Tablets have showcased their flexibility recently as many people navigate between marathon video streaming sessions and video calls with the family and office. With more people working from home, devices such as the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite make a meaningful difference. Moving between rooms is also effortless as the device becomes the perfect middle-ground for content consumption and communication. And with the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite – a whole lot more.

“We understand how life has evolved as our work becomes more flexible and blends with time spent at home. Consumers need a versatile device that can integrate seamlessly into their everyday lifestyle, wherever they are,” said Justin Hume, Director: Intergrated Mobility at Samsung South Africa. “The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite and the new S Pen are packed with the latest technology to help people stay organised, multitask and capture ideas effortlessly, allowing them to spend time on what matters most to them.”

Create More and Stress Less With the Redesigned S Pen

Whether you are using your tablet for work, study, or just during downtime at home, the updated S Pen is the perfect notetaking and multitasking assistant. Thse new S Pen has a refreshed design that makes it as practical and comfortable to use as a traditional pen. Weighing only 7.03g, the S Pen is light and easy-to-use, and its improved pen latency and 0.7mm pen tip deliver greater precision for notetaking and drawing. When you’re finished capturing your ideas, the S Pen snaps magnetically onto the right side of the tablet, or to the Book Cover included in the box (LTE model only), making it easy to use without the concern of misplacing it. The S Pen on the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is also battery-free, so you never have to worry about losing charge when using your S Pen.

Using the S Pen and Samsung Notes, you can transform handwritten notes into typed text instantly.1 Categorise and search your notes with ease through tags, highlight important passages and enlarge the content on the notes with the 300% zoom feature. All your notes can be easily exported as a PDF, JPEG image, text file or Microsoft Word document.

The Galaxy Experience at Home

Put the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite at the heart of your home to stay productive and organised. You can take calls and send and receive text messages through your Samsung account on your tablet, even when your smartphone is out of reach or in another room, or stay connected with friends and colleagues using Google Duo video calls on Galaxy Tab S6 Lite.7 Use the improved Daily Board display to control music, view your calendar, check the weather and write quick memos and reminders. The new Bixby features and capabilities such as Bixby Voice, Bixby Vision and Bixby Routines will also enhance your overall productivity and entertainment experiences.

Inspired Design That Won’t Weigh You Down

With a 10.4-inch screen and narrow bezels, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite benefits from a wide and immersive display. Equipped with the latest version of One UI, optimised for the larger tablet screen, Galaxy Tab S6 Lite has a more intuitive visual interface and simplified navigation tools, making switching between multiple applications smooth and effortless so that you can focus on the task at hand.

Available in three beautiful colours,2 Oxford Gray, Angora Blue and Chiffon Pink, with a matching S Pen and book cover included, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is a stylish accessory as well as a powerful productivity device.

Enhanced Entertainment Features

The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is packed with clever, helpful and entertaining features that make listening to music, streaming content, shopping online or connecting with friends easier and more enjoyable. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite includes dual speakers with sound by AKG and Dolby Atmos 3D surround sound for outstanding immersive audio, so whether you’re watching a YouTube video, streaming your favourite show or listening to a great playlist, you’ll experience premium quality sound. Samsung has partnered with YouTube and Spotify so you can get even more out of your favourite apps on the Galaxy range. Galaxy Tab S6 Lite users can enjoy ad-free YouTube videos, the ability to download and watch videos offline and free access to YouTube Music and YouTube Kids with YouTube Premium for 4 months.3 Spotify seamlessly integrates into the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite’s user interface, so you can easily search for music and podcasts, or even set your favourite song as your alarm.4 The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite can also wirelessly connect to your home speaker5 setup, so you can play your favourite playlists from Spotify on another device or speaker around your home, all controlled by your tablet.

Ultimately, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is a device that can be used by the entire family. With Samsung Kids,8 you can set daily playtime allowances, restrict access to certain apps and introduce your kids to the digital world safely with a range of exciting, colourful learning apps and games.

For more information about the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, visit news.samsung.com/za  and samsung.com/za/mobile .

Product Specifications

* All features may differ by market and mobile operator.
**All specifications and descriptions provided herein may be different from the actual specifications and descriptions of the product. Samsung reserves the right to make changes to this web page and the contents herein, including without limitation, functionality, features, specifications, GUI, images, videos, benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, capabilities, and any other product information, without notice.

