The Official Samsung Galaxy S9/S9 Plus Thread

james.miller · 28 Feb 2018 at 13:54

They are different technologies. QC2 charges quicker than Samsung Fast Charge and it ramps the voltage/current up at different rates. A while ago I read i really interesting comparison of all the top charging technologies at the time, including OnePlus's dash charger, and they did some pretty in depth testing of them. I'll see if i can find it.

james.miller · 28 Feb 2018 at 13:59

Here you go https://www.xda-developers.com/charging-comparison-oneplus-huawei/

kona786 · 28 Feb 2018 at 14:22

james.miller said:
Here you go https://www.xda-developers.com/charging-comparison-oneplus-huawei/

Cheers I did have a look at that when it came out.

Though it compares QC3 to Samsung fast charge which is why its faster. Either way Samsung's fast charge is pretty old and hasn't moved on like QC.

I still believe Samsung fast charge is based on QC 2 with a few little tweaks. And that Samsung haven't implemented QC4+ as they use 2 different SoC's, and Exynos is making it complicated.

Kanpai · 28 Feb 2018 at 14:35

My S8+ charges from 20% - 100% in just over an hour which I've never had an issue with.

Like you say @kona786 there's probably compatibility issues with the Exynos chip and QCK4+

Silly Goose On The Loose · 28 Feb 2018 at 14:44

Bemused why Samsung can't use USB-C fast charge?

slick rick · 28 Feb 2018 at 15:03

Pre ordered the S9+ in black, I still like my S7 edge but the battery life is not what it used to be and my contract is finished in about a week.

I hope I enjoy it as much as the S7e.

Silly Goose On The Loose · 28 Feb 2018 at 15:04

Amazon has pre-orders up now but sadly only for the single SIM.

On Holiday · 28 Feb 2018 at 15:13

Any ideas when these would be in the shop? I'm going to Dublin on the 13th and looks like I could save £60 GBP by buying over there.

matt100 · 28 Feb 2018 at 15:16

March 16th I think, a week earlier if you preorder.

kona786 · 28 Feb 2018 at 16:16

The hype is making me tempted as I'm eligible for upgrade.

Anyone know is the camera sensor is new over the S8?

Also heard that 4k60 drops stabilization. But I'm guessing it has stabilisation just not hardware based.

S9+ on 60Gb max plan on EE works out to be £55/m and £10 upfront for me with F&F.

matt100 · 28 Feb 2018 at 16:19

Sure they said the S9+ had 2 OIS lenses so I don't see how it could be dropped.

Dinerty · 28 Feb 2018 at 16:56

Gigabit said:
Amazon has pre-orders up now but sadly only for the single SIM.

The official Samsung site has the hybrid sim available for pre order.

kona786 · 28 Feb 2018 at 16:57

matt100 said:
Sure they said the S9+ had 2 OIS lenses so I don't see how it could be dropped.

They do but when shooting 4k60 video stabilisation is dropped. I'm guessing it drop down to software stabilisation as none at all would be awful.

Ordered one for my nephew on my account. Trade in offer with EE for S7E.

£48/m no upfront. S9+. 60gb data.

james.miller · 28 Feb 2018 at 17:19

kona786 said:
Cheers I did have a look at that when it came out.

Though it compares QC3 to Samsung fast charge which is why its faster. Either way Samsung's fast charge is pretty old and hasn't moved on like QC.

Qc2 is also faster. I've done my own comparisons

AndyCr15 · 28 Feb 2018 at 17:37

kona786 said:
They do but when shooting 4k60 video stabilisation is dropped. I'm guessing it drop down to software stabilisation as none at all would be awful.

Surely the other way around. Software stabilisation can run out of 'spare' sensor to use but hardware stabilisation would always be there?

kona786 · 28 Feb 2018 at 18:00

AndyCr15 said:
Surely the other way around. Software stabilisation can run out of 'spare' sensor to use but hardware stabilisation would always be there?

You make a valid point. It's was a video on YouTube from the Tech Chap which said 4k30 had stabilisation but 4k60 didn't. If 30fps is done with software, then it would be odd if 4k60 fps can't have it too.

Will have to wait and see what the reviews say.

matt100 · 28 Feb 2018 at 18:35

AndyCr15 said:
Surely the other way around. Software stabilisation can run out of 'spare' sensor to use but hardware stabilisation would always be there?

exactly.. you've got 4 wheels you can lose 1 and still have 3.. no amount of software would give you 5

Richy888 · 28 Feb 2018 at 20:39

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.

I usually charge my S8 overnight on none Quickcharge wireless stand. Phone doesn't get warm. Gets a little warm if I use the bundled Samsung Quickcharge charger. I also have a Quickcharge pad from amazon and gets very warm on that so don't use it.

If you use your S8 whilst plugged into Samsung charger does it drop down to standard charge speed? Turn display off and charge speed picks right up.

SDK^ · 1 Mar 2018 at 06:09

The camera on this phone has been way overhyped [as you would expect].

For sure the f1.5 aperture will really improve the quality of low light photos over f2.4 on the S9 BUT the S7 went down to aperture f1.7 so the difference is very small between this new one and the older phones.
In terms of the out of focus depth of field effect [bokeh]. The camera sensor on mobile phones is so small that small aperture changes make very little difference to the out of focus background area. You need to be standing very close to your subjects [macro] to see the difference [when viewing the photo at normal zoom, not 200% pixel peeping

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Broken Hope · 1 Mar 2018 at 07:16

Best phone display

http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S9_ShootOut_1s.htm

Still a shame that Android doesn't have auto switching for display mode like iOS does though.

Having to manually switch between the different colour gamuts is just silly.

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