Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) Production Stopped to Be Refitted with a Quad-Core CPU

It looks like Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 won’t be the only one to receive a CPU speed bump, as the South Korean company decided to do the same thing with the upcoming Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1).

According to NetbookNews, Samsung has recently stopped production of the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) in order to change its specs ahead of the official launch.

Apparently, the current hardware configuration makes it less competitive on the tablet market, so the company is trying to add some last minute changes.

In this regard, Samsung reportedly plans to replace the dual-core TI OMAP 4430 processor clocked at 1 GHz with a quad-core CPU on unknown model. 

According to the latest hearsay, the handset maker wants to put its own Exynos 4412 SoC inside Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1), though this has yet to be confirmed by Samsung.

In the same piece of news, it seems that Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) has been codenamed Samsung Espresso, the slate that we reported on last week. 

This means that there won’t be other Samsung Espresso tablets launched on the market. Instead we’re expecting the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) and (7.0) to hit shelves in June.

Still, we’re not sure that Samsung will be able to release the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) on schedule, but Android enthusiasts who are waiting to the 7-incher will surely be able to get it on time.

That’s because Samsung does not plan to improve the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) as well, so this one will be out with the 1 GHz dual-core processor that was previously announced.

Other highlights of the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) include: 10.1-inch PLS capacitive touchscreen (800 x 1280 pixels) with Corning Gorilla Glass coating, 1GB of RAM, 3-megapixel rear camera, secondary VGA front-facing camera and 8/16/32GB of internal memory.

It is also worth mentioning that the slate is expected to be shipped with Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system out of the box.

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