At the start of July, Korean
electronics manufacturer Samsung made the first teaser of their successor to
the Galaxy Note “phablet” series with word of an unpacking event in August.
This will be the Note 10, the third model following that one disaster with the
Note 7 in 2016 that nearly sunk this phablet line and damaged Samsung’s
reputation. As with its predecessors, the Galaxy Note 10 offers some new
functionalities of the current year being added to the device for a more
powerful experience. The Unpacking Event poster did not show images of the new
model, but apparently images of it have been leaked.
The Verge reports that two sources have gotten their hands on
official pictures of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10, well before it should have been
unveiled by the smartphone maker next month. The very identities of these image
providers – Ishan Agarwal and Roland Quandt – all but confirm the leaks to be
the genuine article, and the color options for these new phablets, especially
one choice, are very interesting. Having a basic black Note 10 is pretty much
expected, but to have a glossy metallic variant that sort of resembles the
default color of the Huawei P30 Pro is quite eyebrow-raising.
AND HERE IT IS! Your first look at the Samsung Galaxy Note10 Silver and Black colour option images! Isn't the gradient just amazing? I'm so loving the design, what about you? *Please credit if you use, not using watermarks.* #Samsung #GalaxyNote10 #GalaxyNote10 #Unpacked pic.twitter.com/emW36lApaw— Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) July 10, 2019
In any case, these leaked photos
give the first nice look at Samsung’s tenth mainline Galaxy Note device. From the
front there is the crisp display and the selfie-camera nestled in a hole-punch
centered at the top. Both this side and the edge view give a clear view of
Samsung’s favored “curved glass” design. In the back the main camera, with
three lenses, gets positioned at the upper left with the flash/light source
just to its right. There have also been some notable omissions in the Galaxy
Note 10’s exterior.
First, there is no more obvious fingerprint
sensor at the back, meaning not only is it in the front but also located in the
display and uses an ultrasonic print reader. There also appears to be only two
side buttons to the left (when viewing the Note 10 from the front). Speculation
on the missing button would have it either be the Power button or the activator
for Samsung’s still-iffy Bixby virtual assistant. Other elements that are hard
to tell from the photos right now are whether or not the 3.5mm audio jack is still
there, and 5G capability. Lastly, rumors of having Galaxy Note 10 phablets of
different sizes have not been confirmed or debunked. Perhaps for that, we will
need to wait until August 7 and the official Unpacking event for this phablet.
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