{"id":276859,"date":"2018-10-11T12:27:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T10:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=276859"},"modified":"2018-10-11T12:27:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T10:27:30","slug":"samsung-launches-the-galaxy-a9-the-worlds-first-4-camera-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/276859\/samsung-launches-the-galaxy-a9-the-worlds-first-4-camera-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung launches the Galaxy A9 &#8211; the world&#8217;s first 4-camera smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung has launched its new Galaxy A9 smartphone, which sports the world\u2019s first mobile quad-camera system.<\/p>\n<p>The Galaxy A9 2018 features a similar design to the triple-camera Galaxy A7 released earlier this year, although its fingerprint sensor is mounted on the back of its chassis instead of the side.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s quad-camera smartphone is capable of taking ultra-wide, 120-degree panoramic shots and also boasts 2x optical zoom.<\/p>\n<p>The four lenses comprising the Galaxy A9\u2019s camera system includes 24MP PDAF, 8MP ultrawide, 10MP telephoto, and 5MP depth sensors.<\/p>\n<p>This allows for a variety of different shooting modes, as well as customised shots using features like artificial bokeh effects.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung has also included a number of flagship features in its Galaxy A9 device, such as its Infinity Display, Bixby assistant, and support for Samsung Pay.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s new Galaxy A9 smartphone is available in Caviar Black, Lemonade Blue, and Bubblegum Pink.<\/p>\n<p>The Samsung Galaxy A9 will be released in selected markets from November 2018. There is currently no pricing information available for the device.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Galaxy-A9-Inforgraphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-276865\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Galaxy-A9-Inforgraphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"995\" height=\"1516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Galaxy-A9-Inforgraphic.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Galaxy-A9-Inforgraphic-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Galaxy-A9-Inforgraphic-768x1170.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Galaxy-A9-Inforgraphic-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Galaxy-A9-Inforgraphic-1200x1828.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/276837\/samsung-pay-now-at-mugg-bean\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Samsung Pay now at Mugg &amp; Bean<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung has launched its new Galaxy A9 smartphone, which sports the world\u2019s first mobile quad-camera system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":276861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26,52],"class_list":["post-276859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276859","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276867,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276859\/revisions\/276867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}