Samsung is working on an Xcover smartphone with a small screen and removable battery

Samsung is working on a next Xcover smartphone, according to a new rumor. The device has a small screen. For the time being, the phone would only be released for the business market and not as a smartphone for consumers.

According to WinFuture, the Xcover 5 has a 5.3″ LCD with a 20:9 ratio and a resolution of 1600×720 pixels. That comes out on a 12.3×5.5cm screen, making it one of the smallest screens on the smartphone market. In comparison, the iPhone 12 mini has a 5.4″ display measuring 12.5×5.8cm. Samsung has not made regular smartphones with such small screens for years.

The device would get an Exynos 850-soc. That is a soc with a 4G modem and four processor cores that go up to 2GHz. According to WinFuture, Samsung will add a RAM of 4GB, while the expandable storage would amount to 64GB.

The phone also has a removable battery with a capacity of 3000mAh. That is below average for a modern smartphone, but it is considerably larger than the battery in the iPhone 12 mini. The battery can be charged with 15W. The housing is dust and waterproof with an IP68 certification. There is also a feature to serve as a mobile payment terminal. The phone is therefore aimed at the business market and not at consumers.

Samsung has been making phones in its Xcover line of sturdy smartphones for years. The most recent are the Xcover Pro and FieldPro from early last year. When the new model will be released is still unknown. According to WinFuture, the device will cost less than three hundred euros. There are no photos or renders of the device yet.