# SAMSUNG YEPP YP-K3 Preview by Funear / ENGLISH #
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Last October, Samsung launched its new ambitious MP3 player designed to share music. Named K5, the
new MP3 model from Samsung was instantly surrounded with criticisms on its big size, brick-like look,
and inability to play video files.
Here, certain criticisms on the big size and brick-likeness of K5 were not completely undue. Korean
consumers in general prefer MP3 players of compact and slim sizes (plus all the fun and exciting
functions). As a result, Samsung decided to launch K3 in February, a model made by removing the
speaker set from K5.
In that case, is K3 merely another K5 without its bulky speaker? That is not so, I can argue. The code
letter given to each line of MP3 players from Samsung symbolizes the common characteristic linking all
the products in that line. ‘K’ here means the MP3 player’s ability to enable the user to share music with
others. Consequentially, Samsung has also decided to provide a