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It may look like it, but no, that's not the Galaxy S8.
It's Samsung's next flagship smartphone.
Hey, everyone.
We're taking a look at the Samsung Galaxy
S9, which was just announced at Mobile World Congress 2018.
At a quick glance, it's hard to tell the S9 apart
from its predecessor.
You'll find the same infinity display.
Data the same quad HD resolutions.
And screen sizes--
5.8 inches on the Galaxy S9 and 6.2 inches on the S9 Plus.
The bezels are slightly smaller.
The iris scanner has been redesigned
to look a little more subtle.
And the fingerprint sensor is in a better position on the back.
Even the internals aren't too different.
There's the new Snapdragon 845 processor-- yes--
but you get 64 gigs of storage.
The same 3,000 milliamp battery on the S9 and 2,500 milliamp
powered battery on the S9 Plus.
So what exactly is new?
Well, the biggest improvement lies with the camera.
That's Samsung's whole mantra with the S9.
It's the camera re-imagined.
There's a lot of neat tech behind it,
but the gist is, the main rear 12 megapixel
camera on both the S9 and the S9 Plus,
does not have a fixed aperture.
It's a mechanical lens so it can actually switch between F 1.5
aperture-- the lowest ever on the phone--
and F 2.4 aperture.
You can see the change in aperture
when you look at the rear camera.
Samsung said the camera will use the F 2.4 aperture
during the day, while it will opt for the F 1.5 aperture
at night, to bring in more light.
We saw a demo where the camera lit up a dark scene really
well, and Samsung said it compiles more photos together
so the phone does a better job at reducing noise
in those low light shots.
I'm not quite sure yet, why it is
we need to switch between two apertures.
Why not just stick with the F 1.5 aperture for day and night
photos?
But we'll be doing a deeper dive into the camera
very soon, to find out.
You'll notice a second camera lens on the Galaxy S9 Plus.
It's like the Note 8's 12 megapixel telephoto
lens that's used for two-times optical zoom,
as well as the bouquet mode called live focus.
Camera-wise-- this is all you're going
to be missing on the regular S9.
There are two other stand out camera features
available on both devices.
The first is super slow motion, which
lets you shoot 960 frames per second,
offering Matrix-like slow motion effects.
It's almost the same as Sony's super slow motion on the Xperia
XZ1.
Even the resolution is limited to 720p.
The second feature is AR emoji.
It's not unlike Apple's Animoji.
The camera app lets you either become certain emojis
and act and talk as them, and a Disney partnership
will mean you can become Disney characters.
Or you can create an AR emoji that looks like you.
You can make videos as these emojis
and send them to anyone as video files.
The create an emoji feature will also
create animated stickers of yourself
that you can then use in Samsung's messaging
app or anywhere else.
The Bixby camera has also improved.
The live translation feature is much better,
overlaying translated text in real time,
and it can even convert currency for you.
There are two other additions here,
including makeup, which lets you layer makeup on your face,
and purchase what you like immediately
through Sephora or CoverGirl.
As well as food, which means you'll
be able to point the camera at food,
and it will estimate the amount of calories,
which you can then pour it into Samsung's S Health.
The next big improvement is stereo speakers.
The top ear piece works with the bottom-firing speakers
to provide sound tuned by AKG that's 1.5 times louder
than the Galaxy S8.
And it works with Dolby Atmos technology
that you can turn off in the notification system tray.
The music we heard was room filling,
but still, it's a bummer that it's not
dual, front facing speakers.
There's also the slight performance difference
between the S9 and the S9 Plus.
The latter comes with six gigs of RAM, like the Note 8,
and the S9 only has four gigs.
Samsung's reasoning was that it's just an upgrade feature.
Pay more and you get more.
There's a great deal more left to unpack with the Galaxy S9
and S9 Plus.
We'll be diving in soon.
The phones will be available for preorder on March 2nd,
in lilac purple, coral blue, and midnight black, in the US.
And it officially goes on sale on March 16th.