Samsung Malaysia Electronics (SME) has unveiled Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro (2016) -- the newest edition of the 2016 Galaxy A Series, with a bigger screen, larger battery capacity, greater storage and better camera.

Available in black, white and gold colour options, the smartphone will be officially available today at a recommended retail price of RM1,999, inclusive of six per cent Goods and Services Tax, the company said in a statement today.

Information Technology and Mobile Business Unit Vice-President, Lee Jui Siang, said the new smartphone comes with a sharp and immersive six-inch full high-definition super active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) display with narrow bezel, which could offer better content usage and great viewing experience.

On storage space, Lee said the device not only has a 32GB of built-in memory, but is also integrated with a micro secure digital (SD) slot that can add up to a staggering 256GB of external memory.
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/bu/newsb....php?id=1262381

SIM - Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Build - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
OS -Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652
CPU - Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
Card slot - microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal - 32 GB, 4 GB RAM
Camera - 16 MP, f/1.9, autofocus, OIS, LED flash (Primary), 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p (Secondary)
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a9_...(2016)-7903.php


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This post has been edited by nexona88: Aug 27 2016, 10:35 PM

considering this as my next phone
however I still can't decide between this and mate 8

Had only about 10 minutes hands on testing this A9pro and seriously I felt Mate8 is a better choice in build quality, display, smoothness n app loading. The A9pro camera I feel isn't in the class of the S7e and isn't snappy vs Mate8
Quick impressions are often inaccurate but its high price turned me off.
Being a budget offering but because it is Samsung it carries a premium price of rm1999. If it is around rm1.5k I would like to test it out too.

This post has been edited by benny888: Jul 14 2016, 08:04 AM

Aiming for this phone long time ago... finally launch in Malaysia, waiting the black color...

I had considered Mate 8 vs A9Pro before, after compared with my needs A9Pro more suitable for me... I cannot tahan the Mate 8 screen with the thick black line surrounding, it is too over...

A9Pro have 2 main disadvantages - weight and camera...
Other than that, it is a good phone... So just see what your needs....

I believe it's price will drop to rm1.5k or less soon.

tested mate 8 on hands before, really like the design and build quality but never had a chance to test a9 pro. but the battery 5000mah on a9 pro is really tempting.

Now that u mentioned the thick black line..... i notice it... on my mate 8 that is...

Whyyyyyyy

how soon?

by December can?

thinking of buying for Christmas present

Sure or not

Actually at Gemfive, you can get as low as 1678 after 200 discount.

Any idea abt hw the gold colour looks for sme set? Front black and back gold or Both sides are gold?

Both sides gold. I played with it at Samsung store.

thats great thanks

Finally ordered black color A9 Pro from Gemfive with raya12 discount, total price RM1652.64

So you are the one who ordered the last black one. Congrats!

Congrats

don't forget to update after u receive it.

give review

on my opinion if u like A9 design and the battery go for it. but in term of raw power....mate 8 is the winner here..kirin 950 is a high end proc..snapdragon 652 is way behind. heavy 3d game is playable in 652 but sometimes suffer some framerate drop. in terms of battery life..we dont know yet untill we tested the A9. but mate 8 is proven to last 7hours SOT..which is superb. and noted the larger the battery the longer it takes to charge. and galaxy A9 has advantage with fast charger because it can use other fast charger unlike huawei...its fast charging only works with its charger only.

Yup, it mentioned left 1 only....after I confirmed become sold out...
Black color can cover the screen black line...

This post has been edited by EatApple: Jul 15 2016, 06:12 PM

So fast wanna sell your A9 Pro?

Yeah, something came up, I need to let it go first. How are you enjoying your new phone?

yup, just received it on Monday... still monitoring the battery life... so far no lagging issue..
Yesterday I charged full at 12.30am then let it idle for 1 night... turn on wifi + 4g, this morning 7am wake up notice it drop 8%...

Seems to be great phone. I love 6 inch screen phone. But the lacks of led notification seems to be really frustrating. Just wonder why they remove the led notification. I know theres apps life flash light notification but i think its annoying

Received my unit..

Its quite heavy..

user available memory..


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This is why they give free micoSD 64GB

Bought mine at Maybank Treats Fair today. Free gifts are 64GB microSD, tempered glass & tumbler.

