- We've got some fresh new leaks of the Samsung Galaxy S9,
including release dates, as well as what looks like
official specifications.
What's up YouTube?
Saf here on SuperSaf TV,
and I'm still recovering from the CES flu,
but let's break down these latest leaks and rumors
to give you guys a better idea of what to expect.
So first up, release dates.
Evan Blass, the main man when it comes to leaks,
has put out yesterday that we are going to
be expecting the announcement on the 26th of February,
so that's NWC time.
This is something that most rumors were also pointing
towards, but the new information that we do have
is that the preorders will go live on the first of March
with the official release and shipments going out
on the 16th of March.
Now what this means is that we should have the S9's in hand
within the next two months.
That's how soon the S9's will be here, and the dates
do seem believable, because these are the sort of dates
that Samsung usually aims for.
Last year we had a bit of an exception,
and that was because of the issues with the Note 7.
The S8's were pushed back a little bit just so that they
could make sure that they clear out any battery issues.
Now as well as that, another big leak that we've had
in the past week is an image of what appears to be
a Samsung Galaxy S9 official box.
It does look pretty legit.
And on this box we have a list of specifications.
Lots of these are very similar to the S8's,
such as the display size, which is 5.8 inches
for the regular S9.
QuadHD+ resolution with super AMOLED technology,
and although this is same as the S8, I don't think
it's necessarily a bad thing.
I've said this before, the S8's are currently
some of the best-looking devices out right now,
with the best displays, as well.
So this is going to be an incremental update,
and that's something that I guess a lot of us
were already expecting anyway.
Now lots of the other things are still the same,
so we've got IP68 water and dust resistance,
we've got an iris scanner, wireless charging,
earphones tuned by AKG, 64 gigabytes of base storage,
with four gigabytes of RAM, although some rumors
as suggesting that we're going to have multiple versions
of the S9's, some with a base model of 64,
some with larger storage, as well as six gigabytes of RAM.
But we also have some brand new information on this box.
Firstly, stereo speakers tuned by AKG.
Now one of the things that I fed back on about the S8's
was that they have a decent speaker, but it's still
a single bottom-firing speaker, and it would have been
great to see stereo speakers like we've got on lots
of other devices, and it looks like Samsung has taken
that feedback on board, and we should be getting stereo
speakers on the Samsung Galaxy S9's.
How are these going to be set up?
Well my best guess would be that the earpiece
is going to act as one speaker, and then we're going to have
the other bottom-firing speaker.
This is similar to what we see on many devices,
including the new iPhones, and it's going to be great
to have stereo speakers on the new S9's.
And earphones tuned by AKG, I mean, don't quote me on this,
but I'm assuming that means that we should still have
a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack.
So stereo speakers with a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack,
that's going to be two thumbs up from me.
Now the other new piece of information that we have
on this box is around the cameras.
We've got super speed dual pixel 12 megapixel OIS cameras.
F/1.5 for the primary camera,
and f/2.4 for the secondary camera.
Now f/1.5 is absolutely awesome for smart phone cameras.
We've got f/1.7 right now on the S8's,
and this wide aperture is going to mean better low-light
photos, and also a shallower depth of field.
Now the S9's won't be the first devices with an f/1.5
aperture camera, but they will be some of the first
devices with an f/1.5 aperture camera on the Qualcomm
Snapdragon 845, and with the image capabilities of that,
as well as Samsung's new Exynos processor,
we should be getting some amazing quality images and video.
Now I do have to mention as a side note,
that in the previous leak video that you may have seen
me cover, it was looking like the S9 and S9+ were going
to have a major difference, and that was in that
the S9 would have a single camera, and the S9+ would
have a dual-camera setup.
However, if this image leak of the box is legit,
then that would mean that the regular S9 will also
have a dual-camera setup because the box is of the S9,
not the S9+.
As well as the dual-camera setup, we've also got
another specification here, and that is super slow-mo video.
Hmm, they are using the term super a lot
on this box, aren't they?
Wonder where they got the inspiration for that?
(ding)
But anyway, what does super slow-motion mean?
Well, I think we're likely to have 1080p at 240 frames
a second anyway.
That is kind of expected as standard, but it looks like
we're going to be getting even further slow motion.
And with the new processors, this should be very likely.
Now for the front-facing cameras, the only information
we've got is eight megapixels with autofocus,
and that would suggest that we're not getting
much of an upgrade from the previous model,
but there should be some more updates in terms
of the software, and hopefully, we'll be getting
better dynamic range.
Apart from that, there's nothing really else that
stands out on this box.
We have had a recent leak around the possible battery size,
which is likely to be the same as what we've had last year,
but because of the efficiencies on the Qualcomm
Snapdragon 845, we should be getting 30% better battery life
compared to the previous year model.
Pricing is still a question mark right now,
and as the weeks go on, and the closer we get
to the release date, I will put together more of
these leaks and rumors to have a final leaks and rumors
video, and if you want to see that, then make sure
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based on these leaks?
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