Galaxy Note 7: August launch date confirmed

Galaxy Note 7: August launch date confirmed

South Koreans will reveal its next flagship phablet at a Samsung Unpacked event in New York

The Galaxy Note 7 will be revealed at a Samsung Unpacked event in New York on 2 August.

Issuing an official press release on its website, the South Korean company confirmed its next phablet will skip over the "6" title in order to unify it alongside this year's Galaxy S7 smartphones.

While the message doesn’t outline any of the Note's specifications, numerous leaks have already all-but spelt out what to expect.

The Note 7 is expected to get a curved OLED display measuring 5.8ins, aping the screen on the Galaxy S7 Edge. If pictures leaked by notorious smartphone tipsterEvan Blass are accurate, Samsung's flagship design cue will be standard on the next Note.

Running through the specs powering the device, Know Your Mobile says the phablet should, at the very least, have a Snapdragon 820 chipset mated to 6GB RAM, although many rumours have pegged the Note as coming with the recently unveiled 821 chip or even the upcoming 823. Regardless, it should be a high performance handset, ideal for power users.

Camera hardware is set to be overhauled and many expect Samsung will give the Note 7 the same 12-megapixel, dual-pixel lens fitted to the Galaxy S7. This would represent a drop in megapixels, but it's a trick that seems to have worked on Samsung's other devices – the new camera tech has led to "loads of improvements" on the S7, Trusted Reviews says.

The Note 7 should also boast an iris scanner, as well as huge storage options thanks to expandable Micro SD card slots. A S-Pen stylus feeds into the bottom of the case and big improvements over how you use it with the phone have been tipped.