1 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy S nine smartphone. I'm 2 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: rich Demiro. This is rich On Tech Daily. Well, I've 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: had some time with Samsung's brand new Galaxy S nine 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: and S nine plus smartphones, and let me tell you, 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: these are going to be some of the best phones 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: of twenty eighteen. Samsung has done their homework, they've listened 7 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: to customer feedback, and they have fixed some of the 8 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: biggest issues I had with last year's models. So first 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: the basics. We've got two models here. You get big 10 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: screen and bigger screen five point eight or six point 11 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: two inch screens. The S nine Plus, which is the 12 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: bigger of the two devices. This has a dual camera, 13 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: the first time we've ever seen this from Samsung on 14 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: a non note device. So that's a big deal. That'll 15 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: help you get better zoomed in pictures and better pictures 16 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: with those cool looking blurry backgrounds. Some other new features. 17 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: There's a fingerprint reader in the right place. This was 18 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: the biggest issue I had with last year's crop of 19 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: Samsung devices. It was next to the camera. Now it 20 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: is underneath the camera, much more natural place, much easier 21 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: to unlock this device. And yes, there is still a 22 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 1: headphone jack, which is really nice when you just want 23 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: to plug in a pair of headphones. You also get 24 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: stereo speakers for the first time, and Samsung says they 25 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: have improved the camera for low light situations. So they're 26 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: doing something where they're fusing together the information from twelve 27 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: different photos or up to twelve photos. You don't see 28 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: any of this happen. It all happens in the background. 29 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: It's kind of similar to what Google's doing on the 30 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: pixel and basically they're using the information from those pictures 31 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: to make everything look a lot better, especially in low light. 32 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: So we're gonna do more testing on that, but that's 33 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,559 Speaker 1: very promising. Plus, there's a new thing called mechanical aperture, 34 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: so the phone physically adjusts the aperture to let in 35 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: more light when it's dark out and kind of closes 36 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: it up when it's bright outside to get you really 37 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: nice looking pictures in bright light too. You also have 38 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: a new super slow motion video which is up to 39 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: nine hundred and sixty frames per second. You can't just 40 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: turn this on and record in that mode, but it 41 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: does do short little bursts of super slow motion and 42 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: it's kind of fun. You'll have fun with that ar 43 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: emoji is kind of like apples and emojis, but these 44 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: look like you. So you scan your face and it 45 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: creates a bunch of animated emojis. You can send to friends, 46 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: or you can record yourself, you know, talking as these 47 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: animated emojis. I really think this is gonna be one 48 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 1: of the best phones of twenty eighteen. At this point, 49 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: I cannot find a downside to it. I played with 50 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: it up in San Francisco at a meeting, and now 51 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: I have one here at the station, which I've been 52 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 1: playing with all morning. It's really really nice. The screen 53 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: is amazing, it fits in your hands very nicely. It's 54 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: got a great camera, so there's really not much not 55 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 1: to like here that makes sense. I'm still gonna need 56 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: some more time with the camera, but so far the 57 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: pictures that I've taken look really nice on it, especially 58 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: in low light. Definitely improved. I think this is gonna 59 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: be a solid device. Now. I know a lot of 60 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: people have upgraded to their phones in the last year 61 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: or so, so it's gonna be a tough sell to 62 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: get a brand new device. But I think people will 63 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: be happy even if they do this just for the 64 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: fingerprint reader and a camera alone. So pricing pre orders 65 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: start on March second, in stores on March sixteenth. If 66 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: you order it direct from Samsung, they're guaranteeing it to 67 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: you two days early on March fourteenth, and they're really 68 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: offering the best deal. Seven hundred and twenty dollars for 69 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: the S nine, eight hundred and forty dollars for the 70 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: S nine plus. If you order direct from Samsung, you 71 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: get an unlocked phone, which is really cool because it 72 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: works on any carrier, and they're doing a trade in, 73 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: so you can get up to three hundred and fifty 74 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: dollars off the price of the S nine or S 75 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: nine plus if you trade in last year's phone like 76 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: an S eight or an iPhone eight or an iPhone 77 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: ten if you're that crazy, two hundred and fifty dollars 78 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: with a phone from the year before, and one hundred 79 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: and fifty dollars credit. If you have a three year 80 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: old phone like the iPhone six, you can trade that in. 81 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: So if you want to see more hands on with 82 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: the Samsung Galaxy S nine and S nine plus, go 83 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: to my website. It's rich on tech dot tv. I've 84 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: also got a blog post with all the carrier deals 85 00:03:58,360 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: that the carriers are offering, because I know a lot 86 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: how do you buy your phone's finance through the carriers. 87 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: So right now T Mobile and Verizon are out of 88 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: the gate with the best deals there. Hopefully some of 89 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: the other carriers will follow suit. I'm Rich Demurrol. Thanks 90 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: so much for listening. I appreciate you doing that, and 91 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: I really appreciate it if you review this podcast in 92 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: the iTunes store, because that's where people find it. That's 93 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 1: how people discover it, because we'll make it up on 94 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: those top podcast lists for tech News. Thanks so much. 95 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 1: I'm Rich Tomurro. See you next time.