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Aug 23, 2017 · 4 min read

SAMSUNG TO LAUNCH GALAXY S9 in 2018

Earlier this year, Samsung introduced to the world its newest flagship, Samsung S8 Galaxy and S8+. This new flagship that Samsung has launched is one of the most astonishing smartphones money can buy nowadays. This might be because S8 and S8+ are very sleek, chic, and its “infinite display” is surely a wow to many smartphone users.

Moreover, even though it is just recent that Samsung has launched S8, there are some speculations that its successor is now working in progress. Following the S Series of Samsung smartphone, the next flagship will probably be called, Samsung Galaxy S9.

Samsung S9 is most likely to be in a modular design, a design that’s being used by some of the newest flagships of smartphones that we are seeing now like Essential phone, and Motorola’s Z-series smartphones.

Next year 2018 is of course another year for us to live but also it is a time for another wonderful smartphone to be launched from one of the leading companies in technology. Therefore, what expectations can we have for this next flagship of Samsung?

S9 LAUNCH DATE & PRICE:

Just like how Samsung have launched its Samsung S8 this year, S9 is also expected to be launched on March or April 2018. It is more likely to be launched in their own event in the Mobile World Congress as it was done before.

Some suppositions have said that Samsung S9 has a lot of features that will surely wow the users. Thus, if that’s the case the flagship will most probably be more costly. The price for Galaxy S9 is most probably around £700.

SNAPDRAGON 845 to be utilized in S9:

In the present flagship of Samsung, Galaxy S8 and S8+, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chips are being utilized. This astonishing chip has made these smartphones run faster in a processing speed not lower than 27% and in an energy efficiency of greater than 30%. So now, can you picture how this Snapdragon 845 might be?

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 is said to be utilized in the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S9. If true, S9 could be the first ever smartphone to launch with this new processor. With this, Samsung Galaxy S9 will might then be the fastest processing smartphone you might got.

If you have a faster processor, it is easier to update your Samsung firmware thus making your smartphone’s operating system up-to-date.

IMPROVED FINGERPRINT SENSOR

As we all know, in Samsung’s latest flagship S8 and S8+, the fingerprint scanner is placed at the back of the smartphone, parallel to its rear camera. It is so disturbing that you cannot help yourself in touching your camera lens when unlocking or using your fingerprint scanner.

It is also believed that the fingerprint scanner for Samsung S9 will be better. There are some speculations that Samsung S9’s scanner will be placed preferably right beneath the phone’s front screen or maybe they will integrate the rumored in-screen scanner in this flagship.

MORE USEFUL BIXBY

For those who doesn’t know yet about the Bixby, here’s a refresher: Bixby is Samsung’s version of voice assistant. It is so much like iPhone’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa. Bixby makes smartphone be more helpful — it helps in supporting you to complete a certain duty, it can also say what you are looking, and also this voice assistant can memorize all your routines and remind you on what you should do. Bixby was included in S8 as one of its Samsung firmware. However, it was not considered useful by other users because it is not widely integrated in the smartphone. Having said, we might probably see an improvement on this feature in S9.

IMPROVED BATTERY LIFE

The battery of the Samsung S9 is rumored to be larger than the battery of its predecessor Samsung S8. According to a news from ETNews, Samsung is now considering to use PCB technology. This technology allows any smartphone manufacturers to add necessary component layers without increasing the motherboard size of the smartphone. When this step by Samsung will be a success, Samsung Galaxy S9 will have a larger battery with of course a longer battery life than what the S8‘s 3500mAh has.

Samsung S9 will surely be a big hit in 2018. All of the amazing features that it may have will certainly be helpful and convenient to users.

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