Are you still yet to fully explore the Samsung Galaxy S8 or S8+? Or did you get the highly rated Note 8 and news about the S9 and its bigger cousin; the S9+ is already making you salivate? Yes, of course, we feel the same way! A dynasty or in this case a Flagship device lasts for only a little while as we gradually usher out the Galaxy S9/S8+ in preparation for the new King; the S9/S9+

It is hard not to salivate in anticipation of one of the best Flagship phone makers on the planet and given their track record bar the Note 7 debacle, there is everything to be delighted about.

Without much ado, here is what we know so far;

DESIGN:

Old Wine; Same Bottle

Not much will be changed with the Galaxy S9/S9+ design and it is fair to say pretty much of the old Galaxy S8/S8+ design has been retained. This is great given how much of the old Galaxy S7/S7 Edge design was radically changed to make way for the Galaxy S8/S8+. The Galaxy S8/S8+.

Using a combination of Glass and Aluminum to make for a premium, solid device, the Galaxy S9/S9+ will definitely utilize the curved, now Samsung signature curved glass on the front. The rear is by no means different as the glass will also remain curved towards the aluminum frame of the handset making for a premium, exquisite and handy device.

Following the introduction of the stunning Xiaomi Mi Mix, 2017 was resplendent with handset makers trying to usurp each other in bezel-less wars and the Galaxy S9/S9+ looks set to continue where the war stopped. Samsung being one of the early adopters of the trend will look to further slightly improve on the screen-to-body ration with a further reduction in the edge bezels.

Indeed a screen without limits!


EAR PHONE JACK, WATER/DUST RESISTANCE, BIXBY ASSISTANT

Bar the overall design, the Galaxy S9 is also expected to retain a couple of other features in its predecessors; features which have come to be standard on flagship Samsung devices. It is expected to come with IP68 certified for water and dust resistance, the Bixby button (which many did not like by the way) which takes on Google assistant/Siri and the beloved 3.5mm audio jack (did I hear someone heave a sigh of relief? LOL!). Apple, Google and other Chinese phone makers have since ditched the audio jack in favor of wireless earphones.

Toeing the same line as the Note 7 & the Galaxy S8/S8+, the iris scanner also is marked as present in this device. Rumors have said a top nudge in pixels up to 3MP, a slight bump up in the 2MP sensor present in the S8 for improved accuracy in facial detection.

FINGERPRINT SCANNER

There are doubts that the fingerprint scanner will come embedded under the S9 screen as initially thought. Vivo seems set to be the pioneer of this feature with the X Play 7 in the coming weeks.

The S9 is likely to follow in the steps of the recently released Galaxy A8 and A8+, two midrange devices which spot the fingerprint reader just below the camera, making for a better placed, more convenient to reach fingerprint sensor

Long overdue Samsung!


DISPLAY

We expect the Edge to Edge displays to still be continued with no radical changes to the Pixel resolutions to that on the S8; 5.8-inch Super AMOLED display with 1440 by 2960 pixel resolution on the smaller S9 with the larger 6.2 inch device spotting same. The tall 18:5:9 ratios are also expected to stay the same.

The Galaxy S9 is also expected to be protected from scratches and screen cracks by the Corning Gorilla Glass 5
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CAMERA

With the introduction of the Google Pixel 2 and its superb camera, Samsung will be looking to up its ante with the Galaxy S9/S9+.

The Note 8 came a few months ago with dual cameras spiced with Dual Optical Image Stabilization and same is supposed to be in the S9 family. It is not clear if both devices will spot dual cameras but initial rumors have suggested Samsung will toe Apple’s line; Introducing dual cameras in the S9+. As was obtainable on the Note 8 , regular and telephoto lenses are expected/ This enables the camera to do solid ‘Bokeh effects’ feature, which effectively blurs the background while focusing on the subject thus making for a nice DSLR-type effect

Two brand new ISOCELL camera sensors; the 12MP Dual Pixel ISOCELL Fast 2L9 and the ISOCELL Slim 2X7 were announced by Samsung in the past weeks, a hint that either may show up on the Galaxy S9 and S9+ with the latter being used for field of depth effect and fast autofocusing as is obtainable on the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL

4K video recording is also expected on the Galaxy S9/S9+ with video recording pegged at 60fps

(Any chance we could get 4K displays, Samsung? No?)


HARDWARE

Trust Samsung to be the first to utilize brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processors like it did with the now relatively old Snapdragon 835. International markets will get Samsung’s Exynos chipset which is built on Samsung’s 8nm Low Power Plus technology while the US and Chinese markets are in line for the Snapdragon 845 which is built on a 10nm manufacturing process

The new Snapdragon 845 is specially designed in such a way that it churns out performance in line with power consumption side by side with an Adreno 630 graphics unit

BATTERY

A Slight difference in the S9 and S9+ batteries is expected, with the smaller S9 hosting a 3,200mAh battery while its bigger cousin is set for a slightly improved 3,700mAh bump.

With wireless charging and fast charging now on almost all flagship devices and Samsung being among the pioneers of the feature, it is almost certain to come with the galaxy S9 and S9+. A rival to the rumored Apple AirPower charging pad, designed to charge multiple Samsung devices at once is also expected

Enough battery juice for you on the road!


RAM & STORAGE

Like the Galaxy Note 8, both the S9 and S9+ are expected to come with 6Gb of RAM packing enough performance juice for your day to day uses and heavy multitasking. For the Gamers, this should be more than sufficient to handle the heaviest games available on Android.

As regards storage, early predictions have pegged storage size at a more likely 64gb in the Galaxy S9 and S9+ while additional whispers have also touted a 128gb base storage. Micro SD slots have also be retained for the multimedia guzzlers who need every inch of space they can get for their favorite movies and 4K edits.


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Source: http://247techblog.com/2018/01/09/samsung-galaxy-s9-s9-what-we-know-so-far/