Galaxy Note 10: Rumors

Samsung may have launched five phones already, but it still has one more big handset left to release. The successor to the Note 9, which is assumed to be called the Note 10, is expected sometime this year, and rumors about the device are already popping up. Though Samsung has a couple of premium phones under its belt (the Galaxy Fold, for example, costs $2,000) Note phones stand out as part of Samsung's ultra-luxe line. The first Galaxy Note launched in 2011 and the handsets are usually outfitted with an expansive screen, an embedded smart stylus called an S Pen and top-of-the-line hardware. In short, the Note represents Samsung's best-of-the-best.

Rumored: The Note 10 may have a 6.66-inch display

Samsung's Note phones usually have generously sized displays to accommodate the S Pen stylus and stand out as a productivity machine. Rumors report that the newest iteration could have the biggest screen yet at 6.66 inches, according to tech blog site igeekphone. Compare that to the Note 9, which has a 6.4-inch screen.

Rumored: There may be two (or four!) Note 10s

Are two Note 10 models a possibility?

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The Galaxy S10 has three other variants of itself (S10 Plus, S10E and Galaxy S10 5G), so it wouldn't be a surprise if, for the first time, Samsung decided to make more than one model of the Note 10.

The rumored versions is a 6.28-inch Note 10 and a larger 6.75-inch phone, according to South Korean news site ETNews. As mentioned before, other models with LTE or 5G connectivity are also speculated, which would be a grand total of four Note 10 variants.

Rumored: Note 10 might not have any buttons

As some high-end phones move the fingerprint reader buttons from the surface of the phone to underneath the display, a phone without any physical buttons may not be a far-reaching concept. At least, that's what could happen with the Note 10, according to ETNews.  

Rumored: The S Pen could have a camera of its own

The S Pen may come with its own camera.

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Don't count on only the phone getting updates. The humble embedded stylus could get new features too, as with the Note 9 launch when Samsung updated the S Pen so it can remotely trigger the phone's camera shutter.