14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung has published a press release not to announce the Galaxy Note 9, but to discuss the latest rumors hinting at features coming to its device.
While this is clearly an unusual thing for a company the size of Samsung, what the South Korean actually does is confirm some of the latest speculations on the Note 9, as it discusses the storage increase, the bigger battery, and the gaming improvements.
Obviously, Samsung does not provide any specifics, but it does suggest that all these areas would come with substantial refinements.
Rumor has it that the Note 9 could feature a 4,000 mAh battery that could easily get anyone through the day, as well as with a storage increase of up to 512GB. Furthermore, it’s believed the Note 9 may feature 8GB RAM as well.
Press launch today in New York
The press release was published on the company’s Spanish website (translated version here) and shows that Samsung tries by any means to fuel the Note 9 frenzy, especially as it’s believed that sales of its mobile division have been on a continuous decline this year.
Sales of the Galaxy S9 lineup have been well below expectations, and this is likely one of the reasons Samsung launches the Note 9 earlier than expected.
The August 9 unveiling would be followed by a pre-order kick-off next week, while shipments should begin on August 24. With this earlier launch, Samsung hopes it can benefit from bigger sales ahead of Apple’s new iPhone launch.
Apple will take the wraps off three iPhone models this year, and shipments are expected to start in late September. The lineup will also include a more affordable model that could convince more Android switchers to get an iPhone, though it remains to be seen how many cost-saving decisions would make it to the device.