Leaked images of the rumoured iPad 5 rival, Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 Plus, has emerged and the accompanying specs pointed to a bruising tablet war that the two tablets will wage later this year.

The two Tab 3 Plus pictures provided by SamMobile, again citing an unnamed source, showed a thin-looking slate, seemingly wrapped in a white polycarbonate shell though both images only revealed the front portion of the device.

The tablet bears the Galaxy signatures - curved corners, a physical Home button flanked by the capacitive Menu key on left side and the Back key on the right side, front cam and mic sensors plus a speaker that resembles the one found on Galaxy smartphones.

Included with the leak are the following hardware attributes:

- Samsung Exynos 5410 Octa CPU

- 4 x (1.6GHz ARM-Cortex A15) 4 x (1.2GHz ARM-Cortex A7)

- Imagination Power SGX 544MP3 GPU

- 2GB of LPDDR3 RAM with 32GB and 64GB Models

- MicroSD card storage expansion of up to 64GB

- 9000mAh standard Li-Ion battery

- 10-inch screen display with 2560 x 1600 display with pixel density of 300ppi

- A choice between PLS LCD and Super AMOLED PENTILE

- 8MP camera with AF

- 1080p Video@30fps

- 2MP front facing camera with AF

- 1080p Video@30fps

- IR Blaster

While far from being confirmed, the specs provided were arrayed against what Apple can offer via the upcoming iPad 5, which blog reports said will likely come out between September and October this year.

It will be a fully-revamped big tablet for Apple as wild rumours suggest that the iPad 5 is taking on the form-factor that the tech giant had showcased with the iPad Mini.

At around the same time that Apple reportedly plans to release its new tablet lines - the iPad 5 and the iPad Mini 2 - Samsung is believed to unleash its tablet and phablet lineup via the 2013 IFA event in Berlin on the first week of September.

The launch will be headlined by the Galaxy Note 3, the Galaxy Tab 3 8 and the Galaxy Tab 3 Plus - with all the fresh gadgets highlighting the capabilities that will result from the collaboration between Google's Key Lime Pie and Samsung's Exynos mobile chip architecture.