While all
eyes are hooked on to the Galaxy S7 launch, Samsung is all set to launch a
dual-SIM variant of the Galaxy Note 5 in India. It will be priced at Rs 51,400
for the 32GB storage variant and Rs 57,400 for the 64GB storage variant, and
will go on sale starting January 17.
Back in
September 2015, Samsung launched the single-SIM variant of the Note 5 for Rs
53,900 and Rs 59,000 for the 32GB and 64GB storage variants, respectively.
However, the 32GB storage variant is now available for Rs 47,900.
"In
the high-end segment, we saw a very strong trend of people using dual-SIMs in
our A series smartphones. Consumers want a premium device, which has a local
SIM and space for another SIM," said Manu Sharma, director-product marketing
at Samsung India.
"There
is a very large market that uses dual-SIM from the Rs 15,000-30,000 products
categories, and the attach rate is very high. So, we expect a lot of takers in
the premium segment," he said, when asked about the expected demand for
the phone.
Samsung
Galaxy Note 5 specifications and features:
The Galaxy Note 5 dual-SIM will come
with the same hardware as the single-SIM variant. It sports a 5.7-inch QHD
Super AMOLED display running at a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels. Under the hood, it is powered by an Exynos 7420
64-bit octa-core processor paired with 4GB of RAM. In the photography
department, the Note 5 sports a 16-megapixel f/1.9 rear camera with optical
image stabilization, supplemented with a 5-megapixel selfie camera.
The
Galaxy Note 5 also features a 3,000mAh battery with support for wireless fast
charging and connectivity options such as single-SIM card slot, 4G LTE support,
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC and USB 2.0. On the software front,
the phablet runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out-of-the box, wrapped under a
refreshed TouchWiz UI. It is also due to get Android 6.0 Marshmallow update in
the coming months.
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