Yep.... That's Samsung's strategy lately, wait for Apple rumors and then throw something together to beat Apple to market. Like that Galaxy Gear that is selling so well.
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Samsung Introduces 12.2" Galaxy Tablets Ahead of Rumored iPad Pro Introduction
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Yep.... That's Samsung's strategy lately, wait for Apple rumors and then throw something together to beat Apple to market. Like that Galaxy Gear that is selling so well.
It's actually hilarious. I'm amazed it took Samsung this long to put out these new tablets. It's just total panic.
I wish Apple would hook up with someone like Edward Tufte to do this right. For me Windows 8 live tiles is just information overload.
I don't think I'd want a 12" tablet as that's getting in to ultrabook range and I'm guessing the price will be similar.
The UI does look like Windows but I hope if Apple does go the larger iPad route that they create a UI that take's advantage of the larger screen also
The UI does look like Windows but I hope if Apple does go the larger iPad route that they create a UI that take's advantage of the larger screen also
The first mention of an iPad Pro I've seen was from MacRumors on November 19, 2013. I doubt Samsung could have made their own in about a month and produced it in numbers.
That does bring up an interesting potential problem for Apple. As tablet screen sizes get larger, the lack of any kind of simultaneous multitasking (i.e. split screen) becomes an ever more glaringly obvious problem. On a phone or 8" tablet, you can justify the lack of it. On a 10" tablet, the justification becomes shaky. At 12" and above, I think it is a real problem. The A7 chip is certainly powerful enough to handle it, so I hope Apple is prepared to support that on the software side when (if) they release their larger tablet.
Samsung has a free iOS app to do the Samsung TV remote control thing too. Not much of a unique feature for their phones.
Good Luck !!!
"Both contain Samsung Software and Firmware." The fragmentation continues !!!!!!! Yawn.
"Both contain Samsung Software and Firmware." The fragmentation continues !!!!!!! Yawn.
Very Pathetic indeed.
I am going to be in the market for a new television soon. If apple doesn't get off their arse I will likely be purchasing a Samsung television. That IS the only Samsung product I am interested in.
OK so if you release a product after apple, you're a copy cat, but if you release it before Apple, it's "preemptive damage control"?
LOL @ Apple zealots.
Why is it pathetic? Did Samsung just design and begin manufacturing these tablets since the Apple rumor surfaced a few days ago? Is that what people really think?
no technological advance...
The 12.2 Galaxy tablet as we know now does not seem to advance tablet technology at all. Same display resolution, same processor, same Android app (i.e. no one is optimizing their app to make use of the additional real estate), same battery technology. At a minimum, I would expect a new and more efficient processor, higher resolution and better GPU. And some of the apps need to take advantage of the bigger real estate on the tablet. Without any of that, as a user, I get very little out of the bigger tablet other than getting bigger fonts, bigger picture that is more fuzzy. That is not very helpful in selling more tablet. ... Apple will have the same problem. Their resolution need to be better and they need to introduce a third resolution for Ipad apps and they better get some apps ready at launch to show off the advantage of bigger screen.
The 12.2 Galaxy tablet as we know now does not seem to advance tablet technology at all. Same display resolution, same processor, same Android app (i.e. no one is optimizing their app to make use of the additional real estate), same battery technology. At a minimum, I would expect a new and more efficient processor, higher resolution and better GPU. And some of the apps need to take advantage of the bigger real estate on the tablet. Without any of that, as a user, I get very little out of the bigger tablet other than getting bigger fonts, bigger picture that is more fuzzy. That is not very helpful in selling more tablet. ... Apple will have the same problem. Their resolution need to be better and they need to introduce a third resolution for Ipad apps and they better get some apps ready at launch to show off the advantage of bigger screen.
Samsung probably heard about the iPad Pro a bit before you did, what with corporate espionage and all.
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I think you took my light-hearted joke a little too seriously.
You too.
But will apple use iOS to make a mac like environment where you can download things from the net etc or will it me a ipad with a7x processor?
Understandable strategy from Samsung. All tech companies has been knock off guard by Apple TWICE by original iPhone and iPad. They won't let it happen again.
Now Sam makes literally anything (logical or not) based on Apple related rumors, maybe thanks to this site? The smartwatch, smart tv, larger tablet.
Apparenty it tries to tackle every Apple's possible moves. Well yes most of the time Samsung version sucks, it might as well be called prototype instead of end product. I'm also happy some of them proven to be a flop and it deserves to be.
Fortunately Apple still capable comes up with something sweet and surprising. The last being Touch ID and 64bit ARM while it might be gimmicky for some, it proven to be more useful than Air Gesture or S-whatever on Note 3 or GS4.
But it may be helps for Samsung for being "first". Might be less embarassing than the alternative considering what happened to the tech world because of iphone and ipad.
Now Sam makes literally anything (logical or not) based on Apple related rumors, maybe thanks to this site? The smartwatch, smart tv, larger tablet.
Apparenty it tries to tackle every Apple's possible moves. Well yes most of the time Samsung version sucks, it might as well be called prototype instead of end product. I'm also happy some of them proven to be a flop and it deserves to be.
Fortunately Apple still capable comes up with something sweet and surprising. The last being Touch ID and 64bit ARM while it might be gimmicky for some, it proven to be more useful than Air Gesture or S-whatever on Note 3 or GS4.
But it may be helps for Samsung for being "first". Might be less embarassing than the alternative considering what happened to the tech world because of iphone and ipad.
Amazing if they based it on this site and manufactured a 12" tablet in less than a week! And coming out with a watch at least a year before if/when Apple does. Samsung must be able to see into the future.
As if Samsung did not release tablets and phones in all sorts of sizes way before Apple did. Just for tablets they already have sizes: 7, 7.7, 8.1 and 10.1. They went for large phones way before Apple did. I am afraid your statement could be taken without sarcasm only on Macrumors.
I'm not so sure. The larger iPad rumours have been around for maybe 6 months max. I don't know but I suspect it takes a lot longer than 6 months to design and engineer a 12" tablet with a new UI. Samsung's strategy seems very simple - try and make a device for every possible size requirement. I don't think the rumours surrounding an iPad Pro had anything to do with their decision making.
Tablets will eventually replace laptops, so it just makes sense to make larger screen versions. I wouldn't be surprised if they released a 14" version next year. The other day I even saw an 18" Dell tablet with a stand to put it on so it looks like a desktop. So tablets could even replace desktops one day.
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It's clearly a business focussed device. Businesses tend to spend their IT budgets at the start of the year rather than at Christmas time.