The Galaxy Note 5 is coming on August 13. Photo: Samsung

Samsung today sent out invites for its Galaxy Unpacked 2015 event that is scheduled to be held on August 13th at 11 a.m. EDT. The company is expected to unveil the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge Plus at the event.

Welcome to the Galaxy Note 5. Photo: MobileFun

We’ve heard a lot about the upcoming Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+ in recent weeks, but we don’t expect Samsung to make them official until mid-August at the earliest. Thanks to a series of leaked images, however, we don’t have to wait until then to find out what they’re going to look like.

The G4 won’t be LG’s final flagship of 2015. Photo: LG

Before you splash out on LG’s new G4, there’s something you should know.

The South Korean company has confirmed it is working on another new device that president Cho Jun-ho describes as a “super premium smartphone,” and it’s coming later this year.

The two top smartphone vendors continue to rule the roost.

Looks like Samsung and Apple pretty much own the smartphone market, though there are some scrappy contenders starting to make headway.

According to International Data Corporation (IDC), handset makers shipped a total of 337.2 million smartphones worldwide in the last quarter of 2015 (Q2). This is up 11.6 percent from last year, an amazing bit of growth considering how many smartphones are already on the loose.

Samsung may not have given up on microSD just yet. Photo: iFixit

Recent reports from reliable sources have claimed that the Galaxy Note 5, like the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge, will not have a microSD card slot — and that’s been corroborated by leaked CAD drawings of the device. But according to one Sprint document, Samsung may have had a change of heart.