It's interesting when a company uses a bold statement like: "The camera reimagined," all while referring to a smartphone. It actually took me a few days to understand the purpose for a camera to be added to my Motorola V600 back in 2004.

- Best allrounder; - Camera innovation with variable aperture; - Great design; - Software brings secure features like Secure Folder; - S8+ complaints fixed

Large; slippery and fragile; Camera needs update for low light; AR Emoji needs work; Version of Android Oreo already outdated; Inteligent Scan needs update

The Galaxy S9 Plus is a masterpiece.

Gorgeous design; Brilliant; colorful display; Feature-packed camera; Excellent low-light photo quality; Good sound from stereo speakers

Battery life could be better; Live Focus produces fuzzy photos

With the Galaxy S9 Plus, Samsung has managed to create a great smartphone again that received many sensible improvements but no real innovations. The main camera's two aperture levels are a great thing to have and work well in everyday life. Samsung has also optimized the image quality further.

stylish design, great display, fast SoC, expandable storage, LTE Cat; 18, stereo speakers, IP67, good sensor equipment, USB 3.1 with DP, HDMI, and OTG, wireless-charging, great dual camera, optional dual-SIM (Duos model

no dual-VoLTE; worse battery runtimes than predecessor; long charging time; SoC throttling under constant load; no warranty for damage caused by liquids

The Galaxy S9 ( $719.99 at Amazon.com ) is great, but the Galaxy S9 Plus is objectively the better phone, and the one power users should get if they can't choose between the two. In previous years, the Plus model was the same as the Galaxy S, but bigger, with a larger battery, too.

The Galaxy S9 Plus one-ups the excellent Galaxy S9 with a second rear camera for taking portrait photos

Battery life fell short of last year's model in our early tests, and the Galaxy S9 Plus suffers from the same underbaked extras as the smaller Galaxy S9; The dual-aperture camera tends to overexpose low-light photos in auto mode

One final attribute for the Galaxy S9+ that we need to weigh in is cost. Fortunately, we're already seeing both the with a March 16th availability date. The Galaxy S9+ retails for $839 unlocked while an S9 weighs in at $719.

Gorgeous; Refined; Slightly Smaller Design; Samsung Super AMOLED Is The Best; Fastest Android Phone On Market Now; Amazing Camera Performance; Innovative Features; Solid Battery Life

Pricey; Camera Modes Twitchy With Accidental Actuation; Black Units Are Smudge Magnets

Generation 9 in plus size - this is the Samsung Galaxy S9+. Unlike last year when the S8 and the S8+ had just size setting them apart, in 2018 Samsung's Plus means more than higher battery capacity and larger display diagonal - the S9+ has an extra camera on its back too.

All of which brings this review of the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus to a rather spongy, limp end. Don't get me wrong, I do like the S9 Plus. It's a great phone with two great cameras that shoot fabulous photos and video.

Samsung Galaxy S9+ review: This is a solid phone with top of the line processing, the best Android camera and the best iteration of almost every other feature that you want in a flagship phone.

I'll quote my own words for this conclusion. The Samsung Galaxy S9 is nothing more than a transition model in anticipation of what hopefully can be a massive overhaul planned for 2019.

It seems like every year we declare Samsung's flagships the best ever in their class. It's becoming repetitive, but it doesn't make it any less true – the Korean chaebol's newest flagships are the best to come out so far this year and their best ever.