Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 range gains upgraded 10-inch and 8-inch variants

Samsung has announced eight-inch and ten-inch additions to its Galaxy Tab 3 range.

The Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch runs Android 4.2 on top of a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, with 1.5GB of RAM, up to 32GB of internal storage, 4G and 3G options in addition to Wi-Fi, and it has a five-megapixel camera to the rear. Its eight-inch screen houses a 1,280x800-pixel display.

It's an odd positioning in some ways as it sits next to the eight-inch Glaxy Note 8, which also has an eight-inch screen, also runs Android and also has a five-megapixel camera and up to 32GB of storage. Even the screen resolutions are identical.

But the Note has the edge in terms of performance, with a quad-core 1.6GHz processor in place of the Tab's dual-core, and has a little extra RAM at 2GB. It also supports the S Pen for hand-writing recognition.

Also announced today was the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1, which takes over from the Tab 2 10.1 inch and improves on its internal specifications considerably. The 1GHz processor now clocks in at 1.6GHz, Android 4.0 has been bumped up to 4.2, and 4G LTE is an option in addition to Wi-Fi. RAM has remained the same for the Tab 10.1 at 1GB and the screen resolution is the same as the Note 8: 1,280x800-pixel.

Both new models will go on sale in the UK later this year, although no launch date has been confirmed.