Nice

Anyone can share pictures

Just one picture
I've got to choose between Gold and White. So Gold it is.

does your tempered glass fit the whole screen? mine is like partial only.. damn ugly.. gonna tear it off

Not whole screen too. Already threw it away

BTW.. the camera is so disappointing..

Bought merely for the 4GB RAM, 6" Screen & 5000 mAh.
S7 Edge camera still top notch.

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This post has been edited by squareballs: Jul 21 2016, 09:24 PM

What? from 32gb to 9gb. What did they put on the phone? Lol

What do you think about camera? And the speaker?

Actually it is 9 GB used. You still have about 20GB of internal storage available.

A beautiful phone. Love the big screen and yet comfortable to hold. It's amazing how they make it easy it is to operate a 6inch phone.

Bought mine at directD subang jaya. Customer service sucks. I regret buying my phone there. Ofc their 1899 price was tempting. But the guy at the counter is not friendly at all. I'm buying a freaking almost RM2K phone and he gave me the look like I'm buying a 200 phone. In Malay we called it muka macam taik. There were no other customer there btw.

First he told me the promo for free 64gb sd was finished. Then I showed him the advert in mudah which was posted the day before with the promo. After went back and forth, his friend spoke to him in mandarin and he was like "u sure? U sure ah?". Maybe his friend told him they still have that stock.

He then go and take the phone. Came back in a rush, told me only have black and started to finish up the deal. Asked for 1899 immediately. I was thinking of getting the gold one for my mom. But he rushed me into agreeing with the black. Damn it. If only i knew samsung centre ia still selling the phone with the same free 64gb sd card promo, i would have bought at samsung even if it's 100 ringgit more. I dont mind paying extra 100 for a better customer service. Yes directd sold it 100 ringgit cheaper. But their customer service sucks and i wont ever go there to buy my phone ever again and i will not recommend my friends to buy there anymore. Heard directd PJ is better.

Nevertheless, Galaxy A9 Pro is a beast phone. 4gb of RAM, 6 inch screen. 5000 mAh battery, 32gb internal with 64gb free sd card. Android marshmallow somemore. Bought this phone for my mom, will buy another one for me next month if NOTE7 came out too expensive. Btw, the black one not too bad. But i'm sure a gold one will fit a 63 year old lady better.

Cheers.


Edit. One more thing. Where can i find a casing for this phone? Been looking everywhere for it. Any suggestion?

This post has been edited by Guardia: Jul 22 2016, 11:38 AM

Seems like a lot of people complains about Direct D customer service. I guess the only thing pull people going there to buy will be the only 1 thing, a bit cheaper price. Actually looking for this phone until i pick it up and hold it. The feeling is too thick to my liking and the weight. I guess, that's the downside when you want a bigger battery.

Hello kawan, mana ada orang pergi beli kat DirectD Subang dah sekang ni? Sekang kalau nak ke DirectD je, semua orang pergi PJ kat tepi Federal Highway tu ... amoi pun cun, leh cuci mata skali ... kekeke

Guardia No. Directd is not the only one that selling this phone for RM1899 mind you. Directd is no longer a cheaper price.

ahahah kinda true

Oh hahah sorry. Didnt noticed i guess

Kamera ok ke? Ada yang kata kamera dia tak ok? Ke macam mana? Speaker dia kuay tak?

Nah for you.
Found it on GSMARENA's comment about this phone.

Seems to be like firmware update fix the camera issue. But is it really heavy? I have big hands. Currently using mega 6.3 now the weight of the phone is 199g. When use bigger phone its hard to look back to small phone. Should go to samsung and try it by myself.

It seems heavier than your Mega 6.3. 210g.
But for me? Don't mind at all. The 5000 mAh is a killer.

The 64gb sd card is in the box itself..

CasinG I bought from one shop. But it's written a9 2016, not a9 pro..

I guess they share the same casings..

Ordered nillkin matte case from eBay .. waiting for delivery from China..

Mine not inside the box. They give together with other packaging.

It's Samsung 64GB EVO+

Weird, mine is inside the sealed box..

There's a sticker on the box saying it's inside the box..

Yup, it's a 64gb evo+

My box

*Available in box

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Mine, sticker there stated 'redeemable from retailer'.
You get me jumped to check if there is another one in the box

Well for me RIP DirectD. Not in my priority list anymore since 2 years ago. They USED to be cheap. Then they got the attention they wanted. IMO, their vocabulary only have customer, not the word service.

