Purported Galaxy S9 retail box reveals specifications

Last updated: January 12th, 2018 at 09:24 UTC+01:00

A purported Galaxy S9 retail box has leaked online and it reveals the specifications of Samsung's upcoming flagship smartphone. These specs have already been rumored multiple times so it'due south not surprising to see them on the dorsum of a box.

The box mentions that the Galaxy S9 is going to have a five.8-inch curved Infinity Display. Previous reports suggest that information technology's going to retain the aforementioned 18.five:9 aspect ratio of its predecessor.

Galax S9 retail box

It's not uncommon for such leaks to surface in the days leading up to a flagship launch. At that place'south always the possibility that information technology might be fake or doctored but some of the specs listed on the box have been mentioned in earlier reports.

As per the box, the Galaxy S9 is going to feature a "Super Speed" 12-megapixel Dual Pixel rear camera with Optical Paradigm Stabilization. Information technology'due south likely going to exist the new one.28-micrometer 12-megapixel ISOCELL Fast 2L9 sensor with Dual Pixel technology that Samsung launched three months ago. It apparently supports variable aperture, offering f/1.5 for low light shots and f/ii.4 for when there's plenty of daylight. The box also mentions Super Tedious-mo which is in line with rumors that the Galaxy S9 might back up 1000fps slow movement similar the Sony Xperia XZ Premium.

Whether or non that'due south actually true remains to be seen. There's a bang-up chance that this is a very convincing fake but the box bears similarities to retail boxes for the Galaxy Note viii and Galaxy S8. And then this leak may very well be legitimate. The Galaxy S9 may too accept an 8-megapixel front end camera with autofocus. The dual camera system is reportedly going to be reserved for the Galaxy S9+.

The usual suspects are nowadays as well, these include the iris scanner, wireless charging support and IP68 dust and water resistance. The box likewise mentions Stereo Speakers tuned past AKG for the Galaxy S9. The handset is going to ship with earphones tuned by AKG. Last but not the least, information technology's going to take 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.

The Galaxy S9 will exist powered past Samsung's latest Exynos 9810 chip in about markets. Samsung volition release a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845-powered variant in select markets similar N America.

Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S9 is going to be launched at Mobile Earth Congress 2018 in Barcelona adjacent calendar month.