Samsung once again breaks its own record notes history in Galaxy S5s sales on the first day

The South Korean electronics manufacturer, Samsung has launched its 2014 front runner smartphone in 125 countries around the world, planning to hit the 150 mark in coming days, including United States and in here, Saudi Arabia, where the company recorded another history in their launch day sale for the Galaxy S5 handsets. It is said by the sources, that Samsung was able beat its own previously set record of their predecessor and 2013 flagship, the Galaxy S4s sales by over 1.3 times more, this time.

Even though we dont have the exact numbers at the moment, it is read from the description of sales performance that Samsung Galaxy S5s sales in some European markets surpassed twice that of the Galaxy S4 models sales in its first day. Samsungs official store in Madeleine, Paris, France sold about 200 units of Galaxy S5s in the opening hour, where else Galaxy S4s sales was reportedly two times down than what we are talking about.

What makes this phone so special? To remind you, the Samsung made Galaxy S5 rocks a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and Krait 400 CPU, clocked at 2.5GHz, 5.1-inches Full HD Super AMOLED screen of 1080p resolution display, 16 or 32 gigabytes of internal mass storage options (expandable via microSD card slot), two gigs of RAM, 16 megapixels primary camera on the back with OIS tech and LED flash light, capable of capturing UHD videos, a two megapixels secondary front facer, shooting footages at 1080p, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, NFC and 4G LTE Cat4 network support, other featured sensors like fingerprint reader, heart rate monitor on board, alongside Galaxy S attributes and Samsungs Smart features, a 2,800mAh powered battery, running Androids version 4.4.2 KitKat and companys own TouchWiz UI over the hood. The smartphone is now sold globally for about 699 United States Dollars in the Stateside and $599 around Europe and Asian markets.

Source: ZDNet Korea, GSMArena

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Lenovo ThinkPad 8 starts off its sales in the Stateside

Lenovos one announcement that took over the mobile technology media back at this years Consumer Electronics Show, was their ThinkPad 8. The Chinese multinational manufacturers slate that attracts the business officials with almost high-end internals and affordable pricing is now ready to be sold out from their domain in United States.

Why for business humankind? This very unit from the Lenovo Group Limited will come in a complete metal body and will slot a dedicated HDMI port for better viewing experience, that lets the user connect the ThinkPad 8 to a external monitor or a projector, with the potential of Microsofts Windows 8.1 operating system.

So you must be anxious to know this workstations internal specification listings? Well, the tablet will come out of its box with a Quad-Core Intel Atom Z3770 clocked at 2.39GHz, alongside Intel HD Graphics 7th Generation, a 8.3-inches screen of 1200 x 1920 resolution marked at 273 pixels-per-inch, mighty 64 or 128 gigabytes of on board mass memory option (expandable via microSD card slot), two gigabytes of DDR3 Random Access Memory (RAM), eight megapixels primary camera with LED flash light with 2.2 megapixels front facing camera, both with 1080p video capturing capabilities, Bluetooth 4.0, an eight-hours powering battery and Windows version 8.1 and Pro 32 running over the hood.

So if you prefer to get hold on to a Lenovo ThinkPad 8, you can order one from the companys official online store at a price of 429 United States Dollars for the 64 gigs variant and $569 for the 128 gigabytes model, respectively. The store also upgrades the slate to Windows 8.1 Pro 32 for just $50.

Source: lenovo

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