Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ in February

Samsung plans to unveil its new Galaxy S9 in February 2018, which will be a new challenge for Apple's latest iPhone X, according to Bloomberg.

Samsung plans to unveil the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus in early February and launch it in the market as early as March 2018.

Bloomberg said it learned from anonymous sources that Samsung's phones would be replete with new features, including improved camera and camera systems.

Despite its high price, which starts at about $ 1,000, the iPhone has been well received by the technology community and its sales are expected to boost Apple's revenue, which analysts estimate will reach $ 80 billion in the first quarter. In the third fiscal quarter, before the release of iPhone X in the market, Samsung topped smart device sales with a share of about 22 per cent of the global market, according to data from IDC Research. Apple, which accounted for about 13 percent of smartphone sales in the world, Strategic Analyst said that Samsung's share of the global market will fall to less than 20 per cent in 2018, according to a number of news reports from multiple sources.

Samsung is also working on a smart speaker that is expected to be unveiled in the first quarter of next year, according to a Bloomberg report today