A new week, a new dual-sim smartphone from Samsung. Samsung, the world’s largest phone manufacturer has announced another dual-sim phone, the Galaxy Core.

Galaxy Core phone falls in the mid-range category and will have optional dual-sim capability.

To start off, the Galaxy Core comes with a 4.3 inch display with WVGA resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, which is just enough for most people but far from outstanding. It is made of plastic and will be available in Blue and White colors.

Under the hood lies a 1.2Ghz dual-core CPU along with 768MB of RAM. The amount of internal storage on Galaxy Core is set at 8GB, which is expandable via a microSD card slot.

At the back of Galaxy Core is a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and HD video recording, along with a front-facing camera at the front.

The phone runs on Android 4.1.2 which is a bit outdated but far from bad. The phone features several of the software tricks of its bigger brethren, including Smart Stay, Smart Alert and of course, S Voice.

The connectivity package is quite modest too with microUSB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.0, Wifi and 3G.

Here are the specifications of the phone:

• Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean customized with Nature UI
• weight: 124g
• 8.95mm thick
• 4.3 inch display with resolution of 800 x 480 pixels
• Optional dual-sim
• 1.2Ghz dual-core CPU and 768MB of RAM
• 8GB of expandable internal storage
• 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording
• VGA front-facing camera
• microSD card slot, microUSB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.0, Wifi, 3G
• 1800 mAh battery

The Galaxy Core will be going on sale this month. The regular, non dual-sim version will start retailing in July. Pricing is unknown as of now but it should will most probably around Rs. 30-35K.

Samsung has added a new tablet to its ever-growing line-up of Android devices, this time the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0. The tablet has a 7 inch display and runs on a dual-core processor. It follows the same design language (and the build materials) as the current Galaxy products.

The tablet is by all means meant to be a mid-range offering. Its 7 inch display is of WSVGA resolution i.e. 600 x 1024 pixels. And judging by the screen size, it’s a Nexus 7 competitor.

As expected, it follows the footsteps of the current Galaxy line-up of devices by featuring virtually the same design as nearly all of them. That too is not necessarily a bad thing but haters won’t find the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 adorable either.

Under the hood, the tablet runs on a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor along with 1GB of RAM. There will be 8 or 16GB internal storage options, expandable via a microSD card slot.

On the software side of things, the tablet runs on Android 4.1, which is not exactly the latest but is not exactly a bad thing to have. And of course, all the famous Samsung apps come along with the tablet too.

Here are the full specifications of the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0.

• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean customized with Nature UI
• 7 inch display with resolution of 600 x 1024 pixels
• Weight: 306g
• 9.9mm thick
• Optional 3G version with voice call functionality
• 1.2 Ghz dual-core processor
• 1 GB RAM with 8/16 GB internal expandable storage
• 3.15 megapixel back camera with 720p HD video recording
• 1.3 megapixel front-camera
• USB 2.0, Bluetooth 3.0, dual-band Wifi, Wifi Hotspot
• 4000 mAh battery

There will be a 3G version of this tablet with voice call functionality too. The Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 will be available in May but pricing details are unknown as of now.

Samsung Pakistan has sold 110,000 units of its flagship device, Galaxy SIII, since its launch in June 2012, said Farid Ullah Jan, Head of Samsung Mobile Division for Pakistan and Afghanistan, during a press briefing in Lahore today.

Farid said that Samsung sells around 10,000 units of Galaxy SIII on average in Pakistan.

Priced at Rs. 62,000 – when launched – Samsug Galaxy SIII currently costs around Rs. 53,000 and is considered one of top Android phones in the market, however, it is soon to be replaced by Galaxy S4 which is going to hit Pakistani stores by first week of May, 2013.

Pakistan’s handset industry is fast transitioning towards smartphones, despite low buying power of masses and in-availability of 3G.

It merits mentioning here that Samsung is said to have sold over 50 million of Samsung Galaxy S III devices globally (till March 2013).

Following its tradition of covering all the empty spots, Samsung, the current leader in the smartphone industry has unveiled yet another duo of smartphones with incredibly large displays. The phones, Galaxy Mega 5.8 and 6.3 are also named accordingly with their sizes.

Both of these handsets are in fact so big that they can easily put the Galaxy S IV to shame. And the Note II isn’t that far either.

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3

Here we are discussing the better of the two, the Mega 6.3 in detail.

Galaxy Mega 6.3 runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean customized with Samsung’s Nature UX. Galaxy Mega 6.3 has also borrowed some of the software tricks from the Galaxy S4. The Mega 6.3 is equipped with a 6.3 inch display on the front with 720p HD resolution. The capacitive multitouch display is protected with Corning’s Gorilla Glass.

Under the hood is a dual-core 1.7Ghz Cortex A15 processor and (an unusual) 1.5GB of RAM. The internal storage is set at 8 or 16GBs which is expandable via a microSD card slot. At the back is a 8 megapixel camera along with a 1.9 megapixel camera at the front.

