The Samsung Galaxy Note III and Galaxy Gear smartpwatch are up for pre-order on the Samsung e-store. The pre-order amount to be paid is Rs. 2000.
Samsung’s third generation phablet, the Note III and the Galaxy Gear smartwatch are up for pre-order on the company’s e-store. The pre-order amount to be paid for is Rs. 2,000.
Consumers can either book the Galaxy Note III along with the Galaxy Gear smartwatch or the Galaxy Note III only. The phablet is available in two colours – black and white. The Samsung e-store gives consumers the option to either pre-books the devices or to notify consumers when they are available.
Samsung will showcase the Note III and the Galaxy Gear smartwatch at an event on 17 September in Delhi. At the Berlin launch event Samsung announced that the Galaxy Note III and the Galaxy Gear would launch in 149 countries starting September 25. It’s nice to see that India is on their priority list. Speculations circulating the Internet suggest that the Note III will be priced under Rs. 50,000.
The Note III that will launch in India will be powered by the Exynos 5 Octa chipset. The Indian variant of the phablet will lack LTE connectivity, which isn’t such a deal breaker as the technology isn’t available in the country. What may be a deal breaker is the fact that the video recording capabilities of the Note III will be limited to 1080p. At its IFS launch, the Note III showed off the ability to shoot video in 4K but the feature will not be available to Note III users in India. At launch, the Note III will be available in three colours – black, white and pink. To maintain the low price in India, Samsung may launch a 16GB variant of the phablet.
The Galaxy Note III brings with it a set of interesting features such as USB 3.0, 3GB RAM, S Pen apps and more. The Note III has a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED Full HD display and runs on Android 4.3 out of the box. A 3200mAh battery powers the entire package. The Octa-core processor is clocked at 1.9GHz. The phablet is just 8.3mm thick weighing a mere 168 grams. The rear houses a 13MP camera.
Coming to the Galaxy Gear smartwatch, the device will be priced at Rs. 18,000. The Gear smart-watch has a 1.63-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, and there’s also a 1.9MP camera on the strap, which allows you to record video in Full HD. The watch has a 315mAh battery and weighs 73.8 grams. The smartwatch comes with 4GB of built-in storage, and Samsung claims that there are 70 popular apps waiting for download, including Pocket, Path and Runkeeper. Samsung’s own apps – ChatON, S-Voice, Memo etc., have also been optimized for the Galaxy Gear.
Those interested can pre-order the Galaxy Note III or the Note III Galaxy Gear smartwatch.
