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Samsung yesterday during one hour-keynote at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona revealed its flagship smartphones Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus which are featuring a new dual-lens camera, AR-powered emoji and stereo speaker, the new phones overall keep the same design as their successors S8 and S8 Plus with slightly slimmer bars on the top and bottom.

One of the most prominent features in the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus is the 12-megapixel camera, featuring dual-lens and the first variable aperture system built into a smartphone that will help to a better result in low light conditions, to eliminate noise and boost details Samsung Both models feature a SuperSpeed Dual Pixel sensor, which can combine up to 12 distinct images into one image.

The Camera in Galaxy S9 has variable dual-lens 12-megapixels cameras with dual-optical image stabilization, while the camera in Galaxy S9 Plus features a variable aperture lens paired with a fixed one in the second 12-megapixel lens. It also contains a developed slow-motion mode that can capture 960 frames per second that enables it to turn the 2-millisecond recording into six seconds of video, at this point, it is more advanced than maximum 240 frames per second in iPhone X.

The Galaxy S9 comes with variant processors for U.S market the models are powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 processor while in other markets including Europe powered by Samsung's own Exynos chip. Below the camera module, there is a fingerprint scanner rather than last year S8 and S8 Plus which was alongside the camera. The phones have three different biometrics, Samsung combined iris and face recognition to come with a new system called Intelligent Scan which uses the better biometric sensor for the given situation. The handsets keep the headphone jack, the screeners are 5.8-inch and 6.2-inch with Quad HD+ and super AMOLED respectively.




To compete with Animoji one of the most popular features in iPhone X, Samsung released AR Emoji that depend on a 2D image mapping out over 100 facial features the result gives a 3D models that reflect and mimics user’s expressions, there are many choices and options users could choose including Mickey Mouse. the file will be saved as AGIF format which means AR Emoji will not be restricted to Samsung users and it will be shareable on social platforms.

The both Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus come with a base storage 64GB with micro SD slot the amount could extend to 400 GB, S9 RAM is 4GB while S9 Plus is 6GB, the start price of S9 is $720 and S9 Plus at $840, pre-order process will begin on March 2 and shipping on March 16 for both.


The entire keynote in the video below.

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