It seems likely that Samsung will release two phablet-sized devices at its next press event on August 13: the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus. Pictures and specs leaked on the Internet over the weekend remove most of the uncertainty about what’s coming from Samsung.
Thanks to a press shot leaked by Evan Blass on his Twitter account, @evleaks, we get a look at the phablets. It’s the first official look at the two devices, but neither come as much of a surprise from a design perspective. The Note 5, on the left, comes with an S Pen stylus and the S6 Edge Plus, on the right, comes with its distinctive curved edges.
And there’s more. A few hours later, Blass reported the specs of the Galaxy Note 5 as well. The device will apparently come with a 5.66-inch QHD (1440 x 2560 pixel) Super AMOLED display, 4GB of RAM, an octa-core Exynos 7420 processor (four cores at 2.1GHz and four cores at 1.5GHz), a 16-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 5-megapixel front camera for all your selfie needs and Android 5.1.1. However, there will be no MicroSD card support.
Rains->Pours. Samsung Noble (SM-N920/self-reported): Exynos 7420 SoC (4x2.1GHz+4x1.5GHz), 5.66" 2560x1440, 4GB/32GB, 16MP/5MP, 5.1.1, no SD.
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) August 1, 2015
None of these are confirmed yet, but the specs and pictures line up with previous rumours. In 10 days’ time, when the Samsung Unpacked event rolls around, we’ll know for sure.
The Note 5 is the successor to the Note 4 and the S6 Edge Plus is a bigger S6 Edge and a follow-up to the experimental Note Edge that debuted last year, which was the first time the curved display technology was shown off.