Samsung Galaxy A9
If you're looking for a phone that can double as a serving tray you're in luck. At its Galaxy A Party 2016 event in China, Samsung announced the high-end Galaxy A9 with a six-inch 1080p super AMOLED display. Never again will you have to squint to see the tiny text on lesser phones like the relatively diminutive Nexus 6P (5.7 inches), iPhone 6s Plus (5.5 inches) or Galaxy Note 5 (5.7 inches). Just be sure to invest in some cargo pants because your jean pockets probably won't cut it.
The 7.4mm thick phone sports an impressive 4,000mAh battery, Snapdragon 652 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage and a 13MP rear facing camera. The front facing camera is 8MP. While the hardware on the high-end phone looks great, unfortunately it ships with Android 5.1.1.
Another bummer is that it's only going to be available in China starting next month. Fingers crossed it hits other countries soon. No word on pricing.
| NETWORK | Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| LAUNCH | Announced | 2015, December |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2016, January | |
| BODY | Dimensions | 161.7 x 80.9 x 7.4 mm (6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 in) |
| Weight | 200 g (7.05 oz) | |
| SIM | Optional Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) | |
| DISPLAY | Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 6.0 inches (~75.9% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Resolution | 1080 x 1920 pixels (~367 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| PLATFORM | OS | Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow) |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 | |
| CPU | Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 | |
| GPU | Adreno 510 | |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 128 GB |
| Internal | 32 GB, 3 GB RAM | |
| CAMERA | Primary | 13 MP, f/1.9, autofocus, OIS, LED flash |
| Features | 1/3" sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR | |
| Video | 1080p@30fps | |
| Secondary | 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p | |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant) | |
| NFC | Yes | |
| Radio | FM radio with RDS; recording | |
| USB | microUSB v2.0 | |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| Java | No | |
| - Fast battery charging | ||
| - ANT+ support | ||
| - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | ||
| - MP4/WMV/H.264 player | ||
| - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player | ||
| - Photo/video editor | ||
| - Document viewer | ||
| BATTERY | Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery | |
| Stand-by | ||
| Talk time | ||
| MISC | Colors | Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold |
| SAR US | 1.19 W/kg (head) 1.33 W/kg (body) | |
| SAR EU | 0.18 W/kg (head) 0.55 W/kg (body) | |
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