

I generally had somewhere between 55 and 65% of my battery left by the time I went to sleep, but that will likely vary depending on how you use your phone.

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The S9+’s battery life is more than enough to get you through a full day. That’s likely because the iPhone X uses Apple’s TrueTone technology, which adjusts the screen’s white balance to match the lighting in your environment. Colors sometimes looked richer and more punchy on the S9+’s screen compared to the iPhone X, but I also noticed that the S9+ had a subtle blue tint to it compared to Apple’s smartphone. Samsung’s 2960 x 1440 resolution display, meanwhile, is just as stunning on the Galaxy S9 as it was on the Galaxy S8. The Galaxy S9 sounded more boisterous and clearer than the iPhone X and Google Pixel 2 XL during my testing, but you’ll still get better sound from a dedicated speaker. Both phones now have stereo speakers, a boost from last year’s model. The Galaxy S9 shines in other areas too, particularly when it comes to battery life, audio, and display quality. The eyeshadow looked surprisingly real, and certain colors of the lipsticks also looked genuine, while others appeared artificial. Bixby’s makeup feature, which makes it possible to virtually try on lipstick, blush, and eyeshadow by looking through the selfie camera, can also be helpful for deciding which colors might fit your face. You can also point the camera at food to get calorie information, which can be faster than Googling nutritional details - at least when it works properly. It’s best used for translating objects like signs and posters, as I noticed it sometimes jumbled text when translating denser mediums like books and magazines.

This is Bixby’s coolest feature by far, and it generally worked well. If you’re trying to translate text on a road sign, for example, it almost looks like the words on the sign have magically changed when looking through your smartphone’s viewfinder. When the text is translated, Bixby will overlay it on top of whatever you’re looking at. Just fire up the camera app, press the Bixby Vision button, make sure the camera is set on the T symbol for translation, and point your phone at foreign language text. My favorite by far was the real-time translation feature. Bixby, Samsung’s virtual helper, has learned a few new camera-related tricks. What’s more exciting, though, is the way Samsung’s camera is becoming smarter about processing the information it sees.
