Thursday 7 March 2013

Samsung working on new Phablet to take on Chinese tech companies ZTE, Huawei

Samsung Electronics is working on a new phablet which will boast a 5.9-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The new device will run on a powerful Exynos octa-core chipset.

According to reports, Samsung seeks to take on Chinese tech companies like ZTE and Huawei which have similar products already in the market.

A company official who declined to be named, told The Korea Times on Wednesday that the South Korean company was working on a new phablet using a 5.9 inch OLED screen.

"The new handset will be powered by its in-house Exynos octa-core chipset to meet the demand for faster data processing and downloading speed," the report on www.zdnet.com said.

With the new product, Samsung also expects to see a rapid rise in its phablet business, which will help maintain its lead over rivals, including Apple, another inside source from the company reportedly said.

The news about latest phablet comes on the heels of the Samsung Galaxy S4's launch in New York on on March 14.

The ZDnet report added that the latest smartphone which will target the enterprise market with a mobile device management software called Knox. It also launched an addition to the Note series, an 8-inch tablet Galaxy Note 8, at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona last month.

The launch of phablets had dominated the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January

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