BARCELONA, KOMPAS.com - Lama dinanti, Samsung akhirnya mengumumkan duet flagship Galaxy S9 dan Galaxy S9 Plus , pada Minggu (25/2/2018) waktu setempat, serangkaian dengan ajang Mobile World Congress (MWC) di Barcelona, Spanyol. Lini tersebut membawa beberapa fitur baru, antara lain super slow-motion (960 fps pada 1080p) untuk meningkatkan efek dramatis pada sebuah video, aperture f/1.5 yang bisa diandalkan untuk membidik objek pada kondisi remang-remang, serta animoji untuk meningkatkan pengalaman berkomunikasi virtual. Lantas, berapa harga Samsung Galaxy S9 dan S9 Plus? Corporate Marketing Director Samsung Indonesia, Jo Semidang, mengatakan keduanya akan dilepas mulai Rp 11,5 juta hingga Rp 14,5 juta. Lebih detail, Samsung membanderol Galaxy S9 di Indonesia dengan harga Rp 11.499.000 untuk model dengan RAM 4 GB dan memori 64 GB. Sedangkan harga Galaxy S9 Plus terdapat dua versi, Rp 12.999.000 untuk model RAM 6 GB/memori 64 GB dan Rp 14.499.000 untuk model RAM 6 GB/memori 256 GB. Baca juga : Apa Bedanya Galaxy S9 dan Galaxy S9 Plus? Patokan harga Galaxy S9 dan S9 Plus ini lebih tinggi dibandingkan pendahulunya Galaxy S8 dan S8 Plus, yakni masing-masing secara berurutan Rp 10,5 juta dan Rp 12 juta. "Barang baru, teknologi baru. Kalau orang Indonesia yang target marketnya seri S sebenarnya bukan soal harga, tapi value barangnya apa," kata Jo Semidang pada KompasTekno setelah acara peluncuran Galaxy S9 di Barcelona, Spanyol, Minggu (25/2/2018). Galaxy S9 dibekali kamera utama berkualitas 12 megapiksel dengan bukaan (aperture) yang bisa diatur secara mekanik, antara f/1.5 dan f/2.4. Galaxy S9 Plus dibekali kamera berkemampuan sama, hanya saja ditambah kamera kedua dengan lensa telephoto. Spesifikasi lain dari Galaxy S9 antara lain layar AMOLED berukuran 5,8 inci, prosesor Exynos 9810 atau Snapdragon 845, RAM dan memori 4GB/64GB, serta baterai 3.000 mAh. Sementara itu, varian Plus lebih besar dengan layar AMOLED 6,2 inci, prosesor Exynos 9810 atau Snapdragon 845, kapasitas RAM dan memori 6GB/128GB, serta baterai 3.500 mAh. (Baca juga: Spesifikasi Lengkap Galaxy S9 dan Galaxy S9 Plus ) VIDEO Baca juga: Melihat Galaxy S9 dan Galaxy S9 Plus dari Berbagai Sisi
KOMPAS.com - Usai memperkenalkan duo andalan baru Galaxy S9 dan Galaxy S9 Plus di Barcelona, Spanyol, 25 Februari kemarin, Samsung bergegas menyiapkan rilis kedua smartphone high-end tersebut, termasuk di Indonesia. Galaxy S9 dan Galaxy S9 Plus sudah bisa dipesan peminat di Tanah Air lewat sesi pre-order tengah malam ini, tepatnya tanggal 27 Februari 2018 pukul 00.00 WIB, dengan mengunjungi situs www.galaxylaunchpack.com . Product Marketing Manager Samsung Mobile Indonesia Annisa Maulina mengungkapkan ada tiga varian Galaxy S9 dan Galaxy S9 Plus yang ditawarkan. Pertama adalah Galaxy S9 dengan kombinasi RAM dan memori internal 4GB/64GB yang dibanderol Rp 11.499.000. Kedua, Galaxy S9 Plus 6GB/ 64GB seharga Rp 12.999.000. Lalu yang ketiga Galaxy S9 Plus 6GB/ 128 GB dengan harga Rp 14.499.000. "Khusus untuk pemesan pre-order akan mendapat bonus aksesori casing Tumi atau Kate Spade," ujar Annisa dalam acara media interview yang digelar Samsung di Jakarta, Senin (28/2/2018). Pihak Samsung juga menawarkan opsi cicilan 12 bulan dan cashback Rp 1 juta dari bank rekanan. Selain itu, bagi para pemilik ponsel seri Galaxy S dan Note sebelumnya (mulai Galaxy S3 dan Galaxy Note 4) akan mendapat cashback tambahan sebesar Rp 250.000. " Cashback untuk para pemilik Galaxy S dan Note ini akan disalurkan melalui toko Samsung Gift," lanjut Annisa. Masa pre order kedua ponsel di Indonesia akan berlangsung dari 27 Februari hingga 5 Maret 2018. Unit Galaxy S9 dan Galaxy S9 Plus dari pre-order akan bisa diambil pada 15 Maret mendatang. Galaxy S9 dan Galaxy S9 Plus merupakan dua smartphone flagship terbaru Samsung yang masing-masing memiliki layar berukuran 5,8 inci dan 6,2 inci (aspect ratio 18,5:9). Baca juga : Spesifikasi Lengkap Galaxy S9 dan Galaxy S9 Plus Fitur andalan keduanya antara perekaman video super slow motion hingga 960 FPS, AR Avatar yang bisa dibuat berdasarkan wajah pengguna, serta kamera dengan variabel aperture f/1.5 dan f/2.4. Khusus untuk Galaxy S9 Plus terdapat kamera kedua di punggung dengan sudut pandang telephoto. VIDEO
One of Samsung’s messages with the new Galaxy S9 is that it’s “Built for the Way We Communicate Today.” And while that’s a laudable goal, one of the key features behind that message — AR Emoji — doesn’t feel like it connects with the way anyone communicates now, or will want to in the future. At least I hope not.
