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Samsung planning a cheap quad-core phone with Jelly Bean and WVGA 480p display for Korea, codenamed Baffin?

Samsung seems to be working on a not so high-end quad-core powered phone for it’s home market in South Korea. Recent measurement results from GL benchmark tests, have…

Samsung seems to be working on a not so high-end quad-core powered phone for it’s home market in South Korea. Recent measurement results from GL benchmark tests, have shown an appearance of three unknown Samsung devices…

Samsung seems to be working on a not so high-end quad-core powered phone for it’s home market in South Korea. Recent measurement results from GL benchmark tests, have shown an appearance of three unknown Samsung devices model-numbered SHV-E270S/SHV-E270K/SHV-E270L. All three are inferred to be carrier based variants of  same device. Specs inferred based on the benchmark results are as follows:

  • Android  4.1.1 Jelly Bean
  • 1. 4 GHz Exynos 4412 quad-core CPU
  • ARM Mali-400 GPU
  • WVGA Resolution – 480 x 800
  • Some physical navigation keys present

Device Fingerprint recorded indicates that the 3 devices, codenamed Baffin, are all LTE-enabled, and meant for the 3 Korean carriers – SK Telecom, KT and LG U+. Based on the low resolution display, it is likely that this could be a low cost LTE-enabled smartphone for the Korean market. What is puzzling though, is why Samsung would want to pack in a powerful quad-core processor and a dedicated GPU, into a low resolution display device.

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