You’ll find a dedicated Bixby button below the volume rocker, with the lock-switch on the other side. As someone who smashed a Galaxy S8 after knocking it off a bed onto a carpeted floor, this is a welcome upgrade. The aluminium rim has been strengthened and the Gorilla Glass 5 coating the screen has been thickened. The metal and glass body retains its curved display, IP68 water-resistance rating and microSD card slot. However, it still feels a tad on the small side, and there’s noticeable lag as it jumps you to the homescreen. In addition, the fingerprint scanner has been moved to a more suitable location beneath the camera, rather than being tucked tightly beside it. The S9 sees the bezel thickness above and below the display reduce further. It might look like the S8, but there’s no arguing that the S9 is one good-looking phone The Galaxy S9 retains this familiar overall look, which is hardly something to complain about when you consider that, a couple of years on, the S8 is still one of slickest phones around. Related: Samsung Galaxy Watch Active review It was a much-needed change in a market where phones had started to feel stale. A big bezel was out, to be replaced by a larger screen that pushed right to the edges. With the 2017 Galaxy S8, Samsung introduced a shift in phone design that followed through market-wide. Related: Samsung Galaxy S10 vs S9 Samsung Galaxy S9 – Design There’s also the rumoured upcoming Samsung Galaxy S20 and Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra – both of which look set to be announced on February 11. While the Samsung Galaxy S10 is clearly the better handset, with Samsung making big strides forward and adding new features, price has to be taken into account, with the S9 a far cheaper handset. When the Samsung Galaxy S9 was first released, I didn’t think that it made much progress over the Galaxy S8, but today we have to look at it in a different light.
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