Gadgets16.04.2012

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 and Note launch window, pricing in SA

By Jan Vermeulen

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, and new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 range of Android tablets PCs are set to launch in South Africa during Q2 2012, the Korean electronics giant recently told MyBroadband.

Samsung confirmed the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 for South Africa during its Africa Forum event in Cape Town earlier this year, and has now confirmed that the 10-inch model of the new Galaxy Tab 2 range will also be launched here.

Neither device has an estimated retail price yet.

Although Samsung didn’t share the expected pricing of its upcoming Galaxy Tab 2 range, it said that that it expected the Galaxy Note 10.1 to sell for around R8,849 in SA.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 was revealed during February at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona as a larger version of the 5-inch phablet (phone/tablet PC combo) launched last year, sporting an “S-Pen” that works on a capacitive touch screen.

The Verge recently reported that Samsung shied away from revealing US release dates and pricing for the Note 10.1. According to the report, a Samsung representative said that the device that goes on sale could differ from what was shown off at MWC.

The table below summarises the confirmed specs of the devices to date:

Device	Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1	Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
Operating System (at launch)	Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0	Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0	Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0
Display	7″ WVGA (1024×600) PLS	10.1″ WXGA (1280×800) PLS	10.1″ WXGA (1280×800) PLS
Camera, primary	3MP rear	3MP rear	3.15MP rear
Camera, secondary	VGA front	VGA front	2MP front
Storage, internal	8/16/32 GB	16/32 GB	16/32/64 GB
Storage, expandable	microSD (32GB)	microSD (32GB)	microSD (32GB)
RAM	1GB	1GB	1GB
Chipset	TI OMAP 4430	TI OMAP 4430	Exynos
Processor	1GHz dual core Cortex-A9	1GHz dual core Cortex-A9	1.4GHz dual core Cortex-A9
Graphics	PowerVR SGX540	PowerVR SGX540	Mali-400MP
Mobile data	21 Mbps HSPA+	21 Mbps HSPA+	21 Mbps HSPA+