Connectivity options are quite a lot too. The Mega 6.3 supports 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, USB-on-the-go, NFC, IR Blaster, Wifi Hotspot and GPS. Despite all this rich package, the phone is just 8mm thick.

Here are the full specs of the smartphone:

• Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean customized with Touchwiz UI
• 6.3 inch display with 720p HD resolution
• Weight: 199g
• Just 8mm thick
• 4G LTE supported
• 1.7Ghz dual-core Cortex A15 processor
• Mali-T604 GPU
• 1.5GB RAM with 8/16 GB expandable storage
• 8 megapixel back camera with LED Flash and HDR
• 1.9 megapixel front camera
• Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, USB-OTG, NFC, IR Blaster, Wifi Hotspot, GPS
• 3200 mAh battery

The phone will be available in May this year. No word on pricing has been given currently.

One thing to Note in this package is that the duo does not support the S-Pen. While one of Galaxy Note’s key selling features was this very thing, it will be interesting to see whether the Mega phones will be able to repeat its success without it.

Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8

The second of the ‘Mega’ phones unveiled by Samsung alongside the Mega 6.3 was the Mega 5.8. The phone is not exactly the cheaper version of the Mega 6.3 phone. Other than the obvious screen size, the phone is behind the smartphone in a number of ways.

To start off, the phone will come with a 5.8 inch display with pretty average qHD resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, which will probably raise a lot of eyebrows. Just like the Galaxy Mega 6.3, the Mega 5.8 also follows the usual Galaxy S III design language. The phone is just 9mm thick and weighs 182 grams.

It runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean customized with Samsung’s Nature UX. Under the hood is a 1.4Ghz dual-core processor alongside 1.5GB of RAM. The amount of storage is set at 8GB which is expandable via a microSD card slot.

At the back is a 8 megapixel camera with LED flash, HDR mode and 1080p Full HD video recording. At the front is a 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera. A dual-sim version of the phone will be available too.

Unfortunately though, a lot of features found in the Mega 6.3 are missing here. The software tricks of high-end Samsung smartphones are missing here and so are the high-profile connectivity options including NFC, LTE and IR Blaster.

Here are the full specs of the Mega 5.8:

• Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean customized with Touchwiz UI
• 5.8 inch display with qHD resolution
• 9mm thick
• Weight: 182grams
• Optional dual-sim support
• 1.4Ghz dual-core processor
• 1.5GB RAM with 8GB expandable storage
• 8 megapixel back camera with Full HD video recording
• 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera
• Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, GPS, Wifi Hotspot
• 2600 mAh battery

The phone will be available for release this May. Considering its specs sheet, it should be priced closer to the Galaxy Grand.

Last year, we heard about the Galaxy Camera, a point-and-shoot camera by Samsung which runs on Android 4.1 customized with Touchwiz UI. The only problem with the camera was that only a 3G/4G version of it was available which meant higher prices, lower battery life and lack of usability in a lot of areas around the world.

These issues are set to be solved now with the Wifi version of the camera which will be available later this month. The camera will cost $449 which is not that far from the $499 that the 4G version of the camera costs currently, but will nevertheless come with some benefits.

It should be released worldwide later this year.

In case you’ve forgotten, the Galaxy camera comes with 4.8 inch HD screen, 16mp camera with Xenon Flash, Full HD video recording, quad-core processor and 1GB RAM. It sure is quite big by today’s point-and-shoot standards with dimensions of 128.7 x 70.8 x 19.1 mm and you can find a better DSLR of the same size and with a better price tag without the bells and whistles of Samsung’s product but if Android is a must, this is the best that you can get as of now.

The Galaxy Camera can be bought online easily with a price tag of around Rs. 40K.

Here are the specs of the gadget:

• 16.3 mp back camera with pop-up Xenon Flash
• 21X Optical Zoom and Optical Image stabilization
• Full HD 1080p video recording at 30fps, 720p video at 30 or 60fps
• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Touchwiz UI
• 19.1mm thick weighing in at 300g
• 4.8 inch HD touchscreen display with Corning Gorilla Glass 2
• 1.4 Ghz quad-core processor Cortex A9 processor
• 1GB RAM with 4GB expandable internal storage
• 3G sim card slot for SMS and MMS (but calls aren’t supported)
• 1650 mAh battery
• Wifi Hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0
• Available in White, Black, Pink and Orange flavors

Continuing the stream of Galaxy, Samsung has added a few more members namely Galaxy Win, Galaxy Trend II and Galaxy Trend II Duos in its series. These smartphones have appeared on the official website of Samsung.

Apparently, the dual-SIM, Samsung Galaxy Win (GT-I8552) is thick at 9.7 mm and weighs 143.9 g boasting 4.7-inch screen with WVGA TFT display.

Running on android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), it packs 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor along with Adreno 203 GPU. However, there is no word on the RAM or the internal storage available on Samsung Galaxy Win.

On board, there is a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 3-megapixel front camera with a battery capacity of 2,000mAh battery

Connectivity options include Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS that comes pre-loaded with ChatON app and China specific apps Sina Weibo and QQ.

