Samsung Galaxy S9

[jamezr]

What are people really expecting when we are getting close to bezel-less designs, there is only so much you can do to a rectangle.

Agreed...I think they will refine the curve of the S9 and S9+ to bring the curved display on the S line to something like the Note 8 and refine it even more. But if you get rid of all the bezels....how will we hold the dang phone without touching the display screen!

I can't wait for the S9+ personally. Better camera...faster better SoC with better battery life and the continued refinement of the Samsung Experience....

 

[Sevanw]

I can't wait for the S9+ personally. Better camera...faster better SoC with better battery life and the continued refinement of the Samsung Experience....

Always appreciate a good camera upgrade. The other peice of hardware that should be interesting is their new Neural Processing Unit for improved AI. Rumor is, these chips are as fast or faster than the NPUs from Apple and Huawei, with more advance NPUs coming in the second half of the year (Note 9 maybe?).

 

[mclld]

I am most interested in how Samsung is supposed to be pushing battery tech, I recall seeing a couple articles how Samsung is working on making batteries way more efficient. Sure upgrades to cpu/camera are welcomed and great but these phones a=have been good enough for awhile now

 

[Breaking Good]

I can't wait for the S9+ personally. Better camera...faster better SoC with better battery life and the continued refinement of the Samsung Experience....

I agree with you above statement. Samsung has always made some really good phones but they finally seem to focusing more on the experience and less on gimmicks. They seem to be getting better at understanding how the user interacts with the hardware and software.

 

[Klyster]

Agreed...I think they will refine the curve of the S9 and S9+ to bring the curved display on the S line to something like the Note 8 and refine it even more. But if you get rid of all the bezels....how will we hold the dang phone without touching the display screen!

I can't wait for the S9+ personally. Better camera...faster better SoC with better battery life and the continued refinement of the Samsung Experience....

I'll be watching from the sidelines, I really like the S series but I'm not really interested in anything but the Galaxy Notes these days.
I did consider the V30 for a bit but....
I'm mostly excited about the new Exynos CPU, I hope it brings tangible improvements to the S9 as the S series is a peek at the Note series usually.

Exciting!

 

[Macalicious2011]

I'll be watching from the sidelines, I really like the S series but I'm not really interested in anything but the Galaxy Notes these days.
I did consider the V30 for a bit but....
I'm mostly excited about the new Exynos CPU, I hope it brings tangible improvements to the S9 as the S series is a peek at the Note series usually.

Exciting!

Now when I do crypto trading I have grown curious about getting a Note. However it's considerably pricier than the Plus. If the S9 Plus isn't a big leap in camera or screen tech from the S8 Plus, I might pick up a Note when Samsung does a price drop.

 

[Klyster]

Now when I do crypto trading I have grown curious about getting a Note. However it's considerably pricier than the Plus. If the S9 Plus isn't a big leap in camera or screen tech from the S8 Plus, I might pick up a Note when Samsung does a price drop.

Not many price drops here in New Zealand but I'm always reading 250 dollars off on overseas sites...though they tend to be via contract.
I Always buy my phone's outright.
Worth a look though, and like you say, they reduce the price when the S9 hits the stores.

 

[co.ag.2005]

Teaser's starting to come out.

https://www.droid-life.com/2018/01/...s9-teaser-february-25-says-camera-reimagined/

 

[nordique]

Fingers crossed we get the exynos model in Canada (as we did with the S7, but not the S8)

 

[nviz22]

Samsung has ways to go on the software side: less bloat, stronger support w/ more frequent updates, and avoid performance drop offs after several months or a year or so.

Until Samsung does that, I don't think I can choose them over the Pixel line if I return to Android. LG is lukewarm to me because their cheaper hardware & software =/= good experience since they have limitations on both software & hardware.
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Fingers crossed we get the exynos model in Canada (as we did with the S7, but not the S8)

Doubt it because of the crappy entity known as Qualcomm. Qualcomm is anti-consumer and anti-competitive.

