Hello Beautiful People,
Are you in the market to upgrade your current phone?
Maybe your current smart phone is a couple of years old and is beginning to show signs of slowing down. Maybe you have a child leaving for college in a few weeks and it is time for their first ‘big kid’ phone. Maybe you have decided to forgo your home’s landline and need a phone that can do it all.
With a crowded market fighting for your next purchase, it is hard to know which smart phone is the right one for you. You may want to consider the newest from Samsung, who continues to be an industry leader and pushes its technology to the edge with the Galaxy S9.
Samsung Galaxy S9
For myself, I have been using a Samsung Galaxy S6 smart phone for just over three years. I didn’t expect there would be much difference the S6 and the S9. However, Samsung implemented multiple upgrades, including the screen, the camera and the battery. Samsung has taken the smart phone experience to the edge with the S9.
To the Edge
The first and most obvious change that I noticed was the larger screen of the S9. The overall size of the S9 is about the same as the S6. However, the S9 has a greater viewable and useable portion of the screen, literally taking it to the edge of the phone itself. Instead of having space wasted on the phone dedicated to a button that you do not always use, Samsung has decided that it is better to swipe up from the bottom, or down from the top. This allows for quicker access to the apps and getting to information stored on your phone. With just a touch of the phone’s edge, a pre-selected group of apps is at your fingertips. Another swipe of the edge will pull up people from your contact list. This edge feature is handy and provides more flexible and ease-of-use. One word of caution, if you have not used this feature before, it will take a little bit of practice to get familiar with it. In the beginning, I often had to repeat the process to get it right. But after a few days, it was a familiar process and it worked very well for me.
Photo and Video Quality
My wife and I recently traveled to Michigan and Canada to celebrate her birthday. Since we were staying on the shores of the Great Lakes, we wanted to capture those memories and produce a few videos for our YouTube channels. The Samsung S9 proved to be highly capable of capturing those moments when our DSLR camera failed. When in the video mode, our DSLR camera could not adjust the focus well enough to get a quality image. Instead of the sharp quality that I was used to, be were left with a video that was too bright to be of any good use. However, we we used the Galaxy S9, the camera was able to make the adjustments and provide us with good quality. You can view the video here:
Battery Life
For me, one of the most important feature of any smart phone is the battery. The whole point of a having a wireless phone is to be wireless and not be locked into a charing cord or station. The battery in my Galaxy S6 quickly drains and will not last the entire day without being recharged. Samsung has made some improvements to the S9 battery. While it is a noticeable upgrade, it still not in the same league as other smart phones that I have used. But Samsung is definitely moving in the right direction.
FTC Disclaimer:
Bubbling With Elegance And Grace had an opportunity to try the Samsung Galaxy S9 for 30 days, courtesy of Verizon Wireless. The purpose of this demo was to share our experiences and write this review. At the end of the 30 days, the phone was returned back to Verizon.
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