The Samsung Galaxy S9|S9+ has been officially announced after a long wait and plenty hypes. First impressions and hands-on videos are all over the internet but let’s look deeper into this new and amazing smartphone. How good is it, is it better than the S8 and is it worth the upgrade? Samsung S9|S9+ is better than good, it is well-refined Smartphone. The design and aesthetics of Samsung Galaxy S8 were maintained – which is a good thing. Several great additions of new features and hardware made it even better. That’s not all, the significant differences between the S9|S9+ brings a new bone of contention.
The Samsung Galaxy S9|S9+ THE GOOD
The good thing is to maintain the wonderful design of the Samsung Galaxy S8. It won’t be all good if they didn’t add extra features to that. They did refine everything we expected that to come from the S8 and added several other features. The iris scanner, dual stereo speakers (Dobly B), face id scanner etc. Adding all these features and maintaining the same display height with the S8 makes it very good. As you will see later, one of the things that made the S9 very handy is the fingerprint sensor placement. Samsung seems to listen to its customers complain about the fingerprint placement on the S8, S8+ and the Note 8. Our conclusion on this: maintain a good design, refine or redefine it by 200%.
The Samsung Galaxy S9|S9+ THE BETTER
The camera was the main talking point before the official launch, we expected it to be better but Samsung took us all by surprise. Dual aperture on a tiny smartphone camera size? Yes! You heard it right. Not just that, The Samsung Galaxy S9|S9+ primary cameras with f1.5 aperture is the widest of any smartphone in the market right now. Moreso, this amazing camera mechanically switches from f1.5 aperture to f2.4 aperture depending on the light conditions. This switching can be set automatically or manually. The processor Snapdragon 845 (30% more power efficient than SD 835) with Adreno 630 GPU and Gigabit LTE modem (Cat 18 up to 1.2Gbs download speed) – that’s way better than last year’s flagship.
THE FINGERPRINT PLACEMENT
Finally, the awkward fingerprint positioning on the S8 is no more! This makes the usage of the Samsung Galaxy S9|S9+ even better. There are varieties of options to lock and unlock phones but the fingerprint is still the fastest and easiest to use. Good placement makes it even better for day to day usage. There is also dual camera on the Samsung Galaxy S9+ (only) and that brings us to the next point
The Samsung Galaxy S9|S9+ THE DIFFERENCE
Samsung maintained the same features on the Samsung Galaxy S8|S8+ last year apart from screen size and battery. This year, there is a significant difference in the Galaxy S9|S9+ most notably, the dual camera. This means live focus and Tele-zoom won’t be available in the S9 because of no dedicated camera. The base storage and RAM also differs. Apart from that, most other features are shared.
| Samsung Galaxy S9 | Samsung Galaxy S9+ | |
| Battery | 3000mAh | 3500mAh |
| Camera (Rear) | 12-megapixel, f/2.4 and f/1.5 aperture | 12-megapixel, f/2.4 and f/1.5 aperture). secondary telephoto camera (12MP) |
| Display | 5.8-inch OLED (1440 x 2560) | 6.2-inch OLED (1440 x 2560) |
| Processor | Snapdragon 845/Exynos 9810 | Snapdragon 845/Exynos 9810 |
| Storage | 64GB/256GB | 128GB/256GB |
| RAM | 4GB | 6GB |
Other top features of the Samsung Galaxy S9|S9+
960 fps automatic slow-motion video
DRAM on the camera sensor also comes in handy for super slow-motion video. The Galaxy S9 can capture four times as many frames as the Galaxy S8, bumping the slow-motion capture from 240 fps to 960 fps at the same 720p HD resolution.
AR Emoji
Expressing yourself is a large part of the Galaxy S9 experience and nowhere is it more apparent than the new AR Emoji feature. Inspired by the Animoji feature on the Apple iPhone X, AR Emoji allows you to create a 3D scan of your face. You can customize the hair, skin tone, clothes, and accessories of the scan to really have some fun.
Intelligent Scan
We already talked about the iris scanner and face id but how about combining both? Yes, the Samsung Galaxy S9|S9+ combines both technologies to get the most secure face scan. This could be a more secure facial scan than the Apple’s iPhone X.
