With a 5.6-inch display screen, the Samsung Galaxy Note II leads a wave of smartphone-tablet hybrids.
It's becoming an annual tradition:
Samsung will unveil the next generation of its
Galaxy Note
smartphone in advance of the IFA technology conference in Berlin. The
company sent invitations to the press on Monday for an event on Sept. 4,
two days before the first day of the conference.
Like previous device
unveilings, Samsung is calling the event "Samsung Unpacked 2013." The
event will be live streamed via the web, and Samsung will host a press
event at the same time in New York City's Times Square for people to
watch and get hands-on time with the devices.
Samsung isn't officially
revealing information about the devices. However, the invitation and
subsequent tweet include the phrase, "Note the Date" (emphasis
added). Plus, at the two previous IFA events, Samsung released the first
and second generations of its Galaxy Note smartphone, which have
extremely large screens relative to other phones.
Thus, it's a foregone
conclusion that Samsung will unveil the Galaxy Note 3 (or III) at its
September event. It's been almost a year since the company released the
Galaxy Note 10.1. The question on everyone's mind this time: Just how
big will Samsung go?
Competitors have
responded to the Galaxy Note's success (now at 5.6 inches with the Note
II) with large screen sizes as well, including the 5.5-inch
LG Optimus G Pro and 5-inch Droid Ultra. Samsung itself debuted the 6.3-inch
Galaxy Mega earlier this year.
Samsung's other plans for
Sept. 4 also remain unknown. Last year, it took the wraps off several
new devices, including its ATIV line of Windows 8 PCs, the first phone
to run Windows Phone 8, and the Android-powered Galaxy Camera
point-and-shoot.
We'll likely see more
focus this year, but Samsung could still surprise — perhaps with an
entry into wearable computing. Its rumored smart watch is called
"Gear."
What do you think Samsung has in store for Sept. 4? Let us know in the comments.
This article originally appeared on Mashable.
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