RENDERED DESIGN OF THE GALAXY NOTE 9 AND THE 8 IS NOT EVEN OUT, YET!

There’s no question that the Note 8 is shaping up to be Samsung’s best ever smartphone, but for gadget fans, the excitement has certainly faded a bit, due to all the leaks of rumours. We know what the Galaxy Note 8 looks like, we know just about all of the specs, and we know about most or even all of the Note 8’s key features. Perhaps the fact that the Galaxy Note 8 is already old news is part of the reason why a new Galaxy Note 9 concept posted on Tuesday is so intriguing.

Benjamin Geskin posted his vision of the Galaxy Note 9 on Tuesday which is expected to be released next fall as a follow-up of this year's Galaxy Note 8. It is a stunning render for a phone that would be a natural iteration of the Note lineup. We often see crazy concepts that aren’t rooted at all in reality, but this Galaxy Note 9 mockup looks like a phone that could actually launch in 2018. Geskin envisions the phone with a 6.4-inch display that has 4K resolution and an embedded fingerprint sensor. Again, 4K phones already exist today so there’s no technical barrier here for Samsung, and Qualcomm’s next-generation fingerprint sensors are expected to arrive in consumer products next year. In case you’ve forgotten, they’re designed to work through glass, displays, and even metal.