Leaks about the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 have been surrounding on the internet from the past few days, it seems that the story of Galaxy S9 is not completed right now. Samsung, the South Korean giant is planning to launch another variant of Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus smartphones with the name tag Galaxy S9 Mini. Earlier this month, smartphone with model number SM-G8750 was spotted on benchmarking site which revealed some of the specifications of Galaxy S9 Mini. The smartphone with model number SM-G8850 has appeared on the internet which indicates that it could be another variant of Galaxy S9 Mini.
The new Galaxy S9 Mini has been spotted on TENNA which is a China’s Certification website and the smartphone gets certifications particularly in the China market, whereas the TENNA listings revealed some of the specifications of the upcoming smartphone. The quite interesting part is that the smartphone with the same model number has also appeared on benchmarking site AnTuTu that revealed confirm specification of the upcoming smartphone. The detailed specifications of Samsung Galaxy S9 Mini look identical to the Samsung Galaxy S9.
The AnTuTu listing suggests that upcoming Samsung smartphone with the model number SM-G8850 will be equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC based on Adreno 512 GPU, paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB internal storage. It is likely to run on Android 8.0 Operating System and gets 1,35,000 scores in the AnTuTu tests. As per the listings, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy smartphone is likely to boast a 5.8-inch display and it packs a 3000mAh battery under the hood. It seems that it will be available in two color options: Black and Blue and also has a fingerprint scanner.
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The upcoming Samsung Galaxy 9 smartphone is likely to fall under mid-range segment category. As we already mentioned above the smartphone previously appeared on TENNA Chinese certification website, where the detailed specifications of the smartphone were spotted. The Samsung Galaxy S9 Mini is likely to feature a 5.8-inch QHD+ (1440x2960 pixels) Super AMOLED display with the screen resolution of 1440 x 2960 pixels and runs on Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box. It will be embedded with an octa-core processor which will be clocked at 2.803GHz and likely to come with two variants: 4GB and 6GB of RAM
In terms of photography, the listings suggested that Samsung brings a model number SM-G8850 will come with a vertically stacked dual camera setup either with 8-megapixel sensors or 12-megapixel sensors. The smartphone offers 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS as connectivity options. The weight of the smartphone is 163 grams. The listing does not reveal the detailed information of Galaxy S9 Mini including price, launching date and availability of the upcoming smartphone.
If the rumors of S9 Mini turned out to be true, then it would be the first mini variant of Samsung flagship smartphone after the unveiling of Galaxy S5 Mini. To recall, Galaxy S5 Mini came with a 4.5-inch screen display.