1 Text export function supported on Samsung Notes app, feature availability may vary by language.
2 Availability of colours may vary by market.
3 YouTube Premium is only available in select markets. Only new subscribers to YouTube Premium are eligible for this offer.
4 Devices should be registered with Spotify Connect at the first use.
5 The speakers need to support Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection.
6 Call and text on other devices availability varies by country and service provider.
7 Google Duo supports video calling with up to twelve other users.
8 The availability of Samsung Kids may vary by country, device, and features. Please refer to more information at the website, https://www.samsung.com/kids.
9 Screen measured diagonally as a full rectangle without accounting for the rounded corners.
10 Typical value tested under third-party laboratory condition. Typical value is the estimated average value considering the deviation in battery capacity among the battery samples tested under IEC 61960 standard. Rated (minimum) capacity is 7,040 mAh.
11 These accessories are available to purchase separately.

Justin Hume, Chief Marketing Officer for Samsung South Africa, says, “The Note9 has raised the bar for smartphones considerably. It has exceeded all expectations. South Africans are about to experience a level of performance and power they won’t be able to do without.”

The Galaxy Note9 is a revolutionary smartphone that delivers the ultimate in performance; a new S Pen with connectivity for the first time ever; and Samsung’s most intelligent camera yet. These are just some of the features that will allow users to do so much more. An all day, longer lasting battery is just another reason why.  You can now talk, message, play games and watch movies from morning to night. The Galaxy Note9 is bigger, better and so much stronger. For business or play, it’s a game changer.

The Galaxy Note9 includes the most advanced S Pen yet. The Bluetooth-enabled feature has taken it far beyond a note-taking or doodling extra. It now functions as a remote control that can activate your camera, skip songs on your playlist or change your presentation slides. The S Pen is a magic wand you can wave in the boardroom or to take that pixel-perfect selfie.

There’s every reason to smile. The Samsung Galaxy Note9 builds on Samsung’s industry-leading camera technologies with new capabilities that uses intelligence to identify elements of a photo, such as scene and subject, and adapt accordingly. It can even detect flaws in images to ensure you capture those precious moments exactly how you intended. The result is stunning, lifelike images with bold colours and dynamic definition.

You can also look forward to experiencing the largest edge-to-edge display ever on a Note. The 6.4-inch Super Amoled Infinity Display provides a truly immersive multimedia experience. The Samsung Galaxy Note9’s Infinity Display is complemented with stereo speakers, which are tuned by AKG, and have the ability to deliver Dolby Atmos® immersive sound for an audio adventure like no other.

For those who want the option of a PC-like experience, Samsung Dex is the answer. You can effortlessly connect to a monitor with an easy to carry HDMI adaptor, which means you instantly have a big screen, a full-size keyboard and a mouse. It’s like having a second screen whenever you want one. Just connect your phone to an external display to use apps, review documents and watch videos on a PC-like interface.

The Samsung Galaxy Note9 is now available in stores nationwide. You can choose between Midnight Black, and Metallic Copper with matching S Pen, or Ocean Blue with a Yellow S Pen. To celebrate the launch the first who purchase the Note9 will get a limited launch gift valued at R2,499. This welcome pack includes a wireless charger for convenient, fast charging during those heavy-use days; a tripod for S-Pen selfies on which you can effortlessly set up your device for your picture, while your S-Pen does the rest; and the ultra-convenient DeX HDMI cable. In addition, customers will receive a R500 voucher towards a Samsung Original phone cover. Packed with innovative features and additional gifts for its launch, the Note9 is a device you’ll definitely want to get your hands on.

Samsung’s next generation of smartphone is here and it’s reimagining the way people communicate, share and experience the world. Today’s smartphones are for more than just communicating, so the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ feature Samsung’s most advanced camera and sound system yet.

AUDIO BRILLIANCE Stereo speakers tuned by AKG offer clear sound that is 1.4 times more powerful than previous Galaxy phones, while Dolby Atmos surrounds you with three dimensional sound, putting you at the centre of  a theatre-like experience.

DUAL APERTURE LENS How often do you find yourself trying to take a sneaky #gymselfie, but the light in the gym is just too bright or not bright enough? With the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, bad lighting is no longer a problem because they automatically adapt to various lighting conditions – just like the human eye – so you can always take clear photographs, whether it’s light, dark, day or night. When it’s dark, the lens opens to F1.5 mode so that it can find light, when there isn’t very much of it, to deliver vibrant photos even late into the night. This means your camera (and your workout) no longer has a curfew. In daylight, the lens adjusts to F2.4 mode to make sure that your photographs come out sharp.

