Samsung seems to be working on a new smartphone. It could be the cheaper edition of the Galaxy S8. The alleged device is dubbed as Galaxy S8 Lite or S8 Mini by well-known leakster Roland Quandt. These speculations are about a new Samsung phone that has appeared on Geekbench as Samsung SM-G9600.  Interestingly, it is powered by a new Qualcomm chipset that is mentioned as sdm 840. It could be the upcoming Snapdragon 840 chipset.

According to Quandt, since the Snapdragon 840 features a quad-core processor, it could be a revised edition of Snapdragon 820 chipset. Qualcomm has recently launch Snapdragon 630 chipset as an upgraded version of Snapdragon 625 SoC and it also introduced Snapdragon 660 chipset as an improved version of Snapdragon 652/653 SoC. The Snapdragon 835 chipset that powers several flagship smartphones of 2017 including the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ features an octa-core processor.  So, the sdm 840 could debut in the market as Snapdragon 840 Mobile Platform.

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Coming back to Geekbench listing of SM-G9600, the smartphone is running on Android 7.1.2 Nougat OS. The chipset is supported by 4 GB of RAM. The quad-core processor of sdm840 chipset works at 1.77 GHz. It has scored 1782 points on single-core test and 4212 points on multi-core test. There is no information available on the GPU of the new chipset from Qualcomm.

The Galaxy S8 has a model number of SM-G950 and in China, its model number is SM-G9500. Some may speculate that it could be the Samsung Galaxy S9, the 2018 flagship phone. However, since the SM-G9600 phone is powered by a non-flagship chipset, it seems that the SM-G9600 is not the Galaxy S9. However, the model number suggests that it would be released exclusively in China and it may release as lighter version or a mini version of Galaxy S8.

Recently, a Samsung executive had reportedly  confirmed that there is no mini version of Galaxy S8 in works. Also, Samsung has not released a mini version for Galaxy S6 from 2015 and Galaxy S7 from last year. Hence, it may possibly release as Galaxy S8 Lite. This smartphone may compete with the LG Q6 that was recently released with lower-end specs and Full Vision full-screen display available on the LG G6. These are just speculations. More information on the Samsung SM-G9600 is expected to appear in the coming weeks.

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A few days ago, there was a rumor circulating that Samsung was planning to release a mini version of the Galaxy S8. New reports say otherwise and there are a couple of reasons for the Galaxy S8 Mini not getting made.

First, it has been a couple of years since Samsung launched a Galaxy S Mini phone and that alone made us skeptical about the S8 Mini. The major reason according to the source is the difficulty in producing the curved OLED panels for the phone. It seems making the infinity display isn’t as easy as we thought it was.

The second reason is said to be the limited success of the Mini line and that is why Samsung stopped making it in the first place.

The Galaxy S8 Mini was rumored to have a smaller 5.3-inch display, a Snapdragon 821 SoC, 4GB of RAM and a lesser price tag. Now, all that is just wishful thinking.

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Apart from the Galaxy S8 Mini, Samsung will also not be releasing a Galaxy A10 Pro. This should be the successor to the Snapdragon 652-powered Galaxy A9 Pro phablet from last year.

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The last time we got a mini version of Samsung’s flagship was in 2014 (Galaxy S5 Mini). For the Galaxy S6 Mini we only saw a retailer list it online as coming soon but it never saw the light of day. There was no announcement of a Galaxy S7 Mini. Now there is news of a Galaxy S8 Mini and we are not excited.

Specifications of the device is said to have leaked online by an undisclosed source. According to the source, the Galaxy S8 Mini will retain the infinity display present in its bigger siblings but will be smaller. Actual dimension is said to be 5.3-inches but due to the thin bezels, the phone will have a 4.7-inch form factor. Although the source says the bezels won’t be as thin as that of the Galaxy S8 and S8+.

The S8 Mini is said to come with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. For the processor, it is said Samsung will use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor present in the Galaxy Note FE.

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The camera will remain a 12MP dual-pixel sensor and the phone will also have iris recognition. There is no info regarding the battery capacity.

The Galaxy S8 Mini will launch first in South Korea before making it out to other regions. Let us hope this is not just smoke and mirrors.

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