Yaya, true true, I stopped buying from DirectD since they start operating at the new Megastore in PJ, becoz that was when i realized that their prices have gone up and no longer cheaper. But I still went to the PJ outlet just for cuci mata only (viewing the demo unit phones and the amois ... hehe)

Ahhhh... I came here first before buying the phone. None of these directd stuffs discussed here so I thought they still ok. Add it to their price is the cheapest in mudah. Other store need to be more tech savvy and use mudah more so they can reach out to customers like me lol.

Directd matters aside, I am still adoring the phone. Maybe because I'm still using note 2. Here's my pro and cons for now, mind u this phone is for my mom hence no real test yet. I'm a heavy phone user. I do it all on my phone. Graphics, business, accounts, excel sheets, customer databases u name it. My note 2 cant keep up anymore.

Pros
- 6 inch madness ! Once u go big u wont go small. I was among the earliest Note 1 user. Long live phablets !

- RAM is a plenty. Will solve all my ram hungry graphic intensive app. I made banners, flyers, fb ads images etc so 2GB does reach its limit when u are designing big images / banners.

- Premium feels. Nothing beats having a comfortable grip of you good looking phone. I bought the black one and it felt exclusive. I peeled off the 25 bucks ugly tempered glass (thank you expensive directd) and it is more handsome like that. Hope my mom wont drop it. And the black glass at the back. Hmmm... Love those glasses. Fingerprint magnet alert.

- Speaker kind of ok. A bit better than my note 2.

- Camera is ok too. Got the firmware update just now and it looks ok on the gorgeous screen.

- Screen. Might be in the same category of the 6 inch point but it deserve a new one. It is simply gorgeous! And it is kinda curved a bit at the edge. I believe samsung made all their new phone like this. But on a 6 incher? It looks wayyyy better.

- Battery. I didnt stress test it yet. But I hope the huge 5000 mAh battery will do its job. I mean 5000 man. That's like carrying a powerbank with u.

- Software. What's to hate? A polished latest version of android. Although the processor is not as good as note 5 and S7, it is still marshmellowy smooth. And maybe I'm new to this but the theme really change everything. Not just ur usual wallpapers and icons but also the color theme of the OS and even the keyboard. A little info though, u wont find video and music player the first time u switch the phone on. U can get it on samsung galaxy apps. It is free. So dont worry about that. There's a couple more galaxy apps u can download too there.

cons
- Quite heavy but still ok. Coming from a phablet user this wont be a problem. There's a trick to comfortably operating big phones with one hand. Always put ur pinky finger at the bottom of the phone as a holder. Bend it a bit and adjust ur palm and other fingers to support it. And ur thumb is free to do all what it want to do. I have fat fingers though, ppl with normal fingers will find it easier to use this method.

- Screen resolution
A big screen need bigger resolution. True in some cases but not necessarily a bad thing in other. My mom will find it comfortable to play with the phone. I am too but deep down in me i wish it can be sharper or the icons can be smaller. Dont ask me to use a launcher for it as i hate launchers. Maybe not the light ones that does the most important jobs.

Other than those, i dont find any reason to not encouraging ppl to buy this phone. It is a great phone for the price range. Although this is not in S and Note line, it is still a great phone by samsung.

Hope the community grows so I can find the damn casing easier ! LOL..

This post has been edited by Guardia: Jul 22 2016, 07:00 PM

That's a long one LOL....and thanks. Looking forward to your battery consumption

This post has been edited by yoyoan: Jul 22 2016, 08:04 PM

From morning 8am till now. 75 percent battery left.. with 2 hours of sot.

On 4g, with Clash royal and social media apps..

Not bad..

Only 25% down. Impressive !

Battery life update..


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Haven reach 50 percent..


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very very good battery life

Bad phone. Like Mega, it will never get updated. Don't ever buy Samsung phone except S and Note series.

Gud battery life

Everything is good, except for the price. Most of the phone with SD 650+ is below RM1.2K,.I believe this applies to Samsung as well, considering the price gap between this and other Samsung flagship, Note series would be a better option.

At least it still far cheaper than what Sony put on it Sony Xperia X - RM 2,499.00 for S650 spec! Sony brain is dead and killing itself the mobile division.