AR EMOJI Create an augmented reality version of yourself simply by taking a selfie. The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ let you create your own emoji that looks, sounds and acts just like you, from your hair to your clothes, by using a data-based machine learning algorithm, which maps out more than 100 facial features to create a 3D model that reflects and imitates expressions for true personalisation. You can then share your reallife feelings as emoji stickers and videos via WhatsApp, SMS and all other chat apps. Time  to show off  the real you.

source: Cosmopolitan

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 28 May 2018 – As far back as the late 1880’s, great inventors such as Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, among others, were working on a way to record and play back music.^[i] Before then, the only music that could be enjoyed had to be played live. Fast forward 100 years and the advent and popularity of the boom box exploded onto the scene, with youths from around the world sporting massive boxes on their shoulders.^[ii]

Today, it’s difficult to imagine a life without a personal go-to-list that can be enjoyed whenever, wherever, privately. From joggers enjoying a motivating session or office workers immersing themselves in inspirational tunes, to teenagers bopping to the latest pop sensation or a grandmother listening to an e-book, the personal playlist has become an integral part of everyday life.

Craige Fleischer, Vice President of Integrated Mobility for Samsung South Africa, says, “Samsung always invests an enormous amount of time developing innovation that is relevant to our customers and can enhance their daily lives. The volume of work and investigation that went into the sound capability of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ bears testimony to that. In fact, we spent a year modifying the kinetic structure of the speaker to make enough room for it.^[iii] The results are an intense sound experience that’s unmatched in any other device available today.”

The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ feature an additional speaker at the top of the phone for stereo sound with much better bass performance, less distortion at high volumes and access to Dolby Atmos surround sound technology. The devices also allow users to set up their own preferences for listening and once the Dolby Atmos feature is activated, there are three presets, for Movie, Voice and Music. The movie sound mode is out of this world, especially when combined with the 18.5:9 edge-to-edge ratio display, which curves over the phone, offering a fully cinematic view.

The Adapt Sound feature optimises the sound settings for a user’ ears. All that needs to be done is a quick sound check under one of the settings and the difference is immediately noticeable. The Samsung Galaxy S9 is also backed by the in-house SoundAlive, which lets users’ amp up the audio output. It comes with a 9-band equalizer, which lets you adjust the frequency from 63Hz to 16kHz and from a range of 10dB to -10dB.^[iv] The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ include a number of accessories, including a pair of AKG headphones worth R999, which take the personal theatre experience to the next level.

“The edge-to-edge display curves over the sides for a view that is boundless and free from visual distraction. Couple that with the incredible sound capabilities and you have your very own personal theatre that easily fits in your hand,” adds Fleischer.

Edison, Bell and other inventors of their class would likely consider being able to walk around with a theatre in their pocket nothing short of magical. Although the modern world is used to the speedy advancement of technology, the innovation of such immersive mobile sound and visual capabilities certainly brings a little magic back to the world of entertainment.

^{[i] http://www.charm.rhul.ac.uk/history/p20_4_1.html}

^{[ii] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boombox}

^{[iii] http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/samsung-explains-why-the-galaxy-s9-speakers-are-so-much-better-3446118}

^{[iv] https://www.guidingtech.com/samsung-galaxy-s9-audio-settings/}

Tuned by audio experts at AKG, you’ll discover new hidden sounds in your favourite song when you listen to music on the Galaxy S9/S9+. And when combined with Dolby Atmos surround sound, watching movies on your device will be more immersive than ever before, bringing you up close and personal to the action.

Craige Fleischer, Vice President of Integrated Mobility Samsung South Africa, says, “The sound capabilities of the Galaxy S9 and S9+ are something to be experienced. It’s hard to believe that such incredible quality can come out of such a small device.”

How did our team of experts at Samsung manage to build such quality audio capabilities within such a small smartphone? We went straight to the source to get the story behind the supreme sound system.

The Problem

If you look at a smartphone, chances are it only has one speaker at the bottom. This means that sound waves can only travel in one direction, restricting the overall listening experience. And since smartphones must fit into our pockets, the speakers tend to be small, which limits their ability to fully produce bass sounds.

The Solution

That’s why we set out to develop a smartphone with multiple dynamic speakers that can fit into the palm of your hand. We believed, with sound coming from different areas of the phone and emanating in various directions, watching films on the phone could be as immersive as going to the cinema.

To turn the Galaxy S9/S9+’s sound quality into a three-dimensional experience, we wanted to place another dynamic speaker in the phone. The top of the phone was the best location as this would allow the device to play sound in stereo. This meant we had to rearrange the internal components, like the front camera and iris scanner, to make room. On top of that, we had to design a speaker that is powerful yet slim enough for the new phones to maintain Samsung’s Infinity Display.

Engineers from different departments worked together to adjust the location of various components and also increased the size of the existing speaker by 1.5 times. We also spent a year modifying the kinetic structure of the speaker to make sure there was enough room. But due to the shape of the Galaxy S9/S9+, there were still slight differences in the sizes of the two speakers. That’s why we had to tune the speakers to balance the output levels. And finally we reduced interference from other components that also use magnets so that they wouldn’t cause static or noise in the speaker.

