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Galaxy C9 Pro review: First Samsung phone with 6 GB RAM and a 4000 mAh battery.

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2016·$430
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#4 of 47
Tier
Mid-range
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The verdict, up front

Samsung chases the spec race.

Galaxy C9 Pro was Samsung's answer to Chinese rivals piling on RAM and battery — its first phone with 6 GB of RAM and a 4000 mAh cell, in a metal body aimed squarely at the Chinese and Indian markets where spec sheets sold phones.

01Display

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2016 — 11 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED
Size6.0 inches
Resolution1080 x 1920 px

02Camera

66/100

At 66/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2016 — 6 points above the cohort average.

Main16 MP, f/1.9
Selfie16 MP, f/1.9

03Performance

68/100

At 68/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2016 — 12 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 653 (28nm)
GPUAdreno 510

04Battery

82/100

At 82/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among mid-range phones of 2016 — 15 points above the cohort average.

Capacity4000 mAh
ChargingAdaptive Fast Charge

05Build

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among mid-range phones of 2016 — 8 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • First 6 GB RAM Samsung + 4000 mAh
  • Metal unibody design
  • Big AMOLED display
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 653 mid-tier
  • 28nm chip dated
  • China/India-focused launch
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How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 47-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .