Samsung began designing its next flagship smartphone for three or four months ahead of the original schedule. For Galaxy S9 manufacturer chose the code name for Star, and for larger version Star 2. This was told Korean newspaper the Bell.
Concept Samsung Galaxy S9
While information about the successor of the Galaxy S8 is extremely small. According to preliminary data, it will have better display Infinity Display. Presumably, Samsung and Qualcomm started developing a new mobile processor for Galaxy S9 in April.
Given that the flagship of the current generation of Snapdragon chipset is used the 835, it is logical to assume that Galaxy S9 will use the Snapdragon processor 845.
In Snapdragon 835 uses a 10-nm process technology Samsung. In April, Samsung announced that second-generation 10-nanometer process technology FinFET ready for production. The process 10LPP (Low Power Plus) with enhanced 3D structure of FinFET allows for 10% in performance and 15% reduction in power consumption of the devices compared with first generation 10LPE (Low-Power Early).