Galaxy A8s launched as the Galaxy A9 Pro in South Korea

Concluding updated: January 25th, 2019 at 07:40 UTC+01:00

We reported concluding calendar week that Samsung could soon launch the Galaxy A8s in Republic of korea. The company has officially washed that today and every bit expected, the device is being called the Galaxy A9 Pro in Samsung's dwelling house land.

Samsung launched the Galaxy A8s in early on December. It's the company'due south first smartphone with an Infinity-O display. Samsung had initially released it in Mainland china only simply is at present bringing it to South korea.

Galaxy A9 Pro is Samsung's first Infinity-O phone for Korea

Much like the Galaxy A8s, the Galaxy A9 Pro features a 6.4-inch FHD+ Infinity-O display. It negates the need for a notch by playing the front camera in a cutout in the actual display expanse. This allows for a 19.five:9 attribute ratio on this LCD display.

It has a triple-photographic camera organization at the back. In that location'southward a 24-megapixel primary sensor with a 10-megapixel telephoto lens that offers 2x optical zoom. There's also a 5-megapixel depth sensor for those bokeh shots. For selfies, Samsung has gone with a 24-megapixel front shooter.

Samsung is using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 processor for the Galaxy A8s and that'southward likely what's nowadays in this handset as well. The visitor has confirmed that information technology volition ship with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. All of this is backed upwards by a 3,400mAh battery. Boosted features include Bixby and a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. Like the Galaxy A8s, this also doesn't have a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The Galaxy A9 Pro will be sold in Absolute Black, Black and Blue colors in South korea for 599,500 won ($534). It's non immediately going on shelves, though. The Galaxy A9 Pro will be out in South Korea on Feb 28. It'due south unclear at this point in fourth dimension if Samsung plans on bringing this device to other markets.

Galaxy A9 Pro