After a much detailed leak, the Samsung Galaxy A9 has finally gone official. As of now, the device has been launched in China, but we hope it to be available in other regions as well. The smartphone is available in White, Gold and Pink color variants, however, Samsung has not revealed the pricing and availability information yet.
The Galaxy A9 is the most premium looking smartphone in Samsung’s A-series. It employs the same metal and glass build found on other Galaxy A handsets such as the Galaxy A8. The device comes with 6-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. It is powered by a Snapdragon 652 (which used to be S620) processor clubbed with 3GB of RAM. There is 32GB Internal Storage onboard, which can be further expanded up to 128GB via micro SD card. The phone also boasts a Fingerprint sensor, which is embedded in the physical home button.
In the imaging department, the Samsung Galaxy A9 features a 13-megapixel primary camera with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), S5K3L2 sensor, f/1.9 aperture, LED flash. It sports an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with an equal lens at f/1.9 aperture. The smartphone runs Android 5.1 Lollipop and supports a variety of connectivity options such as dual-SIM, 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth v 4.1, ANT+, and NFC. Backing the smartphone, is a 4,000mAh battery that is equipped with the QuickCharge technology.
Samsung Galaxy A9 specifications
- 6-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels
- Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 (620) chipset (Quad 1.8GHz ARM Cortex A72 + Quad 1.2GHz A53 CPUs)
- 3GB of RAM, 32GB internal storage, expandable up to 128GB via microSD card
- Android 5.1 Lollipop
- 13MP primary camera with OIS, LED flash, along with 8MP front-facing camera
- dual-SIM, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth v 4.1, ANT+, NFC, Fingerprint sensor
- 4,000mAh battery with QuickCharge
