A few years ago, it would have been unheard of to create a tablet so large, but with Apple’s forthcoming iPad Pro and Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 super-sized devices are becoming the norm.
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Samsung is working on a whopping 18.4-inch tablet to rival the iPad Pro, and the Android-powered slate has just shown its sizeable face online.
Samsung has announced a new tablet that is too big to fit in a bag, so the company instead wants you to carry it around like a bag itself! Samsung also included stereo speakers in the large tablet for more immersive audio quality.
Running at full HD, and promising up to eight hours of straight video playback, the View is clearly designed primarily with (semi) portable entertainment in mind, letting you cart around all the wonders of Netflix and YouTube, thanks to a built-in handle and kickstand.
Of course, the Galaxy View runs Google Android – version 5.1 – so it works with almost any app in the Google Play Store. Wait till you get a load of this thing.
The Samsung Galaxy View. Consumers will find that the Galaxy View Tablet can be fitted with a microSD card and can choose to have their tablets with an internal memory of either 32GB or 64GB. As of now, no official announcement has been made and it is rumored that the View tablet’s pricing will start at $599.
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The tablet also has a 2.1 megapixel front facing camera incorporated and is equipped with a Bluetooth and has support for LTE networks.
