Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus

South Korean major, Samsung launched its much-awaited smartphones Galaxy S9 and S9+. The handset succeeds the previous generation Galaxy S8 with a better chipset, innovative hardware and feature-rich software.

As for the specification, the Galaxy S9+ comes with a 6.2-inch Quad HD (1440X2960 pixels) AMOLED screens with a slight curve at the edges and 18.5:9 screen aspect ratio. Under the hood, the phone is powered by 1.7GHz octa-core Samsung Exynos 9810 processor, which is equivalent to Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 SoC. The chipset is paired with 6GB of RAM and 64GB and 256GB storage space, respectively.

In optics, the Samsung Galaxy S9+ packs a dual-rear camera setup, which comprises of dual-12-megapixel sensors with a variable aperture (f/1.5 and f/2.4) and the ability to shoot slow-mo video at 960 frames per second. Up front, it has an 8MP sensor with F/1.7 aperture lens. You can also use the cameras to create your animation Emoji.

The Samsung Galaxy S9+ runs Android 8.0 Oreo with Experience UI on top and is aided by 3,500mAh battery that has fast as well as wireless charging support. It measures 147.70 x 68.70 x 8.50 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 163.00 grams.

In terms of connectivity, the handset includes 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4/5GHz), VHT80 MU-MIMO, Bluetooth 5 (LE up to 2Mbps), GPS with GLONASS, USB 3.1, NFC, and MST. Sensors on the phone are Accelerometer, Barometer, Fingerprint Sensor, Gyro Sensor, Geomagnetic Sensor, Hall Sensor, Heart Rate Sensor, Proximity Sensor, RGB Light Sensor, Iris Sensor, and Pressure Sensor.

You can best buy the Samsung Galaxy S9+ at Rs. 64,900 and Rs. 72,900, accordingly. The phone will go on sale in from March 16 onwards and could be purchased from Flipkart, Samsung Store and offline stores. You can subscribe to Smartprix notification to get an instant update on its price deduction, deals and special discounts. read more →

The Galaxy S9+ is equipped with a 6.2-inch SuperAMOLED display, Samsung's own. The Galaxy S9+ packs a 3,500mAh battery - that number remains unchanged from the last generation. The S9+ is larger than the S9 (well, duh), but the fingerprint sensor is practically the same distance from the bottom of the phone.

Over on the front, it's the SuperAMOLED display you know and love, now with a marginally better screen to body ratio. read more →

Samsung’s improvements to its latest flagship work as promised, but don’t feel like features that you’d miss by not upgrading. Still, thanks to blazing performance, solid cameras and long battery life, the Galaxy S9+ continues to uphold the S series’ reputation for excellence. read more →

The Galaxy S9 Plus is of course about the variable aperture camera, because without it, this is at best a minor update to the Galaxy S8. In bright light, the Galaxy S9 Plus takes some of the best photos you can get, with punchy colours. In low light, wide aperture and tried-and-tested algorithms work together to produce very bright photos.

Samsung admits that this new feature is all about having "fun" with the Galaxy S9 Plus. read more →

The Galaxy S9+ are subtle upgrades to last year’s S8 line. The most significant improvements are found in the fingerprint scanner position, the new intelligent face scan feature, the AR Emoji 3D avatars, and the camera, but only for the S9+, which gets the secondary zoom camera of the Note 8. In any case, if you’re a current Galaxy S8 user, we’d say an upgrade to the S9 would be completely unnecessary, but that’s expected. read more →