Galaxy Mega 5.8 from Samsung, the most awaited large screen Android smartphone, has just entered the phablet market. This, one of the cool tablets, and has already been launched in India but US customers likely to wait for this Samsung tablet, up to July.
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| Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 smartphone with Touchwiz user interface runs on AndroidTM 4.2 Jelly Bean+ operating system |
After positive response and huge sale of 5.5 inches Galaxy Notes, now the South Korean giant wants to extend its large sized phablet portfolio. Mega 5.8 device is not only larger in size but also runs latest 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system. Only a handful of smartphones in market are running on this latest Android based operating platform.
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The company has also unveiled its larger Mega 6.3 model under Galaxy series, which comes with more powerful battery and larger screen resolution. Though this model has also been launched in Indian market but its official release date has not been confirmed, up to now.
For complete information on it larger model, please visit: Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Android smartphone.
With high quality features of this series, both machines are anticipated to grab good market share for the company.
Let us see what 5.8 inches model carries inside, for its customers:
Galaxy Mega 5.8
This large sized device meets the customers' demand and helpful in varying their existing lifestyle. As per one of the Samsung's officials – The users in countries like India prefer the large screen displays and spending more time with such devices. Just like its large 6.3 inches companion, it also offers split screen capability for different apps like messages, email, 'S Planner', and 'MyFiles'. It also includes 'Air View' feature that let you preview photos, Gallery, emails as well as speed dial contacts even without opening it.
Specifications and features
Display specifications and camera
It is a dual SIM machine, which means to support 3G network and providing calling facility on tablet. It features a 5.8 inches display with 540 x 960 pixels resolution. This resolution is being considered below to expectation, as the market experts anticipate minimum 720 x 1,280 pixels, for a 5 inches device.
There are two – 1.9MP of front as well as 8MP of primary camera for snap shooting and recording videos.
Operating platform, storage and processing unit
Running on latest AndroidTM 4.2 Jelly Bean+ operating system, it also carries latest user interface, developed by Samsung itself and named - Touchwiz. The machine is energized up by a dual-core processing chipset, which runs on 1.4GHz and couples to 1.5GB of random access memory. It owns 4.78 GB of user accessible storage out of 8GB, which is further expandable up to 64GB via a microSD card slot.
Network connectivity and battery backup
For connectivity, a user will find Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, GPS, Wi-Fi direct, NFC support as well as USB 2.0 on this dual SIM device. Its 2600mAh battery is sufficient to give long power backup to user.
Pricing, offers and availability
Mega 5.8 is now available to purchase at the official price of Rs 25,100 ($445) in India but will arrive in customers' hand from June 3rd. And it is reported to be available in US in July, this year.
Both RCOM and Vodafone are giving Special offers on both of these smartphones. The Vodafone offers 2GB data download with 2G+3G per month for two months. On the other hand, RCOM customers are offered 2GB of data per month for 3 months as well as unlimited access to WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and Big movies library.
The goods- Latest Android operating system with large display screen
- 3G network and NFC support
- Dual SIM support
- Touchwiz user interface technology from Samsung
- Its 540 x 960 pixels screen resolution is below to expectation.
