Samsung launches Galaxy Note 4 in South Africa, announces new partnerships

South Africa has become the first African country where Samsung Mobile’s latest device the Galaxy Note 4 has been launched. The new device was unveiled at an event held in Cape Town.

Sung Yong Hong, President of Samsung Africa said the device has become commercially available on Friday at all Samsung retailers and operators.

“The Note 4 is the latest edition in the ongoing journey of innovation by Samsung. With this one, we have gone the extra mile,” he said.

Samsung has also announced a partnership with AlwaysOn to provide 2GB of free data per twelve months, double the previous offering with the purchase of the gadget. It also partnerships with BoxOffice, OperaMax, Objectiv and Swarovski.

Features of the new device include a 16 megapixel camera that offers a wide selfie mode, Li-Ion 3220 mAh battery, Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colours as well as PhotoNote. The device runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) operating system.