Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) Unveiled With a Total of Five Cameras, Coming to India Next Month

At an event in Malaysia, Samsung has unveiled the world’s first smartphone with four cameras on the rear side. Dubbed as the Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018), it comes with a total of five cameras- four on the rear side and one on the front side. Samsung also confirmed to reporters at the event that it will bring the A9 (2018) to the Indian market next month. The Galaxy A9 (2018) also packs decent mid-range hardware- Snapdragon 660 SoC, up to 8GB of RAM, Super AMOLED display and a massive 3800mAh battery. It’s an excellent smartphone for all those who’re looking for a decently specced mid-ranger from Samsung.

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Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018): Specifications and Features

The Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) flaunts a 6.3-inch Full HD+ display on the front which carries a resolution of 1080×2220 pixels and 18.5:9 aspect ratio. Samsung did not opt for a notched display on the A9 (2018) which means the South Korean company is yet to launch a smartphone with a notch. Underneath, Samsung has added the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset to the smartphone, which works in tandem with either 6GB or 8GB of RAM.

As for the internal storage, both the variants ship with 128GB that can be expanded up to 512GB with a microSD card. This dual-SIM smartphone comes laden with Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box. The fingerprint scanner is placed on the rear side and the four cameras are stacked vertically on the top left.

Moving onto the interesting aspect of the Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018), it’s the first smartphone in the world to launch with four cameras on the rear side, and only the second smartphone to launch with five cameras on board. Cameras on the rear side include a 24MP primary sensor with f/2.7 aperture, 8MP wide-angle sensor with 120-degree field-of-view, a 10MP telephoto lens which offers 2X optical zoom and finally a 5MP depth sensor to capture the depth information. Samsung also confirmed the cameras on the A9 (2018) uses pixel binning technology in low-light conditions which will result in better performance. On the front side, the phone has a 25MP shooter with f/2.0 aperture.