How else do you want samsung to differentiate a plus model? To charge an extra 100 dollars for?
Bigger screen
Bigger battery
2gb more ram
Dual camera
Etc.
It's a 3 tier option
S9
S9+
Note 9
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How else do you want samsung to differentiate a plus model? To charge an extra 100 dollars for?
Bigger screen
Bigger battery
2gb more ram
Dual camera
Etc.
It's a 3 tier option
S9
S9+
Note 9
I hope it's for pricing reasons.
The regular S9 better not be more than $700.
They are really trying to push people to the S9+. In the next 2-3years I will not be surprised to see the regular sized device become more of a mid end product or completely removed, I think the latter is more likely.
How else do I want them to do it?
Well seeing as I have more of a preference for smaller phones these days, I find the likes of Samsung's S8/9 Plus and iPhones Plus models too big for my tastes.
So do you think that me, as a tech enthusiast who wants a phone with a fantastic camera should have to either just deal with the fact that choosing the smaller model won't provide as good an experience, or fork out more for a phone that is unsuitable due to how big it is just to get a feature that really should be available for both?
This '3 tier option' you quote is not the way it should be. Either make a smaller phone that is one on its own (like an SE) or keep your flagship devices the same apart from the obvious bigger screen / battery. Speaking as a consumer, those should be the only differences and customers should not be discriminated against for choosing the smaller device.
https://www.droid-life.com/2018/02/25/samsung-galaxy-s9-official/
Pricing is $720 USD for the S9 and $840 for the S9+.
Pricing is lower than I expected because Samsung was rumored to hit the $900 range with the S9+ or even more. Looks like the Note 9 will go head to head w/ the iPhone's highest model this year price wise.
Pricing is $720 USD for the S9 and $840 for the S9+.
Pricing is lower than I expected because Samsung was rumored to hit the $900 range with the S9+ or even more. Looks like the Note 9 will go head to head w/ the iPhone's highest model this year price wise.
How do you know this? I didnt see any proof of this, Im sure it will be great and should be the best but "annihilates" seems like hyperbole. Hopefully it will though, that will just make everyone else up their game which is good for consumers no matter which phone you use
[doublepost=1519580464][/doublepost]emojis *facepalm*
The S9 has all the new features. The only thing it doesn’t have is the dual lens. However it can still do the super slo Mo and the variable appeture.
Watching the unpacked event when they showed the low light picture taken live.
Unfortunately the motion tracking is awful compared to Apple's...Samsung just topped Apple's Animojis.
The dual lens is not new. It was on the note 8 and is not new to smartphone industry. Super slo mo and variable aperture is new.
Better not be? Woah cowboy you have no power to dictate to Samsung what things better or better not be. Give someone a keyboard and they think they are emperor Nero.