Played with the S9/+ extensively and here are some of my thoughts.

Compared the S9 with the S8 and here're some of my thoughts.

The display is an improvement over S8, though it may be unnoticed to the untrained eye. I've noticed a wider colour gamut (by comparing the red on the youtube logo with S8, did the same when S8 came out with the S7). Perhaps upwards of 150% sRGB maybe even 160% (S8 is 142%, the best by quite a bit right now). With the max brightness increase it could be the best screen right now, but of course still needs to wait for displaymate's review.

The speakers are much clearer and punchier. Didn't notice a big volume increase from S8. S9+ has louder speakers than the regular. Dolby atmos is onboard (remember it from s8's oreo beta?).

Camera is of course improved but not as much as I would've liked. HDR seemed like largely the same as S8, but the zig zag hdr effect (on S7 and S8) has been reduced. Live focus on both front and back, portrait shots were quite smudgey on both sides. Indoor shots didn't differ too much from S8. Super slow mo is pretty accurate at detecting motion (auto triggers the super slo mo recording). Camera opens EXTREMELY fast with the double click shortcut.

The S9 does have thicker side bezels, but the smaller chin makes up for it. And the side rails are quite sharp like the note 8 and edge phones pre note 7. I really dislike this change. I like Note 7 and S8's ergonomics more. Speaker grills look kinda weird, you'll know what I mean when you see it.

Oreo is nice and smooth on S9, similar to note 8 on 7.1, much better than 7.0 on S8. only noticed frame drops while opening the app drawer (it's only bad on demo phones).

Overall a nice package. Upgrades are quite incremental but there is nothing glaringly missing or terrible now.

Edit: just to add that the photos S9 took was less constrasty than S8.



Submitted February 26, 2018 at 10:54AM by Gr33npin3appl3 http://ift.tt/2ERK3sR http://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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