Samsung's M-series has been going strong
and soon it will get a new member, seen here in CAD-based renders by @OnLeaks
(and new partner Pigtou). This is billed as the Samsung Galaxy M51, though it's
apparently a successor to the Galaxy M40 so it might launch as the M41 (there
was no M50 to begin with).
The phone has a larger display - a flat
6.5" panel. That's 0.2" bigger than the M40 display, which is why
this may get the "M51" name. Anyway, the phone measures 162.6 x 77.5 x
8.5mm, 9.5mm if you include the camera bump on the back.
That hump should look familiar by now. It
houses a triple camera, almost certainly a wide, ultrawide and macro setup (or
perhaps depth sensor). The selfie camera on the front is inside a punch hole, a
rarity in the M-series (only the M40 had one, every other M-phone used a
teardrop notch).
The phone has a 3.5mm headphone jack on
top, unlike its predecessor, along with a USB-C port on the bottom. Also, the
fingerprint reader is on the back - the M-series is value-oriented, so no
in-display readers.
The Samsung Galaxy M41 or M51 is expected
to be in the US$ 250-300 price range. We'll be on the lookout for concrete specs,
but we wouldn't be surprised to see a mid-range Exynos chipset and a Super
AMOLED display, plus a large battery, of course.
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