After so many rumors, what the Samsung Galaxy S9 will look like has finally been revealed. Previously, the official announcement that the camera is a major focus for the Galaxy S9, the result is also as mentioned in the rumors, the new flagship has two Galaxy S9 and S9+, the S9 has a single main camera, and the S9+ has a dual lens, and both are new "One-mirror dual aperture", "960fps super slow-motion video recording", "Upgraded multi-image fusion", "AR texture"... and other new shooting functions.

The non-camera part includes dual speakers tuned in cooperation with AKG, and built-in Dolby sound effects, you can hear the stereo surround sound from external speakers and headphones. In addition, on the S9 and S9+, the iris or face unlock will be automatically selected depending on the ambient light.

The Galaxy S9 and S9+ will be available for sale in certain markets and countries, and pre-orders are already expected to start. This time the two are available in four colors: black, silver-gray, purple and blue. It is not clear which colors will be available for pre-order. capacity.

Look in line..

The appearance is very similar to the S8 and S8+. It is an 18.5:9 borderless screen design. The rounded corners of the screen and the curvature of the curved sides are also larger than Note 8.

However, this time the upper and lower borders of the two are narrower, and the cameras and fingerprint recognition are arranged vertically. (This is also the best way to tell the difference)

Both have four colors, the colors are very beautiful, and the glass luster is added, and the cameras and fingerprint recognition are neatly arranged and concentrated. There is no hole here and a hole in the other. Personally, I think the whole is quite beautiful. Introducing blue and purple~

The screen ratio of the S9 does not seem to have improved, but the length of the body is shorter, and the overall length and width are reduced a little. The same is true for the S9+ (but the screen ratio has increased).

The size of the S9 is quite suitable, and the size of the S9+ is also very good in a large-screen mobile phone. Last year, I didn’t buy the S8+ because I liked the moderate size of the S8 very much. The camera is different.... I want a small camera but also want a dual lens, but how can it be good...

Added 1: f1.5+f2.4 dual aperture

The S9 is a single lens, and the S9+ is a dual lens.

The single lens of the S9 has dual apertures, while the S9+ has the wide-angle (above) lens. In fact, the wide-angle lens is also used for taking pictures and recording super slow motion. When shooting 2x zoom and real-time depth-of-field preview, it is switched to the long-angle lens. Focus lens (the one below).

The S9 and S9+ are designed with two apertures, f1.5 and f2.4. These two apertures are not multi-segment apertures that change between f1.5 and f2.4.

In automatic mode, it will detect the ambient brightness and automatically choose one to shoot. In low light, it will automatically switch to f1.5 shooting, increase the amount of light, and maintain f2.4 shooting when the light is sufficient.

In automatic mode, it is automatically switched, and it is not visible on the interface how much aperture is being used.

Samsung did not disclose how low the brightness will be switched to f1.5, but the scene showed the photos under the ambient illumination of 1 to 200 lux. Even if there is only 1 lux around, the brightness of the photos is still quite clear. Zooming in on the scene, the picture is still very clean. According to Samsung's data, the aperture is increased to f1.5, which can be 28% brighter than the S8 (f1.7). F1.5 is really a large aperture in current mobile phones.

Added 2: 12 multi-image fusion

In the S8, Samsung proposed the "multi-image fusion" technology. When shooting low-light, zoom or dynamic photos, it will take 3 consecutive shots to synthesize a finished product, which can help the photos to reduce noise and improve sharpness...etc.

This time, on the S9 and S9+, the continuous shooting photos are increased to 12. The more the photos are, the more samples can be sampled, and the quality of the synthesized finished product can be better, including clarity, contrast, color, noise reduction ...Wait, Samsung mentioned that the new image fusion technology can make S9 photos 30% less noisy than the previous generation (S8). The aperture is also increased, and the overall image quality is improved by 60%.

