Galaxy S9/S9+ Announcement and Owners' Thread

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#1978512 16-Mar-2018 11:06

Hmmmm still no word from jbhifi on online preorders. Online listing now shows orders shippings in 5 to 15 days. OTE to self, buy in store next time :/

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#1978540 16-Mar-2018 11:29

Received my JB hifi s9 this morning - preordered on the 9th of March.

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#1978541 16-Mar-2018 11:29

geoffwnz:

bradstewart:

I've found battery life on the S9+ to be excellent. By the time I went to bed last night I was still over 50% battery with almost 4 hours screen on time. My S8 would be down around 20%

The real question will be how long does it last doing important (definition of "important" may vary) things like PokemonGo. :-)

Mine is apparently with the courier for delivery. So I guess that'll mean picking it up from the post shop tonight.

Facebook, Whatsapp, YouTube, Spotify in car, Plex, Netflix and web browsing.

I'm not much of a mobile gamer.

From what I can tell so far, the biggest improvement comes from almost no standby drain - around 1% per 2 hours.

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#1978546 16-Mar-2018 11:37

I don't game but I use my phone for everything from Facebook to work. Like all samsungs it will get better in a few days after it works out how I use the phone.

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#1979066 17-Mar-2018 17:02

First update is out.

Changes to face unlock and camera and security patch to march 2018

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#1979189 17-Mar-2018 20:50

Loving it so far!

Couple of slow downs and freezes with certains apps (GBoard and FB Messenger), hopefully more cause of the app rather than the phone not being able to handle it.

Real annoying bug with Kbiox Workspace (i.e work profile which allows separate sandbox for only work data) where I can't use any custom keyboards even in the normal profile. Hopefully they fix that at some stage

https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help/profile-custom-keyboard-problem-t3762462

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#1979398 18-Mar-2018 17:38

tripp:

First update is out.

Changes to face unlock and camera and security patch to march 2018

It'll be interesting to see how the move over to Android 8.0 which has treble will do for updates.

"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick'"

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#1986742 1-Apr-2018 12:19

Any owners able to please give real world updates on battery life? Thanks

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#1986783 1-Apr-2018 14:12

HeyYukka: Any owners able to please give real world updates on battery life? Thanks

It's okay. About what you would expect from a phone these days. I can get it down to ~85% by the time I get to work but my commute is around 70mins. Main usage is 4G browsing, messaging and playing music over bluetooth during that time.

I sometimes have to top it up at work if I'm going out that night because it probably won't last. I wish it lasted longer but probably have to rely on your fast charger. I think I get around 4 - 4.5 hours screen-on time

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#1986784 1-Apr-2018 14:18

HeyYukka: Any owners able to please give real world updates on battery life? Thanks

S9+ I can push around 35-40 hours from a single charge with about 6-7 hours screen on time.

Usually I'll get though a day with 50-60% battery left by the time I go to bed.

However I don't use the Facebook (Samsung Internet with notifications instead) or Snapchat apps which are really bad for draining battery.

Overall the battery life is far superior to that of my old S8.

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#1986841 1-Apr-2018 16:15

Upgraded from an S6 so comparing to a almost 3 year old phone but S9 battery seems waaaay better. Doesn't hurt that the bundle I bought it with included a 10000mAh power bank which I take with me instead of charging at work or in car lol.

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#1992468 10-Apr-2018 07:31

Just got a new update on the s9+ (2 degrees).

Installing it now

Edit: Fix for calls and better looking wallpapers. Patch level is still march 2018 however

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#1992908 10-Apr-2018 18:32

I read today that the S9 Exynos has woeful battery life (compared to the 845).

I'm interested to explore further as I may upgrade my S7 to the S9, but battery is important to me.

How are S9 owners finding battery life to date? Please, only S9 owners, the S9+ is less affected.

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#1992913 10-Apr-2018 18:38

dafman:

I read today that the S9 Exynos has woeful battery life (compared to the 845).

I'm interested to explore further as I may upgrade my S7 to the S9, but battery is important to me.

How are S9 owners finding battery life to date? Please, only S9 owners, the S9+ is less affected.

The problem I see with the tests is that they were done comparing the Exynos S9 with the Snapdragon S9+. Benchmarks really do not mean much compared to real life usage.

I keep seeing all these reports of the battery life being terrible, but when you read comments from people that actually have an Exynos S9, they're not bad. Most of the noise I've seen so far has been on Reddit and XDA from SD variant owners trying to grasp any chance to finally have the better variant for once.

Also from the accounts from the couple of people I know that actually own S9's, the battery life is decent, and better than the S8.

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#1992916 10-Apr-2018 18:46

Have a co-worker at work with the s9, first couple of days the drain was bad but seems to be a lot better now (which is standard when you get a new phone as you play with it more) but it also takes a couple of days for the software to learn the usage patterns of the user.

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