The Galaxy Note10 unpacked event is less than a month away. However, more details about the new Samsung flagship are expected in the weeks leading up to the event. While we have seen renders based on CAD drawings and have an idea what it looks like, they still can’t compare to official renders of the device which have now surfaced, thanks to Roland Quandt of Winfuture.de.

The renders show us two of the color variants the Galaxy Note10 will be available in which are Black and Silver Gradient. The latter is similar to the Huawei P30 Pro’s Breathing Crystal color variant and has a contrasting blue stylus.

The Galaxy Note10 has an Infinity-O display with the punch hole for the camera sitting right in the middle at the top of the screen. The top bezel is now significantly thinner while the chin has also been shaved by a few millimeters. In a nutshell, we particularly like the way the front of the device looks.

The rear is home to three cameras stacked on top of each other and sharing the same housing. Flanking the sensors on the right is the LED flash. There is no fingerprint scanner on the rear like we have on the Galaxy Note9 as the Note10 will have an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanner. In some of the renders, we see the back of the Galaxy Note10 curves to meet the frame in the middle.

The Galaxy Note10 will come with a Snapdragon 855/Exynos 9825 processor depending on the market. It will have a 6.3-inch screen Super AMOLED display and be available in different RAM and storage configurations. There will also be a Galaxy Note10+ whose live photos surfaced a few weeks ago.

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Samsung’s Galaxy S10 unpacked event draws nearer with each passing day. As expected, more details confirming new features of the phones have surfaced online and we expect it to continue this way right up until the launch. Today, live photos have been released on the web and they show the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10 Plus side by side.

These photos leave nothing to the imagination with respect to the design of both phones. They confirm the design of the displays as well as the rear of both phones.

The Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10 Plus will both come with punch hole displays which Samsung has named Infinity-O Display. To be honest only the Galaxy S10’s display should be called Infinity-O as the hole in the Galaxy S10 Plus is shaped like a pill and not an “O”.

The holes in both phones are at the top right corner of the screen. The Galaxy S10 Plus has a bigger hole because it has dual front-facing cameras. Both the S10 and S10 Plus have their bezels shaved off but their chins are a bit thicker.

On the rear, the Galaxy S10 duo sport triple rear cameras arranged horizontally. They share the same housing along with an LED flash and what we believe is a blood pressure monitor. There is no fingerprint scanner visible which means they do have in-display fingerprint sensors as reported in earlier leaks.

The Galaxy S10 in the photo is black while the Galaxy S10 Plus has a silver finish. The latter has slightly more curved edges and even its display appears to be more curved too.

The Galaxy A8s and Samsung W2019 have ditched the audio jack but Samsung is not yet ready to remove it from its S-series flagships. The audio port sits on the left of the USB-C port on both phones while the speaker grille is positioned on the right.

The live photos also show the phones powered on and we get to see the homescreen and what Samsung’s One UI looks like. The icons are large and there is a Google search bar sitting above them.

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The Galaxy S10 series will be unveiled on February 20. They will come with either an Exynos 9820 or a Snapdragon 855 processor with different RAM and storage configurations. A leak has also revealed they will have support for reverse wireless charging which Samsung has named PowerShare. Alongside this two, we also expect a 5G version and a less powerful model called the Galaxy S10E.

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The launch of the Samsung Galaxy S10 series is a little more than a month away. As the day gets closer, we expect more leaks to keep pouring in. Today’s leak is a live photo of the Galaxy S10 Plus which was spotted in public.

The image is reported to have been shared by a Samsung employee but has now been taken down. Thankfully, someone managed to save it before the original post was deleted.

The picture isn’t high-res thanks to the zoom level before the photo was taken but we can still make out a key feature of the phone – its dual front-facing cameras.

