Samsung Galaxy S8 rumored to have 6-inch screen

Evan “Evleaks” Blass has done it again. As Samsung tries to keep the lid tight on its upcoming flagship smartphone, a mostly complete spec sheet has been leaked by the prominent phone leaker.

Engadget reports that while the leaked spec sheet is still very much in rumor territory, Blass has had a good track record so far. That said, it’s interesting to see that the Galaxy S8+ will be getting a very large 6.2-inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display. That is just 0.1mm shy of Lenovo’s 6.3-inch monster-of-a-phone, the Phab2. It’s even larger than the retired Galaxy Note 7.

Unlike the Phab2, the supposed Galaxy S8+ might actually be a lot smaller, thanks to Samsung’s super slim bezel design. After all, previous reports stated that Samsung is not quite done with the Note line and a phablet-sized flagship phone would essentially render any Note device in the future redundant.

The rest of the items listed on the spec sheet are hardly attention grabbers. An iris scanner, LTE connectivity, 4GB RAM, 64GB internal storage, and a 12-megapixel rear camera are all fairly standard for high-end devices.

Since Samsung won’t be launching the Galaxy S8 at the Mobile World Congress next week, we’ll just have to wait and see what innovations and gimmicks they will come up with to differentiate their device from the crop of flagship phones fresh from the congress. Alfred Bayle/JB

source: technology.inquirer.net

Samsung Game Pad hints at even bigger phablets in the works

A game controller that docks with some Samsung Galaxy devices hints at the possibility of even bigger phone-tablet ("phablet") hybrids from the Korean electronics giant, a tech site reported Monday (Manila time).

CNET quoted Samsung as saying the controller, dubbed the "Game Pad," has a one-touch Bluetooth pairing function via Samsung's NFC Tectile system.



"What's perhaps most interesting about this fairly standard little controller, however, is one little note that's currently on the Game Pad page on Samsung's Galaxy S4 microsite. It notes '4- to 6.3-inch screen size available,' which is curious because Samsung's biggest phone at the moment is the Note 2 with a screen size of 5.5 inches," it said.


 The controller also works as a remote control for bigger screens at home, it added.

Such specs may hint at a larger phablet, with the Note 3 probably measuring up to 6.3 inches, CNET said.

"At that size it's really becoming more tablet than phone, right? Which means it's really more accurate to call it a 'tabone,'" it added.

"Let's just embrace it. Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to be the first to declare that I believe Samsung's new Game Pad has just outed the world's first tabone," it added. — TJD, GMA News

source: gmanetwork.com