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so after a couple days with this phone the biggest thing that I get out of the way is the fact that the s9 lineup as a whole is by no means a major overhaul compared to the s8 but more so a refinement I will say that as far as what comes inside the box it's a little bit of a golfclap to Samsung because there is a ton of stuff packed inside outside of the QuickStart guide which I'm not sure how many thoughts are still used you get a fast charge power brick a USB CD USB a cable a USB a two USBC adapter a pair of AKG headphones and a SIM card tool now the akechi headphones they sound good they're not amazing but the bigger statement here from Samsung is that they've held their ground and in a year where headphone jacks are few and far between that is here on the Galaxy S nine and I know that is a huge deal to a lot of people out there the biggest cosmetic difference you'll probably notice with the s9 and s 9 plus is the fingerprint reader which is now right smack under the camera no longer awkwardly to the right where you have to move your finger around and guess this here of course is midnight black or is it black camo from D brand and I'm not gonna tell you some silly reason that you need this because your phone is slippery you're gonna want it because it looks awesome link below now the one thing that I think is gonna get overlooked with the s9 and s9 plus has got to be the display still features that same super tall 18 and 1/2 on an infinity display but after using the pixel to excel in the iPhone 10 coming back to this you forget how freaking good it is in this case with the galaxy s 9 plus it is a 6.2 inch display with a 29 60 by 1440 resolution the galaxy s 9 is gonna be slightly smaller at five point eight inches but it's gonna retain the same resolution the s 9 plus in a way is almost gonna give you Note 8 like features without the s-pen if that makes sense you have dual cameras a main wide-angle lens it's gonna feature the dual aperture that is shared across the regular Galaxy S 9 and then the secondary lens it's gonna give you two times zoom honestly one of the biggest things you've probably heard surrounding the galaxy s 9 it's going to be that variable aperture camera that's where it'll adapt and lower lighting conditions and switch from have 2.4 down to F 1.5 a lot of people out there love but at the same time some people say it's a little bit of a gimmick which isn't entirely crazy yes it is super fun to look at especially when you're in promo when you can switch back and forth in fact here is a super close-up slow-mo shot at 200 FPS strangely satisfying right what does that actually translate to so to give an example of how much extra light is being light and what I did was lock everything off in Pro Mode this shot here is at F 1.5 and with the exact same settings - changed into F 2.4 you can see how much darker the image is conversely what I did was change shutter speed automatic that way it would compensate and keep the exposure around the same with the F 1.5 compared to 2.4 you can see there's a little bit more of that blurred out shallow depth-of-field it's not a ton but it is definitely there from there in a more extreme low-light situation to paint the picture here it's about 6:15 p.m. well after sunset you can see pretty much the only thing lighting my face is the phone itself to kind of replicate the same idea I locked everything off took one shot at F 2.4 where you can see that kind of matches how everything looked outside but then bumping that up to F 1.5 you can see there's a huge difference in light the one downside it will say though especially as we look closer at this picture is the entire image as a whole is a little bit soft compared to F 2.4 so it's kind of trade-off you get more light but at the same time the image isn't as sharp so this is a mind-blowing game-changing revolutionary feature I would say definitely know but at the same time it doesn't mean we should take away from the overall performance of the s-plane camera which is really good low-light performance is fantastic and of course when you're shooting during the day you're gonna get some amazing photos you have greater dynamic range it's super sharp the colors are beautiful and I will say as a whole the camera app is much more intuitive and easier to use with previous Galaxy camera UI is a little clunky a little hard to navigate but with this you simply swipe over from set into setting which is way easier to use so the camera is fantastic but that other feature you most likely heard about as well it's got to be that 960 fps slow-motion video that I sent that one guy out there a comment yes I realized this feature is not brand new or exclusive to the galaxy s 9 and it was on Sony phones last year but at the same time it doesn't make it any less awesome that it's here there are actually two ways to operate this you can manually trigger it which is gonna give you a very short burst of recording or you can set it to automatic where it's gonna look for that action and then record that and then automatically put that in slow motion I will say though with slow motion as a whole especially when you're dealing with the sensor size on a camera you need a ton of light to really make it look good in this case me and which were outside getting closer to sunset so we didn't have the most light in the world and you can see the results with the footage are a little bit grainy but still pretty damn cool nonetheless from now the other thing if the camera subsequently leads to is going to be a are emoji which I have a ton of mixed feelings on it essentially scans your face and turns you into this 3d trackable bitmoji looking creation this kind of looks like me which is a little bit creepy I'm not sure how many people will actually dig that I think more so what people will end up use and it's going to be the gif feature where it turns you into a moving gif which is actually kind of cool I will say though Samsung's choice of animals are a little bit weird we have this rabbit looking thing we have this blue creature which I'm kind of thinking is maybe a dog so they are emoji now from there these are nubs of difference with the s 9 + s 9 + are going to be stereo speakers and as far as what that translates to over the s 8 here is a comparison of the s 9 + with stereo speakers and the single speaker on the S 8 I will say it's not mind-blowing or again a reason why you need to go sell your Galaxy s8 to upgrade just for this feature alone but there's definitely different I'd say the biggest thing I notice is probably gonna be the fullness especially when you're consuming media you have sound firing both ways and that kind of translates into a fuller more immersive audio experience as opposed to a noticeable louder experience if that makes sense either way though if you've never used stereo speakers on a smartphone it is awesome so there's my impressions on the galaxy s 9 plus after a couple days hopefully enjoyed the video if you did and you are feeling like being awesome make sure you guys smash that like button definitely I spend some more time with us for the full more in-depth review so there's anything you want see covered or you have questions drop me a line down below this is Jonathan and I will catch you guys later you