Samsung Galaxy A9 Release: Benchmark Info Shows Snapdragon 620, Coming Dec. 1

By Juvy Garcia, Christian Post Contributor Monday, November 30, 2015

Samsung is reportedly preparing for the launch of its Galaxy A9 based on the latest benchmark information leaks and its purported appearance in Samsung's Iran website.

Samsung Galaxy A9 to come with Snapdragon 620, according to GeekBench

A certain "samsung SM-A9000" has been spotted in GeekBench, which tech publications believe to be Samsung Galaxy A9's genuine model number.

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This device lists Android 5.1.1 as its operating system, a Snapdragon 620 SoC (MSM8976), and a dual quad-core Cortex-A72 and a Cortex-A53 with big.LITTLE configuration. According to GSM Arena, Samsung is trying to give the device better single core performance, seeing as how this figure rose to 1,446 points now versus 1,325 in September and the multi-core result actually lower by some 300 points in the new benchmark.

Iran website lists Dec. 1 as Samsung Galaxy A9 release date, other details

In a separate leak, the company's official Iran website has listed the Samsung Galaxy A9. Spotted originally by GforGames and taken up by GSM Arena, the listed launch date is on Dec. 1.

The listing also seems to provide further confirmation of the device's specifications. The same Snapdragon 620 SoC with four Cortex-A72 cores clocking in at 1.8 GHz and a quad-core Cortex-A53 core at 1.4 GHz have been listed to power the device. GPU is a new Adreno 510. It has 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of memory expandable up to 128 GB through a microSD card.

The device's screen is measured at 5.5-inch Super Amoled with 1,080p resolution. Cameras include a 5-megapixel front shooter and a 16-megapixel rear camera equipped with HDR and autofocus.

The Samsung Galaxy A9 also features GPS, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, NFC, and will be run by Android 5.1.1. Details about the battery supporting the device's life have not been revealed though.

The Samsung Galaxy A9 was first spotted in a trademark filing way back in March. Meanwhile, a couple of Samsung devices, the Galaxy A3 (2016) and the Galaxy A5 (2016), have already passed FCC certification.