Earlier this week, there was a rumor about a Galaxy Note 3 Lite that might be coming soon to various markets, and now we have a new rumor. According to SamMobile,
a Galaxy Tab 3 Lite is also coming soon, supposedly in early 2014. Very
little about the device is mentioned in the rumor, but we know Samsung
will cut costs somewhere to make this Lite version cheaper.
The
usual areas for cost cutting are screen, camera, and processor, all of
which tend to be considerably less impressive on cheap devices. But
depending on your needs, a low resolution camera or lackluster screen
may not be an issue and the lower price will entice you anyway. That’s
clearly what Samsung is hoping.
If the rumors are true,
the device will only cost about 100 Euros ($136 US). It will be
available in both WiFi and 3G options (no mention of LTE) and will come
in a “cream-white” color with a black model being released later. There
is no word on exact price for the different models or what countries we
can expect to see the device launched in. The lack of LTE may mean this
device never reaches the US, or perhaps that only the WiFi model will.
Tablets
are an extremely hot market right now, as anyone who does holiday
shopping has probably noticed. It seems that every store (including some
grocery stores!) is selling a cheap Android tablet by a manufacturer
you’ve never heard of. The iPad still holds the most mind share in the
tablet scene, but it’s quite expensive at $500 for the base model. All
of these knock off Android devices are hoping to draw customers with
price alone. So if a big brand like Samsung, who already has massive
name presence in electronics, can enter the cheap tablet market, they
will likely have a hit on their hands.
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