Samsung Galaxy Note 7 ~ Tecno Gie

Samsung is so over six. The company announced that it's jumping from 2015's Note 5 straight to the Note 7, skipping the Note 6 model entirely. We'll get all the details on August 2 in New York at Samsung's Note 7 "Unpacked" event.

Until then, it's a lot of fun trying to piece together the Note 7's identity: Will it simply iterate on the Note 5 and S7 that came before, or will it wow us with unforetold (or hinted at and unconfirmed) hardware goodies that shake us from the eyelid-drooping expectations of phones today?

The most reliable rumors suggest that the Note has a 5.7-inch curved screen, a USB-C port (they're all the rage) and an iris scanner for unlocking the phone with your eyes. Let's take stock of the most telling rumors. (P.S. Remember, they're unsubstantiated, so anything could happen!)

Note 7's the name, not Note 6

Chronology be damned! Early on, rumormongers suspected that Samsung would call it the Galaxy Note 7 and not the Note 6, even though 2015's model was called the Note 5.

This does make a certain amount of sense. Samsung already has the Galaxy S7, which would help keep the Galaxy S and Note series in line. And when you count up Notes 1-5 and add in the little-remembered Galaxy Note Edge, this next Note would make the family's legitimate seventh addition. So there's that math for ya.

But perhaps phonemakers also have no wish to be left behind the gold standard Apple's already established and will likely continue when and if it releases its iPhone 7 this fall. We won't know for sure until Samsung expains itself, but the company remains tight-lipped for now.

Sale date: Mid-August

Samsung's Note line has been a mainstay at the IFA conference held in Berlin in late August, but the August 2 launch date suggests that the phone would sell well before IFA kicks off, and long before Apple's yearly iPhone launch in early September, which usually falls in the first two weeks of that month. Twitter tipster Evan Blass, who has built a reputation on accurate leaks, thinks that the phone will start selling around August 15.

Dual curved display with wraparound edges

The device will feature a dual curved display that wraps around both edges, according to an another image tweeted by Blass. If true, the Note 7 would be the first large-screen Galaxy Note to sport a wraparound display, which has popped up on prior Samsung phones, such as the Galaxy S6 Edge, the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and the Galaxy S7 Edge.