Samsung Unveils Enormous 6.3-Inch Galaxy Mega Smartphone

If you liked the big screen of Samsung's Galaxy Note smartphones, the company has something even more massive coming. The Samsung Galaxy Mega line, which will hit Europe in May, is led by a monstrous 6.3-inch phone — the biggest smartphone yet.

Earlier this year, China's Huawei unveiled a 6.1-inch phone, but the Galaxy Mega beats it by a fraction of an inch. Samsung's gigantic phone shows the race to build the biggest smartphone has taken on a similar flavor as the competition to build ever-larger flat-screen TVs in the last decade.

Importantly, the Galaxy Mega phones do not include a stylus (the "S Pen") that's a hallmark of the Galaxy Note line. They're also not pure tablets, since they're equipped to connect with mobile networks.

The Mega line is led by the gargantuan 6.3-inch Galaxy Mega 6.3. Samsung oddly didn't opt for a full HD screen at that size, giving it 720p resolution. It's powered by a 1.7GHz dual-core processor with 1.5GB of RAM, and runs Android 4.2 "Jelly Bean." It'll be available with either 8 or 16GB of onboard storage, and you can supplement that with a microSD card.