Samsung Plans Camera Revamp for Note Unveiling

  • Device upgrades to focus on camera system, faster processor
  • Apple also plans larger iPhone model for later in the year

A Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Note 8 smartphone.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Samsung Electronics Co. plans to highlight an upgraded camera when it unveils its next Galaxy Note smartphone on Aug. 9, according to people familiar with the matter.

The new model, likely to be called the Note 9, will look similar to last year’s model, but will also include an upgraded processor from Qualcomm Inc. for some markets, the people said, asking not to be named discussing private information.