Press renders of the 10.5-inch Galaxy Tab S leak ahead of official announcement

Notorious leakster @evleaks just posted press renders of Samsung's 10.5-inch Galaxy Tab S, an AMOLED tablet that the South Korean manufacturer is scheduled to unveil on June 12 in an event in New York.

The press renders confirm what we've seen in leaked images from earlier this month. The Galaxy Tab S tablets will feature a textured back that is similar to that of the Galaxy S5 in addition to a fingerprint scanner. The two prominent dots on either sides of the screen are allegedly connectors for Samsung's upcoming book cover.

As far as hardware is concerned, the tablets are said to feature 2560 × 1600 AMOLED displays, octa-core Exynos 5420 SoC (four 1.9GHz Cortex-A15 cores and four 1.3GHz Cortex-A7 cores), 3 GB RAM, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, IR blaster, GPS/GLONASS and LTE connectivity (there will likely be Wi-Fi only versions available for sale as well). The tablets are said to run Android 4.4.2 KitKat out of the box along with the Magazine UX user interface.

There is no official confirmation of the same, but an earlier rumor alleged that Samsung would be offering three variants in the Galaxy Tab S series: an 8.4-inch model, a 10.5-inch version and a 13.3-inch tablet. At this stage, there is no mention of availability or pricing of these tablets.
What do you think of the Galaxy Tab S series?

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LG G3 specs fully revealed in preview briefing leak

If you've been hankering for more details on the LG G3 and not just stolen glances of live devices, a pre-launch event in Korea seems to outline all of the technical specifications one could be interested in. The quad-HD 2560 x 1440 display is no surprise, and has been shown off by LG already. The most interesting things here are relating to the camera, which will apparently include a selfie option for the camera which triggers when you simply make a fist. There's also some kind of laser on the back to assist with autofocus and improve low-light performance.


Here are the rest of the specs according these slides.
Dimensions: 146.3 mm x 74.6 mm x 8.9 mm
OS: Android 4.4 KitKat
Network: LTE, LTE-A
Processor: Snapdragon 801
Storage: 32 GB, 3 GB LPDDR3 RAM
Display: 5.5-inch 2560 x 1440 IPS
Camera: 13 megapixel with optical image stabilization, 2.1 megapixel front-facing camera
Battery: 3,000 mAh
Connectivity: USB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, NFC
Audio: 1W speaker


Everything about the LG G3 should be made public and official in a few short days. Given this new info, how interested are you guys in the LG G3? Do you think it can swing with the big boys like the Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC One (M8), and (to a lesser extent) the Sony Z2?

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