Samsung unveils exciting gadgets
South Korean electronics giant Samsung has launched its 2013 product portfolio, at its annual Southwest Asian forum in Hyderabad.
"Relentless innovation and discovery are the key principles of Samsung,†said BD Park, president and chief executive officer of Samsung Southwest Asia, at a press briefing at Hyderabad International Convention Centre on Friday.
“Consumers are looking for technology to enrich and empower their lives and -- not something that complicates it. Our goal is to deliver that technology."
The products, to be rolled out in Bangladesh in the coming months, include a budget tablet computer to rival Apple's iPad Mini, a brushed-up notebook series, a high-end mirror-less camera, a 85-inch ultra high definition television (UHD TV) and a LED TV.
The LED TV called the F8000 is the first Samsung TV to come with a quad-core processor, which aids in multitasking (switching between online services and apps).
Available in 46, 55 and 65 inches screen size, the F8000 features an ultra-thin profile, a quarter-inch thick bezel and a wave inspired 'Arc' stand that makes the TV look as if it is simply floating in the air.
The company announced two new accessories with the television, one of which is the Smart Touch Control, a universal remote control with a touchpad.
The remote, complementary with TVs from other manufacturers, works on a swipe function, much like the navigation in iPod Classic.
Previously, this technology was unique to Bose, as an accessory with the company's top-of-the-range VideoWave series of TVs.
The second accessory is the evolution kit, an upgrade kit for Samsung's 2012 smart TVs: users just need to place it on the back panel to upgrade their TV to the performance levels of this year's products.
Samsung introduced its first UHD TV, the 85-inch 85S9, to be available from May.
The 4K UHD TV features Samsung's proprietary upscaling engine, which can upscale HD or Full-HD to UHD-level quality by restoring detail information.
The most striking feature of the TV, however, is its frame design, which makes the TV appear to be floating within its frame.
Samsung has added a 3D-enabled WiFi camera called NX300 to its lineup, which, the manufacturer claims, is the world's first single-lens 3D system that allows users to capture 3D stills and video.
The camera comes with a 20.3-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, wide light sensitivity (ISO) range of 100-25,600, a 45 mm F1.8 2D/3D lens and a 3.31-inch touchscreen that tilts for high- and low-angle shots.
In an attempt to "bring excitement back to the PC segment", Samsung launched its Series 7 notebooks.
The Series 7 Chronos laptop comes with a 15.7-inch touchscreen that supports 10-point multi-touch and a battery life of 11 hours, while the 'Ultra' laptop of the series has a 13.3-inch touchscreen display and a battery life of around eight hours.
The series also has an all-in-one touchscreen device, called the Series 7 Touch (SC770).
The popular Galaxy Note 8 was repackaged to Galaxy Note 510 for the South Asian market, in a bid to capture the e-book reader and diary market.
It has an 8-inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1200 x 800 pixels, and comes with the stylus -- S Pen.
The new device runs on Android Jelly Bean and has a 16GB internal storage and rear and front cameras.
Samsung said it aims to be the global market leader in home appliances by 2015, and with that in mind it has launched a new refrigerator and a washing machine at the event.
The refrigerator, RT42, is loaded with a new technology that allows it to keep fruits and vegetables fresh for longer.
The washing machine, WA16, features Wobble technology that is supposed to reduce water usage and clean clothes better.
On the sidelines of the press conference, Choon Soo Moon, managing director of Samsung Bangladesh, said: “We will start assembling of new LED televisions through our client's factory for Bangladesh market from May this year.â€
Replying to queries on the Samsung's strategy on competing with low-end products from China which have been saturating the Bangladesh market, he said the company believes in the strength of quality.
“People usually gravitate towards quality products, and ours are as good as it gets.â€
Samsung achieved a sales growth of 35 percent in Southwest Asia in 2012.
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