Check Out This New Galaxy Note 4 In The Works

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 is a powerhouse of a phablet, and depending on the regional variant you have, it’s running either an Exynos 7 Octa or a Snapdragon 805. Earlier this week we saw a rumour that claimed Samsung could already be working on another hardware revision of the Note 4, one that would ditch that 805 for a next-gen Snapdragon 810 SoC.

The idea makes enough sense – this is exactly the routine Samsung’s pulled time and time again with LTE-A models of its flagships – but we really didn’t have anything more than the word of an anonymous source to go on. Now we’re starting to see a trickle of evidence emerge, and a new benchmark report appears to reveal just such an 810-powered Note 4.

The device in question is described as Samsung model SM-N916S. The original Note 4 represents the SM-N910 series, while the Note Edge is SM-N915 – so N916 for the next hardware refresh is sensible enough (and the S suffix indicates it’s for South Korea). The benchmark data clearly identifies the handset’s SoC as an MSM8994 – that’s the Snapdragon 810, sure as sugar; no extrapolating based on GPU here.

It also looks like this model is going to stick with 3GB of RAM. That’s not really surprising, but if you were holding out hope that a 64-bit chip like the 810 might give Samsung an excuse to really run wild with RAM, well, keep wishing.

Ultimately, even if this updated Note 4 does materialize, it’s not likely to ever come to the West – but that doesn’t mean we won’t be lusting after it, all the same.