What's new on the Samsung galaxy s9

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
LAUNCH
Announced 2018, February
Status Available. Released 2018, March
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 SDM845 Snapdragon 845 - USA & China
  CPU Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 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, check quality
  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., check quality
  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 Email, 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
  TESTS
  Performance Basemark OS II: 3329 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 3382
  Basemark X: 42645
  Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.630 (sunlight)