What's up guys Sal here and this is the Galaxy S9+ the Exynos 9810 variant.
It's an incremental update over the last year's phone but I'm very happy about the changes.
Camera improvements, new features, more RAM, stereo speakers and a bit less bezel.
So first up let's take a look at all of the components that we get inside the box so we
are presented with this booklet which has the sim ejection tool, manuals that no one
ever reads and sureprisingly we have a transparent case which is very nice.
Next up we're presented with the phone itself but before turning it on let's see what else
we have inside.
So we have this USB connector that you'll be able to use to transfer all of the things
over from another device and also we have the fast charging wall adapter here, fast
charging capabilities right off the box both wired and wireless if you want it to.
And also we have this USB type c cable and finally the AKG branded headphones and honestly
these are the best headphones that comes free with any phones and they do sound really good.
And also you get these extra free earbuds so that you get a nice fit inside your ears.
And finally we have the star of the show, the Galaxy S9+ which is powered by the mighty
Exynos 9810 processor.
This phone comes in 4 colors, this one's a midnight black and the other ones are the
Coral blue, titanium grey and the lilac purple.
Aesthetically though, the phone looks almost the same as the S8+, though the bezel at the
bottom end of the display is now marginally thinner.
The placement of every buttons, the power button, volume rockers and the bixby buttons
remains the same but one thing to note that the aluminum chassis of this phone is now
matte vs the glossy finish in the S8 which will surely help the frame stand out from
the rest of the device.
I remain a fan of the curved edges of the display that melt away into the aluminium
rim, with the glass back equally curved to help it fit in your hand.
The curved edges on the front panel are less intense than on the Galaxy S8, which makes
swiping in from the edges of the screen a bit easier.
Having said that, we have recently heard that the Galaxy S9 has been awarded the best display
ever on a smartphone beating the previous number one the iPhone X who's display was
made by Samsung itself.
Here you can clearly see the difference between the two displays.
The content on the S9+ looks way better in comparison to the iPhone X.
It's 20% brighter and has even better colour accuracy than before and It's the new standard
for smartphone screens.
Over at the back of the phone we have most of the changes this year.
The fingerprint scanner has now been moved to the bottom which is now in a much better
spot and just above it we have the most hyped feature for this device, the dual cameras.
Up until now, pretty much every smartphone camera is so small that they all have fixed
aperture lens but the Galaxy S9's new camera has the first ever variable aperture lens.
It can automatically adjusts from f/2.4 all the way up to f/1.5 to give the best low light
performance and you can actually see the aperture lens opening and closing if you toggle between
the two apertures.
This is actually super cool, I've never seen a small camera with variable apertures before.
Most of the gopro's don't do this, most of the tiny cameras don't do this.
So this is really impressive for a smartphone camera.
Finally, Intelligent Scan is the merging of two biometric features, Face Unlock and Iris
Scanner.
The S9 will automatically search for either your face or your iris when the phone is woken
up.
It's designed to choose one over the other depending on lighting conditions or the action
that the user is doing.
If there isn�t sufficient lighting, it will use face unlock because this is the default
mode.
But in an environment with good lighting, the system uses the iris scanner.
The AR Emoji, while fun, is not so great.
It still needs some refinements, Samsung will surely can do that with future updates.
You can make yourself the character, but the face tracking is a little buggy and can lead
to some odd twitches here and there.
The phone has stereo speakers now with dolby atmos surround sound, one at the bottom and
the other one at the earpiece.
It was my most requested feature on a samsung phone and I'm very happy that Samsung is finally
giving us what we wanted for so long.
Anyways, the Galaxy S9+ is the best phone you can buy right now and I'm gonna do a full
review of it soon and also make comparison videos with the iPhone X so make sure to subsribe
and I'll see you'll tomorrow...Peace out!