The successors of the 10-inch and 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 are rumored to hit the market in late spring or in early summer, as devices with model numbers SM-T555 and SM-T116 were spotted on import/export tracking website Zauba. The devices, purported to be the Samsung Galaxy Tab 5 10.1 and 7.0, were sent to India for testing. Interestingly, the tablets are not the only Samsung products that were reportedly sent to the country — the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are said to have also been taken there for the same purpose.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 5 10.1 reportedly sports a 10.1-inch screen display with a Snapdragon 410 SoC with 64-bit architecture under its hood, along with the latest version of the Android 5.0 Lollipop OS. The tablet will cost $350. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 5 7.0, on the other hand, is the smaller version of the tablet with a 7-inch screen display, and a quad-core "Spreadtrum SC8830" processor clocked at 1.2 GHz paired with 1 GB of RAM. The tablet runs using the Android 4.4.4 Kitkat OS. The smaller tablet will cost $100.
It is still unclear whether the tablets are meant for selected regions, but the tablets' friendly price tag could be a sign that they are targeted toward emerging markets.
Aside from the Samsung Galaxy Tab 5 line, the South Korean company is allegedly working on the successor of its 12.2-inch Samsung Galaxy Note Pro. The current model boasts a large12.2-inch Super Clear LCD display with 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution. The tablet is powered by an octa-core 1.9 GHz Exynos 5 processor paired with 3 GB of RAM. The other features that the Samsung tablet sports include an 8-megapixel camera, 9500 mAh battery, and 32 GB or 64 GB storage with microSD slot of up to 64 GB. It was announced at the CES 2014, which makes consumers anticipate for its successor.
It has been a while since Samsung released a tablet, so the company could be hiding something up its sleeve. Consumers will have to wait and see.
