Is the Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) still supported?
End-of-support date: November 2021.
Support ended
Our estimateNovember 2021
Source: Samsung's official policy · verified 2026-06-12
What it means now that support ends
- 🔓 Security risk grows monthly. New vulnerabilities are discovered constantly; on an unsupported phone they are never fixed. Banking, payments, email, and password apps become progressively riskier.
- 📱 Apps drop off. Developers raise their minimum OS requirements over time — first you lose updates to apps, then the apps themselves.
- 💸 Resale value falls fast.The market prices support: once a phone leaves a manufacturer's update list, its used value drops sharply and keeps falling.
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More questions about the Galaxy A9 (2018)
How long will the Galaxy A9 (2018) get updates?
It is no longer supported. Samsung gave it two OS upgrades (Android 8 to Android 10) and roughly three years of security patches, ending around late 2021.
What made the Galaxy A9 (2018) special?
It was the world's first smartphone with four rear cameras, combining a main, ultra-wide, telephoto and depth sensor.
Is the Galaxy A9 (2018) safe to use now?
Only for basic, non-sensitive tasks. With no security patches since around 2021 it should not be a primary phone.
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Data sources & last verified: this phone's support window comes from documented update history (estimate — see our methodology), last verified 2026-06-12. How we compute end dates.