Samsung introduces Galaxy Core Lite LTE smartphone

Samsung has announced a new variant of the Galaxy Core smartphone in the Taiwanese market. Dubbed as Samsung Galaxy Core Lite LTE, the phone will go on sale for NT$7,988 (US$266) in the country this month, however there is no word on the release in other markets right now.

Samsung Galaxy Core Lite LTE (SM-G3586V) features a 4.7-inch WVGA display, 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 1GB of RAM and Android 4.3. The phone also packs 2000 mAh battery, NFC, LTE support, 8GB of internal storage and microSD card slot. The company has not revealed anything about the Android 4.4 update for the phone.

The phone will be competing with the likes of Asus’s new LTE Zenfone smartphones as well as LG’s F70 and F90.