Along with their industry first smartphone with Tizen operating system, Samsung also had another announcement for the day, but from Korea. The multinational manufacturer has announced their first ever, may be the world's first seven-inches smartphone, dubbed as the new Samsung Galaxy W. The past month we have seen the smartphone's picture and specifications leak in a poster from the South Korean telecommunications operator, SK telecom.
The phone looks almost like any other Samsung made Galaxy tablet, but the new Galaxy W will pack in thinner and minimal bezels, compared to other slates. There is also that Samsung's traditional fake leather design with the stitching pattern on the back battery door. The phablet/smartphone will tot mid-ranged internals out of the box with support to South Korean countryside 4G LTE-Advanced networks.
Samsung Galaxy W will come to the markets with a 1.2GHz Quad-Core processor, seven-inches High Definition TFT screen of 1280 x 720 resolution pixels, 16 gigabytes of on board storage (expandable via microSD card slot), 1.5 gigabytes of Random Access Memory, eight megapixels primary shooter on the back with LED flash light and a two megapixels secondary front facer and a 3,200mAh powered battery, running Android's version 4.3 Jelly Bean over the hood. The new device from Samsung shows-off key features like, the landscape mode, multi-window, split-screen and pop-up play. The phone will be available in Red, Black and White color options, which is measured at 191.8 x 99.6 x 8.8 millimeters in dimensions and 245 grams in weight.
The phone is said to be a South Korean SK telecom exclusive, which will be retailed for 499400 South Korean Won, that is around 487 United States Dollars. Unfortunately, we don't hear about any dates for it's availability, just yet.
Source: Samsung