The upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona to unveil the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 +. The smartphone maker touts the teaser with a tag “Camera Reimagined” which hints great camera enhancements. Samsung has announced that the next flagships launch will be on 25th February. Meanwhile, there are hints about the upcoming range Samsung Galaxy S9 improvements.
Samsung Galaxy S9 & S9+ Specifications and features:
The Samsung tradition continues and the Galaxy S9 may borrow few design cues from its predecessor. Its bezel-less design stands favourite, and the oddly-placed fingerprint sensor will be shifted below the camera lens on S9. The sensor range in the camera adds another impressive feature in the Samsung Galaxy S9 improvements.
As rumoured earlier, Galaxy S9 range will be powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset for US users. While the remaining users will get a Samsung own Exynos 9810 processor powered version.
Discussing further, New Galaxy S9 features a 5.8 inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display. On the other hand, Galaxy S9 Plus touts a larger 6.2 inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display. Samsung is offering the devices in 4GB and 6GB Ram variants with 64GB and 128GB t storage options respectively.
Samsung Galaxy S9 Improvements:
The new devices mainly focus on the improvements in the camera department. Samsung has employed new ISOCELL sensors in their upcoming Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 plus. Essentially, these sensors can record 480fps slow-motion videos in Full HD 1080p resolution. The Tetra Cell Technology will improve low light performance and upgrades existing Dual Pixel Tech.
Both the smartphones will get dual stereo speakers, earphones tuned by AKG, IP68 water and dust resistance and an iris scanner.
Galaxy S9 Camera Sensors:
The Smart WDR feature in S9 duo allows the sensor to capture multiple exposures in a single shot. Besides that, it also improves the low-light performance with extremely thin modules and dual sensors. However, The Isocell image sensor chip helps with faster focus, better low-light photography and an integrated depth sensor for face recognition.
Recent rumours suggest that the device may get a f/1.5 aperture lens at the rear. It is expected that both the smartphones will come with a variable aperture of f/1.5 to f/2.4, this likely to provide a DSLR-like output with the sensor.
The top of the line Galaxy S9+ will get a dual lens for the primary camera, while the Galaxy S9 variant is expected with a single lens. However, a similar 8-megapixel selfie camera may remain same on both the devices.
Samsung Galaxy S9 & S9+ Pre-orders:
The maker believes that the all the above-mentioned features may make the Galaxy S9 & S9+ cameras best for the year 2018. As mentioned, the Samsung Galaxy S9 & S9+ will be launched in a special event held at MWC on 25th February.
The pre-orders for the Galaxy S9 & S9+ will start from the first week of March in the US first. Yet, the devices will officially go on sale by the end of March. Galaxy S9 & S9+ launch in India may fall after a month of its initial launch. Buzz is that the launch event in India will be in March and will be rolled out for sale from mid-April.