It’s finally here. After relentless leaks, rumors, and more, Samsung’s finally unveiled the Galaxy Note 9.
Even though we already knew a lot about the phone prior to its official announcement, there’s still plenty to talk about. What colors does it come in? What are the final specs? Were we impressed during our hands-on preview?
All those questions and more are answered right here, so without further ado, here’s everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy Note 9.
Ever since Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 debacle from a couple years ago, the company’s been under a fine microscope when it comes to the safety of its devices. A little less than a month since the Note 9 officially went on sale, there’s already one report from a woman in New York claiming that her Note 9 randomly caught on fire while it was in her purse.
Diane Chunge is a real estate agent in New York City, and according to her recently filed lawsuit against Samsung, she was in an elevator when she noticed that her Note 9 was unusually hot. She put the phone in her purse, but shortly after, she says “she heard a whistling and screeching sound, and she noticed thick smoke.”
Chunge did make it safely out of the elevator (someone in the lobby she exited the elevator from threw the Note 9 in a bucket of water) and is now suing Samsung for unknown damages and wants it to cease further sales of the phone.
Following this, a Samsung spokesperson said, “We have not received any reports of similar incidents involving a Galaxy Note9 device and we are investigating the matter.”
It’s believed that this was a one-time fluke seeing as how Samsung’s phones now go through a rigorous battery safety check following the release of the Note 7, but even so, it’ll be interesting to see if any additional reports come to light following this.
While there was a lot of hype and fanfare surrounding the Note 9 when Samsung announced it, something that was noticeably absent was a new Gear VR. Last year’s model doesn’t currently work with the Note 9 due to the phone’s larger size, but thankfully, Samsung’s announced a small fix.
If you call 1-800-SAMSUNG and give the company your Gear VR’s serial and model numbers, you’ll be sent an adapter within 10 business days that allows the Note 9 to properly fit inside the headset.
There’s currently no way to purchase the adapter online or in-stores, and as a quick reminder, this only applies to the Gear VR headset that was released last year alongside the Note 8.