The company Cubot, located in China, is developing a new smartphone S9 — monoblock with distinct manners of flagship. The default device will get 6 GB of RAM and the most powerful to date processor from Qualcomm, but the cost in this case will be some middling from Samsung and even cheaper than the Apple iPhone SE in Russia.
The exact price of Cubot S9 is not currently specified, but, according to rumors, it will be in the range from 300 to 400 U.S. dollars, which is very little for a flagship. To 6 GB RAM manufacturer and will add 128 GB of internal memory, and its main camera will be dual, that is, it will be a couple of lenses and two matrices for 16 MP each. Selfie camera will learn to make 8-megapixel stills, but perhaps it may not be without software interpolation. The basis for Cubot S9 will be the Snapdragon 823 — updated version of the conventional 820 running at a higher clock frequency. Also stated about the presence of the screen manufactured by Sharp, so it will not be IPS, but a real IGZO-panel with a diagonal of 5.5 inches with resolution yet unknown.
You should pay attention to the Home button under the screen, took, by the way, almost the entire area of the front panel. This button has an irregular shape, separate backlight and a built-in fingerprint scanner. Judging by the pictures, the case has a metal frame and a minimum thickness, as the description says about the lack of input under earphones and the presence of the USB-C port that will replace it. Eat Cubot S9 will be from the battery capacity of 2800 mAh. Date of announcement is not yet established.
