Samsung Galaxy S9

in tech •  7 years ago 

Technical Specifications
NETWORK Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2018, February
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 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)
    Camera Photo / Video
    Loudspeaker Voice 68dB / Noise 74dB / Ring 81dB
    Audio quality Noise -93.4dB / Crosstalk -93.9dB
    Battery life
    Endurance rating 78h

Samsung's Galaxy S9 Has An Expensive, Nasty Surprise.

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Galaxy S9 pre-orders have begun for Samsung’s deceptively well-upgraded (if controversial) smartphone and it will hit stores on March 16th. But read Samsung’s small print and there’s a nasty surprise in there which can hit your wallets hard, and maybe even make you cancel your upgrade plans altogether…

‘Great Secret Features’ and ‘Nasty Surprises’ are my regular columns investigating the best features / biggest problems hidden behind the headlines.

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Credit for this eagle-eyed spot goes to reader Ruth Cosby, who brought my attention to a “genuinely well-hidden, nasty surprise” in Samsung’s Galaxy S9 pricing: you may end up paying almost 40% more for the phone than you think. And the same is true for the larger Galaxy S9 Plus, you might pay 33% more than the listed price.

It all comes down to a clause in the contract you sign when buying from Samsung direct.

Heavily marketed across the site is ‘Samsung Upgrade’. This entitles you “Get the latest Galaxy Phone every year” and it is the default payment option when you try to pre-order the Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9 Plus, regardless of whether you requested it. Choose it and you are still told the “total” is the standard price for the phones (either $720 or $840), but Premium Care has been added “on separate financing terms.”

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