Today, we are taking a look at some GeekBench scores that
show what the Samsung Galaxy S9+ is capable of. Well, at least the Snapdragon
variant. The S9+ is expected to ship with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
chipset.
The model number in the Benchmark results is SM-G965U1, which
corresponds to the larger S9 model just as the Galaxy S8+ and Galaxy S7 edge
both had model numbers that ended in 5. The U signifies an unlocked model,
in this case for the US.
The single-core score gets a noticeable bump over the
Snapdragon 835s of about 27% while the multicore score gets a 31% bump in
scores over the 835. These numbers are quite high, but they still dont beat
the iPhone Xs A11 Bionic chip. Still, at the end of the day scores are just
numbers and what matters more is real-life performance.
Philosophical thoughts about benchmarks aside, the
GeekBench result also shows 5GB of RAM on the S9+. Weve heard that the two
models might have different amounts of RAM onboard, the smaller one 4GB while
the larger one would have 6GB. It looks like that may be the case here. Keep in
mind that benchmark apps oftentimes misinterpret specs, so we wouldnt bet the
S9+ will actually have 5GB of RAM.
Finally, the Galaxy S9+ spotted here is running Android
8.0 Oreo. We really hope that with Googles Treble, Samsung will not take eons
to update its flagship devices to the latest version of Android. This is
supposed to become the standard for smartphone launched with Android Oreo.
Aside from the RAM, the Galaxy S9 and S9+ will have two
different camera setups, a single cam on the S9 and a dual-camera on the S9+.
Otherwise, the phones are expected to have slightly smaller top and lower
bezels and a repositioned fingerprint scanner below the camera(s) as opposed to
next to them.
We are anticipating the announcement and launch of the
Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ to take place sometime during the first couple of
months of 2018. Yesterday’s leaks of the phones hardware have made it hard to
imagine anything else.
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