Bloomberg: Galaxy S9 and S9+ release date set for March, upgraded cameras in tow

by Daniel Petrov

Dec 18, 2017, 6:12 AM

Galaxy S9 and S9+ are expected to sport better cameras, and a new fingerprint reader positioning

With this latest Bloomberg report that the Galaxy S9 will be unveiled in February, we have three different sources claiming the same thing, so where there is smoke, there could be fire. The Galaxy S9 is expected to be unveiled around the time of the next Mobile World Congress expo in Barcelona, as usual.

Samsung broke the tradition this year, announcing the S8 much later than that, but if the S9 will be the MWC 2018 showstopper, it means that we might see it announced as soon as February 25th, as Samsung usually unveils its spring flagship on the Sunday before the MWC expo starts. This would certainly jibe with the rumors that next year the Galaxy S9 may arrive earlier than its predecessor did.

Bloomberg's insiders say that the S9 and S9+ will be unveiled in February, and released a few weeks later, in March, boasting a better camera than what's currently on the Galaxy S8. We've also seen that the fingerprint scanner has been moved around a bit to accommodate your index finger, rather than the other way around like with the S8 and S8+.

source: Bloomberg

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10 Comments

1. jellmoo

Posts: 2679; Member since: Oct 31, 2011

I would have preferred a gap between the FPS and the camera, but this is still infinitely better that the terrible placement they had last gen.

posted on Dec 18, 2017, 6:32 AM 6

3. pixel_ftw

Posts: 85; Member since: Jun 19, 2017

It's a slight improvement not infinitely better. LOL. It's still pretty much the worst place for the FFS.

posted on Dec 18, 2017, 6:51 AM 4

9. jellmoo

Dude, the S8 had the worse FPS placement of any device I can think. Centering it and pushing it down is infinitely better. Not perfect, but wayyyy better.