAM.
- Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
- New features such as Air View, Multi Window and more, which are currently found on the Samsung Galaxy S III, and the Note series of devices from Samsung.
- The Galaxy Mega 6.3 however will not have the S-Pen stylus, which is available on the Note series of devices.
- Rear of the Mega 6.3 has an 8MP shooter.
- Front has a 1.9MP camera for video calling.
- Connectivity options >> the smartphone supports LTE, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, NFC and also houses an IR blaster, which means that it can be used as a remote control as well.
- Galaxy Mega 6.3 is relatively slim at 8mm and weighs a mere 199 grams.
- 8/16GB built-in storage expandable via a microSD card.
- 3200mAh battery powers the behemoth.
“We are aware of a great potential in the bigger screen for extensive
viewing multimedia, web browsing, and more. We are excited to provide
another choice to meet our consumers’ varying lifestyles, all while
maintaining the high-quality features of the award-winning GALAXY
series,” said JK Shin, CEO and Head of IT & Mobile Business, Samsung
Electronics.
Specifications of Samsung Galaxy 5.8 :
- The device has a 5.8-inch display with a qHD resolution.
- It has the same chipset as the Mega 6.3 but the CPU clock speed is reduced to 1.4GHz.
- 1.5GB of RAM.
- It runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
- 8MP rear and 1.9MP front facing camera.
- 8GB built-in storage expandable up to 64GB via a microSD card.
- Slightly thicker than the Galaxy Mega 6.3 at 9mm and weighs 182 grams.
- 2600mAh battery powers the phablet.
- OS on the Galaxy Mega 5.8 is skinned with TouchWiz and bring the same feature set as the Galaxy Mega 6.3.