The Result

 
With these changes, we were able to produce the Galaxy S9/S9+ sound system, which delivers sound that’s 1.4 times (3-4dB) louder than the Galaxy S8. We also partnered with Dolby Atmos to incorporate Virtual Surround Sound Effect in the smartphone to maximise the stereo speakers’ capability. Instead of mixing by channels, Dolby Atmos places sounds within a three-dimensional audio environment, giving listeners the impression that sounds are coming from everywhere. Audio experts at AKG also fine-tuned the speakers, expanding their bass range while ensuring they can handle high volumes without distortions. Together, these innovations allow the Galaxy S9/S9+ to deliver a unique audio experience.

The Galaxy S9 and S9+ build on that innovative heritage with enhancements that not only foster captivating visuals, but also truly realistic audio. Let’s take a closer look at how Samsung’s refinements to the devices’ displays and sound systems have made it even easier for users to immerse themselves in their favorite content.

A Refined Infinity Display

Both the 5.8-inch Galaxy S9 and the 6.2-inch S9+ feature Samsung’s latest Super AMOLED Infinity Displays, which feature key refinements that magnify the beauty and immersive qualities of the Galaxy smartphones’ signature screen.

The Infinity Display is characterized by its smooth, spacious design, which seamlessly curves at the edges to blend into the Galaxy S9’s body and lends the device its beautiful, highly ergonomic form. Films, shows and video clips are captivating when viewed on the 18.5:9, HDR (High Dynamic Range) capable display, whose impeccable accuracy allows such content to be presented exactly as creators intended.

When designing the new displays, Samsung focused on adjustments that would enable users to enjoy even more engrossing viewing experiences. This led Samsung to trim down the already small bezels at the top and bottom of the device, and make the screen itself a deeper black, so as to blend in with the bezels when the device is off. The bezels have also been refined to conceal features that could possibly detract from users’ immersion, such as the device’s iris sensor.

Adaptive Contrast Enhancement is another immersion-amplifying addition that allows the display to provide crisp visuals even in direct sunlight. This offers users more freedom to comfortably consume the content they want, when they want.

To make using the device even more comfortable, the Galaxy S9 also introduces a new Landscape Mode, which allows the home screen and app tray to adjust their orientation when the phone is held at an angle. This feature is particularly useful when a user who is watching a video navigates to the home screen to find another app.

The durability of the devices’ screens and bodies has also been enhanced. In addition to utilizing a high-strength aluminum alloy that offers protection from external impacts, Samsung reinforced both phones with thicker Corning© Gorilla© Glass 5 on their fronts, as well as more scratch-resistant side metal frames.

Cinematic Sound

Because smartphones are increasingly becoming our go-to platforms for entertainment, a top-flight display alone won’t quite cut it. In order to enjoy a truly cinematic mobile viewing experience, we need a premium sound system to complement the display – one that makes it easy for us to immerse ourselves in whatever content we’re consuming.

To enable users to experience true auditory immersion, Samsung placed powerful, AKG-tuned stereo speakers at the bottom and earpiece of the Galaxy S9. Together, the speakers pump out audio that’s not only loud, but also rich and balanced, no matter the volume.

This means that whether you’re streaming the latest binge-worthy show or jamming out to a new playlist, you can count on the Galaxy S9 to provide high-quality audio that keeps you engaged and makes your show, song, or podcast that much more enjoyable.

The Galaxy S9 also features a Dolby Atmos effect that gives users listening through headphones or the device’s speakers the sensation that they’re experiencing 360-degree surround sound. The clever feature carefully analyzes how key variables affect the audio in order to create the most immersive sound experience possible.

The function enriches both Dolby Atmos-exclusive content as well as various other forms of media, and may easily be toggled on or off.

More Tools to Multitask

The Galaxy S9 also features an array of useful functions specifically designed to make it easy for users to multitask using the Infinity Display.

Galaxy users are by now long acquainted with Multi-Window, a convenient feature that enables users to simultaneously manage two windows on their screen for increased efficiency. Edge Lighting Notifications add a new layer of utility to this function by allowing users to easily manage incoming messages while enjoying their favorite content.

With Edge Lighting Notifications, once a message comes in, users are presented with an icon that they may pull down to instantly launch a Multi-Window. This allows them to view their message and compose a reply without needing to navigate away from the website that they were viewing, or falling behind in their movie, show or game.

That multi-app versatility is also the key benefit of App Pair, a convenient feature that quickly became a fan favorite when it was introduced on the Galaxy Note8. App Pair lets users create custom pairs of apps that they can launch simultaneously from the Edge panel or their home screen. This means that with a single tap, a user could instantly launch their music and navigation apps as they began their morning commute, or open their Internet and messaging apps to coordinate dinner with friends.

The Galaxy S9’s powerful combination of sound and display innovations offers users premium multimedia and multitasking experiences without compromise.

*All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation.