The Samsung Galaxy S9+ is possibly the most fully-featured smartphone on the market. It offers out-of-the-box functionality that exceeds most other devices. It's one of the leaders of a new generation of hardware, pushing one of the nicest quality designs with one of the best displays around.

New speakers are amazing; Great camera performance in low light; Great design and display; Out-of-the-box functionality surpasses rivals; 3.5mm headphone socket

You might never find all the features; Display can crush shadows in movies; Camera could be better with HDR; Price

Improving on an already near-perfect phone was always going to be difficult for Samsung, but the Galaxy S9 Plus has fixed the select few problems we had with last year's Trusted Reviews Phone of the Year.

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

Plus-sized phones often find themselves stuck in a plus-sized niche – but Samsung's Galaxy S9 Plus is different to most. This time around, it's ready to steal the spotlight from the regular S9.

Dual rear cameras for low-light photography; Unrivalled performance

Battery life isn't as good as last year's; Very expensive

Last year's Galaxy S8+ was slightly held back by a few annoying niggles, such as the awkward fingerprint sensor placement, all of which have been rectified in the Galaxy S9+. Samsung could certainly be accused of simply recycling last year's design, but it was really great in 2017 and is just as...

128GB + microSD card slot; wireless charging; IP68; fantastic screen; excellent camera; iris scanner + face recognition combo; great fingerprint scanner; notification LED; headphone socket

battery life could be better; very similar to S8+ design; Bixby button can't be remapped

It's not revolutionary, but the Samsung Galaxy S9+ sets the bar for smartphones in 2018, with the best hardware features you can get.

Gorgeous screen; Beautiful body; Spectacular network performance; Dual main cameras with excellent low-light capture; Loud audio

Camera software oversharpens images; AR Emoji and Bixby disappoint

Samsung’s plus-sized S9 sees double with a dual lens, dual aperture camera

Stellar screen, Top-notch camera, Incredibly powerful

Almost unchanged design, Uncomfortable to hold for some

You won't find a bigger and better Android phone than the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, thanks to its oversized 6.2-inch curved screen and low-light-defeating dual-lens camera. Sure, it looks exactly like last year's S8 Plus, but it does fix the fingerprint sensor location (it's now center-aligned on the...

Impressive dual-lens camera; Better-placed fingerprint sensor; Loud stereo speakers

Not all that different to S8 Plus; AR Emoji mode is overrated; Expensive for 0.4 inches of extra screen

The Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus is the second of two Galaxy S9 phones launched by Samsung at 2018's MWC technology show and on first impressions it's the better phone of the two. Unlike last year, there's a little more to differentiate this year's Plus-sized Samsung flagship than simply a slightly larger...

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ at the Galaxy Unpacked 2018 event in Barcelona on Sunday, grabbing headlines a day before the Mobile World Congress (MWC) kicks off. While the smartphones look virtually identical to their predecessors, they do pack in some significant upgrades in the...

As with siblings, the middle child always has the hardest time. While the baby receives the most fuss and the firstborn has enjoyed the unrivaled devotion of the parents, the middle child is always competing for attention.