 

[Aneres11]

I'm never a huge fan of the S line Galaxy's, and don't expect this to change much for these phones.
Especially if the rumours turn out to be true and they put a dual lens in the Plus and keep the smaller model with just one.
That should not become a 'thing'. It p*sses me off when Apple do it and it will p*ss me off if Samsung do it.

Whilst I'm sure it is difficult to get dual cameras in a smaller body phone, I just find it incredibly frustrating, especially when I'd opt for a smaller device over a 6" and over screen size these days.

 

[Ralfi]

Bugged me when Apple did it, and definitely bugs me that Samsung are going to as well. Maybe there's just not enough space to do it on the S9.

These big companies are all the same, especially as their popularity rises - Squeeze as much out of consumers pockets as possible.

I was a little miffed when I bought my non OIS-equipped 6s, but apart from that feature missing from the camera, the differences weren't that big a deal for my uses luckily.

 

[co.ag.2005]

First Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ Renders Show Phones That Look a Lot Like the Pixel 2 XL and V30

AP article too: http://www.androidpolice.com/2018/01/26/alleged-image-galaxy-s9-s9-leak-ahead-february-announcement/

hmmm. Not sure about those side bezels

EDIT: some online are saying that's just the camera and shadow effect and will be similar to S8, but not sure about that. I guess we'll see.

 

[nviz22]

First Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ Renders Show Phones That Look a Lot Like the Pixel 2 XL and V30

AP article too: http://www.androidpolice.com/2018/01/26/alleged-image-galaxy-s9-s9-leak-ahead-february-announcement/

hmmm. Not sure about those side bezels

Crazy idea, what if Samsung phases out the Active and manage to create curved displays with shatter resistance?

 

[lazard]

not feeling those huge ass side bezels

 

[Breaking Good]

not feeling those huge ass side bezels

Because you get so much use out of the curved edge of the screen?

I’m really thinking hard about getting an unlocked S9. I think the S9 and S9+ look even better than the S8 and S8+.

I just wish they would ditch the micro SD card slot and go with 128GB of storage for both models or 128 GB for the S9 and 256 GB for the S9+.

I’m also thinking about pairing the S9 with the new DEX station. I’m very 8nterested to see that also.

 

[nviz22]

Because you get so much use out of the curved edge of the screen?

I’m really thinking hard about getting an unlocked S9. I think the S9 and S9+ look even better than the S8 and S8+.

I just wish they would ditch the micro SD card slot and go with 128GB of storage for both models or 128 GB for the S9 and 256 GB for the S9+.

I’m also thinking about pairing the S9 with the new DEX station. I’m very 8nterested to see that also.

One of the few who want to ditch a good feature like a SD slot. You don't need to use a SD slot you know?

 

[Ralfi]

First Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ Renders Show Phones That Look a Lot Like the Pixel 2 XL and V30

AP article too: http://www.androidpolice.com/2018/01/26/alleged-image-galaxy-s9-s9-leak-ahead-february-announcement/

hmmm. Not sure about those side bezels

EDIT: some online are saying that's just the camera and shadow effect and will be similar to S8, but not sure about that. I guess we'll see.

https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/957044447732293632

From these ALLEGED renders, the side bezels may be like the S8. Top bezel may be larger?

 

[Breaking Good]

One of the few who want to ditch a good feature like a SD slot. You don't need to use a SD slot you know?

Do you use it?

Let’s assume you don’t use a case. You still have to carry around either a SIM removal tool or paper clip to remove or insert the card. Then you have to have a computer or a reader that accepts the card. And this is to transfer what? are you telling this is easier than plugging in a USB cable or just transferring over WiFi.

And not all Apps will function from an SD card.

I think that most people would be better served with 128 GB of onboard storage rather than an SD card slot.

 

[Klyster]

I read the renders were incomplete...

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Do you use it?

Let’s assume you don’t use a case. You still have to carry around either a SIM removal tool or paper clip to remove or insert the card. Then you have to have a computer or a reader that accepts the card. And this is to transfer what? are you telling this is easier than plugging in a USB cable or just transferring over WiFi.

