Samsung Galaxy S9 release date and features: All you need to know
The Samsung Galaxy S9 is the biggest flagship phone version for the company and we look forward to seeing it next month. So what will change from the Galaxy S8 and the iPhone X, are you worried? Let’s see.
Samsung gave a glimpse of it’s new handset the Samsung Galaxy S9 in a tweet. The power of the Samsung has moved and is arguably the most successful Android phone manufacturer of the year. The company constantly produces high quality flagship phones that are well examined in our own tests and showed up successful; for this reason we are excited to see what will happen in the future.
The working theory is that Samsung plans to launch a new high end phone called the Samsung Galaxy S9 at the beginning of 2018 – we will find more detailed information in this article. The handset is expected to introduce a range of hardware and software upgrades, and even introduce a new design.
In a new tweet, Blass stated that the Galaxy S9 – as we specially anticipated – will be unveiled at MWC 2018 in Barcelona. However, we think that the big gap can actually happen one day before Blass’s thought on February 25, 2018.
According to a C-level executive at a major casemaker, the go-to-market schedule for Galaxy S9 / S9+ is as follows:
Launch – 2/26
Pre-orders – 3/1
Ships/releases – 3/16— Evan Blass (@evleaks) January 16, 2018
Why? When Blass points to a Samsung event on February 26th, the nature of the mobile accessory supply chain means that its mysterious content is likely to be near Samsung’s South Korean base. Due to the time difference, an evening event in Barcelona on Sunday, February 25th will be held on Monday, February 26th, in the morning of February 26th in Seoul, and for this reason it makes sense.
The overwhelming majority of the Samsung Galaxy S phone announcements take place in February or March, with years of escalating upgrades (such as 2018), often overlapping with Barcelona’s annual Mobile World Congress technology fair. Also, the show takes place the day before the public opening; so Samsung and the last flagship can enjoy it remarkably.
Expected features in new Samsung Galaxy S9:
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New enhanced camera
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Modular design
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New colors
| Samsung Galaxy S9 Price and Specifications | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps | |
| GPRS | Yes | |
| Edge | Yes | |
| Body | Dimensions | N/A |
| Weight | N/A | |
| 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, 85.4 cm2 | |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~568 ppi density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 3D Touch (home button only) Always-on display | |
| Platform | OS | Android 8.0 (Oreo) |
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 | |
| CPU | Octa-core | |
| Memory | Card slot | microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only |
| Internal | 64 GB, 4 GB RAM | |
| Camera | Primary | 12 MP (f/1.5, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF), phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash |
| Features | Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama | |
| Video | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. | |
| Secondary | 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR | |
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loud speaker | Yes, with stereo speakers | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| 32-bit/384kHz audio Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | ||
| Communications | 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 | No | |
| 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 Mail, IM | |
| Browser | HTML | |
| - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) - Fast battery charging - Qi wireless charging - 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 battery | |
| Miscellaneous | Colors | black, gold, blue, and purple |
| Launch | Announced | Not yet (Expected 25 Feb 2018) |
| Prices | N/A (Expected price range: PKR: 105,000 for small sized version PKR 115,000 for plus sized version) |
