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In what is likely the worst kept secret in the smartphone industry, the Associated Press is reporting (autostart video ad warning or get it at Archive.is ) that Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S9. It seems as though the "selling point" of this new S9 is the camera and there is not much more reason to purchase it. Have we hit terminal velocity in the smartphone market? I know that I purchased the Pixel 2 XL phone for the camera, and it has gone above and beyond my expectations in terms of photo quality. I use the Pixel 2 to take almost all the pictures seen in our cooler and CPU reviews, and I doubt I will be upgrading my phone any time soon as photo quality is about as good as it needs to get for my usages. Here is a picture I snapped of us our having dinner Saturday night in what was not even close to good lighting conditions. At some point, really really good is good enough for most of us.
The new phone’s biggest selling point is a collection of minor improvements to its camera, which is already among the best in the smartphone business . The S9 promises even better low-light shots, while offering a video mode that appears to freeze fast-moving objects, matching a feature in some Sony phones. The S9 can automatically detect when there’s high-speed motion to record, such as a cork popping off a bottle of champagne. A fifth of a second of video gets stretched out into six seconds.
The new phone’s biggest selling point is a collection of minor improvements to its camera, which is already among the best in the smartphone business . The S9 promises even better low-light shots, while offering a video mode that appears to freeze fast-moving objects, matching a feature in some Sony phones. The S9 can automatically detect when there’s high-speed motion to record, such as a cork popping off a bottle of champagne. A fifth of a second of video gets stretched out into six seconds.