Samsung is expected to announce a cheaper Galaxy Note III “Lite” alongside the high-end flagship at next week’s Unpacked event in Berlin. The South Korean company reportedly wants to make the Note series more accessible, so it has developed a second model with lesser specifications.

A Samsung Galaxy Gear mockup.

Galaxy Gear, Samsung’s first Android-powered smartwatch, will be unveiled alongside the Galaxy Note III next week, according to a senior Samsung executive.

Lee Young-hee, executive vice president of the South Korean company’s mobile business, has confirmed to The Korea Times that the new “wearable concept device” will be announced on September 4, and she’s confident it will be a big success.

Now that the Galaxy S4 is here — in a number (too many) of different forms — we’re all wondering when Samsung’s going to unveil its other big seller, the next-generation Galaxy Note III. We know it will come sometime later this year, but when?

According to one Korean news outlet, citing “industry sources,” we’ll see it on September 4 — two days before the start of IFA 2013 in Berlin — and it will be accompany by “GEAR,” Samsung’s first Android-powered smartwatch.

Samsung appears to be gearing up to launch yet another threat against the iPad with two new slates that’ll boast mouthwatering 2560×1600 displays. One is expected to offer a 10-inch screen that’s just slightly bigger than the iPad’s 9.7-inch display, while the other will be a larger 12.2-inch model.

If you’ve been expecting Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note III to look just like a giant Galaxy S4, then you won’t be too surprised by these leaked illustrations taken from a Galaxy Note III user manual. They reveal the new phablet will look almost identical to its little brother, with improvements like a Xenon flash and a 5.7-inch 1080p display.