What's good
- Blazing performance
- Sleek design
- IP68 waterproofing
- Great low-light camera performance
- All-day battery life
- Rapid charging
- microSD card support
- Front-facing stereo speakers
What's bad
- Bloatware
- Glass front and back means you’ll want a case
- Price
- Not a significant upgrade over the S8 unless you want a better camera
Verdict
Unless you already own the Samsung Galaxy S8, the S9 offers an experience you won’t find with many other phones on the market. Whether you’re looking to play games, take pictures, or simply have a phone that will last all day without worrying about charging, the Samsung has you covered… albeit for a premium price.
Samsung Galaxy S10+
- OS
- 6.4"Display size
- 12+ MP Camera
- 2.8 GHzProcessor
- 128/512/ 1000 GBStorage
- Yes4G
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
- OS
- 6.9"Display size
- 48+ MP Camera
- 2.84 GHzProcessor
- 128/256/ 512 GBStorage
- Yes4G
What's good
- Great multitasking and gaming
- Comfortable in the hand
- Beautiful 120hz HDR screen for movies and videos
- All-day battery life
- 5G support
What's bad
- Fingerprint scanner is slow
- Tons of pre-installed apps
- No headphone jack
- High price tag
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
- OS
- 6.8"Display size
- 108+ MP Camera
- 2.84 GHzProcessor
- 128/256/ 512 GBStorage
- Yes4G
What's good
- Lovely AMOLED screen
- Best battery life for its tier
- S-pen support
- Fast refresh rate
What's bad
- Very expensive
- No MicroSD expansion
- Ads in Samsung software
Verdict
Having to pay extra for more storage up front is a new change for Samsung. In terms of everything else, there’s not a lot to say about the phone in terms of failings. At the end of the day, the simple question is, can you afford it and do you need a phone this powerful?
What's good
- Water resistant up to 1 meter for 30 minutes
- Dust resistant
- Fast and smooth overall performance
- Underwater camera mode
- Excellent bright light legibility
What's bad
- Slippery grip
- Not especially durable against drops
- LCD display suffers from washed out colors
What's good
- IP68 rating for water and dust-proofing
- Can withstand extreme temperatures, pressure, dust, shock and vibration
- Very fast performance
- Excellent battery life
- Camera provides amazing image quality in almost every lighting situation
What's bad
- Expensive
- Gorilla Glass 5 prone to scratches
- Utilitarian design
- Noisy dark/night-time images
- Mediocre sunlight legibility
What's good
- IP68 certified water and dust proof
- Certified military-grade durability for weather, pressure, shock and altitude resistance
- Beautiful screen with bright colors and excellent viewing angles
- Excellent battery life
- Smooth performance
- Excellent quality camera pictures
What's bad
- Only 32GB of internal storage
- No microSD slot
- No fingerprint sensor on home button
- No connection to Gear VR
What's good
- Blazing performance
- Comfortable grip
- Premium design
- Excellent low-light camera performance
- MicroSD support
- QuadHD display
- All-day battery
- Rapid/Wireless charging
What's bad
- Cost
- TouchWiz interface clutter
- 7+ GB of software pre-installed
- Non-removable battery
Samsung Galaxy S20+
- OS
- 6.7"Display size
- 64+ MP Camera
- 2.84 GHzProcessor
- 128/256/ 512 GBStorage
- Yes4G
What's good
- Great multitasking and gaming
- Comfortable in the hand
- Beautiful 120hz HDR screen for movies and videos
- All-day battery life
- 5G support
What's bad
- Tons of pre-installed apps
- Fingerprint scanner is slow
- No headphone jack
- High price tag