Samsung launching Galaxy Note9 in early August due to poor Galaxy S9 sales

25 July 2018
The claims come from supply chain insiders in Taiwan.

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Anonymous, 25 Jul 2018Brother there is so much less in oneplus 5 than Samsung not... moreWell bro I made that comparison completely from battery point of view and nothing else. Many tinkerers love to hate the Samsung stuff install custom ROMS and make great use of the fantastic hardware. I don't do tinkering now a days and Stockwise not so happy with the battery. As such, I might go with the note 9 exchanging the gs9 plus.

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    • Anonymous
    • thg
    • 25 Jul 2018

    Slowly some people are starting to learn to buy flagship phones every 2-3 years rather than every year....... Since it's a totally waste of $$$$$ to buy phones every year.....

      Anonymous, 25 Jul 2018A earlier release will not help until they don't sort out t... moreHonestly, could not agree more. The Note 5 was like THE perfect Note (except for Battery). Very Premium and a great Hardware!

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        • Anonymous
        • 3Yb
        • 25 Jul 2018

        SadSoul, 25 Jul 2018Have to agree as post July security patch and update : BRG4... moreBrother there is so much less in oneplus 5 than Samsung note. If you didn't notice that yet then you shouldn't use a note.

          Anonymous, 25 Jul 2018Note9 is actually a fair improvement over the 8. Screen app... moreOfcourse battery capacity is a big one. I just wish they marginally improve the Adaptive Fast charging.

            UK-Fella, 25 Jul 2018No it was never fixed. Its just your imagination 100% based... moreHave to agree as post July security patch and update : BRG4/BRG6 --- I am getting exactly the same batterylife like after what I used to get in April,May,June.!!! 5 hours average and maximum at 6 hours screen on time. That's so much less than what I used to get in my oneplus 5T phone on same settings,apps,syncs.

              Anonymous, 25 Jul 2018Do your own homework troll fella. Samsung Device Manager pu... moreSigh*
              Any idea how RAM management works in android? - RAM cleaning does more harm then doing any help to the system across the board.
              Any idea whether latest android versions need antivirus or not?
              Have you ever tried studying how Doze works- in putting apps into sleep for example? definitely you have no idea.
              Device maintenance is sitting out there for no reason Its just an additional app unnecessarily sitting there mimicking to be super cool and eating up resources and crippling the OS and doing nothing at max.
              Go, study a bit kid and then discuss when you are fit enough.

                make note series less edgy, bigger battery, better camera and include IR blaster. its flagship device with premium price tag.
                and I agree on merging S and Note series, most of us would stick to either Note or S series, reason Samsung is facing low sales because of why people would buy Note device after 6 month of buying S+ model or vice versa.

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                  • Gryme Jr
                  • rRU
                  • 25 Jul 2018

                  Time for a price cut eff a $700+ phone

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                    • Anonymous
                    • myM
                    • 25 Jul 2018

                    SeaN, 25 Jul 2018The sales of S9 are bad because it is too similar to S8, so... moreNote9 is actually a fair improvement over the 8. Screen appears a little flatter, battery is around 21% larger, s pen is more feature rich. Camera is improved. That battery leap is a big one, the S9/+ couldn't manage an increase.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • myM
                      • 25 Jul 2018

                      ahey, 25 Jul 2018Samsung need to change that edge scren thing its useles lik... moreThey are, but have to do it slowly. The line is too successful to remove it in one generation.

                        Anonymous, 25 Jul 2018Extra huge chunks of features = bloatwares that may be aban... moreNot all features = bloat-wares. but most of them are.
                        Samsung abandoning bloat-wares in future? That works at snail's pace.
                        Abandoning features? they won't see the light of day soon. It's practically increased with the inclusion of bixby, bixby vision (in camera) and more to come in future. All they did was to make the user interface lighter and still so much to be done.
                        AOSP based roms show batterypower almost instantly like in a day or two after the smartphone is setup. So there is a craze for such roms and debloaters for gs9,gs9+, note 8 and so on as no matter which debloater/service/package disablers used, you entirely cant get rid of and some service disablers no more work as samsung hate them.

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                          • Pragmatic
                          • sxn
                          • 25 Jul 2018

                          Basically, to counter the S9's decline in sales, they added a stylus to it. Not quite sure how successful that will be...

                            They want to keep the momentum in user engagement before it is too late, by doing the exact same thing that is the cause of the poor Galaxy S9 sales? Funny!

                              Dude, 25 Jul 2018Samsung sells less because mid tier phones are becoming inc... moreNo it was never fixed. Its just your imagination 100% based on the operating system getting settled down with the apps and settings that gives better batterylife than it gives just after setting it up after first 4,5 days or a week. This has been happening post every month's update. Exactly the same happened with the s8/s8+ and note 8.
                              All the smartphone reviewers agree that battery isnt very good with the s9 and s9+ including gsmarea's re-test with latest updates:
                              https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s9_plus_long_term-review-1780.php
                              Somebody might argue that July update "fixed" it or gave more batterylife etc etc. but thats not the case as the same guys have been from the very first update post every month's update saying that its fixed its fixed its fixed. (some are in xda, reddit)
                              Just compare with other flagships u will be amazed at how batterylife of other top tier phones have been.
                              Keep trolling, I DONT CARE.

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                                  Arie777, 25 Jul 2018Agree. Samsung need more creativity. To be fair, they always do this. 2 generations of the same design, the second one being a completed version of the first. If yall want a different design, then wait till the S10. That won't still change the fact that the S9 is still a great phones, and Note 9 will be an improved Note 8.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • tNw
                                    • 25 Jul 2018

                                    UK-Fella, 25 Jul 2018I can understand that you are completely unaware of how the... moreExtra huge chunks of features = bloatwares that may be abandoned in the future and still consume resources?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • tNw
                                      • 25 Jul 2018

                                      Gotta add better innovations to justify buying every new release. Breakable backs and edge screens as well as heavily glued components may no longer cut it.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • r7b
                                        • 25 Jul 2018

                                        UK-Fella, 25 Jul 2018I can understand that you are completely unaware of how the... moreDo your own homework troll fella. Samsung Device Manager puts apps to sleep quicker than Doze. But you are so entertaining when you try to troll

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