Samsung has launched its highly-anticipated Galaxy Note 9, the latest phone in its premium range, as well as a new Galaxy Home smart speaker to challenge the likes of Apple’s Home Pod and Amazon’s Echo.
The Galaxy Note 9 has the best specs you’ll find in any flagship Android phone, the screen is bigger, its S Pen has more tricks than ever before, and the battery is huge. Oh, and Samsung’s DeX software is now built right into the phone — no dock required — so you can plug it into any external display for a desktop-like experience.
Galaxy Note 9 will be sold in two configurations: there’s a 128GB / 6GB RAM and a top-tier 512GB / 8GB RAM version. Preorders begin today August 10th, and the phone will be available on August 24th at all major carriers or direct (and unlocked) from Samsung.
Note 9 comes with a 6.4-inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED Display – an end-to-end, bezel-less screen that extends to the phone’s sides, similar to the Note8.
It has a 12-megapixel rear camera with variable aperture tech that uses f/1.5 aperture for night shots for a brighter picture and f/2.4 aperture for normal shots in the daytime as well as a secondary 12MP Telephoto lens for live focus for bokeh effect with background blur, similar to the S9+. It has an Iris scanner, and fingerprint sensor present below the camera, like the S9 series. It’s also water resistant to up to 1.5 meters of water for 30 minutes with IP68 ratings. It comes with a Bixby assistant that was first introduced with the S8 series and also has a dedicated Bixby hardware button.
S Pen and Camera
Samsung produced a new S Pen for the Note 9, too, which features Bluetooth low-energy connectivity. This lets owners use the pen as a remote control for the device, controlling actions such as taking photos, going through slideshows, playing and pausing videos, and more. Samsung has finally increased its battery capacity to 4000mAh, which is the largest on its flagship device to date. This supports both wired Adaptive fast charging as well as wireless fast charging.
Specification of Samsung Galaxy Note 9
| NETWORK |
Technology |
GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| LAUNCH |
Announced |
2018, August |
| Status |
Coming soon. Exp. release 24th August 2018 |
| BODY |
Dimensions |
161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm (6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 in) |
| Weight |
201 g (7.09 oz) |
| Build |
Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame |
| SIM |
Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
|
– Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) – IP68 dust/waterproof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) – Stylus (Bluetooth integration) |
| DISPLAY |
Type |
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size |
6.4 inches, 103.2 cm2 (~83.4% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution |
1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~516 ppi density) |
| Multitouch |
Yes |
| Protection |
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
|
– HDR10 compliant – Always-on display |
| PLATFORM |
OS |
Android 8.1 (Oreo) |
| Chipset |
Exynos 9810 Octa – EMEA Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 – USA/LATAM, China |
| CPU |
Octa-core (4×2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) – EMEA Octa-core (4×2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4×1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) – USA/LATAM, China |
| GPU |
Mali-G72 MP18 – EMEA Adreno 630 – USA/LATAM, China |
| MEMORY |
Card slot |
microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) – dual SIM model only |
| Internal |
512 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM |
| MAIN CAMERA |
Dual |
12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1/3.6″, 1µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom |
| Features |
LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama |
| Video |
2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec |
| SELFIE CAMERA |
Single |
8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6″, 1.22µm, AF |
| Features |
Dual video call, Auto-HDR |
| Video |
1440p@30fps |
| SOUND |
Alert types |
Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker |
Yes, with stereo speakers |
| 3.5mm jack |
Yes |
|
– 32-bit/384kHz audio – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS |
WLAN |
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth |
5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX |
| GPS |
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO |
| NFC |
Yes |
| Radio |
No |
| USB |
3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
| FEATURES |
Sensors |
Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 |
| Messaging |
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser |
HTML5 |
|
– Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) – Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) – Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) – ANT+ support – Bixby natural language commands and dictation – MP4/DivX/XviD/H.265 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player – Photo/video editor – Document editor |
| BATTERY |
|
Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery |
| MISC |
Colors |
Metallic copper, Lavender purple, Ocean blue, Midnight black |
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The Galaxy Note 9 will be available from 24 August 2018 in four colors – Midnight Black, Lavender Purple, Metallic Copper – with a matching S Pen – and Ocean Blue with a yellow S Pen.
Price
It is priced at $999.99 (N 360,000 approx.) for the 6GB RAM+ 128GB storage version and the 8GB RAM with 512GB version costs $1,249.99 (N449,900 approx.).
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