Camera wars: The Samsung Galaxy A9 has four rear-facing cameras

Just weeks after announcing a smartphone with three rear-facing cameras, Samsung has one upped itself. It's latest midrange handset - the Galaxy A9 - has four cameras on the back. At this rate, we'll end up with a ten camera smartphone before the end of next year.

The Galaxy A9's four camera setup consists of an ultra-wide angle lens, a telephoto zoom lens, a primary lens, an extra lens for sensing depth. Their specs are as follows:

• Ultra-wide: 8MP, f/2.4, to help fit more in a single frame without stepping back
• Telephoto: 10MP, f/2.4, equivalent to two times optical zoom
• Primary: 24MP, f/1.7, pretty much your standard smartphone camera for day to day use
• Depth: 5MP, f/2.2, used to simulate DSLR-like bokeh (the tasteful blurred background behind your subject)

In addition to a fairly standard black glass finish on the back, the Galaxy A9 will be available in two gradient finishes: blue-to-cyan, and pink-to-rose-gold.

Four cameras and gradient finishes aside, the Galaxy A9 is a fairly standard midrange phone. Key specifications include a 6.3-inch 1080+ display, a Snapdragon 660 processor, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a rear-mounted fingerprint reader, and a 3,800mAh battery. It will ship with Android Oreo rather the newly released Pie. The Galaxy A9 isn't water-resistant.

Local pricing and availability for the Galaxy A9 have yet to be confirmed.

Compare all Samsung Galaxy phone plans here.

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Alex Choros is the Managing Editor of WhistleOut Australia and an award-winning journalist. He's been writing about consumer technology for over a decade and is an expert on the Australian telco sector, to the point where he knows far too many phone and internet plans by heart. In addition to leading the WhistleOut editorial team, Alex is responsible for ruining the office Sonos with his troubled taste in music.

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