In our previous article regarding the new Samsung Galaxy A series (2016), we mentioned that a shop somewhere in Netherlands have already listed the price tag for the Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) and Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) unofficially; now another Dutch retailer, SmartPhoneShop.nl, has set up a pre-order for both devices on its online store and 8 January is the expected date listed in there.

Samsung just can’t seem to catch a break, as previously reported that the Samsung Galaxy On5 and On7 are official. Now it seems there’s another rumour floating around in the Internet revealing the Samsung Galaxy A3 and Samsung Galaxy A7’s successors, coded SM-A310 (possibly the A3’s successor) and the SM-A710 (A7’s) is speculated to be in the works.

Digging through the information, here are the tech specs for the SM-A310 and SM-A710 respectively:-

• SM-A310
• Exynos 7580 SoC, quad-core 1.5GHz CPU and the Mali-T720 GPU
• 1.5GB RAM
• 16GB storage
• 4.7-inch display with 720 x 1280 resolution
• 13MP main camera and 5MP at the front
• Android 5.1.1

• SM-A710
• Snapdragon 615, octa-core 1.5GHz CPU and the Adreno 405 GPU
• 3GB of RAM 
• 16GB storage
• 5.5-inch display with 1080 x 1920 resolution
• 13MP main camera and 5MP front camera
• Android 5.1.1

It appears that the other variants in the Samsung Galaxy Alpha family are coming soon as what appears to be the Samsung Galaxy A3 has come up at China's TENAA. The photos reveal a fairly slim Samsung smartphone with slightly smaller display listed as a 4.52-inch AMOLED with 540 x 960 pixel resolution. It will also have tech specs and features that include a 64-bit 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB memory, support for microSD, an 8MP rear camera with LED flash, 5MP front camera and Android 4.4.4 KitKat. It measures in at 130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9mm and weighs in at 112g, making it suitable for the compact midrange smartphone market. No Malaysia release dates or pricing yet but we expect it to be within this year of 2014.