Samsung said to fire up the conveyor belts for the first batch of 1.5 million Galaxy Note 3 Lite units

We heard that Samsung is preparing to launch a bunch of new handsets in the first quarter of next year, including a Galaxy Note 3 Lite version, and the venerable Galaxy S5. Now some more info has trickled down on the more affordable Note 3 variant, which is expected to have a 5.7" screen, and a more modest 8 MP camera, compared to the 13 MP shooter the original sports.
The screen is expected to be an LCD one, not the expensive Full HD AMOLED panel that the Note 3 flaunts, which is in line with what Korean media reported, saying that Samsung is considering the switch from OLED to PLS-LCD for all but its most premium devices. Also likely is that the Note 3 Lite will use the metal mesh touch layer that Samsung and LG are introducing, which will further lower cost, and allow to have a stylus pen input without a digitizer present. The Note 3 Lite is likely to be introduced to the world at the MWC expo at the end of February, which will give the Note 3 sales enough run time in order to avoid cannibalization of the premium phablet sales.