By STYLZIST Abhishek
Samsung Galaxy Review
Samsung’s Galaxy S9 has been hit by a nasty pricing problem, but if you are prepared to splash out regardless there’s good news. Samsung didn’t announce it at the launch, but the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus both hide a great secret feature…
‘Great Secret Features’ and ‘Nasty Surprises’ are my regular columns investigating the best features / biggest problems hidden behind the headlines.
While you may have to pay more for Samsung’s new Galaxy smartphones than you hoped, it seems you could save money when it comes to repair bills. Despite having similar looks to last year’s Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, SamMobile has discovered both new models are substantially tougher.
- More Durable Display
While smartphones always pickup bumps, scratches and scuffs, the one that really hurts is a cracked display. To this end Samsung has made both Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus displays 20% thicker than the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, bumping their front glass thickness value from 0.5T to 0.6T.
Features
| NETWORK |
|---|
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G bands | LTE |
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps |
| GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes |
| BODY |
|---|
| Dimensions | 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm (5.81 x 2.70 x 0.33 in) |
| Weight | 163 g (5.75 oz) |
| Build | Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes |
| DISPLAY |
|---|
| Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 5.8 inches, 84.8 cm2 (~83.6% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~570 ppi density) |
| Multitouch | Yes |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| - HDR10 compliant
- 3D Touch (home button only)
- Always-on display |
| PLATFORM |
|---|
| OS | Android 8.0 (Oreo) |
| Chipset | Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 845 - USA & China |
| CPU | Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China |
| GPU | Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China |
| MEMORY |
|---|
| Card slot | microSD, up to 400 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only |
| Internal | 64/128/256 GB, 4 GB RAM |
| CAMERA |
|---|
| Primary | 12 MP (f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF), phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash |
| Features | Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama |
| Video | 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec. |
| Secondary | 8 MP (f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6", 1.22 µm), autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR |
| SOUND |
|---|
| Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| - 32-bit/384kHz audio
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS |
|---|
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO |
| NFC | Yes |
| Radio | FM radio (USA & Canada only) - To be confirmed |
| USB | 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
| FEATURES |
|---|
| Sensors | Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM |
| Browser | HTML5 |
| - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- ANT+ support
- Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- MP4/DivX/XviD/H.265 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document editor |
| BATTERY |
|---|
| Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery (11.55 Wh) |
| MISC |
|---|
| Colors | Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple |
| Price | About 840 EUR |
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