Highlights
- The MWC, 2018 event will be held from February 26 to March 1
- Both the handsets from Samsung may carry 18.5:9 Infinity Display
- The pre-orders of the devices might start from March 1
The South Korean company has earlier announced that it will be unveiling the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 tech event which will be held in Barcelona, Spain this time. Now, Samsung has changed its mind and is releasing both the handsets a day before the MWC, 2018 event. The handsets will be launched on February 25 whereas the MWC, 2018 tech trade fair will be commencing from February, 26 and will continue till March, 1.
Although not much is officially known about both the devices, it has been made clear by Samsung officially that the Galaxy S9 will be accompanied by a “Reimagined” camera. If one may recall, the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+, which were unveiled last year had the ability to shoot slow-motion HD videos at 240 fps, while one may expect that S9 and S9+ will be able to shoot full HD super slow-motion videos at 480 fps and now the rumors are that the Galaxy S9 will sport a single rear camera while the larger Galaxy S9+ will be donning dual rear camera setup that will be vertically aligned. The new buzz in the smartphone world is that the Galaxy S9 and S9+ might carry a new camera feature that first appeared on Samsung’s W2018 flagship clamshell handset, which will enable the users to adjust the aperture of the 12MP snapper between f/1.5 and f/2.4 before taking a pic.
The rumor mill is also busy in spreading the news that both the handsets will be available on pre-orders from March 1 and the shipments of the pre-ordered units would kick off on March 16.
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20 days agoComing to the specifications, it is expected that both the smartphones, Samsung S9 and S9 + will sport 18.5:9 Infinity Display with 5.8 inches and 6.2 inches Super AMOLED screens, respectively. As far as the processor is concerned, both the handsets will carry Exynos 9810 SoC and the Snapdragon 845 SoC for the U.S. and Chinese markets. Furthermore, the S9 and S9+ might have 4GB and 6GB RAM with a battery support of 3,000mAh and 3,500mAh, respectively. Only time will tell how much these two handsets are able to woo the users as there are many other Tech giants like Xiaomi, Google, Vivo, etc. ready to unveil their flagship devices at MWC, 2018.