Samsung hopes Intel based Galaxy Tab 3 means third time is a charm

　　Samsung is using Intel processors in its new Galaxy Tab 3 tablets, hoping the new chip will make the third time the charm. While Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones sell like gangbusters, its Tab line of tablets has failed to match that success through its first two generations despite numerous models in differing screen sizes. Skeptics have claimed that Samsung’s smartphone sales prowess is mostly a factor of carriers pushing the brand, and absent that push, its tablets have tanked in comparison. The Galaxy Tab 3 aims to turn that around. It also aims to avoid getting banned in a dozen nations on patent grounds, like its predecessors.

　　Perhaps the biggest thing the Galaxy Tab 3 has going for it is that by virtue of being a new product, Apple has to start from scratch in its ongoing and largely efforts to ban Samsung’s products from the marketplace worldwide. But those Tab 2 bans don’t automatically apply to the new Tab 3, giving Samsung some breathing room. But in terms of things that consumers care about, the inclusion of an Intel processor as reported by Forbes means that the Galaxy Tab 3 may have a level of computing firepower not previously seen from any Tab device.

　　Samsung is running aggressive promotions to rid itself of remaining Galaxy Tab 2 stock, which points to the Galaxy Tab 3 era arriving swiftly. And now it’ll have the Intel Inside sticker on it, at least metaphorically.