SAMSUNG TO LAUNCH 5.9-INCH PHABLET THIS YEAR

Samsung will be unvelling its latest Galaxy S IV flagship in a Week's time . But fresh reports comming from The Korean Times claim that the Korean manufacturer is already gearing up for a 5.9-inch device to be introduced in the "later half of this year"

"Samsung is working on introducing a new phablet using a 5.9-inch organic light-emiting diode (OLED) screen" , an official told The Korean Times on condition of anonymity.

The official also mentioned that new device will be powered by the proprietary Exynos Octa Processor.  Citing "an inside  source from Samsung " , the report mentions that the company expects to sell larger numer of phablet in the near future ,  which should help it maintain its leading position in the smartphone sales rankings.

Whether or not this is seperate from the 6.3-inch Galaxy Note III currently in the making , remains to be seen . Earlier  reports from The Korea Times  indicated that the Samsung Galaxy Note III will sport a 6.3 -inch screen and will  perhaps come with the recent announced Exynos 5 Octa Processor.

A December  report also mentioned that  in 2013 , Samsung  will be cutting down its down its invesment in the Liquid  Crystal display (LCD) units and concentrating more on organic  Light-emitting diode (OLED) and  plastic -based flexible displays.

Samsung pioneered the phablet category with the 5.3 inch Galaxy Note introduced  in October 2011 and its subseqent sucessor the Note II on Agust 2012.

SONY RUMOURED TO BE WORKING ON 6.44-inch FULL HD DEVICE

2013 is being called the Year of smartphones and phablets and for good reason. A nice category that came into existance with the launch of Samsung Galaxy Note , is now being populated with devices from companies like Huawei , HTC , ZTE and even Indian manufactures like Micromax , Karbonn and Byond.

Sony that had already entered the category with 5-inch full HD Xperia Z , which it unveils at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) . It now seems to be working on a much bigger phablet this time round.

Engadget reports that a leaked image posted on Chinese-language Digi-wo forum shows a 6.44-inch display screen along with a claim that the screen for this component has 1080p HD resolution.

 Apart from this , there is no other detail regarding the device . For all we know , it could just be  a prototype  of an upcoming device or even a fake image. 

Indian device manufacturer Byond Tech recently introduced Phablet PIII sporting a massive 6.3-inch display. Karbon on other hand  launched the dula -SIM A30 Android device with a 5.9-inch display .Micromax has launched A116 Canavas HD with a 5-inch 720p IPS display