Galaxy S9: Why you should just buy the Galaxy S8 instead

Samsung on Sunday unveiled the Galaxy S9, the phone that’ll be the company’s prized horse through the summer and into the fall. It has everything you need: a good camera, gorgeous design, and the latest specs. We have every reason to believe Samsung’s newest flagship will be the company’s best device yet.

But you shouldn’t buy it for one simple reason: The Galaxy S8 is still a really good phone.

Samsung set such a high bar last year that the differences between the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S9 are negligible at best. That’s not a knock against the Galaxy S9; the Galaxy S8 is just that good. And now that Android Oreo is finally here—six months after Google made it available—the device is being reinvigorated in a meaningful way.

Put it like this: If you set the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S9 in front of someone who isn’t an enthusiast, they’ll likely think the phones are exactly the same. Which is a testament to both Samsung and the Galaxy S8’s quality. Twelve months later, and the handset remains plenty fast, while the design is as lovely as ever. Samsung got the formula so right that there wasn’t much room to go up.

 

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2018/02/26/galaxy-s9-why-you-should-just-buy-the-galaxy-s8-instead/