Samsung launches its super-size Galaxy Note
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This handout image released by Samsung Electronics in Seoul on August 6, 2012 shows Galaxy Note 10.1 -- powered by Google's Android software -- featuring a 10.1-inch (25.6 centimetre) touchscreen, considerably wider than the 5.3-inch screen of the previous Note. -- PHOTO: AFP
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it had launched a super-size version of its Galaxy Note smartphone, the latest salvo in its battle with Apple for the multi-billion-dollar handheld market.
The Galaxy Note 10.1, which went on sale on Monday in Germany and the United Arab Emirates, is almost twice as wide as its predecessor and is almost the size of a tablet.
The release comes as Samsung tries to make inroads in the tablet computer market, which is dominated by Apple's iPad, while the two electronics giants are also engaged in a bitter court battle over patent infringements.
The firm said the new Note would be officially released in the US on August 15 and sometime next week in Britain and South Korea.
