samsung has announced a new Unpacked mobile event, the kind of press event we’ve seen before at MWC, CTIA or IFA this year, and considering that the company has announced its flagship smartphones and tablets for 2011 already what could follow next other than the next Google Nexus handset, also known as the Nexus Prime, Galaxy Nexus or Droid Prime?
The media even is scheduled for October 11, on the first of CTIA’s next event that will take place in San Diego during October 11-13.
Since we’re looking at an upcoming Unpacked event we’re almost sure we’re talking about an important product launch. The similar MWC event brought us the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in February, the one at CTIA in March unveiled the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Tab 8.9 while the most recent one, held at IFA was used by the company to launch the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Tab 7.7.
The Nexus Prime has been long rumored to be manufactured by the South Korean company and in time any doubts regarding the maker of the next Nexus phone have disappeared with Samsung inadvertently confirming the device a bunch of times.
However the phone is not official yet, and it definitely deserves a proper media event. In fact, chances are that by October 11 the iPhone 4S/5 will already be announced by Apple and on its way to stores. Various reports have suggested that Google and Samsung will release the Nexus Prime after the fifth-generation iPhone is launched. Last time we checked, the phone was rumored to be released on November 3 so it makes plenty of sense to expect an announcement media event before the end of October.
In case the date is accurate then we expect Google to hold some its own media event soon to properly launch Ice Cream Sandwich, the next-gen Android OS that’s going to equip the Nexus Prime.
The question is, what will Samsung announce at the next Unpacked event if it’s not going to be the Nexus Prime?
