On the eve of the 2013 Mobile World Congress starting tomorrow in Barcelona, Samsung unveiled its 8-inch tablet, called the Galaxy Note 8, which it will start to sell globally in the second quarter of this year.
This is another product in the crowded tablet space created specifically to take on Apple’s iPad mini.
The South Korean company announced that the stylus-enabled Galaxy Note 8.0, which runs the latest version of Google’s Android operating system, will have an 8-inch screen, putting it very close in size to the Apple’s tablet, which launched last year in October with a 7.9-inch screen.
Despite its already large offering of tablets and super-sized smartphones, Samsung appears to expect the eight-inch tablet will become a vital part of its product portfolio. The company said the new Galaxy Note 8.0 will bring “fresh life into the [tablet] category” and that the device brings a perfect mix of “portability and everyday productivity.”