And not all Apps will function from an SD card.

I think that most people would be better served with 128 GB of onboard storage rather than an SD card slot.

I like swapping all my photos and videos into a new phone without having to wait for them to transfer.

Then there's the convenience if the phone gets damaged.
I'd be all for having a 128GB phone but I'd still want an sd card slot.
Chinese phones are being released that support 1Tb cards.

 

[Breaking Good]

I read the renders were incomplete...

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I like swapping all my photos and videos into a new phone without having to wait for them to transfer.

Then there's the convenience if the phone gets damaged.
I'd be all for having a 128GB phone but I'd still want an sd card slot.
Chinese phones are being released that support 1Tb cards.

If you are happy with your choices, and you are not hurting anyone else or engaged in self-destructive behavior, then I’m happy for you.

With that said, what’s the point of having 128GB of photos or videos on your smartphone? Do you honestly spend hours looking at photos or videos on a tiny smartphone screen? And I’m really curious about what you are photographing or recording on video that is that important.

And if you have that many photos or videos, why not use a cloud service to store them? You could view them on any device and make a backup on the hard drive of your computer.

If I was really into photography or shooting video, I’d buy a device specifically designed to do that instead of using my smartphone.

I think the current standard can support micro SD cards up to 2TB now. But if I am going to have that much in photos or videos I’m not gong to do it with a phone.

 

[Klyster]

If you are happy with your choices, and you are not hurting anyone else or engaged in self-destructive behavior, then I’m happy for you.

With that said, what’s the point of having 128GB of photos or videos on your smartphone? Do you honestly spend hours looking at photos or videos on a tiny smartphone screen? And I’m really curious about what you are photographing or recording on video that is that important.

And if you have that many photos or videos, why not use a cloud service to store them? You could view them on any device and make a backup on the hard drive of your computer.

If I was really into photography or shooting video, I’d buy a device specifically designed to do that instead of using my smartphone.

I think the current standard can support micro SD cards up to 2TB now. But if I am going to have that much in photos or videos I’m not gong to do it with a phone.

I have a two year old and a four month old, I take photos and videos of them very frequently.
They are very important to me.

I record everything in 4k.
As it stands I have nearly 4 thousand photos on my phone.
That's 17GB of photos and 25Gb of video.
They could be stored on internal storage (64GB) but I keep it all on external storage (128GB).
If my phone gets damaged beyond repair, I can (hopefully) take the SD card out and keep my photos and not worry about the hassle of transferring all the data.
I do back them up on my PC.

Do I look at the photos all the time? Not really all the time but I do look at them.

My phone screen isn't what I'd call tiny, it's almost the size of what we used to call "photos".

I have a couple of cameras but they don't get much use these days.

 

[IowaLynn]

OneDrive and Google drive will mirror your cloud and PC files.

I upgraded recently to faster 150Mb/25Mb to make it easier and faster uploading. Handled 50GB overnight.

Get 2X storage you need. 256GB SDXC $130 lately.

One use and reason I like Android is I can plug a USB-C SDXC - as well as use internal - to store, to act as phone backup. In addition to keeping copies on Mac, PC, connected to router on LAN.

Switching to a new phone keeps getting better, lots of practice.

 

[nviz22]

Do you use it?

Let’s assume you don’t use a case. You still have to carry around either a SIM removal tool or paper clip to remove or insert the card. Then you have to have a computer or a reader that accepts the card. And this is to transfer what? are you telling this is easier than plugging in a USB cable or just transferring over WiFi.

And not all Apps will function from an SD card.

I think that most people would be better served with 128 GB of onboard storage rather than an SD card slot.

Why not both a SD card and 128gb onboard memory? I use a SD card to add additional GBs. I store my music and photos on there. You know some phones don't need a pin to remove a SD card, right? My dad's Revvl requires someone to remove the back cover. It's pretty easy.

 

[ultravegeta1981]

I hope samsung does make the oled in the s9 without pwm.