1. Available for pre-order at Rs 2,000 The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ are already listed on the Samsung India e-store for pre-booking. By making an earlier payment of Rs 2,000, users can ensure they get the device as soon as it becomes available. This amount will be deducted from the final price, which users will get to know after they make this payment. Also, this amount will be refunded if users do not go ahead with the final payment.
2. India launch on March 6; sales to start on March 16 South Korean tech giant Samsung has confirmed that its latest flagship smartphones will be available in India in the first wave of its launch in 'select markets.' The company is holding a sale on March 6. However, as per our sources, the duo will be hitting the shelves starting March 16.
3. Airtel customers can pre-book Galaxy S9 and S9+ for free Besides the official Samsung Store, interested users can also turn to telecom operator Airtel has also an offer for its existing and new postpaid customers. These customers will have to subscribe to the Rs 2,499 plan for two years. This plan offers 30GB 3G/4G data per month among other benefits.
4. Price: Likely to be priced starting at Rs 60,000 Given that the predecessor of the Galaxy S9, the Samsung Galaxy S8 came at a starting price of Rs 57,900, it is expected that the starting price of the current generation of the Galaxy S series smartphones will be Rs 60,000.
5. World's first smartphone to run on Snapdragon 845 processor Conforming to the flagship status, both the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ are powered by Snapdragon 845 chipset, Qualcomm's latest and most-powerful processor as of now.
6. Almost same design as Galaxy S8 smartphones With curved glass panel and metallic unibody design, the Galaxy S8 duo and the Galaxy S9 duo do not look striking different. However, as part of the minor tweaks, both the S9 smartphone feature the rear-mounter fingerprint scanner, whereas the S8 handsets have it on the front. Because of this, the S9 and the S9+ have slightly slimmer bezels on both top and bottom. In terms of dimensions and weight, the S9 is also a little bigger and heavier as compared to its predecessor.
7. Display: 5.8-inch and 6.2-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED When it comes to display, there is no change in the size or resolution of the both the Galaxy S9 and S9+ over its predecessors. The Samsung Galaxy S9 sports a 5.8-inch curved QHD+ Super AMOLED display with an aspect ratio of 18.5:9, just as the Galaxy S8. As for the bigger variant, the Galaxy S9+ has a 6.2-inch Quad HD + Curved Super AMOLED screen on-board.
8. Comes in two variants 4GB and 6GB As expected, the Galaxy S9 has a 4GB RAM under the hood, whereas the Galaxy S9+ has 6GB RAM.
9. 64GB and 128GB inbuilt storage As for the internal storage, both the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ have 64GB and 256GB on-board storage.
10. Rear camera: 12MP cameras with dual-aperture and 'super slow-mo' video recording features The Samsung Galaxy S9+ features a dual 12MP camera, whereas the Galaxy S9 has a single 12MP camera. The common 12MP module is a Super Speed Dual Pixel camera with autofocus sensor and OIS. Both the smartphones' camera have a new dual aperture lens that are said to shift from F1.5 to F2.4 based on the lighting conditions. The additional 12MP camera on the Galaxy S9+ is a telephoto module with f/2.4 aperture. At the front, both the handsets feature an 8MP sensor with f/1.7 aperture.
11. Apple Animoji-like features comes to Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+ Just like Apple, Samsung has also introduced an Animoji like feature with its latest flagship smartphones. The smartphone use the selfies to create an AR-based emoji that are said to mimic the users' movements and expressions.
12. Stereo speakers finally come to Samsung phones Both the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ feature stereo speakers. These speakers are tuned by AKG with Dolby Atmos sound, claimed to be 1.4x more powerful than previous Galaxy phones.
13. Sports both Face Unlock and fingerprint sensor Extending the intelligent scan feature, that we also saw in the previous generation S series smartphones, the new Galaxy S9 and S9+ now have face recognition and iris scan. Besides this, the handset also features a fingerprint scanner as well.
14. Pre-bookings to start on Flipkart soon Domestic e-commerce giant Flipkart is also going to sell the latest flagship duo. The website is running a dedicated page for the product, highlighting the key specs of the smartphones.
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