Earlier this week, there were rumours swirling that Samsung was going to try and undercut the announcement of the iPhone 6s (expected in July) with its own announcement for the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 in July. While that sounds beautifully darstardly, Samsung Electronics President, JK Shin, has himself come out to deny these rumours, which should be more than enough to put this rumour down for the count. In which case, we can probably assume that we’ll be seeing the Galaxy Note 5 at IFA 2015 in September this year.
Despite how intriguing this rumour might have been, it actually doesn’t make much sense for Samsung to release a new flagship device while its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge are still in the midst of a frenzied (and successful) push. Releasing a new, better device could potentially cannibalize sales for its smaller devices during their first 6 months, arguably the most important for any device’s life cycle – a huge gamble if only to try and wrestle a few market share percentage points off Apple.
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