Samsung Galaxy S9 (march 16

The Samsung Galaxy S9 arrives March 16 for $720, with AR emojis, real-time translation and a better camera Samsung didn’t leave too much up to the imagination at Mobile World Congress this year. The hardware giant took a little wind out of its own sails back at CES when it announced it would be launching its latest flagship sometime this month.And then, of course, the invites went out, bearing a giant number “9” that was either some off-handed homage to The White Album’s most inscrutable track or a less than subtle indicator that the Galaxy S9 (and, for that, matter, S9+) was on its way.The handset was shown off in all its virtually bezel-free glory at tonight’s big press conference in Barcelona. It’s a rare turn for a company that’s grown accustomed to launching handsets on its own terms, but the stars aligned with Qualcomm’s latest super-powered chip, the Snapdragon 845, and Samsung clearly didn’t want to be left behind.here’s a dual aperture mounted in the rear camera of the S9 and rear wide-lens camera on the S9+ that switches between F1.5 – F2.4 when you need to let more lightening in for dark settings, like bars and restaurants, offering a 28 percent increase in light.Also new — but more on the novelty side for a majority of user — is Super Slow-Mo. The trick was the highlight of last year’s Sony Xperia XV, but now it’s on a phone that, you know, people will actually buy. Like Sony’s version, the S9 slows things down from the standard 240 FPS to 960 (4x slower), and it makes a world of difference.This is greatly improved by the presence of Motion Detection, which, as advertised, waits until it detects movement in the frame in order to start shooting — after all, a few extra seconds are a lifetime in Super Slow-Mo Land. Once recorded, users can use one of Samsung’s 35 song clips as background, or let the software use its AI to attempt to figure out what fits best.