After numerous leaks on Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro including Renders, images and Technical specifications, the company has finally made it official. With this Galaxy C9 Pro becomes first smartphone from Samsung, powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 processor & 6 GB of RAM. Before Samsung, Oppo R9s plus was announced with same Snapdragon 653 processor & 6 GB of RAM, though the it will be available only in December this year. It also comes with split Antenna design similar to Oppo R9s.
It sports a 6 inch full HD AMOLED display with a 64 GB internal storage along with support for expandable storage via microsd cards, running Android 6.0 Marshmallow based operating system with Samsung UI on top of it.
It comes with 16 MP camera for both front and main rear shooters with 16 MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, f/1.9 aperture and 16 MP front shooter with f/1.9 aperture. The fingerprint sensor is embedded in the front home button. The device is backed by a 4000 mAh battery with quick charge support. Samsung has managed to put a 4,000 mAh battery in just 6.9 mm thickness.
In terms of connectivity, it supports 4G LTE, WiFi, NFC and comes with a USB C type port.
Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro specifications
- Display : 6-inch Full HD AMOLED 2.5D curved glass
- CPU : Octa Core Snapdragon 653 processor
- GPU : Adreno 510
- RAM : 6 GB
- Storage : 64 GB, expandable memory up to 256GB via micro SD card
- OS: Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
- Misc: Dual SIM (nano + nano), Fingerprint sensor
- Camera : 16 MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, f/1.9 aperture + 16 MP front camera,f/1.9 aperture
- Dimensions: 162.9 × 80.7 × 6.9 mm
- Weight: 189 gm
- Connectivity : 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth v 4.2, ANT+, USB-Type-C, NFC
- Battery : 4000 mAh with fast charging
The Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro is priced at 3199 yuan (~ Rs. 32,000 or $ 470) and is available for pre-order in China in Gold and Rose Gold colors. It goes on sale from November 11th in China. AT the moment we have no information on whether and when Samsung plans to launch this in other countries such as India or US.