The latest rumors indicate that the Samsung Galaxy Note 6 release date will be earlier than last year, skipping the 2016 IFA in September and unboxing with the final cut of Android N. Supposedly, the advanced rollout is to avoid a direct collision with the iPhone 7 Plus but the original phablet, in fact, could very well be an easy winner with the right mix of fresh feature upgrades.
Here are the six ways that the Galaxy Note 6 can easily defeat its chief rival:
5.8-inch 4K AMOLED display
Rumors point to the possibility that for the next iPhone Apple will start using OLED display. Samsung has no problem countering this as the Note 6 is expected to unpack with a 5.8-inch Super AMOLED display panel. But for good measure and to keep its edge, it is likely that the device will come out of the box packing an eye-popping 4K display. This is not impossible because Sony has already deployed an Xperia flagship with the same screen resolution.
SD 820 with 6GB of RAM
Under the hood, it will be an A10 application processor for the iPhone 7 Plus that likely will be paired with 2GB of RAM. While up to 3GB of RAM is not a remote possibility, such a scenario is practically a moonshot.
But in the Note 6's case, the minimum expectation would be the same engine of the Galaxy S7 - a Snapdragon 820, perhaps an enhanced version, and RAM provision that will exceed that of the GS7. 6GB of memory chip for the next-generation Samsung phablet isn't hard to imagine.
256GB storage + microSD slot
An iPhone 2016 model is rumored to touchdown with up to 256GB of storage configuration that likely with the 7 Plus variant or the rumored iPhone Pro. Not to be outdone, Samsung will match the same memory space and with a huge plus. Like the S7, the Note 6 is most certainly to include a microSD slot that can accept up to 200GB of extra space.
Killer camera setup
Analysts have been saying that with the iPhone 7 Plus or iPhone Pro, Apple is ready to embrace the dual-camera system that is the closest thing to DSLR-class shooter on a smartphone. Samsung's possible answer would be the same package of the GS7 shooter - a 12-megapixel sensor on the rear with dual-pixels set up and stupid fast auto focus. The South Korean tech giant will of course do some enhancements and refinements on the hardware and software aspects of the Galaxy Note 6 camera.
S-Pen upgrades
The Note phablet signature, the S-Pen stylus, is said to pack feature jumps to distinguish from the past versions. The goal for Samsung is to surpass the features and functionalities introduced by its rival with the Apple Pencil. Rumors also suggest that the Note 6 stylus will double as a device kickstand.
Near-stock Android N?
Yet what could prove as the biggest draw of the Galaxy Note 6 on release date is the likelihood that it will be among the first Android flagships to rock Google's upcoming mobile OS - Android N or version 7.0 of the operating system. And to make the fresh Android package even more tempting is for the Galaxy Note 5 sequel to render the next Android in near-stock build, thus erasing the one key gripe about the Galaxy S7.