SAMSUNG S9 PLUS

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Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus review: Camera, key features and design

Of course there’s a lot more to the Samsung Galaxy S9+ than just that. As with the regular S9, the S9 Plus looks as pretty as a picture and comes in the same range of colours as the Galaxy S9. So we have Midnight Black, Coral Blue and that oh-so-lovely Lilac Purple, which catches the light in all the right ways. No sign of pink this year and that has to be a good thing.

It has a 6.2in display with an aspect ratio of 18.5:9 and a qHD+ resolution of 1,440 x 2,560 pixels just like last year’s S8+ so it’s a bit bulkier in the hand than the regular Galaxy S9; not much, but enough to be noticeable.

Samsung has also moved the fingerprint reader on the S9+ to just below the second camera in the middle, which is much more sensible, although it’s still too small and not inset far enough for my liking. This is something Samsung still needs to do some work on.

Samsung has also improved the fingerprint enrolment process so it takes only two to three swipes of the finger instead of the 16 dabs it required previously. That’s not a huge benefit because although it is a little quicker, you have to swipe rather than simply tap your finger on the reader, so it’s more awkward.