As rumours about the Galaxy S4 wane, the epicentre of speculations is now trained on Samsung's Galaxy Note 3, to ramp up in high gear as its supposed September release date nears.

The latest to materialise is the new AnTuTu benchmark result first reported by MyDrivers, a tech blog site based in China. The article claimed that the Note 3 is a device powerhouse fuelled by an Exynos Octa 5 CPU with a processing might that tops to 1.6GHz.

It is the same chip that Samsung installed on a GS4 variant, indicating that the South Korean tech giant is employing the same flagship template it followed last year. Note that in 2013, the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy Note 2 were issued separately but generally shared the same attributes - inside and out.

The same can be expected from the Note 3 following reports in the previous weeks that Samsung is ditching the rumoured metal casing and flexible display for its groundbreaking oversized smartphone.

Quickly, the reports point to one thing - Samsung is reverting to its tried and tested formula, thus belying earlier speculations that the Note 3 will reflect some radical device changes for the company's Galaxy lines, at least in the high-end bracket.

The back-shift was made to avoid further delays of the Note 3's release date, which analysts said will occur in the first week of September with the commercial availability to follow in the immediate weeks.

To be expected is virtually a bigger GS4 sibling in the Note 3, hence the phablet's look and feel will be that of the first Samsung flagship only with a massive screen size at 6-inch with 1080p OLED display panel.

That incredible window will facilitate the capture and recording of high quality images and clips, thanks to a 13MP cam sensor that a leaked report this week had apparently confirmed.

To complement such shooting prowess is Samsung Orb, which essentially is a tweaked Photo Sphere from Android. The camera app allows users to take a 360-degree shot of a given location, which can be integrated to Google Maps' Street View.

The same application is also useful for the easy-sharing of images in social media sites like Facebook.