Determined to extend its Note line to all mobile form factors, Samsung has introduced the new 8-inch Galaxy Note 8.0, which falls alongside its 5.5-inch Galaxy Note II smartphone and 10-inch Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet.
Introduced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this weekend, the Galaxy Note 8.0 is an Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean-based tablet with an 8-inch 1280 x 800 display, delivering a pixel density of 189ppi — slightly higher than the iPad mini's 7.9-inch 163ppi display. Under the hood, it's powered by Samsung's 1.6GHz quad-core Exynos 4 processor, 2GB of RAM, and comes with 32GB or 64GB of storage. While LTE variants are in the works, the Galaxy Note 8.0 will initially offer cellular connectivity via HSPA+ — supplemented, of course, by Wi-Fi.
Like the rest of the Note line, the Note 8.0 comes with the company's S Pen stylus, which is optimized for an array of baked-in apps, like Samsung's S Note and handwritten email software.
What's most interesting about the international HSPA+ variant of the Galaxy Note 8.0, however, is that it can make and receive phone calls. That's right, Samsung's new 8-inch tablet is also a phone.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 will ship to North America, Europe, and other regions in Q2. Pricing information has not yet been disclosed.
Scott Lowe is IGN's resident tech expert and Executive Editor of IGN Tech. You can follow him on Twitter at @ScottLowe and on MyIGN at Scott-IGN.
Source : ign[dot]com
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