Samsung Galaxy Note 5 & S6 Edge Plus Release Date & Specs: New Images Leaked; Devices to Be Unveiled on Unpacked Event on Thursday?

Rumor has it that Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus will be finally revealed on Thursday during the Samsung's Unpacked event. While this rumor continues to spark fans' excitement, new photos and configuration details of the said upcoming smartphones have been leaked online, a report from International Business Times said on Monday.

A related report from Know Your Mobile said that if the rumor is true, Samsung's Unpacked event will be held in New York City and will be broadcast live on YouTube. The report said that Samsung's event teaser reportedly showed a geometric design both in black and white colors.

The geometric design is reportedly intended to show Samsung's curved display profile of the rumored Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus. The curved display profile is also the same glass feature that is expected to be featured in the rear panel of Samsung Galaxy Note 5.

The report also detailed that Samsung's countdown timer page and another teaser image showed off three devices reportedly stacked on top of each other. The top two smartphone devices are said to be Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and Note 5, respectively. The device on the bottom, meanhwile, reportedly appears to be larger, which means it's a tablet.

International Business Times reported that Samsung Galaxy Note 5 is expected to feature 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with 1,440-by-2,560 pixel QHD screen resolution. The smartphone will have a pixel density of 515 ppi.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will also have a Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection. Inside the Galaxy Note 5 is an octa-core Exynos 7422 SoC, which will be backed by 4GB of RAM.

Galaxy Note 5 is expected to be equipped with either 32 GB or 64 GB of built-in storage capacity. The rumored device will also have a 16 megapixel rear-facing sensor and a 5 MP front-facing snapper. It will be powered with Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, and its battery is rumored to be 4,1000 mAh.

According to the same report, Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus is rumored to have the same features with Samsung Galaxy Note 5, specifically the 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display and Gorilla Glass 4 protection.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus will be powered by Samsung's Exynos 7420 chip that comes with an octa-core CPU. Samsung's handset will also have 4 GB of RAM and either a 32GB or 64GB storage capacity.

The phone's camera will reportedly feature a 16 MP and 5 MP camera which offers high-resolution images. Readers should note, however, that Samsung has not yet officially confirmed all these rumored features.

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