Samsung recently confirmed through a blog post the appearance of an additional flagship device, Galaxy Tab S3, to be included in its Tab S lineup which will be launched at this year's Independent Financial Advisers (IFA) event from Sept. 2 to Sept. 7.
Earlier this month, a post on the Colombian Samsung website noted the existence of the rumored device. However, the post has since been taken down, in order for Samsung to make the announcement through their own terms.
Though the expectation today on the Galaxy Tab S3 is placed on its IFA appearance, Ausdroid reported a 9.7-inch Samsung tablet sighting at the FCC, which was widely expected to be the Tab S3. However, report follows no new details about the rumored device, though it's still a significant event, as it's a pretty solid indicator that Samsung's new tablet is on its way.
Running through the leaked specifications, BitBag reported that the new Tab S3 models, both 8.0-inch and 9.7-inch display clad models, will carry 2,048 x 1,536 pixels screen resolution and will run Super AMOLED display technology.
The models are also rumored to showcase an octa-core (Snapdragon 652) SoC that has four Cortex-A72 CPU cores and four Cortex-A53 CPU cores onboard. While the graphics requirements will be taken care by Adreno 510 GPU, the internal components will be backed by a solid 3GB of RAM.
The general expectation is that the Galaxy Tab S3 will come equipped with 32GB of built-in storage space as the base variant. In addition, there will be a microSD card slot to facilitate expansion of up to 128GB, similar to its predecessor.
The price of the Galaxy Tab S3 is hard to predict at the moment, though the storage and RAM always affect the price of the various variants of the Samsung tablets.
Meanwhile, Samsung hinted the appearance of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 to the public with the launching of the new Samsung Galaxy Note 7. The reported release date for the Galaxy Note 7 will be available first in the United Kingdom on Sept. 2. The release date for the new gadget in Australia and North America will be on Sept. 19, few weeks after the release in the United Kingdom.