The Galaxy S9 Plus is considered a incremental upgrade from the Galaxy S8 Plus, but that's not to mean the few new features it brings to the table aren't worth your hard-earned cash – even if there isn't a flashy new design to go with them.

Feels great for a big phone; The OLED display is great and highly customisable; Numerous camera features on offer

Iterative upgrade; AR Emoji are just bad; Some lag with Samsung's software

6.2" Infinity Display The Samsung Galaxy S9+ has one of the largest screens you will find on any smartphone. The 6.2" Super AMOLED Infinity Display is near bezel-less, making it far easier to hold.

Äskettäin julkaistu Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus on tämän hetken kehittynein suurinäyttöinen puhelin. Siinä on lähes Note 8:n kokoinen näyttö ja upeat kamerat, mutta ulkoisesti puhelin on lähes identtinen viime vuoden S8 Plussan kanssa.

Vaikuttavat hämäräkuvausominaisuudet; Järkevämmin sijoitettu sormenjälkitunnistin; Äänekkäät stereokaiuttimet

Melko pieni päivitys S8 Plussaan; AR Emoji -ominaisuus tuntuu keskeneräiselt; Kallis hinta 0,4 tuumaa suuremmasta näytöst

The Samsung Galaxy S9+ should be the best phone of its generation, but a number of small grievances unite to diminish its appeal. It's technically capable, to be sure, but it's far from perfect.

Amazing screen; Super powerful; Fantastic camera for pros

Average battery life; Poor quality photos on auto; Bixby is still annoying

The Samsung Galaxy S9+ is undoubtedly a good phone, if not a very good phone. While not a revolutionary upgrade, Samsung focused on minor improvements and many of these have led to a better smartphone than the Galaxy S8+. However at the same time, several areas of the Exynos model are disappointing.

Attractive, improved design with lots of killer features; Display is still excellent, despite no major upgrades; Strong camera performance

Disappointing performance and battery life from the Exynos model; Glass construction remains fragile; Galaxy S8 owners have no reason to upgrade

I'm happy to report that upon initial setup with the Galaxy S9+ the user is given a choice to download Samsung's default apps - or not! Having an out-of-box experience using many stock Google apps creates an experience close enough to a Pixel to make this a nice alternative to Google hardware for...

It has been the uncrowned king of the Android smartphone kingdom – no phone has been more compared with Android's bête noire, the iPhone, for more than half a decade now. But recent times have seen Samsung's iconic Galaxy S series face an increasing number of challenges not just from Cupertino but...

Great display and sound; Very good cameras; Excellent overall performance

Samsung Experience UI remains cluttered; Camera not "as great" as hyped; On the expensive side

or Samsung Galaxy Note 8 as we'd perhaps liked to have seen. It's also very expensive, but still undercuts the

+ Great dual-lens camera; + Extremely powerful; + Big battery

- Very expensive; - Visually similar to S8; - Bixby isn't great

I have had this phone for about a month now and it has been absolutely awesome. The fingerprint scanner on the back seems to work really efficiently and I have not had any issues with software/app speed or user-friendliness.

Samsung's flagship smartphone was announced at Mobile World Congress, back in February 2018. Both the S9 and the S9 Plus were announced on the same day, with the S9 Plus being both bigger and having some additional features, particularly to the camera.