{"id":264117,"date":"2018-08-10T07:54:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T05:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=264117"},"modified":"2018-08-10T07:54:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T05:54:45","slug":"samsung-galaxy-note-9-south-african-pricing-and-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/264117\/samsung-galaxy-note-9-south-african-pricing-and-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy Note 9 &#8211; South African pricing and release date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung has unveiled its Galaxy Note 9, which boasts more powerful hardware and an improved stylus.<\/p>\n<p>The new device features a 6.4-inch display and a 4,000mAh battery, which Samsung said is the largest ever in a Galaxy device.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Note 9 will be available with either 128GB or 512GB of internal storage, and will support a 512GB microSD card.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung also unveiled its new Galaxy Watch alongside the Note 9, which sports an overhauled design and LTE connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>Local availability<br \/>\nSamsung South Africa confirmed that the Galaxy Note 9 will be available in South Africa from 24 August 2018 in three colours \u2013 Midnight Black, Metallic Copper, and Ocean Blue.<\/p>\n<p>The Lavender Purple variant will launch soon after.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, only the 128GB model of the Galaxy Note 9 will be available locally, it added.<\/p>\n<p>This model will be priced at a recommended retail price of R18,999.<\/p>\n<p>Various South African mobile operators offering the smartphone will also have contracts from R799 pm.<\/p>\n<p>The 512GB version of the Note 9 will be available soon thereafter, priced at R23,999.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s new Galaxy Watch is also set to launch in South Africa, with the non-LTE variant available in September. It will be priced from R5,499 \u2013 R6,499.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung said it is working closely with multiple mobile operators to launch the LTE-enabled model by the end of 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Galaxy Note 9 128GB \u2013 R18,999<\/li>\n<li>Galaxy Note 9 512GB \u2013 R23,999<\/li>\n<li>Galaxy Watch Bluetooth \u2013 R5,499-R6,499<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/262021\/samsung-profit-hit-by-smartphone-slowdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung profit hit by smartphone slowdown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung has unveiled its Galaxy Note 9, which boasts more powerful hardware and an improved stylus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":264121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264117"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264123,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264117\/revisions\/264123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}