In MWC event this year, the smartphone which hot everyone’s attention is Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+. Both these smartphones pack some great and new features. These features are completely expected from a 2018 flagship smartphone from a brand like Samsung. Now today, they officially launched both Galaxy S9 and S9+ in India. They launched both these devices at an event at New Delhi. We already know the configuration of both these phones, but let’s have a look at it again.
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Samsung Galaxy S9:
Starting up with this smaller one, this Galaxy S9 carries the same glass front & back design like last year’s Galaxy S8. The bezels are more thinner now, but very slightly thinner. Both front & back is attached to an aluminium frame. On the front, we have earpiece (acts as speaker too), sensors, Iris scanner, face detection sensor and front facing camera. Then there’s the beautiful 5.8 inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio. There’s nothing below the display, coming to the back we have the single rear camera setup along with LED flash and heart-rate sensor. Just below the camera we have the fingerprint sensor. Though it’s still very close to camera but better than the predecessor. Then below all these, we have Samsung branding. At the bottom of the device we have 3.5mm headphone jack, Type-C port and secondary speaker for stereo effect. This phone is IP68 certified for dust and water resistance.
Coming to the specifications, this Galaxy S9 comes with Samsung’s own Exynos 9810 octa mongoose core processor clocked at 2.8Ghz with Mali-G72 MP18 GPU. This processor is built on 10nm process, so it will consume power very efficiently. It sports a 5.8” Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display with unique 18.5:9 aspect ratio. This display is protected by Gorilla Glass 5 and has other Samsung features like Always-on Display and 3D touch for home button. It has 4GB of RAM and 64/128/256GB of internal storage options, along with MicroSd Card support for dual SIM variant.
Talking about the camera, it has 12MP rear camera with adjustable lens of f1.5 and f2.4, 1.4mm micron pixels, OIS, dual pixel PDAF and LED flash. This is the first Android device having 4K at 60fps video recording option. Also it is the first Samsung device to have 720p at 960fps video recording option. The front camera is same as it’s predecessor, 8MP shooter with f1.7 lens. It runs on Android 8.0 Oreo with Samsung’s Grace UX UI. This new Grace UX has some new features like AR Emojis (like iPhone X) and improved KNOX. Also you can use both Iris and face unlock at the same time. It has non-removable 3000mAh battery with older Quick Charge 2 support and Qi wireless charging. Connectivity options are 4G LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0 , NFC, and Type-C Port.
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Samsung Galaxy S9+:
Now coming to the bigger variant, this Galaxy S9+ carries the same glass front & back design like last year’s Galaxy S8+. The bezels are more thinner now, but very slightly thinner. Both front & back is attached with an aluminium frame. On the front we have earpiece (acts as speaker too), sensors, Iris scanner, face detection sensor and front facing camera. Then there’s the beautiful 6.2 inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio. There’s nothing below the display, coming to the back we have the dual rear camera setup along with LED flash and heart-rate sensor. Just below the camera setup we have the fingerprint sensor. Though it’s still very close to camera but better than the predecessor. Then below all these we have Samsung branding. At the bottom of the device we have 3.5mm headphone jack, Type-C port and secondary speaker for stereo effect. This phone is IP68 certified for dust and water resistance.
Coming to the specifications, this phone comes with Samsung’s own Exynos 9810 octa mongoose core processor clocked at 2.8Ghz with Mali-G72 MP18 GPU. This processor is built on 10nm process, so it will consume power very efficiently. It sports a 5.8” Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display with unique 18.5:9 aspect ratio. This display is protected by Gorilla Glass 5 and has other Samsung features like Always-on Display and 3D touch for home button. It has 6GB of RAM and 64/128/256GB of internal storage options, along with MicroSd Card support for dual SIM variant.
Talking about the camera, it has Dual Rear Camera Setup of 12MP with adjustable lens of f1.5 and f2.4, 1.4mm micron pixels, OIS, dual pixel PDAF and another 12MP with f2.4 lens, 1mm micron pixel, OIS and autofocus. The LED flash is present as well. This is the first Android device having 4K at 60fps video recording option. Also it is the first Samsung device to have 720p at 960fps video recording option. The front camera is same as it’s predecessor, 8MP shooter with f1.7 lens. It runs on Android 8.0 Oreo with Samsung’s Grace UX UI. This new Grace UX has some new features like AR Emojis (like iPhone X) and improved KNOX. Also you can use both Iris and face unlock at the same time. It has non-removable 3500mAh battery with older Quick Charge 2 support and Qi wireless charging. Connectivity options are 4G LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0 , NFC, and Type-C Port.
Below are the details on pricing and availability of this phone:
- Galaxy S9 (64GB) : INR 57,900 (USD 891)
- Galaxy S9 (256GB) : INR 65,900 (USD 1,014)
- Galaxy S9+ (64GB) : INR 64,900 (USD 999)
- Galaxy S9+ (256GB) : INR 72,000 (USD 1,122)
- Both these phones are available for pre-order from Samsung Stores and Flipkart. It will be available 16th March.
- 64GB variant of both phones will have colour options of; Midnight Black, Coral Blue, and Lilac Purple.
- 128GB variant of both phones will only have colour option of Midnight Black.
So that’s all the information we have as of now. Many of you are thinking that prices are too high for both these phones, but I think a bit different. If Samsung would have launched both these phones at the similar price of their predecessors, then all Galaxy S8 and S8+ users will get unhappy. Also there should be a price difference between two generations of a flagship smartphone. Well, what are your thoughts on the pricing of both these phones? Do share your thoughts in the comment section below. Also stay tuned with us for more information.
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