The Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro smartphone, which was spotted on the GFXBench and AnTuTu databases last month, recently appeared on the website of China's telecommunications equipment certification center (TENAA), along with images and specifications of the device.

The Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro is a variant of the Samsung Galaxy A9 smartphone that was launched in the Chinese market earlier this year for about $490. The new phone will be launched in China with an estimated price of $460 to $550.

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According to TENAA, the Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro measures 161.7 x 80.9 x 7.9 mm in dimensions and weighs about 210 grams, which is 10 grams heavier than the original A9.

It features a 6.0-inch phablet size Super AMOLED display screen with a 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution, and comes with the Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system out of the box.

In terms of the camera, the Galaxy A9 Pro has a 16 megapixel unit on the back with LED flash, and an 8 megapixel shooter on the front. Under the hood, the handset packs a Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 32GB of built-in memory storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via microSD card.

It is still unclear how big the battery will be, however, it could come with an even larger battery than the 4,000 mAh of the previous model, GSM Arena reported. Other specs include support for dual-SIM functionality, LTE, and NFC connectivity that will work with Samsung Pay, according to rumors. The Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro is expected to come in white, black and gold colors.

In addition to Samsung's Galaxy A9 Pro, the company's Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy J7 (2016) have also gotten certified by TENAA. These models are the successors to last year's Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 respectively.

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