Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro
Ever since January the upcoming Samsung
Galaxy A9 Pro has been in the rumors, supposedly arriving soon in China. Now the A9 Pro has been certified
for sale in China by TENAA. The regulatory authority has thus outed the first
images of the device.
The Galaxy A9 Pro will have a 6-inch
1080p Super AMOLED touchscreen, a 16 MP rear camera with LED flash, an 8 MP
selfie cam, a 1.8 GHz octa-core processor, 4 GB of RAM, 32 GB of expandable
storage, dual-SIM functionality and LTE. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Its
dimensions are 161.7 x 80.9 x 7.9 mm, and it weighs 210 grams.
The exact chipset employed isn't named
by TENAA, but from the benchmark runs that were leaked in the past we know it's
the Qualcomm Snapdragon 652. Compared to the non-Pro A9, you're getting a
higher-res main camera, 1 extra GB of RAM, as well as a newer version of
Android from day one. And since it's 10 grams heavier and 0.5 mm thicker than the
A9, we assume the A9 Pro will also sport an even bigger battery than the 4,000
mAh cell inside the non-Pro version.
The Galaxy A9 Pro will be available in
China in black, white, and gold, and it's rumored to have NFC on board complete
with support for Samsung Pay. Its estimated price is between CNY 3,300 and CNY
3,600 (US$ 504 to US$ 550 or € 462 to € 504).
