See Why Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is the Most Advanced Smartphone

Samsung officially launched the Galaxy Note 9 yesterday at a special event in New York, the phone standing as an upgrade to last year's Galaxy Note 8. The South Korean mobile giant called this new device the 'world's most advanced smartphone.' So let's run a quick review to see if this is really true.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 sports a large 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display at 1440 x 2960 pixels resolution, with an aspect ratio of 18.5:9 and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 for protection against screen cracks and scratches. For image duties, the handset features a dual 12MP camera setup equipped with LED flash, and a single 8MP front-facing shooter for selfie and video chat.

In terms of performance, the Galaxy Note 9 uses Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 chipset, coupled with 6GB RAM and multiple inbuilt storage variants of either 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB and external MicroSD card support. The phone features an S-pen that is expected to make writing notes on the device easier, and other outstanding features, which includes the ability to control music and a long-range self-timer, and most amazing is its Bluetooth function which is scarcely seen in a pen accessory.

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Full Phone Specifications and Price

NETWORK

Technology: GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
Speed: HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
GPRS: Yes
EDGE: Yes

BODY

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/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
- Stylus

DISPLAY

Type: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size: 6.4 inches, 104.0 cm2
Resolution: 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~514 ppi density)
Multitouch: Yes
Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 5

PLATFORM

OS: Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Chipset: Exynos 9810 Octa – EMEA Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 - USA & China
CPU: Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) – EMEA Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China
GPU: Mali-G72 MP18 – EMEA Adreno 630 - USA & China

MEMORY

Card slot: microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal: 64/128/256 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

The phone will be available for purchase at accredited retail and online stores around Nigeria for the price of N150,000. However, make aure you don't buy a fake model because they've started circulating the market.

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