And the new phones truly represent the best of the smartphone world, be it in terms of processing power, features, or camera specs. Most importantly, Samsung doesn’t allow users to reposition the Bixby button to the spot where thumb might naturally rest, and this doesn’t feel right at all.
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Price and availability information is yet to be revealed by Samsung. 140,000. Compared to Samsung Galaxy Note and iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy S9 in no doubt has more innovative features than its predecessor. You can already set nifty shortcuts by using the shortcuts built into the side of the screen, but Samsung has added a cool App Pairing feature to the S9’s Edge Panel that lets you instantly launch two apps at the same time.
The Galaxy S9 Plus measures 158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm (6.22 x 2.91 x 0.33 in), while the dimensions of the iPhone X are 143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm (5.65 x 2.79 x 0.30 in). The same happened with the recently launched Galaxy S9 duo apart from few surprises.
Earlier this week, DisplayMate, one of the world’s leading firms when it comes evaluating computer, smartphone and tablet screens, said the S9 features “the best performing smartphone display that we have ever tested”. Both phones offer a resolution of 1440×2960 pixels at an 18.5:9 ratio. It wins either way of course, since it manufactured the OLED displays for both the iPhone X and Galaxy S9.
HDM Global, the home of Nokia phones, banked on nostalgia once again this year. It boasts of 4GB RAM and is powered by Exynos 9810 octa core processor. Last year’s Mi MIX 2 came with the Snapdragon 835 processor and a single rear camera. While the LG V30S ThinQ comes with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, the LG V30S+ ThinQ includes 6GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage. It also contains Android 8 Oreo out of the box, and the functionality of the entire phone is lighting fast and very intuitive. Nearly all phones with fast wireless charging usually have glass backs, but a glass back also makes the phone easier to break, with a higher fix cost.
Pricing of Samsung Galaxy S9+. The front camera is 8MP with f/1.7 aperture. The camera works at f/2.4 aperture when there is plenty of light and at an industry leading f/1.5 when light levels go below 100 lux. The phone also offers various AIpowered smart features in the display, performance, battery life, charging and camera department. The other telephoto lens is also 12MP with f/2.4 aperture. The secondary lens, too, is equipped with OIS.
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During their announcement, the iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 8 became the first consumer-based smartphones to provide support for 4K video recording at 60 frames per second.
