The Samsung Galaxy S9 is available in India. The phone comes with dual aperture lens, able to switch between various lighting conditions. The camera features F1.5 aperture mode, allowing maximum light to fall in to produce very sharp images even in low light conditions. The super slow -mo lets with setting the video to music or turn it into a looping GIF. The Augmented Reality(AR) Emoji stickers enables to express pictures taken with desired emotions. The smartphone features live translation, that can instantly read what human’s eyes can’t. The intelligent scan has been upgraded with new technology, combining face recognition and iris scan to make unlocking simple even in low light. There is an option where you can share your screen to other Samsung screens with no hassle. The smartphone is equipped with Dolby Atmos sound on stereo speakers tuned by AKG. The IP68 allows the submersion up to 1.5 metres for 30 minutes comfortably making it excellent waterproof. The Samsung Galaxy is available in Lilac Purple, Midnight Black, Titanium Grey and Coral Blue for 64GB variant, whereas for 256GB variant the device is available in Midnight Black.
DISPLAY
It features a 5.8 inches QHD + Super Amoled Infinity display with capacitive touchscreen, offering resolution of 1440*2960 pixels at 570 ppi.
PROCESSOR AND STORAGE
The smartphone makes use of an Octa Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845( USA and China ), and Exynos 9810 octa( EMEA ), that is coupled with Adreno 630 GPU( USA and China ) and Mali-G72 MP18( EMEA ), 4GB RAM and 64/256GB Storage default memory capacity. This storage can be expanded up to another 400GB with the help of a microSD Card.
CAMERA
For imaging, the phone sports a dual pixel autofocus camera of 12MP OIS(F1.5/F2.4) camera with laser combination, OIS, panorama, hyperlapse, auto/pro, selective focus and digital zoom up to 8 times. Up front, the smartphone uses a 8MP selfie camera with f/1.7 aperture.
CONNECTIVITY
The connectivity aspects include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, v5.0, USB Type-C, 3.1, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS. The single sim model( One nano sim and one microSD slot up to 400GB ) and dual sim model( hybrid sim slot )- One nano sim and one nano sim or microSD slot up to 400GB, may differ by country. The device also supports NFC, GPS, Galileo, Glonass.
BATTERY
The smartphone packs a 3000 mah battery. Samsung Galaxy S9 comes with wireless fast charging.
SOFTWARE
It runs Android 8.0( Oreo ) out of the box.
SENSORS
The sensors unveiled are Iris scanner, Pressure sensor, Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyro sensor, Hall sensor, HR sensor, RGB light sensor, Geomagnetic sensor, Fingerprint and Facial recognition.
OTHER FEATURES
The mobile features an app called Samsung pay, allowing credit and debit cards to support payment through MST or NFC. This app also includes membership cards, gift cards, transit cards and reward point service. There is a virtual assistant called Bixby, to give solution to any query.
PRICE
The Samsung Galaxy price in India starts from Rs. 57,900 for 4GB and 64/256GB variant.
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The Galaxy S9 has three models - 4GB RAM / 64GB storage, 4GB RAM / 128GB storage, and 4GB RAM / 256GB storage.
Yes, the smartphone can be purchased through offline stores as well.
There are three varaints of the device - 4GB RAM / 64GB storage, 4GB RAM / 128GB storage, and 4GB RAM / 256GB storage.
Yes, the Galaxy S9 supports wireless charging.
Yes, the device have a face unlock feature, and also iris scanning technology as a part of its mobile security.
Yes, the smartphone does feature a fingerprint sensor placed on the rear panel of the device.
The smartphone is fuelled by a non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery (11.55 Wh).
The top reasons to buy the Galaxy S9 is its beautiful design, zippy performance, and a top-notch camera quality.
It sports a 12 MP rear camera with OIS, dual pixel PDAF. It also has the variable aperture feature that allows for good mobile photography in different lighting conditions.
The Samsung Galaxy S9 is a device with a premium design, but you will have to take extra care of the device as it's mainly glass on both the sides, despite being protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass.
The stand out feature of the device is its beautiful design. Also, it has a variable aperture feature on its camera which is not available on any other smartphone.
Rating a smartphone is a tedious process and a lot of parameters have to be considered before judging the overall performance of the device such as display, camera, processor, RAM, storage, battery, and the pricing.
So, here are how these specs will affect the real-life usage of a device and why how we meticulously consider each of these points to rate a smartphone.
Cameras have evolved a lot over the last few years and multi-camera setup is a new norm. We consider various parameters like MP count, aperture size, pixel size, image stabilization to rate a camera system of a smartphone out of 5. Any device that scores more than 3.5 can take good photos and videos and if a phone scores over 4, then it will be one of the best camera smartphones in the market.
Though battery seems like an underrated feature and we look at the battery capacity, fast charging supporting technology, and even the wireless charging capability is also taken into consideration to rate smartphone's battery capability.
The display is the face of a smartphone. And there are a lot of parameters like the panel technology (IPS LCD, OLED, TFT) and other parameters also taken into consideration like the resolution, pixel density, and refresh rate.
A smartphone could have great specs, but if it is not priced well then you might not get the best value-for-money. So, we compare a smartphone with the contemporaries to rate the value-for-money of a device out of 5.
This aspect is decided on various sub specifics, such as availability of microSD card slot, the amount of RAM the device offers, processor capability, and the network support. This parameter has more weightage when compared to other departments.