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Samsung's next-gen Galaxy Tab headed to MWC with 2GHz processor, 2560 x 1600 screen?

Samsung's next-gen Galaxy Tab headed to MWC with 2GHz processor, 2560 x 1600 screen?

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A rumor at Android and Me claims that Samsung will announce a 2GHz tablet with a 2560 x 1600 resolution screen at MWC.

By Sean Hollister, a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.

Source Android and Me, BGR, and SlashGear

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Gallery Photo: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 for Verizon hands-on pictures
Gallery Photo: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 for Verizon hands-on pictures

Now that Samsung sells slates in nearly every screen size imaginable — 4.65, 5.3, 7.0, 7.7, 8.9 and 10.1-inches across — what's the next frontier? A rumor at Android and Me (perhaps corroborating an earlier rumor at BGR) claims that the company will double-down on pixels, pushing out an even larger tablet with a giant 2560 x 1600 (WXQGA) resolution screen and a 2GHz Exynos 5250 chip powering Android 4.0, which it will allegedly announce at Mobile World Congress next month in place of the supposed Galaxy S III smartphone.

Interestingly, the publication's Taylor Wimberly isn't citing any anonymous insiders, but rather his own eyes at CES: apparently, he actually saw this tablet in person, but wasn't allowed to take pictures and had to piece together the other details. While we're a little skeptical of the high resolution on what BGR claims is a 11.6-inch screen — and wonder if their sources might be mistaking the maximum resolution the Exynos chip supports (2560 x 1600) for the actual resolution on offer — we'd absolutely love to try a tablet with the additional pixel density. Perhaps with an S Pen.

Oh, and speaking of that Galaxy S III, SlashGear discovered a brand-new reference to a "GT-i9300" in Samsung's online support system. While it's not certain to be the aformentioned phone, it stands to reason given Samsung's numbering scheme: the GT-i9020 was a Nexus S, the GT-i9100 was a Galaxy S II, and the GT-i9250 is one flavor of the Galaxy Nexus. Good company to be in.

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