Samsung is reportedly working a cheaper version of the Galaxy Note 10. The rumored Galaxy Note 10 Lite has a model number of SM-N770. The said device has appeared on Geekbench benchmarking platform to confirm that it will be powered by Exynos 9810 chipset. The S Pen stylus that will accompany the SM-N770 phone has received certification from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S.
Galaxy Note 10 Lite Geekbench Listing
The Geekbench 5 appearance of the SM-N770F Galaxy Note 10 Lite has revealed that it has recorded a score of 667 in the single-core test and 2030 in the multi-core test. The phone is running on Android 10 OS and its SoC is assisted by 6 GB of RAM.
The 1.79GHz Exynos 9810 is present under the hood of the SM-N770F smartphone. Samsung has used the same chipset in 2018 to power the Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ and Galaxy Note 9.
Galaxy Note 10 Lite Releasing Next Year?
The FCC certification of the S Pen for Galaxy Note 10 Lite reveals that it is a Bluetooth enable device and it features gyroscope. The latter will bring support for Air Actions (air gestures) on the Note 10 Lite. Its dimensions are identical with that of the S Pen that ships with Note 10 Lite as it measures 5.80 x 4.35 x 105.18mm.
The FCC documents of the S Pen has its external photos. Unfortunately, it is withheld until May next year. This could be a hint the Galaxy Note 10 Lite that is speculated to debut in December may actually break cover in the coming year. If it goes official in May 2020, it will be arriving well after the Note 10 series that went in August and around three months after the Galaxy S11 series that will be unveiled in February. Hence, the Galaxy Note 10 Lite seems to be Samsung’s strategy of boosting its sales by mid-2020.
Apart from the specs revealed through Geekbench, very few details are known on the specs of the Galaxy Note 10 Lite. The smartphone may continue to sport an Infinity-O notch display like the Galaxy Note 10 models, and it may come with a native storage of 128 GB.
Arriving as Galaxy A81 in Some Markets?
Recently, Sammobile had claimed that the South Korean company may rebadge the Galaxy Note 10 Lite as Galaxy A81 in specific markets. The publication claimed that the SM-AN815F is the model number of the Galaxy A81. Samsung is known for denoting its Note series of phones with letter N in their model number. For instance, the Galaxy Note 10 has SM-N970 model number and the Galaxy Note 9 has SM-N960 model number. Hence, the inclusion of letter ‘N’ in Galaxy A81’s model number suggests that it could ship with an S Pen stylus and it could be a rebranded Note 10 Lite.
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