Speaker 1: The Samsung Galaxy S nine. Reviews are in Amrich, jamiro
Speaker 1: and this is Rich on Tech Daily. Well, the embargo
Speaker 1: is lifted and tech journalists around the world are publishing
Speaker 1: their reviews of the Samsung Galaxy S nine. Now. I've
Speaker 1: had my review unit for about a week or so,
Speaker 1: and I'll tell you it's a solid Android device, if
Speaker 1: not the best Android device we've ever seen.
Speaker 2: With the exception of the Google Pixel two, I still.
Speaker 1: Think overall that's going to be a better device, but
Speaker 1: not the right device for most people. This is the
Speaker 1: device that I think most people are going to purchase
Speaker 1: and be very happy with. I still think the Google
Speaker 1: Pixel two, though, takes better pictures, although the camera does
Speaker 1: launch faster on the S nine. Otherwise, you get a
Speaker 1: lot more with Samsung, which is why I recommend it
Speaker 1: to more people. You get a much easier to hold
Speaker 1: form factor, a better looking screen, wireless charging, a memory
Speaker 1: card slot. There's just a lot more you can do
Speaker 1: with this phone out of the box. You just might
Speaker 1: not have the latest software updates like you get on
Speaker 1: the Pixel. So now you've heard what I have to say.
Speaker 1: What are other reviewers saying? Well, the verge is saying
Speaker 1: that in their experience, the S nine takes great pictures
Speaker 1: in low light, but they aren't necessarily better than what
Speaker 1: the Google Pixel two or even the iPhone ten can
Speaker 1: capture most of the time.
Speaker 2: They also say that.
Speaker 1: The images have a specific Samsung look to them, which
Speaker 1: I agree. It's kind of warmer, very saturated, and imperfections
Speaker 1: like kind of details are smoothed out, which I've noticed
Speaker 1: a lot on the Samsung n Gadget says the S
Speaker 1: nine is not a major improvement over last generation, while
Speaker 1: Gizmoto says the S nine has way better performance, battery life,
Speaker 1: and low light photos, but the AR emojis are not
Speaker 1: what they're cracked up to be. I don't think anyone's
Speaker 1: buying this phone for those AR emojis, but they are
Speaker 1: kind of fun to play with. USA Today says pay
Speaker 1: attention to the price because it's not the same everywhere.
Speaker 1: There's a big disparity between the price on these phones
Speaker 1: and basically what I've seen. It seems like the best
Speaker 1: deal is direct from Samsung itself if you have a
Speaker 1: trade in. But they can say the S nine ranges
Speaker 1: between seven hundred and twenty dollars and eight hundred dollars,
Speaker 1: and the S nine plus ranges between eight hundred and
Speaker 1: forty dollars and nine hundred and thirty dollars. So with
Speaker 1: this device, if you are purchasing it, it probably does
Speaker 1: you good to compare your carrier to Best Buy, to
Speaker 1: some other stores, and also to Samsung Direct before you purchase,
Speaker 1: because it's not like the iPhone where it's pretty much
Speaker 1: the same price everywhere. Android Police calls the S nine boring,
Speaker 1: but they say that's okay. They also note that the
Speaker 1: S nine seems fragile, which I would agree with. It's
Speaker 1: also really thin on the side, so it is kind
Speaker 1: of tough to hold, and they say that the front
Speaker 1: facing camera is pretty meh, which I agree with.
Speaker 2: I think the front facing camera Samsung.
Speaker 1: Made a big deal out of how they improved it
Speaker 1: with the S eight, seems like we have pretty much
Speaker 1: the same camera here on the S nine with the
Speaker 1: front facing and I don't really like it. I don't
Speaker 1: think it looks very clear, I don't think it focuses
Speaker 1: very well, and you definitely don't get a lot of
Speaker 1: detail in your face. I think what some people may like,
Speaker 1: what I love about it is the wide angle you
Speaker 1: get When you take a selfie on the iPhone, it's
Speaker 1: a very close up selfie, whereas with the Samsung and
Speaker 1: other Androids of the world, you can fit many more
Speaker 1: people into your selfie without holding your hand out. So far,
Speaker 1: that's why we see a lot more people with iPhones
Speaker 1: using selfie sticks because they want to get that wider angle.
Speaker 1: Wall Street Journal says, once again, Samsung sets the bar
Speaker 1: for a smartphone design, but once again it's software can't
Speaker 1: keep up. So in my experience, the software on the
Speaker 1: S nine and the essay, it's gotten a lot better.
Speaker 1: I mean, I still see some lags here and there,
Speaker 1: but I think that overall, I don't think the average
Speaker 1: person's really going to say, oh my gosh, this software
Speaker 1: is holding me back. I think a lot of the
Speaker 1: reviewers when they look at these things, they're comparing them
Speaker 1: against the Pixel, which has Google's pure software. And again,
Speaker 1: it's great to have Google's pure software.
Speaker 2: But it's kind of limited in what it does.
Speaker 1: You need to add almost every feature in manually, which
Speaker 1: the average person buying a phone doesn't really want to do.
Speaker 1: So I kind of disagree with that the software can't
Speaker 1: keep up. I think that the software is going to
Speaker 1: be just fine for most people on the S nine.
Speaker 1: One thing everyone agrees on the fingerprint reader on the
Speaker 1: S nine is in the right place.
Speaker 2: It's easy to get to, it's easy to reach with
Speaker 2: your finger.
Speaker 1: It's now underneath the camera lens instead of next to it,
Speaker 1: and that.
Speaker 2: Is a huge, huge, huge, huge.
Speaker 1: Improvement on the S nine. And everyone agrees that the
Speaker 1: camera is improved. But is it the best, best best
Speaker 1: out there?
Speaker 2: No. If I had to say, I'd probably say the.
Speaker 1: Best three cameras out there are the Pixel, the iPhone ten,
Speaker 1: and the S nine.
Speaker 2: But they all have their strengths and weaknesses. So there
Speaker 2: you have it.
Speaker 1: If you want to see some pictures that I took
Speaker 1: with the S nine compared against the Pixel and also
Speaker 1: the iPhone, go to my website.
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