Samsung will reportedly launch the highly-anticipated Galaxy Note 6 in the United States during the week of August 15 plus reports have claimed that it would also include an Iris scanner.
Besides the release date, it has also been revealed that the Samsung Galaxy Note 6 will sport a massive 6GB RAM chip inside the phone. More apps will be able to run in the foreground through multi-window support and background apps can eat as much as memory as they need to stay afloat.
The new RAM chip was said to be unveiled by the South Korean tech company during the Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum in China. It was shown to be using a 10nm architecture and is considered LPDDR4 DRAM, Know Your Mobile reported.
In addition, the 10nm architecture also means that it will be faster than current smartphones. It will also consume less power which works in tandem with the massive 4000 mAh battery that will be present in the Galaxy Note 6.
Another rumor is that Samsung is also deciding whether the new phone would have a curved edge Super AMOLED display or just a normal flat screen. The company will not be releasing two different versions because it would cost more for them to manufacture both variants.
In terms of the other specs, the Galaxy Note 6 is rumored to have cameras that can reach up to a wide aperture of f/1.4 which is good for low-light situations. The phone would also use the new Snapdragon 823 chipset from Qualcomm clocked at 2.6GHZ and the Adreno 530 GPU which is the same one the ASUS Zenfone 3 is rumored to use.
More reports claim that the phone would also have a Samsung Iris scanner that would be much faster and safer than fingerprint scanning. The Galaxy Note 6 could feature an Iris scanner as Samsung already filed for trademarks for the branding name, Ubergizmo reported.
In addition, the phone would also be waterproof with an IP68 certification. The screen is sized at 5.8-inches with a pixel resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels.
Samsung is expected to release the Galaxy Note 6 on the week of August 15 if Evan Blass is to be trusted. Only then can users know whether the phone will have an Iris scanner and if it would really feature 6GB of RAM.