“Samsung Galaxy Note10 is expected to launch in August, with a centre-aligned punch-hole display, triple rear cameras, and no 3.5mm earphone jack”
Samsung is killing off the 3.5mm headphone jack with the Galaxy Note10 smartphone, along with the dedicated Bixby button. There were rumours about that, but now we can put the final nail to the coffin. With this, Samsung is joining the ranks of Apple, Google, and OnePlus in ditching the dedicated audio jack from its flagship smartphones.
Moving towards the sides, the left spine of the Galaxy Note10 has the power and volume buttons, while the right edge is clean as a slate. The bottom edge of the phone has a speaker grill, S-Pen, mic, and Type-C port for charging that may double up as audio jack. The SIM card tray at the top edge, placed alongside another mic and what looks like an IR blaster, raises questions as there may not be enough room for both tray and the camera components to fit together. The handset may measure 151 x 72 x 7.9mm (8.3mm including the camera bump). @onleaks also emphasises the Galaxy Note10 will have a very thin metal frame that becomes a tad thicker at the buttons, like we saw on the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G.
Talking about the specifications, the Galaxy Note10 is expected to ship with Snapdragon 855/ Exynos 9820 SoC, up to 12GB of RAM, and Android 9 Pie running out of the box. There have been reports that Samsung could launch a Galaxy Note10 Pro as well. The handset will reportedly sport a relatively larger 6.75-inch screen, quad-rear camera setup – including a ToF sensor, and also have UFS 3.0 storage and 45W fast-charging support. Interestingly, the ‘Pro’ variant will have capacitive or pressure-sensitive buttons instead of the physical ones.