Samsung latest crown jewel, the Galaxy Note 9is finally here and it brings forth a series of improvements from all angles, especially if you are a Galaxy Note 8 user who is to pick up the Note 9 as their daily driver for at least a period of 12 months. The latest announcement might have introduced the flagship, but Samsung has also done us a grand favour might showing us a comparison between last year’s flagship and the latest one.

The phone will be sold in two storage configurations;a 128GB one paired with 6GB RAM for $999 and a 512GB storage variant with8GB RAM for $1,250. Pre-orders will kick off on August 10 and the phone will be available from August 24 at all main carriers or unlockedmodelsfrom Samsung.

Apart from the relocated fingerprint scanner that has been placed below the rear camera, the Note 9 looks a lot like its predecessor. Like the Note 8, its successor offers fast wireless charging, water resistance, and expandable storage. The headphone jack and the Bixby button have also been retained.Furthermore,adding a 512GB microSD card to the 512GB Note 9 will give you 1TB of storage.

The phone will be available in the colours blue and pink in the U.S. The blue variant will come with a bright yellow S-Penaccessory.The device also measuresin at 6.4inches and sports aSuper AMOLED Quad HD+ display. The phone is slightly shorter than the Note 8 because of the trimmed down bezels while rockinga matte aluminium frame with chamfered borders.

The Galaxy Note 9 also packs a 4,000mAh batteryand ispowered by the Snapdragon 845 chipset for U.S.-based customers.The GPU has been optimized and the phone also contains a new water cooling system to ensure consistent performance during gaming sessions. The Galaxy Note 9 is also the first phone to come with the popular game Fortnite and you can also get bonus items if you choose the Fortnitepre-order package instead of the AKG headphones one.

The Note9 is also armed witha dual-camera system on the back (12MP + 12MP) and the primary lens has dual-aperture (F/1.5 or F/2.4). Both cameras have optical image stabilizationandthere have also been improvements in terms of AI.

How significant of a difference do you think is present between the Galaxy Note 9 and its predecessor? Tell us down in the comments.