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Samsung all set to beat Apple with Retina-Resolution Tablet in Feb'12[Exclusive]

6 points by infogaufire 15y ago

dlehman 15y ago
Be great if this was true. Hope it doesn't have a 2-hour battery life though.
- infogaufire 15y ago
  Yea..b8ry has always been an issue. But I hope, samsung will definitely be working on this issue. Lets just hope that Samsung make this thing true.
sigzero 15y ago
Why do I doubt Samsung's ability to pull that off?
- infogaufire 15y ago
  I used to doubt that too but having seen how they have dominated Electronics market and for that matter Mobile market, I am bit bullish about Samsung's performance in Tab market. Rest time will tell.
- mcantelon 15y ago
  There's doesn't seem to be a reason to doubt it to me. Samsung has emerged as a top-tier player in the mobile and consumer electronic world.
  - 2muchcoffeeman 15y ago
    Apple has been producing retina displays for their phones for almost 2 years now. And they are able to produce them in large quantities. Meanwhile, if we consider SUB-pixel density and not just pixel density (because creating that many elements and maintaining quality is going to be hard) then it is not clear that anyone else has the ability to even manufacture a similar screen at any sort of commercial level.
    - bryanlarsen 15y ago
      LG makes the iPhone 4 screen, not Apple.
jws 15y ago
Lots of rumor in that article, but it should easily be possible. Samsung can launch with an item that can only be produced in small quantities. Apple can't go iPad retina display until they can produced in huge quantities. There was a similar effect during the Macintosh clone period. As Motorola would tick out faster processors, the cloners would launch as soon as they could get silicon, meanwhile Apple had to wait until they could get enough processors stockpiled and the Motorola's production rate up enough to support a new Apple model. It created a market where the cloners were perceived as the higher performance machines and Apple was always late to the party.
- infogaufire 15y ago
  jws : Your point about Samsung's ability (or rather say safe play) to produce & launch in small quantities is absolutely spot on. That's what makes me (personally) very bullish about Samsung's future prospects in Tab market.

6 points by infogaufire 15y ago

dlehman 15y ago

Be great if this was true. Hope it doesn't have a 2-hour battery life though.

infogaufire 15y ago
Yea..b8ry has always been an issue. But I hope, samsung will definitely be working on this issue. Lets just hope that Samsung make this thing true.

sigzero 15y ago

Why do I doubt Samsung's ability to pull that off?

infogaufire 15y ago
I used to doubt that too but having seen how they have dominated Electronics market and for that matter Mobile market, I am bit bullish about Samsung's performance in Tab market. Rest time will tell.
mcantelon 15y ago
There's doesn't seem to be a reason to doubt it to me. Samsung has emerged as a top-tier player in the mobile and consumer electronic world.
- 2muchcoffeeman 15y ago
  Apple has been producing retina displays for their phones for almost 2 years now. And they are able to produce them in large quantities. Meanwhile, if we consider SUB-pixel density and not just pixel density (because creating that many elements and maintaining quality is going to be hard) then it is not clear that anyone else has the ability to even manufacture a similar screen at any sort of commercial level.
  - bryanlarsen 15y ago
    LG makes the iPhone 4 screen, not Apple.

jws 15y ago

Lots of rumor in that article, but it should easily be possible. Samsung can launch with an item that can only be produced in small quantities. Apple can't go iPad retina display until they can produced in huge quantities. There was a similar effect during the Macintosh clone period. As Motorola would tick out faster processors, the cloners would launch as soon as they could get silicon, meanwhile Apple had to wait until they could get enough processors stockpiled and the Motorola's production rate up enough to support a new Apple model. It created a market where the cloners were perceived as the higher performance machines and Apple was always late to the party.

infogaufire 15y ago
jws : Your point about Samsung's ability (or rather say safe play) to produce & launch in small quantities is absolutely spot on. That's what makes me (personally) very bullish about Samsung's future prospects in Tab market.