Undoubtedly this year was one of the most decaffeinated in terms of the presentations of the major mobile phone brands, but one of the ones we missed last year came back this year eager. Samsung after all is the firm with the most presence in the smartphone market today and its rivals are eager to snatch the position, but it is complicated and more considering the level of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus.
We cannot say that the firm made too much effort in the design change for these new devices presented last Sunday in the framework of the Mobile World Congress, but it is true that all the effort was put into the improvements for the cameras, a small change of location of the fingerprint sensor, in the AR and above all in its software.
A familiar design
The new Samsung models have not modified the design compared to the previous version, but this does not mean that we do not like it, simply that you do not expect too many changes in this regard beyond the change of location of the fingerprint sensor that was so much talked about in its previous version. The new location of the sensor I can also say that it directly affects the "touch or not touch" camera or double rear camera, so we can not say that it is such a radical change and It is not clear to us that this involuntary touch of it will be solved.
Regarding the design, it must be added that the pink color is really pretty, striking but pretty. For the rest, those who have the Galaxy S8 will not notice too many changes when putting one model next to the other, the best thing if you have the S8 right away I tell you to keep it one more year to enjoy the terminal and for next year already we see what happens. This is undoubtedly very personal but aesthetics is in no way a reason for change, at least this year since both models are practically equally spectacular in their design.
Powerful specifications, especially in camera and sound
The new Samsung models are undoubtedly spectacular in every way, looking at the internal hardware we can say that few rivals can have today, but when we focus on the camera and sound are really impressive.
About the camera we have to say that they have improved a lot compared to the previous version, the Dual F1.5 and F2.4 apertures of the sensors in the rear camera in the S9 and S9 + allow taking photos in very low light, reducing the noise and allow you to record at 960 fps. There are cameras who say that the theme of the opening is pure marketing, personally in sparse use during the presentation event I couldn't tell, but the photos on the S9 and S9 + screen looked really good despite the lighting conditions.
Dolby Atmos sound, with its three-dimensional sound that really sounds great. Here again I can say that my experience could not be what we wanted since it was its presentation and the people, music and other noise prevented hearing with total clarity, but the S9 they have really good and powerful sound. It is not even necessary to talk about the rest of the hardware because we all know the data, we will not have performance problems with them.
Is it worth going for one of these new Galaxy?
This is as always "the million dollar question" and of which there is no other answer than the one you want to have as a consumer. There is no doubt that the new Galaxy S9 and S9 + are spectacular in all aspects and that they obviously add changes compared to previous models, but is this enough to consider the change? Coming from models prior to the S8 or S8 + the answer is yes, it is worth it and you will really notice an important change.
If you are one of the users who like to change devices every year and having a similar or practically the same design does not bother you, the answer is again yes, buy one of these S9 or S9 +. Samsung puts all the meat on the grill with these new models and you can not blame it for anything, it is a logical change for a range of products that work very well among smartphone users, something that guarantees success to the new S9s. I really think that the new models are impressive and that we need to be able to touch them for a longer time to give some final conclusions, but The little that we tried them in their presentation left us a very good taste in our mouths.