Samsung launches Galaxy S9

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled its flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone on Sunday with an emphasis on visual applications for social media, hoping to attract tech savvy young consumers to weather a market slowdown.

With the global smartphone market set to stay flat or even shrink after meagre growth of one percent last year, vendors are focusing on features designed to encourage consumers to ditch their old phones earlier than they would have previously.

Samsung launched the S9 at the mobile gadget fair in Barcelona, attracting thousands of reporters to see how the world's biggest smartphone maker could innovate in a category in which the big players are technologically closer than ever.

Samsung Galaxy S9 - Full phone specifications

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	Announced	2018, February
	Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, March

BODY	Dimensions	147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm (5.81 x 2.70 x 0.33 in)
	Weight	163 g (5.75 oz)
	Build	Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
	SIM	Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
		- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.8 inches, 84.8 cm2 (~83.6% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~570 ppi density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
		- HDR10 compliant - 3D Touch (home button only) - Always-on display

PLATFORM	OS	Android 8.0 (Oreo)
	Chipset	Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 845 - USA & China
	CPU	Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China
	GPU	Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA Adreno 630 - USA & China

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 400 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
	Internal	64/128/256 GB, 4 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	12 MP (f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF), phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama
	Video	2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
	Secondary	8 MP (f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6", 1.22 µm), autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes, with stereo speakers
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- 32-bit/384kHz audio - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
	Bluetooth	5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
	NFC	Yes
	Radio	FM radio (USA & Canada only) - To be confirmed
	USB	3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

FEATURES	Sensors	Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
	Browser	HTML5
		- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) - Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) - Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) - ANT+ support - Bixby natural language commands and dictation - MP4/DivX/XviD/H.265 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document editor

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery (11.55 Wh)

MISC	Colors	Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple

Information Sources www.msn.com, www.gsmarena.com on 2018.02.26
Image Source www.samsung.com