Samsung Suddenly ‘Confirms’ Radical New Galaxy Smartphone
Thinking about buying the Galaxy S9 or iPhone X? Stop what you’re doing. Samsung is about to launch a new smartphone which is far more exciting…
It is called the ‘SM-G8850’ (exact Galaxy branding TBC) and we know everything about it thanks to the eagle eyes of SamMobile and the dedication of China’s certification authority TENAA to publicly share every upcoming smartphone it tests.
In short: the SM-G8850 is everything the (compromised) Galaxy S9 should’ve been
Like the Galaxy S9 and iPhone X, it features a 5.8-inch display but it ditches the polarising curved edges of the former to match the flat panel of Apple’s phone. The SM-G8850 also has the dual 12MP camera included on the Galaxy S9 Plus (but missed off the Galaxy S9) which outperforms the iPhone X.
Furthermore, the SM-G8850 also has an overclocked 2.8GHz Exynos 9810 chipset so it is faster than any of Samsung’s current flagships. Given the standard Exynos 9810 in the Galaxy S9 beats the iPhone X in real-world performance tests, Samsung’s hotrod SM-G8850 (which matches all the Galaxy S9’s other specifications) looks mouthwatering.
But here’s the snag, and the hint is in the source: TENAA.
Right now the SM-G8850 is currently only scheduled to go on sale in China. This is infuriating because this is clearly the smartphone Samsung should have released worldwide as the Galaxy S9, instead of the competent yet underwhelming Galaxy S9 we have now. It’s also infuriating because China is a market where Samsung struggles, but it will now get the company’s most exciting smartphone while more loyal markets miss out.
If the SM-G8850 is a hit in China then it is possible Samsung will expand the launch. That said, I doubt this will happen given Samsung’s record there and it is more likely the SM-G8850 will serve instead as an inspiration for a more fully featured Galaxy S10 in 2019.
So we can add the SM-G8850 to the list of reasons Why you should not buy the Galaxy S9
Source:-https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/04/12/samsung-new-galaxy-smartphone-galaxy-s9-galaxy-note-9-galaxy-s10-specs-price-release-date/#355916724bd0
