WEBVTT - Hands on Samsung Galaxy S9 & Initial Thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy S nine smartphone. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>rich Demiro. This is rich On Tech Daily. Well, I've

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<v Speaker 1>had some time with Samsung's brand new Galaxy S nine

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<v Speaker 1>and S nine plus smartphones, and let me tell you,

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<v Speaker 1>these are going to be some of the best phones

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty eighteen. Samsung has done their homework, they've listened

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<v Speaker 1>to customer feedback, and they have fixed some of the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest issues I had with last year's models. So first

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<v Speaker 1>the basics. We've got two models here. You get big

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<v Speaker 1>screen and bigger screen five point eight or six point

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<v Speaker 1>two inch screens. The S nine Plus, which is the

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<v Speaker 1>bigger of the two devices. This has a dual camera,

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<v Speaker 1>the first time we've ever seen this from Samsung on

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<v Speaker 1>a non note device. So that's a big deal. That'll

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<v Speaker 1>help you get better zoomed in pictures and better pictures

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<v Speaker 1>with those cool looking blurry backgrounds. Some other new features.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a fingerprint reader in the right place. This was

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest issue I had with last year's crop of

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<v Speaker 1>Samsung devices. It was next to the camera. Now it

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<v Speaker 1>is underneath the camera, much more natural place, much easier

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<v Speaker 1>to unlock this device. And yes, there is still a

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<v Speaker 1>headphone jack, which is really nice when you just want

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<v Speaker 1>to plug in a pair of headphones. You also get

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<v Speaker 1>stereo speakers for the first time, and Samsung says they

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<v Speaker 1>have improved the camera for low light situations. So they're

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<v Speaker 1>doing something where they're fusing together the information from twelve

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<v Speaker 1>different photos or up to twelve photos. You don't see

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<v Speaker 1>any of this happen. It all happens in the background.

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<v Speaker 1>It's kind of similar to what Google's doing on the

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<v Speaker 1>pixel and basically they're using the information from those pictures

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<v Speaker 1>to make everything look a lot better, especially in low light.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're gonna do more testing on that, but that's

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<v Speaker 1>very promising. Plus, there's a new thing called mechanical aperture,

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<v Speaker 1>so the phone physically adjusts the aperture to let in

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<v Speaker 1>more light when it's dark out and kind of closes

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<v Speaker 1>it up when it's bright outside to get you really

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<v Speaker 1>nice looking pictures in bright light too. You also have

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<v Speaker 1>a new super slow motion video which is up to

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<v Speaker 1>nine hundred and sixty frames per second. You can't just

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<v Speaker 1>turn this on and record in that mode, but it

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<v Speaker 1>does do short little bursts of super slow motion and

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<v Speaker 1>it's kind of fun. You'll have fun with that ar

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<v Speaker 1>emoji is kind of like apples and emojis, but these

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<v Speaker 1>look like you. So you scan your face and it

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<v Speaker 1>creates a bunch of animated emojis. You can send to friends,

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<v Speaker 1>or you can record yourself, you know, talking as these

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<v Speaker 1>animated emojis. I really think this is gonna be one

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<v Speaker 1>of the best phones of twenty eighteen. At this point,

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<v Speaker 1>I cannot find a downside to it. I played with

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<v Speaker 1>it up in San Francisco at a meeting, and now

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<v Speaker 1>I have one here at the station, which I've been

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<v Speaker 1>playing with all morning. It's really really nice. The screen

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<v Speaker 1>is amazing, it fits in your hands very nicely. It's

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<v Speaker 1>got a great camera, so there's really not much not

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<v Speaker 1>to like here that makes sense. I'm still gonna need

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<v Speaker 1>some more time with the camera, but so far the

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<v Speaker 1>pictures that I've taken look really nice on it, especially

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<v Speaker 1>in low light. Definitely improved. I think this is gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be a solid device. Now. I know a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people have upgraded to their phones in the last year

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<v Speaker 1>or so, so it's gonna be a tough sell to

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<v Speaker 1>get a brand new device. But I think people will

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<v Speaker 1>be happy even if they do this just for the

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<v Speaker 1>fingerprint reader and a camera alone. So pricing pre orders

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<v Speaker 1>start on March second, in stores on March sixteenth. If

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<v Speaker 1>you order it direct from Samsung, they're guaranteeing it to

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<v Speaker 1>you two days early on March fourteenth, and they're really

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<v Speaker 1>offering the best deal. Seven hundred and twenty dollars for

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<v Speaker 1>the S nine, eight hundred and forty dollars for the

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<v Speaker 1>S nine plus. If you order direct from Samsung, you

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<v Speaker 1>get an unlocked phone, which is really cool because it

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<v Speaker 1>works on any carrier, and they're doing a trade in,

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<v Speaker 1>so you can get up to three hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>dollars off the price of the S nine or S

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<v Speaker 1>nine plus if you trade in last year's phone like

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<v Speaker 1>an S eight or an iPhone eight or an iPhone

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<v Speaker 1>ten if you're that crazy, two hundred and fifty dollars

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<v Speaker 1>with a phone from the year before, and one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty dollars credit. If you have a three year

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<v Speaker 1>old phone like the iPhone six, you can trade that in.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you want to see more hands on with

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<v Speaker 1>the Samsung Galaxy S nine and S nine plus, go

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<v Speaker 1>to my website. It's rich on tech dot tv. I've

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<v Speaker 1>also got a blog post with all the carrier deals

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<v Speaker 1>that the carriers are offering, because I know a lot

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<v Speaker 1>how do you buy your phone's finance through the carriers.

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<v Speaker 1>So right now T Mobile and Verizon are out of

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<v Speaker 1>the gate with the best deals there. Hopefully some of

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<v Speaker 1>the other carriers will follow suit. I'm Rich Demurrol. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>so much for listening. I appreciate you doing that, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Rich Tomurro. See you next time.