Samsung has officially announced the launch event for its next flagship smartphone. Galaxy Unpacked 2019 takes place August 7 at 4pm ET, when the company will show off the Galaxy Note 10 in all its glory.

Samsung sent out invitations to the press today for Galaxy Unpacked, and the invite leaves no doubt as to the star of the show: the Galaxy Note’s trademark S-Pen points straight at a camera lens.

So far our best look at the Galaxy Note 10 has come from renders made by Onleaks. Since then, a set of extra-blurry photos of the Note 10 has popped up that matches up with the renders. Both the photos and the renders show an aggressively rectangular body with curved displays. Samsung’s front camera still lives in a hole punch, but this time it’s centered along the top edge, instead of being tucked away in the corner. Samsung seems to have also given up on the dual front cameras that shipped on the Galaxy S10+, opting instead for a single front camera.

And speaking of plus models, this year the Galaxy Note 10 will come in two sizes. The blurry photos that leaked earlier pegged the larger version as the “Note 10+,” although we’ve also heard it referred to as the Note 10 Pro.

This “smaller” model reportedly has a 6.3-inch display, while the plus version has a 6.75-inch display and an extra rear time-of-flight camera. Both phones will reportedly be Samsung’s first time axing the headphone jack.

Of course, we signed up for the event, so we’ll have all the news from the show on August 7.

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