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The much-speculated Samsung Galaxy View has finally been revealed in images, thanks to the serial leaker EVleaks. The first glimpse of the tablet surfaced at IFA 2015 in the class of a teaser video. The Galaxy View comes with a massive 18.iv-inch full HD display, which is bigger than whatever other tablet on the market bated from some PC all-in-ones that double as tablets. Samsung is conspicuously pushing boundaries here, though.

It's not the first time a company has pitched a tablet with such a large display. For example, Alcatel unveiled the OneTouch Become Play with a screen size of 17.three inches. Interestingly, in the above image, you tin meet a stand behind the device; information technology seems to resemble the Microsoft Surface's stand. The Galaxy View had likewise appeared on several third-party seller websites with a toll tag of $600 for the 32GB variant, forth with some boosted specifications and availability info. The listings were removed as soon equally the leak went viral, though.

A split report from GSM Arena suggests the device will come powered by an Exynos 758 chipset, 2GB RAM, and 32GB of storage that'southward expandable to 128GB. It will come in 2 variants: 1 with Wi-Fi back up and the other with 3G/4G LTE, the latter of which will price more, of course. The base of operations model, at $600, undercuts the iPad Pro, so it'due south reasonable to assume the entire range will also undercut Apple'due south larger tablet in similar configurations. And if y'all want a big-screen tablet for media consumption, at least, the 12.nine-inch iPad Pro tin't bear upon an eighteen.iv-inch brandish.

Other leaks accept indicated the Galaxy View will have a 2.one-megapixel forepart photographic camera and a giant five,700mAh battery. A tertiary-party US retailer, Adorama, uploaded the following clarification of the device: "The Samsung Milky way View is TV reimagined for the streaming age. The 18.4-inch FHD large screen brings y'all a portable, touchable TV experience plus a bigger window to your favorite apps and content, so you can do more, view more than, and play more. Enjoy the domicile theater experience – anywhere! This listing was also taken downwards.

No matter what you think of the Milky way View, it's generating some fizz since it'south almost 3 times the size of the average tablet. Information technology looks like Samsung is indeed trying to pitch the device as something that falls between a tablet and a boob tube, instead of a tablet and a PC. It volition be interesting to meet what kind of consumer response this gigantic tablet generates. The 18.iv-inch screen will clearly require a lot of battery ability, so if it turns out 5,700mAh isn't plenty, the view won't be nigh as sugariness.