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this episode of Android Weekly is brought to you by Full Sail University meet the Samsung view a large tablet 18 point 4 inches large it's not just big it's bloody colossal the Samsung Galaxy view is a mystery to many it's an 18 point 4 inch tablet with mid-range specs and a high price tag recently one of the writers that Engadget said what many of us are thinking I just don't understand why the Samsung Galaxy view exists so exactly how big is eighteen point four inches well this is my macbook pro it's a very popular laptop I'm sure many of you in the audience have it and it is 15 inches diagonally across now the Samsung Galaxy view is another three point four inches somewhere right about there it's bigger than this and that's a tablet it is so big that Samsung felt they had to put a permanent handle on the back crazy ridiculous maybe not now for those of you who are new to the mobile tech industry you may not know that when the original Galaxy Note came out Samsung was ridiculed and made fun of for making such an abnormally large phone now nowadays it's normal Samsung won that battle they created a new category and now almost every major flagship is 5.2 inches or bigger but at the time it so stood out from the 3.5 inch iPhones and the 4.3 inch Android phones on the market it was crazy big and it stood out but Samsung took a risk they took the jokes they took the slander and ridicule and created a new category and today who dominates the phablet category Samsung first no mine means first in market share you see there is a difference between taking a risk that may fail and creating a new category of a device and just creating 20 30 different models of a device in the same category and just hoping something sticks one demonstrates a lack of vision the other one straights smart strategy so what does that mean for you and me Samsung is pushing the boundaries to determine exactly how big is too big yes eighteen point four inches sounds ridiculous and it may not work but then they can scale back and try fifteen point five inches 14 inches something's going to work they want to be the first in that category and win big the problem of course is that Samsung is famous for failing to communicate their vision of their devices to us the consumer when asked what the purpose was for such a massive tablet Samsung said this the galaxy view was envisioned by its designers as a fun and useful tool for everyone in the home everywhere they live which of course means nothing but when pressed further they did get more specific the galaxy view excels at showing off content and its apps are custom-made to fit a variety of lifestyles a cook might use it for recipes or keeping up with shows in the kitchen children can play games in the living room the sports fan can take the tablet from room to room and outside to the grill keeping tabs on the action without sacrificing the large screen experience Samsung also mentioned it can be a great educational tool for schools and other Institute's it's a welcome companion on camping trips or tailgating with a battery that can support eight hours of video playback or use it to play music videos at parties with speakers capable of providing some serious sound none of which I find very persuasive but I will make a bold prediction here right now today it may not be the galaxy view but I think big tablets are going to be the future in the next eighteen months to two years we've got to have some way to bridge the gap between tablet and laptop and going big may be a possibility what do you guys think please let me know in the comments below I'll be reading them now if you knew me for my XD developer TV days you'd know that I interviewed hundreds of successful software developers and what became very painfully clear is that there is a serious gap between the theory that computer science engineering students learn and the practical knowledge needed to build a great app and that's the problem that our beloved sponsor 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were saying why are you talking about this these phones are already out they just came out earlier this year I was referring to the galaxy a 7 & a 5 coming in 2016 these are new things are going to be released in the next few months so just wanted to clarify that thanks for watching guys you don't want to forget about my brothers and sister and Android we're working super hard to be your source for all things Android you