14 DAY TRIAL // A new device from Samsung Electronics has just received the necessary approvals from the Bluetooth Special Interests Group, and it is said to be an LTE-capable flavor of the Galaxy Note, one that might become available for purchase on the South Korean market in the near future.
The handset that passed through the Bluetooth certification process sported model number SHV-E160S, which suggests that it should be released on shelves at SK Telecom.
Nothing was officially confirmed on the new mobile device for the time being, but it might not be too long before it gets a formal introduction, it seems.
The Samsung SHV-E160S is certainly a mobile phone, and it received the Bluetooth certification on Wednesday, October 12th.
The handset is said to come to the market with a WXGA (800 x 1280 pixels) touchscreen display, which is the same screen resolution that the Galaxy Note was unveiled with.
This suggests that the new Samsung smartphone might be the South Korean flavor of the Galaxy Note, especially since it will also include a Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 chipset, the same as the original.
However, since it is also rumored to arrive on shelves with LTE connectivity, the South Korean flavor of Samsung Galaxy Note might actually pack a different version of the chip.
We should also note that the Samsung SHV-E160S has already been subjected to some benchmarking, which unveiled the fact that it might be powered by the Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread operating system when made available.
It might sport the same large 5.3-inch touchscreen display when released, the same as the original smartphone, along with a fast dual-core application processor, and the same 16GB of internal memory, complemented by a microSD memory card slot for expanding the available storage space.
For the time being, however, nothing has been officially announced on the new device, and we should take all the info on it with a grain of salt until confirmation on it emerges.