The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 release will still be at the IFA Berlin in September. Samsung Electronics President and CEO Shin Jong-Kyun denied rumors of a July earlier public outing of the new flagship smartphone.
The confirmation will allow the Korean company to stay on track with its annual tradition of releasing the Galaxy Note series in September at the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA) consumer products trade show.
JK Shin flatly denied the rumors at the company meeting in Seocho Samsung Electronics.
News outlets have reported that the official release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will be at the end of July.
The reports also said the specifications for the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 have already been presented to its telecoms partners. The new Note is also rumored to release just one version. The company's next high-end phablet-sized phone is predicted to carry Samsung's first all-in-one solution Exynos 7422 chipset with integrated CPU, GPU, RAM, storage, and modem on the same chip. The Note 5 is said to come either with a QHD or 4K Super AMOLED screen and no 'edge' curve.
Talk of the early release pointed out the faster-than-expected production of the phablet. The reports say that the prototype will be finished in mid-June. Consequently, pre-orders will begin before the new July release date according to the published news.
Some reports also alleged the earlier release date is a strategy employed by Samsung to pre-empt the August release of the next Apple iPhone 6S and Apple iPhone 6S Plus flagship smartphones.
Others even hinted at an early release in the face of a supposed weak market showing of the new Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge released in April along with its mobile phone cases and touch monitor protective film markets. Shin also denied the latter report in the same company meeting, affirming that the Samsung S series has even surpassed the 10 million units shipment milestone on the first month of availability.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 launch is predicted to be timed with the launch of the Samsung Gear A.
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