And I don’t feel that there is a waiting time in the experience. The above-mentioned 1lux low-light photos are still clear and clean, which is also related to this technology, and it is also thanks to the processor and the use of stacked photosensitive elements with DRAM.

(A little bit want to try to take pictures after installing the Goolge Camera App...)

Added 3: 960fps super slow motion: Trap shutter automatically captures slow motion

The keyword mentioned at the end of the previous paragraph is: Stacked photosensitive element with DRAM, which also appeared on this year's S9 and S9+, but Samsung did not disclose which photosensitive element came from.

Last year, the Xperia XZ1 and XZ Premium were the first to use such a sensor, bringing a super slow-motion function of 960fps, which can take 192 frames in 0.2 seconds, and then at a speed of 30 frames per second, showing a slow motion of about 6 seconds long. Action clips.

The same is true for the finished super slow-motion filmed on the Galaxy S9 and S9+, capturing a 0.2-second moment and playing it in 6-second slow-motion (720p), but the difference is that there are three more things on the S9 and S9+: trap shutter, automatic soundtrack , transfer the gif file.

~Trap Shutter

This is the picture when shooting super slow motion. There is a box on the picture, which is the trap shutter area. You can drag and adjust the position and size of this detection area, aiming at the position where the action will occur.

When the camera detects motion in this area, it will start to shoot slow motion. The advantage of this is that software detection is faster than human reaction, so there is a better chance of capturing the moment when the action begins.

The whole process is like this, switch to super slow motion photography, adjust the detection area, press the record button, if there is no movement in the area, it will record at normal speed (30fps), but the things in the area move, It will start the slow-motion video recording (you can see that the staff did not press it manually). After 0.2 seconds of shooting, it will continue to record at the normal speed. When there is movement in the area, it will automatically shoot the slow-motion video again.

Anyone who has shot super slow motion should also feel it. When you see that moment and press the slow motion video, it usually records the next second action. It is a big test for the reaction speed to shoot random actions, so the trap shutter is this. function to assist.

If the things in the frame are always moving, it will still be shot segment by segment (30fps--960fps--30fps--960fps--30fps structure, there will still be a normal speed video between each slow motion)

However, the detection area cannot be changed during the recording (then you can move the phone to make the frame point to the thing you want to shoot), and each recording can automatically capture up to 20 slow motions.

In addition to the trap shutter, the S9 and S9+ also retain the same manual shooting as the XZ1. I believe that you have a faster reaction speed, or if you have more autonomy, you can still choose to manually shoot slow motion.

~ Automatic soundtrack

For super slow-motion videos recorded with S9 or S9+, the default is that the phone will automatically add a piece of music for you, so you can watch it immediately after shooting, and it will be a video with a soundtrack, and you can share it with fu right away. But in fact, ambient sound is also recorded during shooting, but only at normal speed, and the 6 seconds of slow motion is silent.

Of course, this music can also be changed. The built-in 35 kinds of music can be matched, or it can be matched with the music stored in the mobile phone, or continue to be muted, take it to a third-party program for editing, or want to restore the ambient sound, you can do it afterwards. Edit, all options are available.

Dump gif file

The finished slow-motion video can also be intercepted, and automatically made into a gif animation that is played repeatedly, reversed, and rotated, and then passed to friends just like sharing a gif file.

In addition, although the S9+ has a dual lens, when shooting super slow motion, it still uses the wide-angle lens, and it cannot be switched to use a 2x lens.

Slow-motion movies are really attractive, but shooting slow-motion requires a lot of light. It is best to shoot outdoors or in a well-lit place, so that the picture will not have a grainy feeling, and the flickering frequency of fluorescent lights will also make it difficult for you to shoot. There are water ripples in the film. These are the places that cannot be overcome by shooting slow motion. If you want to shoot in the future, the natural light effect is the best~

The trap shutter does have its convenience and can help us capture the moment we want to shoot, but the sensitivity of detection seems to be related to the light, dynamic range, and the size of the frame. Maybe you have to play to get the experience, and I will share it later when I have the opportunity!

