We've heard in the recent past that before it unveils the Galaxy Note 5, expected to be the highlight of its pre-IFA press event in Berlin at the start of September, Samsung will be supersizing its current flagship Android phone. There has been word on the street that a Plus-sized version of the Galaxy S6 is on its way.
But that's not all. More recent rumours have pointed to a Plus version of the Galaxy S6 edge too, bringing that gorgeous wrapped screen design aesthetic to the larger phone market. Indeed, it might be the only of the two to make it into stores.
So we've decided to round-up all of the rumours and speculation so far to give you an idea of what, where and when the Galaxy S6 Plus and/or Galaxy S6 edge Plus might appear.
We'll also regularly update this feature as and when more speculation surfaces.
Name
The first mention of a bigger Galaxy S6 called the device the "Grand", as in Galaxy S6 Grand, but more recently alleged sources have taken to call it the Plus.
That first surfaced after reports said that Samsung was working on a device it was calling Project Zero 2, and as both the original SGS6 and SGS6 edge were codenamed Project Zero, it makes sense that the new moniker referred to a larger-sized handset in the same family.
Where the actual "Plus" name came from originally though is unclear.
More recently, a Samsung filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office was found that listed the name "S6 EDGE+", with the symbol rather than the full "plus". The application for the trademark was filed on 26 June and is yet to be approved.
Companies file trademarks all the time on names they never use, but this does suggest that Samsung is considering a larger S6 edge at the very least. Whether that is instead of a standard S6 is yet to be seen.
Release date
At this early stage in the gossip and speculation, there are no actual indications on a release date.
However, considering that Samsung would not want to detract from the impact of a Galaxy Note 5 launch - expected at the beginning of September - it would make sense that a larger SGS6 or edge would have to come out before then. August perhaps.
Display
So far only one indication of how large the display could be on the SGS6 edge Plus (or SGS6 Plus). OnLeaks, the online source for many a phone leak - more often than not genuine - claims that the edge Plus will be 154.5 x 75.80 x 6.85mm. The regular SGS6 edge is 142.1 x 70.1 x 7mm so doing the math the Plus version is 8.7 per cent larger than its current equivalent.
That means that, with the SGS6 edge having a 5.1-inch screen, the SGS6 edge Plus will have a screen around 5.54-inches. You can round that up or down depending on top or bottom bezel. Most are rounding it down to 5.5-inches in reports.
It is likely to be a Quad HD display, much like the current model, regardless of whether we get an SGS6 Plus, SGS6 edge Plus or both.
Design
Apart from either phone's larger form factor, the design is expected to remain the same respectively. OnLeak has tweeted more information on the phone than just its measurements, including images of a dummy version of the Galaxy S6 edge created by a Chinese case manufacturer.
These things can be shady, so take it with a pinch of salt, but you can judge the speculated size against the original in the images posted, at least.
Specs
To be honest, few other details about either Plus-sized phone have emerged so far, but we would doubt that many of the specifications of the original handsets will be altered.
Expect 3GB of RAM, 16-megapixel camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing cam, for example. It is likely that the battery size with be bigger though, as the phone(s) will need to drive a bigger screen.
Also new to this model, at least where the leaks and rumours are concerned, is an indication that Samsung might head back to Qualcomm for the chipset, instead of use the same Exynos processor as before.
Sammobile claims that the edge Plus is likely to adopt the hexa-core Snapdragon 808 instead.
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