Samsung Galaxy S9 & S9+ announcement liveblog
EVENT START TIME: 9AM PT | 11AM CT | 12 PM ET |
Live event tracker
| 12:03 | We guess we'll have to wait a bit more for pricing information, eh, Samsung? |
| 12:03 | That's a wrap guys, but be sure to check out PhoneArena.com for more content! Our hands-on experience is live now! |
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| 12:01 | Galaxy S9 is coming out March 16, pre-orders start today. |
| 12:01 | "As you can probably tell, we're very excited about the Galaxy S9." |
| 12:01 | DJ Koh is coming back to stage to close the session. |
| 12:00 | "We'll be sharing more exciting news about Bixby later this year." |
| 12:00 | Samsung has three big goal for Bixby: to be Ubiquitous, Personal, and Open |
| 11:57 | "From our software APIs, all the way to our chipsets, security is integrated in our devices." |
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| 11:56 | "With Bixby, we've created an intelligence platform that makes it easy to use your phone any way you want." |
| 11:56 | "Today Samsung Pay is available in 20 markets, and we're continuing to expand to make mobile payments more accessible." |
| 11:55 | Eui Suk Chung, executive VP, head of software and AI |
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| 11:52 | "This is a device that we think revolutionizes what a smartphone can do, and what a smartphone can be." |
| 11:50 | "With the S9, when you're streaming a video or playing a game, you get the best experience possible." |
| 11:50 | Galaxy S9 and S9+ come with stereo speakers for the first time in modern Samsung history: 1.4x louder than S8. |
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| 11:46 | One of Bixby's new features will let you try out certain make-up brands before purchasing them. Starting in a few markets like US and China. |
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| 11:44 | Next up, Samsung's demoing the new Bixby Vision features, starting with Live Translation. |
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| 11:43 | AR Emoji can also be used with different pre-set characters, including Mickey Mouse. |
| 11:43 | Justin Denison stealing John's thunder during the AR Emoji demo.  |
| 11:41 | The great thing about AR Emojis is that you can use them in third-party messengers like Facebook Messenger. |
| 11:41 | You can share personalized emojis with all your friends, no matter what phones they use |
| 11:40 | Samsung is demoing the new AR Emojis and 3D avatar features. |
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| 11:38 | You can use AR to create emoji that looks like you |
| 11:37 | Erin Willis is going to tell us more about how Samsung has reimagined the camera. |
| 11:37 | You can adjust the background blur on the S9+ after you take the photo, just like on the Note 8 |
| 11:36 | Dual camera with optical image stabilization on the S9+  |
| 11:36 | Super slow motion will be available on both the S9 and S9+. |
| 11:35 | Users can also set their super slow-mo videos as lockscreen wallpapers: each time you wake your phone, your slow-mo will play! |
| 11:34 | Super slow motion mode being demoed live on stage.  |
| 11:33 | Super slow mo lets you capture fun memories that you can share with your friends. |
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| 11:32 | Samsung has hired the Slow-Mo guys to market the S9's super-slow-mo mode.  |
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| 11:30 | There's a new super slow-motion mode for the camera that can record video at 960 FPS! 0.2s of footage becomes 6s! |
| 11:29 | Between super bright and dark conditions, the S9 is said to adjust super quickly so it can capture a good picture. |
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| 11:27 | With F1.5 aperture at night, this allows the S9 and S9+ to take superb photos in low-light conditions. |
| 11:27 | Samsung got inspired by the human eye, and how its pupil expands and contracts: aperture changes between F2.4 and F1.5. |
