**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S9/S9 Plus Thread ****

haha, just cancelled my order and placed another one for the same thing but trading in an old S4 I had lying around, gave me £96 for it :D
 
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Maybe it's worth some people holding on for another year. Perhaps the S10 will be marketed as an anniversary phone like the iPhone X and have a significant and radical makeover, maybe it'll be a game changer?
 
IvanDobskey said:
Very disappointing release from Samsung if you ask me. It's basically an s8 with a slightly better camera and the fingerprint reader moved.

I guess it's not meant to tempt s8 owners, more the people coming out of their s7 contracts.

The £740 price tag is pretty eye watering when you think you can get the s8 for £450 now though.
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Out of curiosity, in what way did you expect for it to be so much different to the S8+ which in many ways was/is a good all round device? (Aside from the fact they've improved the camera, screen and fingerprint sensor location which seemed to be most peoples biggest bug about the S8)
 
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TheOracle said:
You'd have to be an absolute idiot to change phones yearly these days. Such small increments. Two years like you say seems sensible.
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Not really. Depends on your priorities and such doesn't it?

I have friends that will spend £700 on a coat... I understand some ladies spend £500+ on a handbag, that does pretty much the same as a £5 bag... I don't understand any of that, but that's up to them I guess.
 
Just ordered the s9 with their 0% finance deal. I've never used finance for anything before so that's a new one for me!

I hope this will feel like a decent upgrade from my current Z3! What cases are people going for? I like the look of the official LED option but can't believe I'm contemplating dropping £60 on a phone case.
 
yak.h'cir said:
Just ordered the s9 with their 0% finance deal. I've never used finance for anything before so that's a new one for me!

I hope this will feel like a decent upgrade from my current Z3! What cases are people going for? I like the look of the official LED option but can't believe I'm contemplating dropping £60 on a phone case.
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Is this with PayPal?
 
matt100 said:
Well £869 for the top top of the range is rather better than many were expecting too.
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I thought it may have been more expensive than what has been set. I was expecting it to be about the same as an iPhone X. Still expensive lump of tech hanging around in your pocket (or wherever). Some reasonable trade in offers if you don't want to tangle with ebay or members market. Semi temping to trade up to the larger S9+ from my current S8. I bought the S8 and then wished I'd got the larger S8+.
 
Ordered it SIM free from Carphone Warehouse whilst trading in my S7E for around £270.

Using a AYCE data Three SIM. Delivery due on the 9th, can't wait.
 
I personally think it's a worth while upgrade from the S8+ to be honest:

While the actual physical design of the phone being very similar to last year's model, under the hood it has improved considerably.

>Better cpu
>Better audio (stereo speakers, dolby atmos support)
>More ram (for the S9+ variant)
>Brighter screen
>Better camera (4k at 60fps, dual aperture, 960 fps slow mo)
>Improved Bixby (translate menus for example on the fly)
>Much better fingerprint scanner location.
>Expanded storage increased to the 400gb
>Augmented reality

I personally would have loved to have seen a 4k screen and a screen imbedded fingerprint sensor, but I think the points mentored above are a great reason to upgrade.
 
Dinerty said:
I personally think it's a worth while upgrade from the S8+ to be honest:

While the actual physical design of the phone being very similar to last year's model, under the hood it has improved considerably.

>Better cpu
>Better audio (stereo speakers, dolby atmos support)
>More ram (for the S9+ variant)
>Brighter screen
>Better camera (4k at 60fps, dual aperture, 960 fps slow mo)
>Improved Bixby (translate menus for example on the fly)
>Much better fingerprint scanner location.
>Expanded storage increased to the 400gb
>Augmented reality

I personally would have loved to have seen a 4k screen and a screen imbedded fingerprint sensor, but I think the points mentored above are a great reason to upgrade.
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What are the nits of the s9+ screen?
 
I read the S9 is still using the ancient Quickcharge 2.0. Hope that's not true as the phone get far too hot for my liking. 4+ is meant to be cooler and more efficient.
 
kona786 said:
I read the S9 is still using the ancient Quickcharge 2.0. Hope that's not true as the phone get far too hot for my liking. 4+ is meant to be cooler and more efficient.
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Does it get hotter using quick charge than Samsung fast charge? I've not really found either to be an issue with my s8 unless I'm hammering it at the time
 
james.miller said:
Does it get hotter using quick charge than Samsung fast charge? I've not really found either to be an issue with my s8 unless I'm hammering it at the time
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Samsung fast charge was basically QC 2 AFAIK. I'm surprised they haven't moved on.That kind of heat for the battery is never a good thing imo. And the fact you can't quick charge while the screen is on, not sure if that's fixed with qc4+.

But hey its all about the aperture hype at the moment, funny they haven't shown many samples.
 
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