As per the news by SamMobile, Samsung will be unveiling the next iteration of Galaxy Note along with Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 at IFA 2013. IFA 2013 will be organised between 6 to 11 September in Berlin (Germany). There are no concrete details regarding specifications of the Galaxy Note III or Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 at the moment.
However, earlier rumours had suggested that Samsung will be deploying LCD screens made by Sharp for the Galaxy Note III. It is also expected that Samsung Galaxy Note III might come with a 6.3-inch screen and will perhaps come with the recently announced Exynos 5 Octa processor.
It is noteworthy, that Samsung Galaxy Note II was announced at the IFA 2012. It sports a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED HD display. Samsung Galaxy Note II is powered by 1.6GHz quad-core processor along with 2GB of RAM. There is an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 1.9-megapixel front camera on the smartphone.
The Note II has received a good response from the consumers. The company had shared that the device topped 5 million units in just first two months since Galaxy Note II started shipping.
Samsung was the first company to foray into the tablet space in 2011 with its Samsung Galaxy Note device. However, in the recent past many companies have forayed into this category.
The Korean smartphone maker rolled out the Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) update for its Note users in India just a day ago. For now there is no news regarding Samsung Galaxy Tablet. However, SamMobile has indicated that Samsung will stop rolling out Android updates for its first generation Galaxy Tab. Furthermore, the site notes that Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 will receive Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) update but not the Android 5.0 (Key Lime Pie) update.
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