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Last updated: March 19th, 2015 at 09:28 UTC+01:00
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Flagships like the Galaxy S6 have already moved on to the faster Universal Flash Storage or UFS 2.0 standard. This means that mid-market smartphones and tablets can now have increased storage capacity as the gap is there. They can get more capacity courtesy of Samsung's new eMMC 5.0 chip. Samsung calls it the “industry's highest density eMMC 5.0 solution.” The new 128GB chip is capable of sequential data reading at up to 260 MB/s. For random read and write operations it can handle up to 6,000 IOPS and 5,000 IOPS respectively.
The only thing Samsung didn't mention in today's press release is when it will start mass producing this new chip. Once it starts shipping the chips to OEMs we will start seeing devices in the mid-range market offer up to 128GB onboard storage. Don't be surprised if Samsung uses this for some of its own mid-range smartphones and tablets.
Adnan Farooqui is a long-term writer at SamMobile. Based in Pakistan, his interests include technology, finance, Swiss watches and Formula 1. His tendency to write long posts betrays his inclination to being a man of few words.
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