Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+ Launched At MWC 2018; Price and Specifications

Korean electronics giant Samsung has launched the much awaited flagship smartphone Galaxy S9 and S9+ at MWC 2018 in Barcelona. The new handsets draw design inspiration from previous year’s Galaxy S8. Major improvements have been done with camera and performance.

The Price of Samsung Galaxy S9 starts at $719.99 (roughly Rs 46,500) and the bigger S9+ starts at $839.99 (roughly Rs 54,400). Indian Buyers can pre-order the smartphones at Rs 2,000 from company’s website.

Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ run on Android 8.0 Oreo out-of-the-box. The handsets are powered by 10nm Octa-core processors which vary from region to region. In India, the devices will have Exynos 9810 processor and variants in USA will get Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 processor.

S9 comes with 4GB RAM and S9+ with 6GB RAM with two storage options of 64GB and 256GB, the storage on both variants is expandable up to 400GB through a MicroSD card.

It features a 5.8-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED edge-to-edge display with 18.5:9 aspect ratio. The S9+ features a larger 6.2-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED edge-to-edge display with 18.5:9 aspect ratio

Samsung Galaxy S9 features a 12- megapixel rear camera with two f-stop modes i.e. f/1.5 and f/2.4. With dual aperture technology, you can click good pictures in the low lighting conditions with large aperture (f/1.5) which captures more light and during the bright scenes like an outdoor sunny day the smaller aperture (f/2.4) comes into play by avoiding overexposure.

The camera app automatically switches between apertures depending on the exposure however it can be changed manually.

The bigger S9+ sports 12-megapixel dual rear camera where one is similar to S9’s and the second camera does not have variable aperture feature instead it is used for clicking images in Portrait mode (Live Focus). On the front of the both handsets is an 8-megapixel selfie snapper with f/1.7 aperture.   

Samsung Galaxy S9 is backed by 3,000mAh battery and S9+ by a bigger 3,500mAh battery, both handsets are capable of wireless charging. The dual-SIM handsets are IP68 rated water and dust resistant.

S9 and S9+ come with a rear mounted fingerprint sensor which is placed below the rear camera. Also, there is face unlock and iris scanner for unlocking the phone.

Connectivity options include- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0, 4G VoLTE, 3.5mm audio-jack, USB Type-C, and NFC. Both S9 and S9+ are available in three colours- midnight black, lilac purple, and coral blue. The 256GB variant of both handsets is available only in black colour option.