SpecEagle review · Samsung

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

Item: Galaxy C9 Pro
Rating: 64
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2016·$430

Overall

64/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Mid-range

Buy?

Look elsewhere

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

78/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2016.

TypeSuper AMOLED

Size6.0 inches

Resolution1080 x 1920 px

02Camera

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2016.

Main16 MP, f/1.9

Selfie16 MP, f/1.9

03Performance

68/100

68/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2016.

ChipsetSnapdragon 653 (28nm)

GPUAdreno 510

04Battery

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2016.

Capacity4000 mAh

ChargingAdaptive Fast Charge

05Build

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2016.

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

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 1-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .