Many technical speculations, many leaked images, rumoured pricing information and more than a couple of unreliable tweets on Samsung Galaxy Note 9 had been making headlines for the last few months. Now, just forget all of those allegations. We bring you an official announcement from the South Korean Mobile manufacturer itself about its flagship smartphone. Eventually, Samsung has announced the Galaxy Note 9 and now the device is up for pre-orders in different countries including India, the US and the UK.
Pre-orders in India
Before taking pre-orders, do always keep in your mind what the salient technical specs of the smartphone are. The smartphone having a 6.4-inch display will have a dimension of 161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm. The smartphone powered by 1.7GHz Octa-Core has dual rear cameras: 12MP (F1.5/F2.4) Dual Aperture + 12MP (F2.4) and front camera 8MP (F1.7). The smartphone has a battery capacity of 4000 mAh with storage variants of 6GB (for 128GB Internal storage) and 8GB (for 512GB Internal storage variant.
Accelerometer, Fingerprint Sensor, Hall Sensor, Gyro Sensor, Barometer, Geomagnetic Sensor, HR Sensor, Iris Sensor, Pressure Sensor, RGB Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor are the amazing sensors built on the Galaxy Note 9.
Connectivities are 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 2.4G+5GHz, VHT80 MU-MIMO,1024-QAM, Bluetooth v5.0 (LE up to 2 Mbps), NFC, ANT+ , USB Type C (Version USB 3.1 Gen 1), GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galileo and 3.5mm Stereo
You can pre-order the smartphone from now until August 21 but shipments will start on August 20. For the standard 6GB/128GB version, it is priced at INR 67,900 while the 8GB/512GB version, it is at INR 84,900. The available color options are Midnight Black, Ocean Blue and Metallic Copper for the 128GB version but Metallic copper won’t be available for the 512GB flavor.
Click the below link for pre-orders.
Samsung Galaxy Note at Samsung India
Pre-orders in the US
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 pre-orders started on August 10 and it will launch on August 24, which is just two weeks ahead from the first date of taking pre-orders. The price of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is set at $999 for 6GB RAM and 128GB of storage while another version with 8GB RAM and a whopping 512GB of storage costs at $1,249. Listed below are the US online stores from where you can place a pre-order:
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 pre-orders at Samsung US
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at Verizon Wireless
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at AT&T
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at Sprint
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at US Cellular
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at T-Mobile
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at Best Buy
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at B&H
Major carriers in the United States, Verizon and AT&T announced, “Buy 1, get 1 free
(or up to a $999.99 credit) with qualified activation”. Another carrier, Sprint also announced, “Save 50% on Galaxy Note 9 with qualified activation for Sprint Flex Lease.” Ocean Blue and Lavender Purple are the available colors for the US customers.
Pre-orders in the UK
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is now available for pre-orders in different online stores in the UK. The 6GB RAM /128GB storage Note 9 model is available for £899 while the higher-version 8GB RAM /512GB storage is priced at £1,099. From the following online stores, you can go for pre-booking.
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at Samsung UK
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at Vodafone
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at EE
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at O2
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at Sky Mobile
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at Carphone Warehouse
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at Vergin
Ocean Blue, Lavender Purple and Midnight Black will be the color options in the UK.
For the Indian markets, there is no specific information from other online stores including Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal apart from the availability on Samsung Indian online store as of now. There’s a high expectation regarding the same from the online retailers in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned.
128GB version is my fav.