Galaxy Note 10: Samsung accidentally leaks Note 10+ ahead of release date

Several key features revealed, including storage space, OS and colours

Renders of the Galaxy Note 10 based on leaked and expected specs of the new Samsung smartphone (OnLeaks/ PriceBaba)

Samsung appears to have accidentally revealed details about its upcoming Galaxy Note 10+ smartphone, a week ahead of its expected release date.

The South Korean electronics giant previously confirmed that it would unveil its Note 10 devices at an event in New York on 7 August, with customers already able to register their interest through the firm's website.

Samsung does not comment on rumours surrounding unreleased products but said that its next range of devices are "designed to take the Galaxy ecosystem's connectivity to the next level".

But several official Samsung pages in Romania, Slovakia and other European countries inadvertently confirmed some of the key features of the upcoming phone, as well as the fact that Samsung will launch a plus-sized version of the phone.

First spotted by Phone Arena, the details reveal the Galaxy Note 10+ will run the Android 9 Pie operating system and come in a 256 GB and 512 GB version.

The leak also reveals the colour variants for the plus-sized device, with Aura Glow, Aura Black and Aura White on offer.

A media invite to next week's New York event includes a black stylus hovering over a camera lens, hinting at a widely-rumoured feature of the new Galaxy Note 10.

In what would be a major update to the current Note 9 lineup, the S Pen stylus on the Note 10 could come fitted with a camera.

Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy Note 10 at its next Unpacked event (Samsung)

Samsung already owns patents for this technology, having filed designs with the US Patent and Trademark Office two years ago.

The designs were revealed when the USPTO granted the patent on 5 February this year for a stylus equipped with a lens at one end, optical zoom, and something called a "control key".

The S-Pen patent features an in-built camera (USPTO)

Other rumours surrounding the Galaxy Note 10 range suggests that at least one device will support 5G connectivity.

Samsung already offers 5G capabilities with its most high-end version of the Galaxy S10 and is expected to eventually roll it out to all of its new devices over the next few years.