As expected, Samsung today officially launched the latest flagship smartphones in India. The Galaxy S9 and S9+ were announced at the MWC 2018 last week. The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ will be available in India from 16th March. Samsung has already started pre-bookings for these smartphones on Flipkart and also it will be available in offline stores across India. The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ will be available in Midnight Black, Coral Blue and Lilac Purple colors in India.
The Galaxy S9 comes with a 5.8-inch display and S9+ with a 6.2-inch display. Both the smartphones come with a QHD+ display with the resolution of 2960*1440 bezel-less super AMOLED panel up front. As expected these devices are powered by Octa-Core Samsung Exynos 9 Series 9810 with Mali G72MP18 GPU. The S9 comes with 4GB RAM and the S9+ comes with 6GB RAM, both of them come in 64GB/128GB and 256GB storage options with microSD card support up to 256GB. The Galaxy S9 comes with 3000mAh battery and S9+ with 3500mAh battery, along with Quick Charge and Wireless charging technology.
The devices are dust and water resistant (IP68 rated). They are running on Android Nougt 8.0 Oreo. Other features of the devices include Dual band wifi, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, Samsung Pay, USB type-c port, 3.5mm audio jack, face recognition, Fingerprint scanner at the rear which is pretty much accessible compared to the S8/S8+. Also, they come with Bixby Assistant with a dedicated button on the left. In the camera department, the S9 comes with a 12MP rear camera with dual pixel sensor with f/2.4-f/1.5 variable aperture, which is first for a smartphone camera. The camera can also record 480fps slo-mo videos at Full HD resolution. The S9+ sports a dual 12MP camera with f/2.4-f/1.5 variable aperture, LED Flash, 960fps super slo-mo, the secondary rear camera with f/2.4 aperture. These smartphones also have stereo speakers powered by AKG and support Dolby Atmos. It also has AR Emoji, which uses machine learning to analyze and create a 3D model that reflects and imitates expressions.
Samsung S9 Specs
- 5.8-inch display with a QHD+ display with the resolution of 2960*1440, 570ppi, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
- Octa-Core Samsung Exynos 9 Series 9810 processor with Mali G72MP18 GPU
- 4GB RAM
- 64GB/128GB/256GB Internal storage, microSD card support up to 256GB
- 12MP rear camera with dual pixel sensor with f/2.4-f/1.5 variable aperture, 480fps slo-mo
- 8MP front camera with f/1.7 aperture
- 3000mAh battery with Quick Charge and Wireless charging support, USB type-c port
- Android 8.0 Oreo
- Face recognition, Fingerprint scanner at the rear
- Dual band wifi, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, Samsung Pay, 3.5mm audio jack
- IP68 Water and dust resistant
- Thickness: 8.5mm and weight: 163gms
Samsung S9+ Specs
- 6.2-inch display with a QHD+ display with the resolution of 2960*1440 and 18.5:9 aspect ratio, 539ppi
- Octa-Core Samsung Exynos 9 Series 9810 processor, Mali G72MP18 GPU
- 6GB RAM
- 64GB/128GB/256GB Internal storage, microSD card support up to 256GB
- 12MP+12MP rear camera with f/2.4-f/1.5 variable aperture, LED Flash, 960fps super slo-mo, a secondary rear camera with f/2.4 aperture
- 8MP front camera with f/1.7 aperture
- 3500mAh battery with Quick Charge and Wireless charging support, USB type-c port
- Android 8.0 Oreo
- Face recognition, Fingerprint scanner at the rear
- Dual band wifi, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, Samsung Pay, 3.5mm audio jack
- IP68 Water and dust resistant
- Thickness: 8.5mm and weight: 189gms
Pricing
- Samsung Galaxy S9 64GB – INR 57,900
- Samsung Galaxy S9 256GB – INR 65,900
- Samsung Galaxy S9+ 64GB – INR 64,900
- Samsung Galaxy S9+ 256GB – INR 72,900
Initial Launch offers
- Paytm mall cashback – INR 6,000
- HDFC Credit Card cashback of INR 6000
- No Cost EMIs on 3/6/9/12/18 months on Samsung Shop
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Good price as expected 🙂