Galaxy Note 5 On Release Date Confirmed With Dual-Edge Screen As Samsung Nixes Flexible Display For Tablets

The curved dual-edge that Samsung has introduced with the Galaxy S6 Edge is virtually confirmed to be part of the Galaxy Note 5 release date, a new report said. The same sexy display feature, however, will not be extended anytime soon to upcoming Samsung Galaxy tablets.

According to DigiTimes, flexible display on mobile devices, likely the dual-edge render seen in the S6 Edge, is set to become a standard on Samsung flagship smartphones. But the same feature coming to the Galaxy Tab S refresh, for instance, has been ruled out by the South Korean tech giant, the report added.

For 2015, the focus is for Samsung to provide flexible display on high-end Galaxy devices but the thrust is limited to devices with screens below the 7-inch mark. “The company (Samsung) is concerned over profitability from flexible tablets and instead will use flexible display technology in 2015 for devices sized below 7-inch,” DigiTimes said on its report, citing Korea-based iNews24 as source.

The report backed an earlier hint by Samsung that the curved dual-edge screen of the S6 Edge will also be seen on its second flagship – the phablet-size Galaxy Note 5. The plan will merely improve what the Asian tech giant has already implemented with the Galaxy Note Edge in 2014.

The Note Edge presented a display panel that has a slight slant on the right side of the device. It is expected that in the Note 5, the flexible display rendition will mirror that of the instant hit Galaxy S6 Edge.

Rumoured Note 5 specs and features

As its usual practice, Samsung is expected to bump up on the Galaxy Note 5 specs and features that were delivered with the Galaxy S6 unpacking. On the CPU side, rumours suggested that a more powerful Exynos chip is on the horizon though supply chain reports indicated too that Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon is being seriously considered.

The Note 5 is also whispered to introduce 4K display resolution in a mobile device. Another possible upgrade concerns the RAM provision. Not only that Samsung will pack the 2015 phablet with LPDRR4 DRAM chip, which the Galaxy S5 had introduced, but the numbers will also start at 4GB from the Galaxy Note 4’s 3GB of RAM.

As Google is likely to unleash a new Android version in the second half of 2015, the Galaxy Note 5 on release date could be among the few Android flagships to first showcase the Android 5.x Lollipop replacement, laced as expected with the trimmed-down TouchWiz skin. The device is seen to touchdown October of the same year.

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