While a recent rumor claims that a top-of-the-line variant of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 9 might hit the market with 8 GB RAM and 512 GB storage onboard, the Samsung SM-N960N model that has just surfaced on Geekbench only sports an Exynos 9810 processor and 6 GB RAM.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-9-might-feature-8-GB-RAM-and-512-GB-storage-Exynos-9810-variant-hits-Geekbench.305966.0.html
and then the USA carriers will find a way to nerf it to 64GB internal.
And how is exactly 8Gb of ram and 512Gb of storage innovative ?
Hint: it's not. It i merely cheesy "innovation" to claim "I have the biggest x/y/z !".
Any Android phone with at least 4Gb of ram has absolutely no freeze in any situation, and regarding storage, 512Gb is just there to largely inflate retail pricing to over 1000$ levels. And I bet the base model will be down to a mere 64/128Gb with still overpricing...
The day they come up with something that changes how the user intereact with the phone, then they can claim innovation.