The firm also unveiled  new Galaxy Watch running WearOS and the Galaxy Home Bixby smart speaker.

You can pre-order the Note 9 now.

6 things you need to know about the new Note 9

The Note 9 will be announced today, and is then goes on sale 24 AugustThe design is largely the same as the Note 8, but with slightly slimmer screen bezels, a new 6. 4in display, and a higher-capacity 4000mAh batteryPerformance is faster than ever with a Snapdragon 845/Exynos 9810 insideThe S Pen stylus has been upgraded and now supports BluetoothThe fingerprint scanner has moved below the rear camera, but is not embedded in the display – that will come in the Galaxy S10Samsung has the exclusive on Fortnite for Android.

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