Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note 8 Enterprise Edition last year and now following the same trend; it has announced the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy A8 Enterprise Edition smartphones in Germany. The company is promoting the enterprise edition as truly “business-first” offering for the product line.
Apart from the business-centric additions like after-sales support and enterprise-deployment software, rest of the core internals do remain the same as the original S9 and A8. Samsung says that both the phones will be getting three-year licenses for Knox Configure (Dynamic Edition) and the Enterprise Firmware Over-The-Air service (E-FOTA on MDM).
The Knox Configure will let the IT. Administrators easily configure the Samsung devices remotely and update all of them at once. It also allows the flexibility to schedule updates to reduce service interruptions and downtime. Furthermore, the Galaxy S9 Enterprise Edition will receive three years of monthly security updates and quarterly updates for the fourth year.
On the other hand, the Galaxy A8 Enterprise Edition will only get monthly security updates for three years. However, both phones will come with two years of manufacturer warranty. The Samsung Galaxy S9 Enterprise Edition will be available in Germany from April 2018 and is priced at 849 euros ($1,045 or Rs. 68,080 approx.) While the Samsung Galaxy A8 Enterprise Edition is now available for corporate customers in Germany at a price of 499 euros ($614 or Rs. 40,000 approx).
Lekic, director of IM B2B at Samsung Electronics GmbH said:
With the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy A8, we’ve added two high-end business smartphones to the Enterprise Edition portfolio of devices that are specifically tailored to business needs. This allows business customers to benefit from a comprehensive solution package that meets existing enterprise mobility requirements to a high degree. As a result, both companies and employees are optimally positioned for digital day-to-day work.