Samsung has officially announced two models in its Galaxy A family of mid-range devices, the A52 and A72. However, according to a Google leak last month, the Samsung Galaxy A82 should be on its way, although it has not been officially announced. So what will Samsung's top mid-ranger bring when it finally appears?

Tipster's Mukul Sharma has some answers: the device, spotted via the Google Play Console developer tools, is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus processor with 6GB of RAM, reportedly running Android 11.

The chipset highlighted here by Sharma is intriguing: the Snapdragon 855 Plus processor was Qualcomm's top SoC for 2019, but has now been replaced by the Snapdragon 860, with more RAM and enhanced camera capabilities It's a slightly tweaked version that supports Qualcomm seems to treat the chips as interchangeable on its website, so it is likely that Samsung will make a small upgrade to the 860, which recently debuted in the Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro.

Whichever chipset the Samsung Galaxy A82 uses, performance should be solid for a mid-range device. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC, which powers the first-generation Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, achieved a Geekbench 5 multi-core score of 2,689. Meanwhile, the mid-range Google Pixel 5, powered by a Snapdragon 765G processor, scored just 1,617 in the same test.

In other words, it all depends on pricing. If Samsung sells the Galaxy A82 for less than the $699 Pixel 5, Google could have a fight on its hands. Also, the A82's predecessor, the Galaxy A80, launched for $725, and there are hints in Sharma's findings that Samsung may lower the price this time around.

Samsung's Galaxy A80 mixed things up with an innovative rotating camera design. The back of the device pops up and the rear camera can rotate to take selfies as needed, eliminating the need for thick bezels, notches, or in-screen pinhole cameras to accommodate additional cameras.

You will notice that in Sharma's listed photo, there is a pinhole camera instead. Ditching the rotating camera mechanics could be a fairly effective cost-saving measure - if only this were not just a placeholder image. Given that Samsung recently patented an improved version of the rotating camera, it is quite possible.

Hopefully we'll find out soon. This discovery, along with the inclusion of the phone in the Google leak, suggests that the Samsung Galaxy A82 will soon see the light of day.