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Report of Samsung Prime hands on?
The Samsung Prime, just like the iPhone 5, has started receiving a lot of love from the rumor mill lately. Nothing concrete is known yet about the device apart from its name, which could go either way – the DROID Prime or the Nexus Prime. Now it seems that according to TheDroidGuy, while at the Verizon developer conference, a nondescript Samsung device was spotted in the hands of a Samsung employee.
It seems that after much persuasion and the removal of all possible recording devices, the device was handed over to TheDroidGuy for use. On the surface it appeared to look like the Samsung Nexus S only bigger with a home button in the front. It had an 8MP camera and a 2MP front camera and oddly enough it was running on Gingerbread 2.3 as opposed to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0. This was apparently due to the fact that ICS was still having its bugs worked out.
According to the report, the Samsung Prime will be available in both CDMA and GSM flavors, which means you should be able to get it on any carrier. Now we have no way of verifying the truth to this report, but it does make for some pretty interesting discussion. Could the Nexus S look be just a housing for the internals of the device, or could the Samsung Prime really turn out to look like the Nexus S, which will be rather disappointing?
So, there is a new Samsung smartphone that is about to be released – big surprise, that, and I say this with full a sarcasm. Still, those who want something that looks to hang out on the high end side of things in terms of design and form factor, and yet having a mid-range performer within, can always settle for the Samsung Galaxy A9.
The handset has already appeared on the FCC database, which means it has been approved, and listed as the Samsung Galaxy A9. With the green light given, it is but a matter of time before it hits the market. While very little detail has been released so far, it should not be too long now before an official announcement is made. All that one can do now is to sit tight and wait. [FCC Page]
If you would like to fancy your chances with an upcoming mid-range device that seems to hover more on the higher end scheme of things, then the Samsung Galaxy A9 would certainly fit you to a ‘t’, so to speak. After all, accessory manufacturer ITSKINS has shared more details concerning this device, with the Galaxy A9 touted to be a wee bit more compact as opposed to the Galaxy S7 Plus, never mind that both handsets will come with 6.0″ screens.
Measurements of the Galaxy A9 include 161.9mm x 81.3mm x 7.34mm, where it would be slightly taller than the Galaxy Note5, while sporting a metal and glass design, a fingerprint reader that should be able to handle mobile payments, a Full HD Super AMOLED display, and a Snapdragon 620 chipset, among others.
The Samsung Galaxy S7 will no doubt be a smartphone that many people would look forward to picking up when it is ready, taking into consideration how flagship devices are always in demand. Well, the Galaxy S7 has been said to target an early 2016 release, and some photos of the alleged device has already been snapped, although one should take into consideration that the original Weibo post is no longer there.
Of course, do take this particular leak with a pinch of salt, since it could be one of the numerous smartphones from various manufacturers that could roll out a similar looking handset. In the leaked photos, you can see a wrap-around metal border design, which seems to be the in thing at least for the next couple of years. All that we can do now is to sit tight and wait for the real deal to surface.