Rumors are flying fast about the upcoming Galaxy Note10, which should be in the final development stage and ready for production for an August release:
https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3064540/...
It would be so awesome to see Samsung move the selfie camera either under the display or to a pop-up module like the A80, announced just days ago. Having the sensors, camera and fingerprint scanner out of the way gives Samsung the room needed to release a Note with a top-to-bottom, edge-to-edge display. Now, make that display default to QHD+ but automatically move up to 4K UHD in VR mode, and they'll have a champion on their hands!
However, I'm not at all excited about this year's offerings for 5G devices, and (in my opinion) no one else should be, either. Here's why:
While this year's 5G modems, namely the Samsung 5800 or Qualcomm X55, will connect the device to the 5G network (that's IF there's a 5G network available), the current Samsung Exynos 9820 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC (System on a Chip) processors can only process the data at 4G/LTE bandwidth. While the device will connect to 5G, the actual data processed is at 4G LTE speeds.
Essentially, you can connect a garden hose to a fire hydrant: but that doesn't mean you'll get any more water out of it than the garden hose can give you.
Next year's Exynos and Snapdragon SoCs are expected to have 5G built into the processor, so it will be pure 5G all the way to the screen. Plus, that buys time for carriers to build out their 5G networks. Jumping on 5G in 2019 is putting the cart before the horse.
