Samsung GALAXY S9 Review
SAMSUNG S9 Review
| LAUNCH | Announced | 2018, February |
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| 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) |
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| 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 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) |
| DISPLAY | Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
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| 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) |
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| Chipset | Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 - USA/LATAM, China | |
| CPU | Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China | |
| GPU | Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 400 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only |
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| Internal | 64/128/256 GB, 4 GB RAM |
| CAMERA | Primary | 12 MP (f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF), phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash, check quality |
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| 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", 1.22µm), autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
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| 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 |
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| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO | |
| NFC | Yes | |
| Radio | FM radio (USA & Canada only) | |
| USB | 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 |
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| 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) |
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| MISC | Colors | Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple, Burgundy Red, Sunrise Gold |
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| Price | About 840 EUR |
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