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Samsung’s quality assurance lab asked the FCC Wednesday...

Samsung’s quality assurance lab asked the FCC Wednesday for 180 days of confidentiality through Nov. 24 on an equipment authorization grant for a mobile device with the model designation SM-T2558, filings at the commission’s Office of Engineering and Technology show…

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(http://bit.ly/1tTOPXu). The few details available for public view at the OET site depict the SM-T2558 as a mobile phone. Chinese authorities in April certified the SM-T2558 for sale in China through China Mobile (http://bit.ly/1mv8mJe), and reports there described the SM-T2558 as a tablet sporting a seven-inch high-resolution screen. Documents filed at the FCC described the SM-T2558 as both a “portable handset” and “portable tablet” with WCDMA, WLAN, Bluetooth and RFID functionality as well as “ANT+” interoperability support. Samsung declined comment on specs or U.S. marketing plans for the SM-T2558.