Who Is Samsung’s Galaxy Mega For?

It seems Android smartphone superstar Samsung won’t be happy until it offers a Galaxy device at every possible screen size and price point. That’s a trend we’ve been commenting on for a while, but we’re not talking about brand dilution or new product categories today. The Galaxy product line seems in no danger of foundering under the weight of its wide selection, and the latest products out of Seoul aren’t exactly blazing a new trail in form factor. They’re ...

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The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast, Episode 038

Sometimes you just have to schedule a podcast a few hours before a major news event, and as a result you’ve got to scramble to come up with some valid-sounding speculation about just how useful a Facebook Phone could really be. It’s not like we haven’t tossed this notion around before, but doing it on the air, off-the-cuff, imbues our lives with a certain energy, a certain je ne sais quoi, if you will. Or even if you won’t. Whatever; we have a good time riffing. You’ll listen and like it! Ahem. All that, plus some chat on just how big a copycat LG’s ...

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 and 6.3 The Next Big Thing

Those of you wondering which of the two screen sizes rumored for the next Galaxy Note was real, well it turns out both might become a reality. For the longest time the web has been full of rumors of a 5.9-inch or 6.3-inch Galaxy Note III, but now we’ve got new leaks talking about a new brand of phablets coming to Samsung dubbed the Galaxy Mega line-up. Yes, this is not just one device, one phablet is the Galaxy Mega 5.8, which gets is name because of the 5.8-inch display rumored, as opposed to the 5.9-inch display rumored on the Note III. Then we’ve got the Galaxy Mega 6.3, ...

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