Reportedly, the smartphone phone will launch first in Asia and later to Europe but there is no word on the official price for this smartphone.

Samsung Galaxy Win specifications

• 4.7-inch TFT capacitive touch screen with 800 x 480p display
• 1.2 GHz quad-core processor
• 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash
• VGA front camera
• Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with dual standby
• 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v 3.0, GPS
• Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
• 2000 mAh battery

Samsung Galaxy TREND II

Samsung Galaxy Trend II (GT-I739) is said to be stripped-down version to that of Galaxy Win sporting 4-inch WVGA display weighing at around 128 grams. Measuring 11.1 mm in its single-SIM flavor and 11.3 mm in the dual-SIM variant, it is powered by 1.2GHz dual-core processor and like the Samsung Galaxy Win, Galaxy Trend II too runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean).

There is a 3-megapixel snapper along with 1500 mAh battery. This device also comes with dual-mode CDMA/ GSM connectivity, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, and microSD card slot.

On other side, Samsung Galaxy Trend II Duos carry nearly all identical specs apart from the fact that it is a dual-SIM smartphone.

Moreover this smartphone does not come with dual-mode CDMA/ GSM connectivity that Samsung Galaxy Trend has.

However, pricing and availability is yet to know about Galaxy Trend II devices.

Samsung Galaxy Trend II/ Trend II Duos specifications

• 4-inch WVGA display
• 1.2GHz processor
• 3-megapixel rear camera
• Dual-SIM (only Trend II Duos)
• Dual-mode CDMA/ GSM connectivity, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi
• 1500mAh battery

A new week, a new Samsung phone. The Korean company which is obsessed with releasing new phones as quickly as possible has announced yet another combo of Android smartphones, this time the Galaxy Star and Pocket Neo. Both Galaxy Star and Galaxy Neo Pocket look identical in design and most of the specs. Its strange that how two phone (from same vendor) can be so similar.

The only difference – that we could spot – is that Galaxy Star comes with 1 Ghz processor, while Pocket Neo trades with 800 Mhz processor.

Both the phones come with optional dual-SIM feature.

Battery with both Galaxy Star and Pocket Neo stands at 1200mAh, which is too low for a smartphone – especially if its from Samsung.

Here are the specs of the phone:

Galaxy Star

• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean customized with Touchwiz
• 3 inch QVGA display
• 100.5g heavy and 11.9mm thick
• Optional dual-sim
• 2mp rear-facing camera with QVGA video recording
• 1Ghz processor
• 512 MB RAM with 4GB expandable internal storage
• Bluetooth 4.0, Wifi, Accelerometer, FM Radio
• 1200 mAh battery

Galaxy Pocket Neo

• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean customized with Touchwiz
• 3 inch QVGA display
• 100.5g heavy and 11.8mm thick
• Optional dual-sim
• 2mp rear-facing camera with QVGA video recording
• 850Mhz processor
• 512 MB RAM with 4GB expandable internal storage
• Bluetooth 4.0, Wifi, Accelerometer, Digital Compass, FM Radio
• 1200 mAh battery

The Galaxy Pocket Neo will be available this May. Pricing details of both of these phones are unknown right now.

The next big thing from Samsung is finally here as the Samsung Galaxy S IV has been announced in New York this morning. The phone is unarguably one of the very best in the smartphone industry ever with its ground-breaking specs.

Featuring a 4.99 Inch Full HD display, 13mp camera and an 8-core processor, this phone has enough power to thrash any phone in the market right now.

Here are the specs followed by details below:

• OS: Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
• CPU: Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
• Chipset: Exynos 5 Octa 5410
• GPU: PowerVR SGX 544MP3
• Design:
  • Dimensions: 5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in
  • Weight: 130 g
• Display:
  • Type: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
  • Size: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 4.99 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)
  • Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 3
• Memory:
  • Card slot: microSD, up to 64 GB
  • Internal: 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
• Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA: 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA: 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth, NFC, Infrared port, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go, USB Host
• Primary Camera: 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
  • Features: Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR
• Secondary Camera: 2 MP
• Battery: Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery

Samsung has just unveiled the successor to the popular Galaxy Y budget smartphone in the Galaxy Y Plus. The phone looks more like a Galaxy Pocket though and features a 2.8 inch display along with dual-sim compatibility.

Here are the full specs of the phone:

• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• 2.4 inch display with resolution of 240 x 320 pixels
• Dual-sim compatibility
• Weight: 96g
• 12.98mm thick
• 850 Mhz single-core processor
• 4GB internal storage with memory card slot
• 2mp rear-camera
• Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth, microUSB
• 1200 mAh battery

The phone will retail for around $150 or about 17000 in Pakistani rupees. For that money nowadays you can easily buy a much more powerful smartphone, even with dual-sim compatibility. The biggest blow however is from Samsung itself. The phone has a smaller display compared to its predecessor and with a processor this weak, respectable performance cannot be expected.

It depends on the users though, what they select for themselves.