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Samsung to reportedly debut S Orb panorama software with Galaxy Note 3
Samsung to reportedly debut S Orb panorama software with Galaxy Note 3
The biggest subject of rumours these days is
Samsung's next-gen phablet. Dubbed the Note 3, it has been the subject
of many speculations, and the latest one is that it will have new
software for a complete 360 degree-panorama photo. According to AndroidGeeks,
reports state that the phone will have the S Orb software pre-installed
on it. Much like Android's default Photo Sphere, the S Orb will let
users take pictures of everything around them and stitch them up into
one big spherical panorama.
Once it makes its debut on the Note
3, it is also rumoured that Samsung will bring S Orb to its other
devices, especially the S4. It might even make its way to older devices
from 2012 like the Note II or the S3.
S Orb was originally
speculated to make its debut alongside the S4 announcement, but Samsung
made no mention of it. It is likely that the feature is still under
development and the company hasn't managed to fix all of its bugs yet.
As with all rumours, it is also likely that none of this may actually be
true.
You can check out our rumour round-up to see all the speculations around the Note 3.
Many rumours have so far suggested that Samsung will go with a 5.9-inch
OLED display with a full HD resolution. The company was in the process
of mass producing 5-inch OLED displays for the Galaxy S4 as well, but
faced some difficulties with that particular panel. However, by the time
the Galaxy Note 3 is ready to be announced, the issues are expected to
be smoothed over. Speculation is that the Galaxy Note 3 will make an
entry by late 2013, in time for the IFA show in Berlin.
As far
as other hardware is concerned, Samsung will likely bring an improved
S-Pen stylus with the Note 3. The Galaxy Note 8.0, which was announced
at February’s MWC, has a pen that can also operate the capacitive
buttons on the tablet. This will most likely be carried over for the
next Note smartphone as well.
Just like the Galaxy S4, we expect
the Note 3 to have a Exynos 5 Octa SoC. This particular CPU is based on
the big.LITTLE architecture, developed by British chipset designer ARM.
It features four ARM Cortex-A7 cores and four Cortex-A15 cores, which
alternate processing duties depending on the task at hand. This
arrangement is said to provide high performance without adversely
affecting battery life. Besides this, the Note 3 could also have
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600 or 800 CPUs, which have integrated LTE
support.
The Note series can be largely credited for making
phablets a feasible proposition. The first Note was an unusually big
handset for its time, but now phones with displays measuring 5 inches
and even larger ones have become ubiquitous. The Note 2 perfected some
of the tricks that the Note could perform and the S-Pen became an even
more powerful navigational tool. The company also expanded the Note
portfolio by launching two tablets, the Galaxy Note 10.1 (Note 810 in
India) and the Note 8.0 (Note 510 in India).
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