The Samsung Galaxy S9 is powered by a Exynos 9810 Octa CPU processor with 64 GB, 4 GB RAM. The device also has a 5.8-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen (1440 x 2960 pixels, 570 ppi) display. It supports Wifi, NFC, GPS, 3G and 4G LTE. It packs in a Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery (11.55 Wh) at 8.5mm device thickness and weight 163g, running on Android 8.0 (Oreo).
Samsung Galaxy S9 Specification |
Release |
Release Status | Available. Released 2018, March |
Performance |
Processor | Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) |
Chipset | Exynos 9810 Octa |
GPU | Mali-G72 MP18 |
RAM & Storage | 64 GB, 4 GB RAM |
External Storage | microSD, up to 400 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only |
OS | Android 8.0 (Oreo) |
Battery | Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery (11.55 Wh) |
Screen |
Display size | 5.8 inches, 84.8 cm2 (~83.6% screen-to-body ratio) 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~570 ppi density) |
Display type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
Multitouch | Yes |
Features | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 - HDR10 compliant
- 3D Touch (home button only)
- Always-on display |
Body |
Dimension | 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm |
Weight | 163 g (5.75 oz) |
Body Type | Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) |
Colors | Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple |
Connectivity |
SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
Data Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps |
Wifi | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX |
NFC | Yes |
USB | 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
Sensors |
Sensors | Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO |
Radio | FM radio (USA & Canada only) - To be confirmed |
Features | - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- ANT+ support
- Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- MP4/DivX/XviD/H.265 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document editor |
Camera & Video |
Rear Camera | 12 MP (f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF), phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash |
Front Camera | 8 MP (f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6", 1.22 µm), autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR |
Video | 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec. |
Features | Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama |
Audio |
Sound Type | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
Loud Speaker | Voice 68dB / Noise 74dB / Ring 81dB |
Sound Jack | Yes - 32-bit/384kHz audio
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
Radio | FM radio (USA & Canada only) - To be confirmed |