There has been no official word from Samsung, but, according to a report from an unspecified source in South Korea, smartphone will be announced on August 9, during an event in New York City. The source believes that an earlier rumoured date of August 2 is wrong.

Known or rumoured specs of Galaxy Note 9 include Snapdragon 845 processor, 6GB RAM and 256GB flash memory, Wi-Fi and LTE, Android 8.1 Oreo and Bixby 2.0.