New Samsung Chip Allows 128Gb Storage Aboard The Low End Smartphones
Samsung unveiled its latest 3-bit NAND-based Embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC) 5.0 storage today which it says, is highest-density architecture of its kind and allow phone manufacturers to put larger storage capacities into the low end mass market smartphones and tablets. As of now only high end devices like iPhone 6 or iPad have 128GB storage capacity and are currently available at a premium of $200 over their 16GB siblings. Once, Samsung’s new eMMC chips are integrated into the budget smartphones, users from the lowest strata of the price spectrum can avail 128GB space at very minimal premium over current price....