Smartphone makers clearly expect customers to keep digging deeper into their pockets. But those pockets are already feeling empty.
Samsung provided the first official look at the upcoming season in hand-held devices on Thursday with the unveiling of the Galaxy Note 9. The latest offering in the company’s super-sized section of smartphones has the typical enhancements one expects in an annual upgrade—a faster processor, more memory and better battery life. The most notable new addition was adding a remote control function to...