INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 leaks are surfacing almost every day as we approach the anticipated release date, now about four months away
Sorting through the rumors, we've gotten out our handy S Pen to declare which are plausible and which are wishful thinking.What's the big
deal about this forthcoming smartphone Well, the Note 9 is poised to be the massively sized update to the Galaxy Note 8, and slightly bigger
and better than the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus, which launched around the world in March.Of course, that's not to say it'll be a massive
update to last year's phone with a 6.3-inch screen
No, we're expecting iterative, but important changes, mostly to the internal specs, rather than a complete redesign on the outside.Latest
update:The Note 9 could have a massive 4,000mAh battery and slightly larger 6.4-inch screen, according to a new rumor that talks up bigger
than expected spec number
The phone could also bring HDR video recording that was absent from Samsung's previous phones
The in-screen fingerprint sensor is also still being rumored, but could be a long shot.Good news: Samsung has to roll out a new Note that's
still attention-grabbing enough to outlast the iPhone X2 phones that Apple is likely to unveil in September
If you're keen on big phones with a handy stylus, this is the one to read up on.Here are all of the Note 9 rumors so far and the features we
want to see from Samsung's next two-handed handset.Cut to the chaseWhat is Note 9 Samsung's next flagship phabletWhen is Note 9 out Possibly
Galaxy Note 9 right now, according to new reports, though we still expect the release date to be closer to August 23 last year's launch
date.We haven't heard many Samsung Galaxy Note 9 release date rumors yet, but we did see last year's phone announced on August 23 and ship
be announced in late August 2018, before hitting stores possibly in mid to late September.The Note 9 appears to have been trademarked by
Samsung in mid-March, so it's possible that the release target is being set in stone.There's always someone saying the Note phones will come
This year, it's the The Investor that cites market watchers who believe it could be unveiled in early to mid August instead
And the same site claims that Samsung has codenamed the phone 'Crown' and plans to have a prototype of it ready during the first quarter of
2018.We've also heard reports that Samsung is testing firmware for the phone and that it started doing so two weeks earlier than for the
Note 8, which somewhat suggests an earlier launch is possible - especially as the Galaxy S9 also had its firmware tested earlier than the
Apple has pushed smartphone prices even higher with its iPhone X.In fact, the S9 and S9 Plus saw a price increase in most countries, so it
Check out today's best Galaxy Note 8 deals.Watch the video below to see our Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus hands-on.Note 9 in-screen fingerprint
sensorThe biggest Samsung Galaxy Note 9 rumor relates to its fingerprint scanner, which could be built directly into the screen
It's the long-awaited feature we're still waiting to see in a mainstream smartphone, and not in demo form or just in China.A recent rumor
suggests Samsung is testing multiple in-screen solutions and will probably use one of them, a move which could also apparently allow room
for a larger battery in the Note 9.That tallies with a source who's said the Note 9 will have both an in-screen scanner and a big 3,850mAh
battery.However, a slightly earlier rumor points to the in-screen fingerprint sensor skipping the Note 9, just like it did on the S9 and S9
Plus, Note 8 and S8 and S8 Plus before
There's reason to believe it'll show up on the Galaxy X (Galaxy 10 next year, however).Both Samsung and Apple have been rumored to be
working on this but failed to achieve it in time for their most recent handsets, pushing Samsung to move the scanner to a sub-optimal
position on the back of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Note 8, while Apple ditched it altogether from the iPhone X.There's hopeful news on the
subject in the form of a Samsung patent, showing a handset with a scanner built into the screen
Supposedly it would digitally show where users need to place their finger, and could potentially provide vibrations as feedback
Vivo has demonstrated exactly this tech in a phone this year.This could be the form the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will take
Credit: WIPOBut we've seen many sources in the supply chain claim Samsung has settled on placing the scanner on the back, just like its
current flagship phones, so right now we'd say an in-screen scanner is looking unlikely.Other Note 9 leaks and rumorsAs noted above one
source has said the Note 9 could have a 3,850mAh battery, which would be a lot bigger than the 3,300mAh one in the Note 8, but only slightly
larger than the 3,500mAh one in the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, so it's believable.But the newest rumor about the Note 9 battery is that it
could climb to a 4,000mAh capacity, a new high for a Samsung flagship device
The same rumor has the screen at 6.4 inches, so we're unsure if the source just likes big numbers or if this is true
We're taking this leak with a grain of salt.The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has also seemingly been benchmarked with predictably high scores,
revealing in the process that it has a Snapdragon 845 chipset, 6GB of RAM and runs Android 8.1 - the same specs in other words as the US
version of the Galaxy S9 Plus.In more unlikely news, there's a chance that Samsung will go even further than an in-screen scanner with the
Note 9, as it's patented a smartphone concept that has not just the fingerprint scanner but also the front-facing camera and sensors
embedded in the display, for a truly bezel-free design
This might be too ambitious for a 2018 launch though.This could be an idea used by the Galaxy Note 9
Credit: WIPO/LetsGoDigitalThat said, an even more ambitious goal for the Galaxy Note 9 could be for it to have a bendable display
year.However, it might still arrive too late for it to be used in the Note 9, and Samsung might not want to debut such an experimental tech
on a major flagship.Elsewhere, another patent may have given us a glimpse at what the Note 9 will look like, as Samsung has published a
Note 9's designHowever the Note 9 looks, there's a chance that it will be made from a new material, as Samsung has trademarked 'Metal 12' -
a material that's both strong and light.And moving from the outside to in, The Korea Herald reports that Samsung might equip the Galaxy Note
9 with an NPU (neural processing unit)
That's essentially an AI chip like Apple and Huawei have begun using in their flagships.It's unclear what Samsung would use the chip for,
S Pen stylus and at least 6GB of RAM
The internal storage should start at 128GB given that Samsung bills this as an enterprise class smartphone
That could bring about faster speeds or, more likely in our minds, HDR video recording
This feature is already supported by the Snapdragon 845, but noticeably absent from all S9 devices across the board, likely because the
Exynos 9810 doesn't support it
With new Android phones, like the Sony Xperia XZ2 having HDR video recording, Samsung needs to play catchup.What we want to seeThere are
only a few Samsung Galaxy Note 9 rumors so far, but we have a good idea of the sorts of things we want to see from it, such as the
An in-screen scannerThis has been rumored and it would be a great headline feature for the phone
Having the scanner on the back is awkward, but building it into the screen would both be convenient and the sort of high-tech, futuristic
Room-filling soundThe Samsung Galaxy Note 8's single speaker fails to impressThere are plenty of great things about the Samsung Galaxy Note
large the Note 9 is likely to be though, it could maybe even manage four speakers, for truly big sound.3
Assistant and Siri rival.But however good it ends up being we also want to be able to remap the inevitable Bixby button, because not
everyone is going to want to use it.4
If it can prove more reliable than even Face ID then Samsung could be on to a real winner.6
see Samsung reduce or remove that for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, perhaps along the lines of the Essential Phone or the iPhone X
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