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Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Samsung Galaxy S9 & S9+ ! Worth the hype ?


Samsung Galaxy S9 !  

Another new flagship from Samsung. The smartphone was released this year at MWC 2018 which was held in Barcelona . 

The design is quite similar to the last year's Galaxy S8 the only noticeable change is the placement of the fingerprint sensor which is now below the camera,where it should be. It has an improved audio system over the last gen which now has stereo speakers.

As, far as the internals the specs bumps upto the latest Snapdragon 845 Soc (learn more) with 4/6 GB of RAM.
Here are the detailed specifications :



  Camera :

 The main highlighting point of this phone is the camera. It has the world's first variable aperture camera. It can change its aperture from f/1.5 to f/2.5 depending on the situation. This can also be adjusted with the manual mode in the camera app. Also, it has the lowest aperture (f/1.5) ever seen on any smartphone, which also means it will take great low light shots.

The variable aperture can be seen changing with the manual mode :



Other Features :

 These includes the AR Emoji, the Animoji Ripoff (iPhine X), where users can create a cartoon GIF of themselves with the front Camera.

AR Emoji


The Bixby, samsung's virtual assistant also has improved a bit with support for more commands and overall a better experience than before.



The Samsung Galaxy S9 is expected to come with a starting price of Rs 62,500 for the 64GB variant, whereas the 256GB variant will cost Rs 71,000, said an India Today Tech report. The 64GB variant of the bigger Samsung Galaxy S9+ will sport a price tag of Rs 70,000 and the high-end 256GB variant will be priced at Rs 79,000