Samsung Galaxy Mega 7.0 leaks with faux leather backing, huge 7-inch display

If you ever idea last year’s Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 and 6.3 were blurring the lines between phone and tablet, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Mega 7.0 is looking to sh*t all over that. Leaked online for China Mobile thanks to a 3rd party case manufacturer, this Samsung Galaxy Mega followup (SM-T2558 and SM-T2556) is said to feature a whopping 7-inch 720p display, the one that is sure to force the limits of your new skinny jeans.

Bear in mind the Mega has never been a power house. It’s generally an easy method for Samsung to tackle the affordable phablet market, one that is currently left wide open by smartphone OEMs. Other specs for the Mega 7.0 include a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 1.5GB of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage. You can see from the leaked image above that Samsung will once again follow the "faux leather" design language made popular by their Note line.

No word on US availability or pricing, but knowing Samsung — they will have a Mega for every market. We will keep an eye out.

Samsung Statements only a few Galaxy S5 cameras are defective

 The Samsung Galaxy S5 has been getting issues with its camera – namely, it stops working after a cryptic warning. Samsung has issued a report saying the issue affects only a very limited number of devices.

The company declined to specify an exact number, but apparently the problem was not confined to the US and Verizon, but affected a few other countries as well.

According to the report, the problem was caused by "complications" in the ROM, specifically in the parts responsible for the camera. Samsung has taken steps to reduce this problem reoccurring in newly made devices.

Samsung is expecting lower profits for the first quarter of this year than the same period in the year before. That would be a second quarter of lower profits in a row (Q4 2013 saw a 6% dip in operating profits compared to 2012).

Samsung Galaxy S5 - Full Phone Specifications

Available as:
Samsung SM-G900F - for Europe
Samsung SM-G900I - for Asia
Samsung SM-G900K/G900L/G900S - for Korea
Samsung SM-G900M - for Vodafone
Samsung SM-G900A - for AT&T
Samsung SM-G900T - for T-Mobile
Samsung SM-G900V - for Verizon
Samsung SM-G900R4 - for US Cellular
Samsung SM-G900P - for Sprint

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
	4G Network	LTE (market dependent)
	SIM	Micro-SIM
	Announced	2014, February
	Status	Available. Released 2014, April

Body	Dimensions	142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm (5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
	Weight	145 g (5.11 oz)
		- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified) - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant - Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

Display	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.1 inches (~432 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
		- TouchWiz UI

Sound	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

Memory	Card slot	microSD, up to 128 GB
	Internal	16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM

Data	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	Speed	HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
	NFC	Yes
	Infrared port	Yes
	USB	Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host

Camera	Primary	16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels, phase detection autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	1/2.6'' sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR
	Video	Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, video stabilization, dual-video rec.
	Secondary	Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call

Features	OS	Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801
	CPU	Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
	GPU	Adreno 330
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
	Browser	HTML5
	Radio	No
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black, White, Blue, Gold
		- Wireless charging (market dependent) - ANT+ support - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll - Air gestures - Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage) - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - TV-out (via MHL 2 A/V link) - SNS integration - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input (Swype)

Battery		Li-Ion 2800 mAh battery
	Stand-by	Up to 390 h
	Talk time	Up to 21 h

Misc	SAR US	1.20 W/kg (head)     1.58 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	0.56 W/kg (head)     0.41 W/kg (body)
	Price group

Tests	Display	Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.549 (sunlight)
	Loudspeaker	Voice 66dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB
	Audio quality	Noise -96.3dB / Crosstalk -95.2dB