Samsung’s expanding its expansionism by
creating a super-sized tablet, according to a rumor out of Taiwan. The Korean
company is taking its successful screen-increasing phone strategy and applying
it to slates, according to Digitimes, by making a 12.2-inch tablet. The mega-tab will go into production towards the end of the
year, sources in the Taiwanese supply chain reckon, with a new film-based
capacitive touch layer from China’s Shenzhen O-film Tech.
Samsung’s been at the forefront of screen inflation with its
ever-expanding Galaxy S series and gigantic Galaxy Notes –
phones so big people started calling them ‘phablets’.
Its current tablets include the 8- and 10-inch Galaxy
Tabs and the Galaxy Note 10.1, a stylus-focused high-end slate that
slammed down in the UK recently for £480. That considerable sum bags you some
top-end componentry, however, with a 2,560×1,600-pixel screen, an eight-core
chip and 3GB of RAM — not to mention a snazzy leather-effect back.
Are you reading this on your measly 10-inch tablet and thinking,
“I wish I had 2.2 more inches of screen real estate”? Is Samsung’s super-sizing
strategy getting silly? Expand your mind in our comments section below.
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