Does this image confirm a few Galaxy S9 rumors? Maybe, maybe not

Concluding updated: December eighth, 2017 at xvi:57 UTC+01:00

A Weibo user has posted a screenshot purportedly taken on a Galaxy S9 prototype that may or may non ostend rumors swirling effectually Samsung'southward upcoming flagship. Taken from Samsung'south S Health app, the screenshot shows a demonstration on using the middle charge per unit sensor, and if you look closely, the fingerprint sensor seems to be placed below the photographic camera. Also worth noting hither is that only a unmarried rear camera tin can exist seen. If you've been following Milky way S9 rumors recently, you lot will likely be wondering whether this paradigm is giving usa some solid information to back them upward.

Well, that's what we're wondering, too. While images inside Samsung's apps are ofttimes placeholders that are replaced afterwards, why would the company evidence a device that doesn't exist (not with that design) in a placeholder if it wasn't secretly in the works? It certainly doesn't seem to be a Milky way A (2018) phone, which isn't likely to sport a heart rate sensor if all the leaks and rumors are to be believed. And it's rather hard to imagine the placeholder in the screenshot is from a time when Samsung may accept tried to put the Galaxy S8'southward fingerprint sensor beneath the camera module and failed, as it would take been replaced a long fourth dimension agone.

Here's the leaked image from Weibo:

And hither's how it compares to the one seen in S Wellness on the Milky way S8 and Galaxy Note eight (from left to right):

Now, unless the source is trying to fool everyone with an old image, information technology leaves us with an interesting possibility. The telephone seen in the screenshot could really exist the smaller of the Galaxy S9 flagships, which is said to take only a unmarried rear camera. Heck, maybe fifty-fifty the Galaxy S9+ will miss out on a dual camera setup, just that would be impossible unless Samsung wants to lose potential consumers. Dual cameras are almost a must-have for smartphones these days, and at least the S9+ has to have one (among other things) to practice well in the mail-iPhone X globe.

To trust or non to trust…

While nosotros're closer to the Galaxy S9'south official launch now than nosotros were three weeks ago when we first heard of the 5.8-inch S9 possibly beingness limited to a single rear camera, information technology'south yet tough to trust these leaks. The Weibo forums have oft been the source of valuable information on upcoming devices, and even though that image looks legit, information technology remains to be seen if information technology really is telling us what nosotros tin wait from the Milky way S9.

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