Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge
Samsung's President and Chief Executive JK Shin walks on stage during the presentation of the Galaxy S6 smartphone at the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona March 1, 2015. Reuters/Albert Gea

Samsung will host its second “Unpacked event” for the year on Aug. 13 at Lincoln Center in New York. The South Korean company had announced its first Unpacked event of 2015 in March, wherein, it unveiled the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge.

In the second Unpacked event, Samsung is expected to unveil its new Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus. The company is also expected to introduce a new round smartwatch and it could upgrade its Gear VR headset, which is a virtual-reality technology from Samsung, reports CNET.

The Galaxy Note 5 (codenamed "Project Noble" internally) and the Galaxy S6 edge Plus (codenamed "Project Zen" internally) are likely to feature 5.67-inch super AMOLED displays with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels and are expected to be available in four colors i.e black, gold, silver, and white, reports Sammobile. While the Galaxy Note 5 will sport a flat display, the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus will feature a dual-edge curved display and some unconfirmed reports suggest, both the phablets are expected to get feature glass backs just like the Galaxy S6 duo, so the possibility of not getting a removable battery or a microSD card slot is quite likely.

The Galaxy Note 5 is likely to be powered by the company’s new Exynos 7422 processor, which will be Samsung’s first all-in-one chipset that unites a 64-bit oct-core processor with a GPU, RAM, storage, and Samsung’s own LTE chip, reports PC World. On the other hand, the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus is expected to get a different processor. The phone is likely to use a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor, which is used in the LG G4. The phone might come equipped with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, a 3,000mAh battery pack, and Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. According to a report on GSM Arena, The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 gets top-of-the-line chipset and large battery capacity, which is ideal for the power user, whereas, the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus will come packed with a lot of style and deliver a large screen experience.

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