This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Jul 23 2016, 09:24 PM

I tend to agree. Mega 6.3 were lost along the way. Good phone, bad Samseng.

agree. better get note 4 rather than this imo

OMG that's ridiculous, people with logic will go for Z5 or Z5P

Exactly, I dunno what Sony thinking, and Malaysia Sony not dare to bring in the Xperia X Performance. This middle range processor already selling RM 2,499.00, I wonder what price Sony gonna put for X Performance which running using S820 processor.

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Jul 23 2016, 09:33 PM

The only selling point of this phone is the 5000 mah battery. That's all

I guess Sony still thinks they're like a super premium company that based mostly on loyalty(like Apple), maybe they thought they could fool consumer by making them think the X series is more powerful flagship compared to Z series, but still a very illogical thinking imo.

Maybe 6" display as well? The price RM1999 is near to SD820 phone tho

If only samseng can fit this battery 5000mah inside upcoming note7...that's really win.

Yup and the 6 inch.. had been using for 2 days and is 0 lag.. not sure what will happen in future..

Maybe I'm not running power apps , just normal apps.

Yeah.. 5000 mah on a note is a champion

Power battery, power processor, power camera.

Whoahhh....this is ridiculosly good.

Note 4??? Haha! Note 4 is history already, it is old and consider slow now.

Getting Note5 is better but it is not in such price range.

No middle range phone now will ever lag, the S650 series is too powerful as a middle range processor already.

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Jul 23 2016, 09:50 PM

Actually don't see any reason they can't fit at least 4000mah but I think business decision like not to kill A9 Pro sales thus preventing them doing it.

Last time possible can, now is internet world, everybody is easier to get review and know more spec than last time.

Sony in dream can fool people, maybe can for few that don't care much on spec but instead design and belove brand, but won't be huge success fooling around already.

Cpu wise almost as good as SD810 but GPU not able to match

If this phone is S820, I don't might it selling RM 2,599 if running S820, I will buy it if it is S820. The battery really me.

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Jul 23 2016, 09:54 PM

But this phone's camera really cannot.. bad..

If 2599 put in s7 camera + 5000 mah.. confirm gooding

It is middle range only. Already can win S808 and near identical to S810 which is consider madness. The S808 and S810 is not long ago high end processor.

I don't think it will be bad, nowadays camera all not bad.

I just really hope Note7 will be 6" and at least 4000mAh battery but it seems won't happen, it still is 5.7" and battery below 4000mAh. Haizz....

Wow..do update here frequently..the power of 5k mah and efficiency of full hd display 👍

I think note series will be long2 ways to go to match galaxy A9 Pro battery life..reason why is note series come with quad hd display which is drain battery like mad. But too bad A9 pro does not come with led notification otherwise I already got one and trade in my n5..

Btw, A9 pro battery really terrific..I wish my n5 come with 5k..normal usage quite ok can tahan 1 day but if use gps really sucks..if u use gps a lot like me then a9 pro is really gooding 👍

In terms of power, SD650 is definitely not mid range, just the "6" series made it midrange and cheap. But if they make their "6" series too powerful, maybe in the future it'll make SD800++ looked pointless.

so the majority consensus saying that this phone is good on battery & screen size.
others sucks

The processor pair with touches not bad la.. still usable..

QHD never bad battery life in Note5 and S7 Edge to me.

QHD or higher is future already and all manufacturer need move over it even it is not really useful as FHD actually enough but without move up, they can't differentiate middle range and high end already. Also can't fully utilize but waste current too powerful processor.


Qualcomm already did this. How powerful S65x series are, it is category under middle range. It price as middle range also.

Now all S8xx phone is pointless to get already except S820. The rest all useless to get unless the phone price similar as S65x series.

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Jul 23 2016, 10:46 PM

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That means u are not become heavy user yet..note 5 and s7 edge only got good batterylife if include standby time. Thanks to doze now both note 5 and s7 edge battery life are extended.

But if u use continously and at the outdoor, then QHD display will drain battery like mad. My note 5 battery really go down fast during outdoor usage despite I only put 25% auto brightness. I read from reliable sources that qhd eat close to 2 times battery compared to full hd.

That is why apple still use full hd display for 6s plus eventough samsung already come out with 2k display 1 year before.