Samsung Electronics unveiled a new Galaxy Note phablet and a larger version of its curved-screen S6 edge smartphone on Thursday, marking a fresh bid by the South Korean tech giant to revive momentum in its handset business. AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile US and US Cellular all confirmed they will carry the phones, as will the retailers Best Buy, Amazon, CostCo, Sam’s Club, Target and select Walmart stores.
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Samsung has introduced sleeker phones and they are still banking on bigger screens to boost their sales. When you’re not using the keyboard you can clip it to the backside of the phone. There are still lines between phones, phablets and tablets, but the marketplace is being sliced up like a pie.
Enhanced camera. The selfie cam is now up to 5 MP. This is great for Youtube video streaming, privately or publicly. Also included is the ability to mark up PDF files no matter what app you are in, and an Air Command menu that pops up when you remove the S Pen from the Note 5. The major benefit of this technique is the keyboard requires no batteries or charging. Expect times to take approximately one hour less than in the past.
The Lumia 950 XL won’t be very different from the other Lumia devices, as it will feature the usual polycarbonate body with flat sides and sharp corners, but it will be available in two variants of colors: white and black. They are available with either 32 gigabytes or 64 gigabytes of storage, and have 4 gigabytes of RAM.
Light weight with curved edges. There is a 16 megapixel rear camera and a 5 megapixel front camera too for selfies. It is only available in 32GB and 64GB options with no further expansion because of lack of microSD card slot. Rs 53,300) and $914.99 (approx.
The announcement, delivered to a packed crowd at Lincoln Center in New York City, comes several weeks after Samsung delivered muted financial results that showed a 38% year-over-year drop in the company’s mobile division operating profit.
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All in all then it could be the phablet to beat and you’ll be able to get your hands on it from the 4 of September, but with early prices pegging it at £699.99 for the 32GB version it’s not going to be cheap.
