The new Samsung smartphone is codenamed Amy

Aug 19, 2016 11:14 GMT  ·  By

Samsung debuted the Galaxy C series in May this year, as a line of mid-range smartphones with some decent specs aimed at the Chinese market. The series launched with the Galaxy C5 and Galaxy C7, both with satisfactory specs but also with some differences between them.

According to SamMobile, Samsung is currently working on a new handset in the Galaxy C series, namely the Galaxy C9. It will join the other two, but there's no information at this point as to when that will actually happen.

The phone is said to bear the codename Amy and the code number SM-C9000. The upcoming device’s specs are unknown, but it should have components similar to its predecessors revealed in late May this year.

The Galaxy C9 could only be made available to the Chinese market

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy C5 and Galaxy C7 only in the Chinese market, and the Galaxy C9 could have the same fate. However, the company has made more mid-range smartphones available to other markets as well, like the Galaxy A9, which was released in China and later arrived in Malaysia.

Samsung's Galaxy C5 came with a 5.2-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, together with Snapdragon 617 processor and 4GB of RAM. The smartphone also features Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 and Adreno 405 graphics processing unit, together with 4G LTE and a dual-SIM slot, not to mention a 2,600mAh battery. It ran Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, but so did the Galaxy C7.

However, the C7 packed a 5.7-inch display with 1920 x 1080p resolution and 4GB of RAM, with 32GB of internal memory. It also had a 64-bit 2GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor and Adreno 506 graphics processing unit. It came with a 3,300mmAh battery and Quick Charge 3.0, together with a 16MP rear camera and an 8MP front unit.