Post Galaxy S5 launch, Samsung reportedly working on affordable LTE phones

The dust on Samsung’s Galaxy S5 India launch has barely settled,  but we already have news that the company is working at bringing affordable LTE phones to India. According to a report in The Economic Times, Vineet Taneja, Samsung India’s IT and mobiles division head had said that “Samsung’s roll out strategy for LTE phones will depend on the network roll outs by carriers and the scale they can build”.

Taneja reportedly further said that Samsung is looking at a landscape of TDDLTE on 2300 MHz band, 3G on 2100 MHz and 900 MHz bands and FDD LTE on 1800 MHz band. “Before the operators are ready, we will be ready with the road map and products for the market,” he added.

At the auctions held in February, telcos like Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Vodafone and Idea have bought airwaves in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. So far, Bharti Airtel is the only company to have launched its 4G services in four circles and LTE voice services in Bangalore.

Samsung has been leading India’s smartphone market, according to the figures by the IDC. The company is believed to have sold over 3.5 crore Galaxy devices in India, so far. However, reports circulating the web have been claiming that Samsung’s growth has been weakened, owing to competition from companies like Sony, LG and Apple. LG has already announced its 4G variant of G2 for India starting at Rs 46,000.

The company recently launched its newest flagship the Galaxy S5 in the Indian market priced between Rs 51,000-53,000.

The S5 has a 5.1-inch screen with a Full HD resolution and an octa-core (eight core) processor which consists of two quad-core processors clocked at 1.9 and 1.3 GHz respectively.

 The device comes with 2GB RAM, memory space of 16 GB and a microSD slot that can accept cards up to 128 GB. The Galaxy S5 has a 16 megapixel camera and according to the company, the world’s fastest auto-focus speed (up to 0.3 seconds). It has also has an ‘Advance HDR’ mode for better colours and light. Here are our first impressions about the Galaxy S5. You can also take a look at how Samsung’s latest Galaxy S5 compares to the previous flagships.

Source: Tech Guide 2014

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