The Galaxy S10 Plus will come with an Infinity-O display (or Infinity-Pill since it is shaped like a pill) that will house two front-facing cameras. The hole in the display is positioned at the top right corner on the same line the notification icons are. Judging from the image, the hole doesn’t seem intrusive but it clearly can’t be ignored if you are watching a video in full-screen.

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The Galaxy S10 Plus will come with a total of five cameras – three on the rear; an in-display fingerprint scanner, and a 3.5mm audio jack. As usual, there will be an Exynos version and a Snapdragon version. It will also run One UI based on Android 9 Pie out of the box.

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Samsung took the wraps off the Galaxy A8s at an event today in China. The phone is the first in the world with a hole in its screen and it is also the first Samsung phone with the new Infinity-O display. The screen isn’t the only impressive feature of the phone as Samsung also includes a powerful processor, triple rear cameras and sufficient storage and RAM. Sadly, this is also the first Galaxy phone without an earphone jack.

Design

The Galaxy A8s is covered in glass on both sides with a metal frame. The phone comes in three color variants – Gradient Black, Elves Blue, and Aurora Green (we are particularly fond of the green variant). The glass on the back is 3D and according to Samsung, the color of the phone should change based on the angle light hits it.

Samsung also did something cool with each variant. There is a colored ring around the middle camera (primary sensor) which adds a nice touch to the phone. On the gray variant, the ring is gold but takes on the color of the phone for the blue and green variants.

The hole for the camera in the Infinity-O display is pretty big and not as tiny as the one we saw in the leaked Lenovo Z5s video. There is still a bit of bezel visible around the device and it is even thicker at the chin.

There are antenna lines at the top and bottom of the phone. The bottom is also home to a USB-C port and a single speaker grille. The Bixby button and SIM tray are on the left while the volume rocker and power button sit on the right.

Galaxy A8s Specs

The Galaxy A8s has a 6.4-inch display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Samsung didn’t reveal the screen resolution but we know it is 2340 x 1080 according to its TENAA listing. The phone is powered by the Snapdragon 710 – an upper mid-range processor – and paired with 6GB or 8GB of RAM. Irrespective of the RAM variant, you get 128GB of storage.

Like the Galaxy A7 (2018), the Galaxy A8s also has three cameras on its back. One is a 10MP telephoto lens with 2x optical zoom and it is paired with a 24MP f/1.7 main sensor and a 5MP f/2.2 sensor for real-time portrait effect. The selfie camera is a 24MP sensor.

The Galaxy A8s also has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, a 3,300mAh battery, and runs Android 8.1 Oreo.

Price and availability

Samsung didn’t announce a price for the phone but it has opened a registration page for those interested in purchasing it when it goes on sale. Samsung is also running a sweepstake where one lucky winner gets to win the phone. Twenty other winners will get a JBL SD-18 portable Bluetooth speaker while a lot more will get coupons that can be used towards the purchase of accessories and other items. You can check here for more details about the competition and registration for the phone.

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The Samsung Galaxy A8s will be announced on Monday at an event in China. Ahead of the release, the phone’s full specifications have been revealed by China’s communication agency, TENAA, along with some photos.

The Galaxy A8s will come with a 6.39-inch 2340 x 1080 display. Unlike other phones in the A-series, this is not a Super AMOLED display but an LCD panel. However, it is the first phone to come with Samsung’s Infinity-O Display.

The phone will be powered by an octa-core processor with four cores clocked at 2.2GHz and the other four clocked at 1.7GHz. The chipset is said to be the Snapdragon 710 which powers phones like the Mi 8 SE and the Nokia 8.1/X7. The processor is paired with 6GB/ 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage irrespective of the RAM variant you purchase.

On the back of the Galaxy A8s are triple rear cameras just like the Galaxy A7 (2018). The camera arrangement is quite different too. The three cameras – 24MP + 5MP + 10MP – share a single housing and there is an LED flash below the setup. However, the middle camera has a yellow ring around it that seems to be another LED flash but we are not sure. About a centimeter to the left of the cameras is a fingerprint scanner and in front of the phone, nestled within the hole in the screen is a 24MP camera for selfies and video calls.

