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Mystery Samsung device pictured, shows new design

posted by Alan F. / Apr 16, 2013, 4:47 PM

Mystery Samsung device pictured, shows new design

Is this the upcoming Samsung GALAXY Note III?

Last week, we told you that there was speculation that Samsung had enough. They were tired of everyone putting down the plastic build of their flagship devices and even though they felt that its handsets were heads and tails above the competition when it came to software, when it came to build quality, uh, not so much. So the rumors started that for the Samsung GALAXY Note III, the Korean manufacturer was going to use (get ready for it) a unibody metal design.

So that brings into play a series of pictures taken by serial leaker evleaks. Could this be the Samsung GALAXY Note III? You might notice on one of the pictures, what appears to be a slot for the S Pen. Of course, this could turn out to be a non-Galaxy model, or just the result of some messing around in the lab.

It does appear that Samsung wants to make a change to the plastic build that has been associated with it. Whether or not the pictures show what is coming from Samsung is another matter.

source: evleaks via AndroidAuthority

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1. HDShatter

Posts: 1021; Member since: Jan 17, 2013

Note 3 or different variant of Galaxy s4? It has the pen so probably note 3 or a tablet.

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 4:47 PM 12

23. akki20892

Posts: 3902; Member since: Feb 04, 2013

Not Bad

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 6:15 PM 4

47. PostalJim

Posts: 46; Member since: Sep 01, 2011

Probably? Stop commenting.

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 8:01 PM 2

2. Twisted247

Posts: 282; Member since: Oct 12, 2012

looks like dog ish... square brick like an iturd

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 4:52 PM 18

8. RORYREVOLUTION

Posts: 3131; Member since: Jan 12, 2010

There is no pleasing some of you.

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 5:08 PM 23

36. cheetah2k

Posts: 2288; Member since: Jan 16, 2011

The design is like the Sony Z, and to be honest, if you've held the Z in your hand, it's thin and very classy design makes it appealing. TBH, I really like the shape of the current S3 / S4 design, it just needs to be aluminium or some other alloy composite that gives it a quality feel.

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 7:17 PM 9

42. kclgphilsbsa

Posts: 765; Member since: Jan 21, 2013

Not really, when i held an XZ device its too square w/ uncomfortble sharp edges.. it seems to be bigger than my gnote2

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 7:49 PM 5

55. cheetah2k

Posts: 2288; Member since: Jan 16, 2011

Sharp edges???? where????

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 9:20 PM 3

56. kclgphilsbsa

Posts: 765; Member since: Jan 21, 2013

Blind?,, dont get me wrong thats my opinion, my friends also said such

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 9:26 PM 0

61. dAnT3

Posts: 8; Member since: Apr 10, 2013

yea square like a brick Meh! give u around edge phone u say "y u no square?" they give u aquare phone u say " y u no have round edges?" ufff!

posted on Apr 17, 2013, 1:02 AM 0

3. ahmed_ali_yossef2010

Posts: 164; Member since: Jul 26, 2012

actually it's not showing a new design it's showing a stolen design

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 4:55 PM 23

14. EXkurogane

Posts: 863; Member since: Mar 07, 2013

I thought it did resemble Lenovo's K900 a bit

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 5:34 PM 4

16. VZWuser76

Posts: 4974; Member since: Mar 04, 2010

Enlighten me, where did they steal this design from? It's a f***ing rectangle! Are oems going to have to come up with shapes never seen before to be able to sell phones? A geometric shape is not patentable. Otherwise we'd have one tire manufacturer.

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 5:39 PM 23

22. grahaman27

Posts: 364; Member since: Apr 05, 2013

apple has a patent on rounded rectangles, this is a square rectangle- DUH! plus, I think this is fake, samsung just recently nailed down their "inspired by nature" design. This would kill their design language that they have been pushing.

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 6:10 PM 2

68. ahmed_ali_yossef2010

Posts: 164; Member since: Jul 26, 2012

come down guys of course I didn't mean from apple I meant that is resemble Xperia Z ,lenovo K900 ْand xperia L

posted on Apr 17, 2013, 4:22 AM 3

71. VZWuser76

Posts: 4974; Member since: Mar 04, 2010

And my point is it's a rectangle, no rounded corners or anything like that. That is an unaltered (no rounded corners) geometric shape which cannot be patented. This whole "they copied their design" BS is getting out of hand. I mean seriously, are they going to start hanging stuff off the phones so they don't look like each other. All these phones essentially do the same thing and serve the same purpose, if would make sense that their form would be similar, otherwise you'd see phones shaped like triangles, hexagons, octagons, rhombuses, etc. Of course no one would buy them because the design doesn't lend itself to easy use. Hell look at that LG Vue, it's square and was derided for complication of use for everyday tasks. There's a reason why similar products take on a similar shape, be it vacuums, cars, microwaves, etc. For them to function, a certain shape is required.

posted on Apr 17, 2013, 8:30 AM 1

4. Diego!

Posts: 876; Member since: Jun 15, 2009

Could it be their upcoming Tizen phone?

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 4:55 PM 17

5. joeymk

Posts: 101; Member since: Jan 26, 2012

Looking like some Lumia prototip lol

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 4:56 PM 17

24. akki20892

Posts: 3902; Member since: Feb 04, 2013

mark that....!!!

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 6:16 PM 1

6. simplepink

Posts: 19; Member since: Nov 26, 2012

The oreo colors. Yuck but I'm so excited for the note III!!

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 4:57 PM 2

7. lovenyc8

Posts: 164; Member since: Mar 13, 2013

waiting for metal design from samsung. this is very ugly design

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 5:02 PM 3

9. HASHTAG unregistered

Design isn't Samsung's specialty. Should have great specs though.

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 5:14 PM 7

10. Igneel unregistered

Not very Samsung-ish.. The design is not as ugly as usual.. It's uglier. White button on a black bezel? :P Anyhow, good luck. I like seeing OEMs trying something new.

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 5:17 PM 5

11. eliasafram7

Posts: 83; Member since: Mar 18, 2013

whatever the new design will be it won't satisfies everyone because there will always be haters and trollers who are small minded people but hope to satisfy the majority

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 5:17 PM 6

12. gwuhua1984

Posts: 1237; Member since: Mar 06, 2012

Hm... I like how the device is looking shape-wise... but how about seriously consider removing the button...

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 5:21 PM 0

28. bparkerson unregistered

Shape wise... you gotta be kidding me! It's a rectangle, as rectangular as a rectangle can be!!!... I'm shocked at what I'm reading in these comments!

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 6:43 PM 0

74. gwuhua1984

Posts: 1237; Member since: Mar 06, 2012

So.... what does that mean... I have to like the stuff you like eh? I usually get shocked at reading comments like your's, people who thinks their own opinion is the gospel and try to forced it down other's throats. It's things like this that give fanboys a bad name.

posted on Apr 18, 2013, 12:53 AM 0

13. SleepingOz unregistered

If this is the NOTE III, I'll pass!

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 5:32 PM 9

37. chistoefurpuffer

Posts: 140; Member since: Mar 11, 2013

Let's hope not, it looks more like a prototype of such.

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 7:23 PM 0

44. kclgphilsbsa

Posts: 765; Member since: Jan 21, 2013

Yahh it looks Yuck.. drop that square sharp edges design!! It looks cheap and somewhat uncomfortable..Samsung no need to change a lot, just ditch the glossy thing whch makes ur phone looks cheap.. i love my galaxy note 2 design

posted on Apr 16, 2013, 7:55 PM 0

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