What a surprise we have for you!A mini review with Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+?Of course!And that's how Flagship Samsung phones launched for 2018 launched..I know, there were many escapes and yes, many of them were real.Samsung Galaxy S8 has been considered most of all the phone of 2017, so S9 comes with a heavy task on the shoulders.I like that Samsung listened to the opinions of many, including mine, which I was asking for greater differentiation between S8 and S8+ not just diagonal and battery.Let's see if the S9 range has what it needs to be hit.
Design
At the design things are very simple: more of the Same.Samsung Galaxy S7 refined the design of S6, and S8 inaugurated Inaugura Infinity Display.As such S9 refines the design of S8, all with Infinity Display, but now with narrow and down edges.This increases the immersivity to video viewing and games, at least it seemed to me, although even S8 seemed super immersive.
Diagonals remained the same as in predecessors, 5.8 inches for S9 and 6.2 inches for the Galaxy S9+, and when you hold in the S9 hand it feels fixed as S8, just a little harder.Next we have glass and metal sandwich, with glass curved on the rear edges and a gender panel and in front.Same at S9+, only as on a larger scale.S9 measures 8.5 mm thick and weighs 163 grams, and S9+ has 8 thickness.5 mm and weight of 189 grams, which at 6.2 inch diagonal is not bad at all.
The narrowness remains a key factor here for the comfort of the young phone in the hand and the possibility of reaching the thumb all over the screen.Both models are water and dust resistant in IP68 regime and come in colors like black, blue and hypnotist Liliachiu.It is neither purple nor pink, it is somewhere between and is the color of 2018, that special purple from Pantone.It has conquered me, but I am the boy with iPhone 7 pink, so I like the shades of the fisti.
Display
On the screen things sound familiar with a Galaxy S9 which a super -amoled 5 -pane.8 inch 18.5: 9 with quad HD+ resolution and curved edges (how else?) And a S9+ with a super -amoled 6 -AMOLED screen.2 inch, with quad HD+ resolution and 18.5: 9.The colors are super vivid, the huge brightness, so I had to keep the display at 40 or 50% of the brightness in filming, so as not to be all the white icons on the screen.
Impersivity is the key factor and can only increase, something logically, because the thickness of the edges down and the top have decreased.Basically at games and movies you immerse yourself in the better experience and pluses are the deep black and the very bright colors.The Galaxy S9+ offers the same experience, but on a more generous format, killing any intention to buy some 7 or 8 tablet in the near future..Binging on Netflix will be delicious here.
Specifications
Samsung Galaxy S9
Samsung Galaxy S9+
The room
The great novelty of both Galaxy S9 models is variable aperture, between f/1.5 and f/2.4, generic dual aperture.This helps us a lot in the low light capture, where we capture more light, we have a higher clarity and a much smaller amount of noise.Automatic capture knows how to perfectly adjust the opening, whether it's too sun outside, if you are at sunset, sunrise or full darkness.
Samsung Galaxy S9 has a 12 megapixel singular camera, with optical stabilization and makes a new type of HDR, which combines 12 captures in one to escape as much noise as possible and improve the dynamic rank.As a comparison S8 combines only 3 frames.We also have an exclusively dedicated drama of photo processing, by the way.S9 also knows Bokeh, only from software with the famous Selective Focus, which we have inheritance from the Galaxy S5.
The interface of the camera has changed a little now, because we have the main capture options in the form of a vertical scrollable list in the left area and not simply selections on the entire screen with goat.We prefer the old version honest to be.We also receive Super Slow Motion shooting at 900 FPS and from what I saw at the demonstrations the result is a little clearer than what I got with Xperia XZ1 and Xperia XZ Premium.There it took too much light to come out ok.
I saw how a water ball is broken and the water bubble remains floating in the air for a few seconds.Magic, right.0.2 seconds are stretched for 6 seconds this time.We can export the Slow Motion clips and gaf, to create another video of them with the soundtrack and share their social media via.
By the way of social media, you will definitely want to show all the new Augmented Reality Emoji that you can create.Basically enter the room, in the area of Emoji AR, you make a slightly more complex selfie and then choose sex.You will have the digitalized face and voila, in a few seconds you have a 3D model with you, ready to be dressed, personalized at the color level of the hair, glasses and other madness.I would say that I look like the one resulting in 3D, only that I feel flattered that he looks a little better, weaker and smaller.At the beard and the eyes, however, it resembles.
Samsung was not rejected by the super fast focus, which is at the posts and Bixby's contribution in the photo area was kept.Now Bixby Vision knows how to do much more, however, to translate real text in time, to identify wines, locations, and even calories on the plate with food.Can locate on the objective map and recognize famous brands.
I stop a little at the Galaxy S9+ that brings as extra two rooms in the back.It is a setup with two 12 megapixel sensors, one Wide Angle Super Speed Dual Pixel, meaning practically fixed room on S9, plus a telephoto sensor with autofocus and opening f/2.4.Together they allow the "real" bokeh capture to be made, and the Wide Angle camera has the advantage of capture at a wider angle than Telephoto.On the other hand Telephoto is better at the zoom, losing us from details.Each of the rooms has optical stabilization, which is welcome after 2017 in which I saw dual cameras stabilizing mediocre.
I took a few photos and I was perfectly delighted by clarity, brightness, the colors were perfect and the selfies did not look bad.Too bad we didn't put the bokeh to work outdoors but we will have all the time in the world to do when the phone comes to review.
SOUND
By the simple fact that we have an acoustic section here in the review it is clear that something has changed.Finally, Samsung listened to the fans and offers 3D Surround stereo speakers, with AKG tuned acoustics and Dolby Atmos option.They did not give up on the audio jack and also offer akg tuned headphones in the pack.When a person from Samsung presented us with the audio demo I actually heard how the sound around him was rotating, simulating the surround perfectly.The volume lightly covered the background noise and the speech of that person, but without being strident sound.The bass is deep and samsung and is more generous than Sony with the super complex equalizer.
Interface
Obviously both phones have Android 8.0 Oreo with a new Samsung Experience, but I didn't feel something very different from the Galaxy Note 8 or S8 for example.The great novelty is that we can return the Homescreen to Landscape, all with icons and widgets.We also have an Edge Light Notification, which allows you to answer notifications while watching a movie or playing a game.
Bixby stayed at posts, with a dedicated physical button, feed and information aggregate on a dedicated homescreen and ready to answer the questions, now smarter, in several languages and more conversational.
I did not forget about the new Dex Pad, who flattened.Now the phone stays flat, horizontally on it, to serve as a touchpad and keyboard if applicable.Comes with HDMI port and several other connectors and will allow you to replace a PC using only the phone, the dock and a monitor.You will be able to play games in full screen, as we have seen in a demo with the final fantasy XV Pocket Edition, you will be able to do multiple windows, browse the web and I have seen a productivity demo.
In addition, Dex Pad is compatible with multiple types of monitors and resolutions, and even allows you to adjust the resolution as you wish.In terms of security, the "safe" was reinforced with a triple combination between Knox, facial recognition and iris scan (which is now faster and efficient).The 3 together make the phone inexpugable and well protected.By the way, the fingerprint scanner is here, but now it's under the room.
It's more comfortable than on S9, but not as comfortable as it would be in front of the terminal.We also have a special function on S9 and S9+ which allows manages to electronic and home appliances in the house, connected to Internet of Things solutions.