Samsung launches Galaxy Note 9 at its second edition of Unpacked event in New York city.
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd launched the Galaxy Note 9 "phablet" in New York on Thursday, promising better battery life and quick cooling to attract gamers and rejuvenate flagging sales.
The focus on gamer-friendly features appears to be a shift away from Samsung's previous positioning of the Note as a productivity-boosting device, and is an attempt to lure younger customers as the company's smartphone sales falter.
Samsung last month posted its slowest quarterly profit growth in more than a year as rivals such as China's Huawei Technologies nipped at its heels, challenging the market leader with cheaper, feature-packed models.
An industry source said the new Note would be priced similarly to its predecessor Note 8, which sported dual rear cameras and the biggest screen to date on a Samsung smartphone, and sold at around $950. The Note 8 had recorded brisk pre-orders.
Samsung launched the Note 9 at in New York on Thursday, or Friday midnight in Seoul. The new Note is set to hit stores on August 24, Samsung said.
Samsung does not break out shipments of its smartphone models, but analysts reckon it has shipped around 10 million Note 8 models so far.
Below we have listed out features of the newly launched smartphone Galaxy Note 9.
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1. Note 9 Specifications
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The Note 9 will be sold in two configurations: there’s a 128GB / 6GB RAM model and a top-tier 512GB / 8GB RAM version.
2. Battery life
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Galaxy Note 9 is powered by 4,000mAh battery, which is the largest that’s ever been in a Note.
3. Operatig system
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Like the Galaxy S9, the Note 9 is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 processor.
4. Camera
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The newly launched smartphone has two 12-megapixel cameras, the South Korean giant has focused its camera improvements on software and artificial intelligence.
5. Focus on gamers
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The Note 9 will be the first Android phone to support Fortnite, a hugely popular video-and-smartphone survival game that was only playable on computers, consoles and Apple products until now.
