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Samsung May Release an 18" Tablet

Posted by timothy on from the why-stop-there? dept.

A report at PC Magazine says that Samsung may soon field a tablet to satisfy people not content with the 7", 9", 12", or even slightly larger tablets that are today's normal stock in trade. Instead, the company is reported to be working on an 18.4" tablet aimed at "living rooms, offices, and schools." There's a lot of couching going on, but it sounds like an interesting idea: It's said to run Android 5.1 Lollipop and be powered by an octa-core 64-bit 1.6GHz Exynos 7580 processor. Other rumored specs include 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot with support for cards up to 128GB, and a large 5,700 mAh battery. The device also has an 8-megapixel main camera (and you thought people looked silly taking photos with their iPads) and 2.1-megapixel "secondary camera."

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  1. Should it be still called an tablet? by SYSS+Mouse · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It is bigger than some of the laptops.

    1. Re:Should it be still called an tablet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      No, it should be called a TV.

      Wonder if it comes with it own wall mounting bracket.

      Samsung innovation " Lets do something f&^cking stupid and see how many people buy it.

  2. Good by Quick+Reply · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Finally something appropriate for the older crowd with poor vision. Add Keyboard & Mouse support and a stand and you are giving a PC a run for it's money when it comes to basic computer tasks for a home user, who have found tablets to be too small in the past.

    1. Re:Good by rtb61 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Except the older crown are unlikely to buy it. Tablets come with a build in device to guarantee 100% failure and require a costly repair or replacement. Fixed batteries guaranteed to fail, I really do not understand people who buy a product on that basis, not at all. The most expensive thing I have ever bought with a fixed battery, one of those silly greeting cards. I was going to buy a tablet, I never knew, just had a use for one and upon investigation, nu uh, I ain't that stupid. The reason by idiots that buy, well, I hardly ever touched the tablet so why bother, it looks better. Well, morons, let's all start welding the car bonnets shut because getting rid of that ugly seam around it would make the car look so much better, the stupid it burns.

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  3. Android? by thegarbz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm all for a big tablet. As someone who regularly works with large drawings having what effectively amounts to a digital piece of paper is a killer feature for me.

    But not Android. The entire Android design is centered around small screens, apps designed to fill entire screens, big buttons, large keyboard areas etc. There would be signficant amount of hackery needed to make an 18" tablet useful (which I don't trust Samsung to get right or support going forward), and there are little to no productivity apps that would make an 18" tablet useful in the Android market.

    A PC in that form factor on the other hand would make me part with my money.