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A huge leak on Thursday likely gave the world its first look at Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note 9, a hotly anticipated phone that will be Samsung's last flagship of 2018. Well actually, we soft of all got our first look at the Galaxy Note 9 eight months ago in August 2017, when Samsung unveiled the current-generation Galaxy Note 8. That's right Samsung fans, the upcoming Galaxy Note 9 is going to look almost exactly like its predecessor from last year. If that sounds familiar it's because the same can be said of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, which look almost exactly like Samsung's Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ from 2017.
We have every indication that Samsung's use of Apple's longtime iPhone strategy — releasing an "S" update every other year with the same design and upgraded specs — is failing miserably. Report after report have said that Galaxy S9 sales are falling well short of expectations, and we have some pretty concrete evidence that's the case: Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ prices were slashed just one month after the phones were released.
Rumors have suggested for at least a few months that the Note 9 would reuse last year's Note 8 design, so the news doesn't come as much of a surprise. But there was some hope that the new model would introduce one key feature that could easily have the world buzzing. Sadly, it now appears as thought that key feature and the Note 9 may be doomed to the same fate as the S9 and S9+.
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Leak: Galaxy Note 9 won’t have the one feature that might’ve made people buy it originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 11 May 2018 at 10:06:15 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Via BRG - Boy Genius Report
A huge leak on Thursday likely gave the world its first look at Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note 9, a hotly anticipated phone that will be Samsung's last flagship of 2018. Well actually, we soft of all got our first look at the Galaxy Note 9 eight months ago in August 2017, when Samsung unveiled the current-generation Galaxy Note 8. That's right Samsung fans, the upcoming Galaxy Note 9 is going to look almost exactly like its predecessor from last year. If that sounds familiar it's because the same can be said of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, which look almost exactly like Samsung's Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ from 2017.
We have every indication that Samsung's use of Apple's longtime iPhone strategy — releasing an "S" update every other year with the same design and upgraded specs — is failing miserably. Report after report have said that Galaxy S9 sales are falling well short of expectations, and we have some pretty concrete evidence that's the case: Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ prices were slashed just one month after the phones were released.
Rumors have suggested for at least a few months that the Note 9 would reuse last year's Note 8 design, so the news doesn't come as much of a surprise. But there was some hope that the new model would introduce one key feature that could easily have the world buzzing. Sadly, it now appears as thought that key feature and the Note 9 may be doomed to the same fate as the S9 and S9+.
Continue reading...
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Leak: Galaxy Note 9 won’t have the one feature that might’ve made people buy it originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 11 May 2018 at 10:06:15 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Via BRG - Boy Genius Report