Body of Samsung Galaxy S9
| NETWORK | Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| BODY | Dimensions | 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm (5.81 x 2.70 x 0.33 in) |
| Weight | 163 g (5.75 oz) | |
| Build | Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame | |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) | |
| – Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) | ||
| – IP68 certified – dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes |
Display of Samsung Galaxy S9
| Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 5.8 inches, 84.8 cm2 (~83.6% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~570 ppi density) |
| Multitouch | Yes |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| – HDR10 compliant | |
| – 3D Touch (home button only) | |
| – Always-on display |
Samsung Galaxy S9 Platform & Memory
| OS | Android 8.0 (Oreo) |
| Chipset | Exynos 9810 Octa – EMEA |
| Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 – USA & China | |
| CPU | Octa-core (4×2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) – EMEA |
| Octa-core (4×2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4×1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) – USA & China | |
| GPU | Mali-G72 MP18 – EMEA |
| Adreno 630 – USA & China | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 400 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) – dual SIM model only |
| Internal | 64/128/256 GB, 4 GB RAM |
Galaxy S9 Camera Details
| Primary | 12 MP (f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.5″, 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF), phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash, check quality |
| Features | Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama |
| Video | 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec., check quality |
| Secondary | 8 MP (f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6″, 1.22 µm), autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR |
Galaxy S9 Sound & Comms
| Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| – 32-bit/384kHz audio | |
| – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO |
| NFC | Yes |
| Radio | FM radio (USA & Canada only) – To be confirmed |
| USB | 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
New Features of Samsung Galaxy S9
| Sensors | Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM |
| Browser | HTML5 |
| – 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 |
Battery, Misc & Test Details of Galaxy S9
| Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery (11.55 Wh) | |
| Performance | Basemark OS II: 3329 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 3382 |
| Basemark X: 42645 | |
| Display | Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.630 (sunlight) |
| Camera | Photo / Video |
| Loudspeaker | Voice 68dB / Noise 74dB / Ring 81dB |
| Audio quality | Noise -93.4dB / Crosstalk -93.9dB |
| Battery life | Endurance rating 78h |