Olixar cases suggest Galaxy Note 10 could have a headphone jack

Last updated: June 20th, 2019 at 21:22 UTC+01:00

Retailer Mobile Fun has published photos of official Olixar Milky way Note x and Milky way Annotation x Pro accessories, and these accessories back up many of the design elements that leaks accept revealed in the last couple of weeks. The floodgates accept opened fully it seems, with Milky way Note 10 information coming out of the woodwork quite frequently, and nosotros can only expect more such leaks in the coming days.

Like the screen protectors that were seen in images earlier this week, the Olixar screen protectors lack a cutout for the earpiece grill, providing further proof that Samsung will be using Audio on Display technology to put the earpiece nether the display. This is something the company has already done on the Milky way A80 and the recently launched Milky way M40, and nosotros can hope the implementation will exist ameliorate as we found the Galaxy M40 produces very hollow sound in calls.

Mobile Fun has as well released images of various Olixar cases for the Galaxy Note 10 and Milky way Annotation ten Pro. The cases show a vertically laid out triple-camera setup at the back on both devices, just like leaked Notation 10 and Note 10 Pro renders had revealed. The Notation 10 Pro gets two extra sensors below the LED wink, 1 of which should be a ToF (Fourth dimension-of-Flight) sensor. It'south unclear what the other ane is, but it could exist a heart rate sensor. The Note 10 doesn't seem to have one, and that would be unsurprising since the Galaxy S10e doesn't have one, either. The forepart has a single camera for selfies on both models.

Is that a headphone jack?

Sadly, there's no motion picture of the top and lesser of these cases, so we can't exist certain if there's a cutout for a headphone jack in there. At that place does seem to be a headphone jack cutout in some of the cases, but we'd suggest being a chip skeptical until more than solid evidence comes out. Samsung has removed the 3.5 mm headphone jack on plenty of devices in the final two years, and at this point almost of the rumors and leaks are leaning towards the possibility that the Notation 10 and Note ten Pro won't have ane.

If it helps, it looks like the Bixby cardinal actually is going away – the Olixar cases have only volume and power keys. Not everyone will be happy nigh it, of course, every bit Samsung at present allows the Bixby key to be assigned to other apps. Bixby itself will virtually likely be present on the Notation x in all its glory, and the ability button should allow users to fire upwardly Bixby Vocalization with a long press.

What exercise yous think about the Galaxy Note ten and Notation 10 Pro after seeing pictures of cases and screen protectors of the device? Are yous prepare for the Huawei and iPhone-similar vertical camera setup and the wireless hereafter Samsung'due south side by side flagship might force on consumers?