The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is officially launched!
Samsung, the tech behemoth, has finally put its final touches on the long-awaited flagship Galaxy Note 10.1 Android tablet and announced its official global availability. According to their press release, it’s scheduled to start immediately in the United States, United Kingdom, Korea and Germany. Other markets are set to have availability “starting August”. The inaugural release includes only the Wi-Fi only and the 3G/HSPA + enabled variants. With the LTE flavor coming late this year.
While the press release was a bit obscure on what they meant with the “starting August” part; are they referring to the four aforesaid countries or the following global availability? We’re tending towards the latter though.
New updates to the Note 10.1 include a stylus slot for its S Pen (we’re not sure why they haven’t included that in the first place) a bump to 2GB of RAM to match that of the Galaxy S III as well as a 1.4 GHz quad-core Exynos processor. The Note 10.1 will come in, just like the Galaxy S III, with 16, 32 or 64 GB. The Note’s 1280×800 screen resolution will by no means break any records, considering both ASUS and Acer have already come out with than than 1080p tablets of their own earlier this year.
The Note 10.1 (8.9mm) is marginally thicker than the original Tab 10.1 (8.6mm) due to the needed S Pen storage slot.
We find it a bit peculiar though, that Samsung was reserved on pricing of the Galaxy Note 10.1 variants. We are guessing though, that the US pricing structure will be announced at least by the end of the August 15th press conference set to be in New York City.
For a full specs chart, check out the table below.
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Specs
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Processor
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1.4 GHz quad-core processor
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OS
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Android 4.0 (ICS)
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RAM size
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2 GB
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Rear Camera
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5 MB
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Front Camera
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2 MB
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Battery
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Li-ion 7,000mAh
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Thickness
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0.35 inches
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Weight
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1.29 pounds
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Display
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10.1 inches
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Resolution
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1280×800
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Touchscreen type
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Dual-digitizer
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Multitouch
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Sensors
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Ambient Light, Gyroscope, Compass / Magnetometer, Accelerometer
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Internal storage size
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16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB
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External storage
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