Hours before Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+, a leaked photo was posted online that reveals a version of the Galaxy Note 5 with a microSD card slot for expandable memory.
One of the missing features that most users have been complaining about regarding the Galaxy Note 5, along with the rest of the current flagship devices of Samsung, is that the smartphones were released without a microSD card slot.
There were concerns that with the removal of the expandable memory feature in the Galaxy S6, the feature will also be removed from the next iteration of Samsung's high-end phablet. With the release of information regarding the Galaxy Note 5 and the official unveiling of the device along with the Galaxy S6 Edge+, the fears of consumers were confirmed that the phablet will not have a microSD card slot.
However, the leaked photo gave hope to customers that a version of the Galaxy Note 5 will include the much-requested feature.
The supposed Galaxy Note 5 version featured a dual-SIM model in the leaked images, with the picture coming from Hong Kong-based ePrice. Upon closer inspection of the image, one of the two SIM card trays will also function as a microSD card slot, as the microSD logo is stamped onto the tray.
The microSD card slot is located on the left side of the smartphone because the receptacle for the S pen stylus is located on the right side. The tray looks too big to house a microSD card, but there could be an adapter that will come with the version of the Galaxy Note 5 for that specific purpose.
It is not clear why Samsung would not do something similar for all variants of the Galaxy Note 5. If Samsung did not want to release dual-SIM functionality for the versions of the device for the United States, it could still have used the same design to instead add a full-fledged microSD card slot to the phablet instead of a second SIM tray.
It is also not clear for what territory the Galaxy Note 5 featured in the leaked image is for, though assumptions are that it would be for the Chinese market.
Alternative sources, however, are pointing out that the smartphone in the image resembles the dual SIM version of the Galaxy A8. As such, the truth behind the leaked image remains to be seen until Samsung makes a confirmation.
