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Last updated: May 22nd, 2019 at 16:11 UTC+02:00
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A possible live image of the Xcover 5 was tweeted out by WinFuture.de's Roland Quandt last year, showing a single rear camera with three LED flashes laid out in a vertical fashion on the right side. It was never confirmed if that device was actually the Galaxy Xcover 4 successor, but with dual camera setups so popular and in demand even on budget phones these days, it's possible Samsung delayed the Xcover 5's launch to make its camera hardware more compelling.
As for the rest of the hardware, we only know what chipset will power the device and how much RAM it will have. Listings for the Samsung SM-G398FN on Geekbench reveal an Exynos 7885 and 3GB of RAM under the hood, putting it in the same league as new budget phones like the Galaxy M20. As with all Xcover devices, the Xcover 5 should be water resistant with IP68 certification and have military-grade ruggedness, and we'll hopefully see more information showing up in the coming weeks to give us a better picture of what the device is about.
Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.
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