Added 4: Take your own AR textures*

It was previously rumored to be 3D emoji, but the answer was revealed. This feature is called AR emoji, and it is also one of the photo modes, which can be taken by the front and rear cameras.

Added 5: AKG tuning dual speakers + Dolby sound

Samsung's flagship finally has dual speakers. The Galaxy S9 and S9+ are equipped with dual speakers that are tuned in cooperation with AKG. One is at the bottom and the other is shared with the earpiece, and the volume is sufficient.

In addition, Dolby Atmos sound effect has been added to the sound effect setting, which is also available in the drop-down shortcut. When turned on, it can enhance the stereo surround feeling played by speakers and headphones. Compared with the S8, the dual speakers and the Dolby sound effect not only sound much louder, but the sound is obviously clearer and more layered.

If the sound source of the film itself has Dolby sound, then the experience will be the best, the direction is obvious, and the various sounds are also distinct.

If it is just normal, the sound source has not been specially processed for the video, but still has the enhancement effect, the volume is louder, and the sound is brighter.

After that, if you have a store experience, it is recommended to listen to it. This dual speaker + Dolby is quite impressive.

Added 6: Automatically switch iris, face unlock smart recognition

Samsung's flagship has iris recognition, which everyone should be familiar with, and Android has always had face recognition, plus fingerprint recognition, which means that a mobile phone provides three kinds of biometric recognition tools, you can set them all, but include Note For models before 8, among the three methods, face and iris recognition cannot be used at the same time, and only one can be selected.

This situation has been changed in S9 and S9+. Face and iris recognition can be turned on at the same time, and then the system will detect the ambient brightness and use a suitable method. Mainly, iris recognition is difficult under strong light. At this time, it will automatically switch to It recognizes the face, and when the face cannot be recognized in low light, it will switch to use the iris to unlock.

However, the security of face unlocking has not been improved, and it is still only recommended for unlocking. Therefore, the combination of iris and face can be regarded as reducing the obstruction of light to front unlocking, improving convenience, not improving security.

Then, the fingerprint recognition is always there, and you can still use it if you want to protect privacy, and this time the fingerprint recognition is placed under the camera, in the middle, and the touch position is more natural and convenient.

Added 7: Bixby Vision real-time translation

In addition to being an intelligent assistant, Bixby Vision in the camera can also provide various recognition functions, such as the existing recognition of landmarks, shopping products, wine labels, AR attractions, text capture, translation, etc., on S9 and S9+ In Bixby Vision, the translation function has been updated, and it can be translated in real time directly according to the foreign language, and displayed on the corresponding sentence like this.

This translation engine comes from Google Translate, which is a bit like Google's real-time camera translation, but after trying it, there are many languages that can be paired. However, Google Translate itself does not support lens translation in these two languages.

Added 8: Lay-flat DeX

The new DeX has become such a flat design, and the mobile phone (S8, Note 8, S9) will also lie flat after being placed on it, and the mobile phone screen will become a touchpad, which can be used like a laptop. The computer interface uses the functions in the phone.

There is an HDMI connection to the screen, a power cord to charge the phone, and a USB Port to connect to extension accessories (such as a Bluetooth receiver to connect to a speaker). If you need a keyboard, you can still connect it externally.

However, the mobile phone on the new DeX cannot use other functions at the same time. When there is an incoming call or message, the picture still appears on the external screen.

As for the details of the input method, etc., it is not very clear at present. If you have the opportunity to try it out, I will share it with you.

Although the rumors hit a lot, for example, how the two kinds of variable apertures are applied, there is even a trap shutter trick in super slow motion, AR textures are very playable, etc. The details of these contents will only be known after they are published. ~

And after sorting it out, there are quite a lot of updates that are of practical use, and the camera does have places that make people re-imagined. As for the effect in actual use, I hope someone can share it next time.