A Galaxy Tab S Pro could be coming to take on Apple’s larger iPad. Photo: Samsung

Apple will announce a larger “iPad Pro” later this year, according to countless reports, and Samsung is already preparing its Android-powered competitor. The device is likely to be a larger addition to the flagship Galaxy Tab S family.

Samsung spills the beans. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

It’s not too difficult to predict the names of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxies, but new trademarks issued to the South Korean company confirm it isn’t planning a surprise rebranding of its flagships.

When Google Glass first went on sale to a select few members of the beta testing public back in April, 2013, there were only two major complaints — one was the non-inclusion of an external speaker, and the other its design. Within a matter of months, the search engine giant resolved the first issue by introducing a mono earbud, and now it looks like it’s addressing the second.

Samsung has just applied for a trademark on the name “Galaxy Note Edge” for what could possibly be the recently-rumored curved variant of the Note 4. The handset’s believed to boast a single display that wraps around its edges — so, by all accounts, it certainly seems like it would be a rather fitting name.

Motorola has just applied for a trademark on the “Moto Maxx” moniker. Unfortunately, it’s unclear at this stage what the name could to be used for, primarily due to the combination of names from two different ranges of smartphones, but, of course, its certainly got us thinking.