With just
a week or so until the official announcement date, rumours are flying
high about Samsung's latest flagship device (or rather devices), the
Galaxy S9 and S9+. There seems to be a lot for the South Korean tech
giant to live up to, after their biggest rivals Apple recently
brought out the impressive and - for once - unique looking iPhone X.
Here is everything we know so far...
There
have been a tonne of fun and interesting leaks about the S9, some dating all the way back to
the release of the S8 last year. However, just recently Orange
Romania accidentally published a page about the forthcoming phone's
specifications. Although it was quickly taken down, the details still
managed to flood the internet. We now know that the S9's camera will
use a 12MP sensor, and the main processor will be the insanely fast
Snapdragon 845.
The QHD
screen of the smaller S9 will 5.8 inches, staying the same as the S8,
while the onboard RAM will be 4GB, with either 64 or 128GB of
storage. The bezel around the edge of the screen will most likely be
exceptionally thin – what Samsung call the 'infinity edge' – and we can say for sure
that the S9 will be waterproof, possibly even possessing an
aqua-phobic coating on the screen to make water slide straight off.
For the
S9+, it seems that everything stays the same, with the exception of a
6.2inch screen, dual 12Mp cameras on the rear, and up to 6GB of RAM
inside. The battery will also be slightly bigger at 3500mAh, over the
S9's 3000mAh.
All-in-all,
the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ are shaping up to be a world-leading
flagship smartphones. Regardless of the speed and power, we're mainly
looking forward to being able to play online mobile games or watch movies and tv shows on that super-crisp screen, while
snapping photos on what many think could be the best smartphone
camera ever. However, although much of the above has more or less be
confirmed, there could still be a few surprises in store when Samsung
reveal the device itself on 25th February at the Mobile
World Congress in Barcelona. Here's hoping.