As expected, Samsung Electronics today announced the start of sales of the flagship smartphone Galaxy Note 9 on an international scale.
From August 24, 2018 Galaxy Note 9 appeared on store shelves in 56 regions. Among the countries of the “first wave” included South Korea, USA, Canada, China, India, all of Europe and Southeast Asia.
In Russia Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will be available in stores on August 31. Delivery of devices on pre-orders will start earlier on August 24. The smartphone is priced at 69 990 rubles for the version with 128 GB and 89 990 for 512 GB.
The smartphone is available in three colors: black, dark blue and copper. All versions come with a stylus S Pen. For those pre-ordering till August 30, offers free wireless charging, normally standing 6980 rubles.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 looks almost unchanged compared with the predecessor, the Galaxy Note 8. The main difference in appearance from last year Note 8 — fingerprint scanner located under the main dual camera.
The smartphone is equipped with Super AMOLED-screen with aspect ratio of 18.5:9 diagonal of 6.4 inches and a resolution Quad HD+ (2960×1440 pixels) dual main camera 12 MP and front camera of 8 MP.
The hardware is based on the processor Exynos, and Qualcomm Snapdragon 9810 845, depending on the region of release. The smartphone will be released in versions with 6 or 8 GB of RAM and 128 or 512 GB of internal flash memory expandable with cards of the format microSD up to 512 GB. The battery has a capacity of 4000 mAh with quick and wireless charging. This is substantially more than 3300 mAh from last year’s Galaxy Note 8.
Protection rating against moisture and dust the smartphone at the level of IP68, it can withstand immersion to a depth of 1.5 m in freshwater for up to 30 minutes. The smartphone runs on Android operating system 8.1 Oreo. Supports two SIM cards, LTE Cat.18, Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 5.0 (LE to 2 Mbps), ANT+, NFC, has a port USB Type-C. Dimensions are 161,9 x 76,4 x 8.8 mm, weight — 201 grams.
Stylus pen for Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has become the largest update in the history of the S Pen. It can be used as a Bluetooth controller. Including, control timer shutter and music playback.