Basically a Galaxy Tab with phone functionality, the
Korea-only Galaxy W is bigger than any smartphone but still falls a
little short
MANILA, Philippines – Talking about blurring the lines between smartphone and tablet.
If you thought the phablet concept was confusing wait and till you hear about Samsung’s latest smartphone, the 7-inch Galaxy W.
Announced on Monday, June 2, the Galaxy W is Samsung’s largest phone yet.
Aesthetically the phone is almost identical to Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab
and shares the same form factor as the rest of Samsung’s smartphone
lineup, a plastic device with curved edges, a capsule like home button
and with the now-standard leather-textured back cover.
Taking advantage of the device’s large display the
phone features software also found on the Galaxy Note including
split-screen functionality, pop-up play and multi-window view.
Positioned as a mid-range smartphone for those who
need/want a larger screen, the phone sports a 720p display. Under the
hood Samsung has also got us hanging; a 1.2Ghz quad-core processor with
1.5GB of RAM, a 3,200mAh battery and a dated OS Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.
These specs look pretty solid – if compared to a
mid-2013 device. Its recently announced contemporaries like the Asus
Fonepad8 are already on the Android 4.4 with a 1.8Ghz processor.
Storage is pretty standard at 16GB with external
support of up to 64GB, plenty of room for music, videos and photos that
can be shot with its two cameras – an 8mp rear and 2mp front.
The only upside here is the LTE-A connectivity for next-gen speeds.
