Galaxy Note 3 Unveiling Set for September 4
The Galaxy Note 3 release date was finally confirmed by Samsung this week.
The company will host its own 'Unpacked Episode 2' event on September 4 to introduce the new device. The event will take place in Berlin at 1 p.m. ET. Samsung will hold it just ahead of the IFA 2013 show which will take place from Sept. 6-11.
The event will be livestreamed for those that will not be able to attend. There will also be a first hands-on experience held simultaneously in New York's Times Square. Samsung used a similar strategy when unveiling the Galaxy S4 back in the Spring of this year.
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The Galaxy Note 3 will feature a 5.7-inch LCD display, according to some of the latest rumors.
Other specifications on the device will include 3GB of RAM and Android 4.3, according to a new report from AndroidGeeks. LTE versions of the new Note will come with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset. The Korean model will be LTE-Advanced ready and will come with that same processor.
There also might be a variant of the phablet that uses the new Samsung Exynos Octa processor.
A new benchmarks leak that featured the Galaxy Note 3 surfaced earlier this week.
The performance of the handset is on par with the Galaxy S4, according to the data. The model used in the benchmarks was assumed to be a test model so the final version is expected to perform at even faster speeds.
Two new pictures believe to be of the Galaxy Note 3 were posted by a site known as Weibo. It showed the display of the device and some of its internal components. The pictures are not high quality and don't reveal many details about the handset.
