Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Release Date, Features, Price, & Rumor Roundup: Here's What We Know Before the Unpacked Event
At tomorrow's Galaxy Unpacked 2015 event, we expect to get the full details on the latest phablet from Samsung. Here's a roundup of all the rumors, leaks, and reliable reports on the release date of the upcoming Galaxy Note 4 successor.
The Galaxy Note 5 Rumor Roundup
Release Date
The first things people want to know -- even before the makeup of the phone -- is when they can get it.
This year it looks to be earlier than usual, in keeping with the early Aug. 13 unveiling event that was scheduled well ahead of the usual time Samsung shows off the new Galaxy Note (which was early September, at the start of the IFA Berlin electronics show). According to GottaBeMobile, the Korean device maker is looking to focus on select North American and Asian markets early on, with a on-sale date expected to be as early as a week after the unveiling.
That could put the Samsung Galaxy Note 5's release date in the U.S., and likely Korea and possibly China as well, as early as August 20.
Hardware Specs
Of course, one of the most important factors in deciding whether to upgrade to a new phone is the specs. The best leak for specs this year -- which happened to be a pretty tight-lidded year for leaks, especially for Samsung -- has been a specs list taken off the back of an ostensible Galaxy Note 5 box by DigiWo.
Those specs seemed to indicate a minimum storage of 32GB, a 16-megapixel main camera, a 5-megapxel front-facing camera, and all of it being run by a 64-bit processor of some flavor.
Of course, that's almost certainly going to be the Samsung-made Exynos 7420 with 4GB of RAM, since the Snapdragon 810 didn't make it into Samsung's Galaxy S6 (Edge) phones earlier in the year due to overheating issues. Also expected is a 5.7-inch display, possibly covered in Gorilla Glass 4, with at least a resolution of 1440 x 2560p.
The latest rumors, reported on Twitter by Evan Blass (via BGR), a professional leaker with a good track record, indicate the battery on the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and its differently named but similarly spec'd cousin, the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, will only be 3000 mAh.
That's less than the 3,220 mAh battery on the Note 4, and far less than the 4000 mAh monster that had been rumored about earlier in the development cycle. Fans may revolt at this, but a larger battery may not actually be needed, due to the Exynos 7420's power-sipping abilities. We'll see.
Finally, there's wireless charging, which is looking to be standard in the Samsung line of premium phones since the Galaxy S6 (/ Edge) launched and is rumored to similarly be present in the Note 5.
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