Samsung teases Note 5, pretends it never leaked

With its Unpacked event less than two weeks away, Samsung has started teasing its upcoming devices, even if they’ve been leaked multiple times already. On, Tuesday, the company released a new teaser image of what is likely the Note 5. The image shows a device with something that looks like a dual edge display—though everything we’ve heard about the Note 5 suggests it won’t include a curved display—and a protrusion that probably represents its signature S Pen accessory.

Aside from the image, Samsung also published a post on its blog, listing seven reasons why larger smartphones are better.

“The phone is no longer just for making calls and listening to music. It has evolved into a life companion capable of making just about every aspect of our lives more convenient, and screen size plays a big part in this,” says the company. “It also allows us to share every moment of life in a more creative way. When it comes right down to it, bigger is better…”

Some of the reasons it lists are suspect—including the assertion that taking photos is easier on a larger screen—but for the most part, Samsung makes a reasonable case for picking up a slightly larger phone. It is definitely easier and more pleasurable to read written content on a 5.66-inch screen than it is a 4-inch one. Likewise, television shows and movies will always be more fun to watch on a big screen.

Noted device leaker Evan Blass took to Twitter last week to dish about the upcoming Note 5. He said it will likely feature a 5.66-inch 2560×1440 pixel display, a 16 megapixel back-facing camera, Samsung’s own Exynos 7420 system on a chip, 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. Like the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, the Note 5 and edge+ are not expected to feature removable batteries or MicroSD slots with which to expand their storage capacity.

As mentioned before, Samsung is set to announce multiple devices, including a possible successor to its Gear smartwatch, at its “Unpacked” event on August 13. The company will stream the event on its YouTube channel.

[source]Samsung[/source][via]Android Authority[/via]