Could the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 6 actually be leapfrogging the name to the Samsung Galaxy Note 7?

That's what the rumors flying around Samsung's upcoming handsets are now saying, as a Chinese news source Zol has the Korean smartphone manufacturer skipping the next logical numerical progression of the Galaxy Note series in favor of the name "Samsung Galaxy Note 7."

New Name

Why would Samsung do this? There aren't a lot of details known about Samsung's plans, but one possibility is because its chief rival's smartphone this year is expected to be called the Apple "iPhone 7." And then there's the rumored large-screened iPhone 7 Plus or iPhone 7 Pro, which are even more direct competitors to the Samsung Galaxy Note phablet series.

It's of course not unheard of for tech companies to make adjustments in the numbering and naming of their devices. HTC has experimented with a number of different name configurations, ultimately dropping the HTC One hero lineup this year for the HTC 10 moniker. Microsoft, after customers were disappointed with Windows 8, skipped right to Windows 10 as a way to signal big changes.

Rival Phones

As PhoneArena relayed, there's another piece of evidence to add to the name-change puzzle, which is a hardware spec rumored to be included in the Galaxy Note 7 Edge (née Note 6): a dual lens camera on the back. And surprise surprise, Apple is rumored to include a similar dual-lens camera for its iPhone 7 Plus.

We'll know more as we head into the summer, but Samsung's Galaxy Note Edge for 2016 is expected to run a 5.8-inch quad HD display with possibly as much as 6GB of RAM.