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The Galaxy A8s will run Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box according to TENAA and pack a 3,300mAh battery. It will come in black but the images provided are of a silver-dark blue gradient variant. The back appears to be metal but it’s most probably glass. The phone weight is given as 173 grams and its dimensions are 158.4 x 74.9 x 7.4 mm.

What do you think of the Galaxy A8s? Let us know in the comment box below.

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It appears Samsung will indeed be the first manufacturer to launch a phone with a hole in its display. Earlier today, Huawei announced the Nova 4 which also has a hole in its display will launch on December 17. Now Samsung’s poster for the Galaxy A8s has surfaced and it shows the phone will be coming a week earlier.

The Galaxy A8s was first teased a few months ago at the launch of the Galaxy A9s and Galaxy A6s in China. Now, it finally has a release date and that day is December 10. The poster revealing the launch date was posted on the official Weibo account of Samsung mobile.

The Galaxy A8s will have its hole at the top left corner. The hole will be home to the front-facing camera. The poster has the text “Real Galaxy” written on the phone of the screen but there is also a Chinese text at the bottom that translates into “insight into the future”. This is probably a confirmation that the design (Infinity O display) will show up in future devices (read Galaxy S10 series).

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The Galaxy A8s is rumored to be powered by a Snapdragon 710 processor with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It is reported to have a 6.39-inch display which is manufactured by BOE. Other specs include triple rear cameras in a 25MP + 5MP + 10MP configuration, a 24MP selfie camera, and a 3,400mAh battery. There are also rumors it may ditch the audio jack.

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Report emerging from Samsung‘s home country, South Korea indicate that the tech giant has commenced mass production of Infinity-O displays that is rumoured to feature on next year’s Galaxy S10 for the first time. The infinity-O displays are OLED screens which would have a hole at the front that would house the selfie camera.

According to the report by ETNews, Samsung has upgraded its existing manufacturing facilities to accommodate the production of the new displays. Although Samsung is yet to confirm if the display panel will be used on the Galaxy S10, the timing of the factory upgrade suggests the display could be ready for the S10 that is expected to be announced around March next year.

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Samsung’s Infinity-O display is expected to herald a new vista in full-screen phone designs. The design will allow Samsung to increase the screen-to-body ratio of its phone without the notch or using a slider design. It seems to look similar t the water drop notch but this time, it is not a notch, rather it is an O-shaped opening for the camera on the display. It is just possible that the device will only house a single camera at the front but there are rumours the Galaxy S10 will pack a dual selfie setup. This throws up the possibility of the Infinity-O screen being used on the model with a single front camera.

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At the unveiling of the Galaxy A9s and Galaxy A6s in China last month, Samsung teased a third phone called the Galaxy A8s.

The Galaxy A8s was shown to have practically no bezels in the teaser image released by Samsung. However, Ice Universe – a popular leaker known for Samsung-related leaks – revealed the phone will have a hole in its display for the front-facing camera.

Fast forward to a few weeks later, and Samsung announces a bunch of new displays that will be used in its future phones, one of them being the Infinity O display which has a hole instead of a notch.

Now, an alleged photo said to be of the Galaxy A8s’ screen protector has surfaced online and it also has a hole, further confirming that the Galaxy A8s will come with an Infinity O display.

The hole is shown to be at the top left corner of the phone. The bezels are pretty thin with the chin being a little thicker than the rest. If you look closely you should see the small gap at the top reserved for the speaker.

The Galaxy A8s will likely be the first Samsung phone to launch with an Infinity O display as there is a high chance it will be announced before the Galaxy S10 series which will also have the same type of display.

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There is still a lot we do not know about the Galaxy A8s, most especially its specs. Notwithstanding, we expect more details to surface in the weeks leading to its eventual release.

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