AR Emoji will widely be seen as a response to Animoji, the new iPhone X emoji that use face-scanning technology to convert facial movement into animated animals that you can send as messages. But the idea and implementation is actually very different. The Galaxy S9 relies entirely on conventional photos from the selfie camera rather than Apple’s complex 3D sensor array, yet attempts to produce something more ambitious and fraught with potential disaster: realistic, yet cartoonish, depictions of your own face.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the results are mixed.
Setting up AR Emoji is simple. You only need to take a single picture of yourself smiling with your mouth closed, and the Galaxy S9 does the rest. From that picture it uses machine learning to create an animated 3D model of your face, which you can customize with different hairstyles, clothes, and so on. It’s more like Bitmoji than Animoji — the idea is to create an avatar of yourself. The clips can be sent as GIFs or PNGs, too, which makes them a lot easier to share than Animoji.
Now look, I’m not the sort of person that particularly enjoys looking at pictures of themselves. But even with that caveat, i was pretty unsettled by the results here. Take a look for yourself:
My colleague Vlad said my AR Emoji looks like 68-year-old Arsenal FC manager Arsene Wenger. I thought about this, and decided it looks like Wenger would if I tried to make him in the create-a-character mode of a PlayStation 2 wrestling game.
Vlad’s AR Emoji, for the record, looked like this:
Vlad tells me this photo “accurately represents his attitude to these emoji.”
We'll have to spend more time with the Galaxy S9 to deliver the final verdict on AR Emoji, and of course the phone's overall success isn't going to hinge on them. But from our brief testing, they're a plane crash right into the depths of the Uncanny Valley. They’re not abstract enough to be cute, yet not realistic enough to be authentic.
Samsung may have been a little too ambitious on a technical level, but even then I’m not sure the idea is sound. There’s a reason why Snapchat filters tend to turn you into a bear or a pokémon rather than yourself. And to that end, Samsung has actually announced that various Disney characters will also be available as AR Emoji — which is a much better idea, but one that brings us right back to Animoji.
Samsung just announced the Galaxy S9, and now we’re getting details on how much retailers and wireless carriers are going to charge for it. The cheapest way to get the phone (without a trade-in) is through Samsung itself. But pricing gets surprisingly more complicated when you bring in wireless carriers: AT&T and Verizon are charging extra, but they’re also offering trade-in discounts that can more than offset the price increase.
Here are the details we have so far — we’ll be updating with more info as it comes out. In all cases, preorders start March 2nd and sales start March 16th.
Buy it outright: S9 for $719.99; S9 Plus for $839.99.
Monthly installments: $30 per month for 24 months for the S9; $35 per month for 24 months for the S9 Plus. Prices are a cent more expensive than buying it outright.
Trade in: $50 to $350 off when you trade in a smartphone. You’ll have to trade in last year’s Galaxy S8 or an iPhone 8 or X to get the full $350 (which isn’t a great deal), but you can still get $300 off for an S7 or iPhone 7, and $150 off for an S6 or iPhone 6. The full list of phones is here. One nice bonus — it looks like Samsung will let you get the discount outright, rather than divvying it up by monthly payments.
Buy it outright: S9 for $790.20; S9 Plus for $915.
Monthly installments: $26.34 per month for 30 months for the S9; $30.50 per month for 30 months for the S9 Plus. Those come to the same prices as buying the phone outright.
Buy it outright: $800 for the S9; $930 for the S9 Plus.
Monthly installments: $33.33 per month for 24 months for the S9; $38.74 per month for 24 months for the S9 Plus. You save a few cents paying this way instead of buying outright.
Trade-in: $100 to $350 off the S9 or S9 Plus when you buy it on an installment plan and trade-in a working phone in good condition. In order to get the $350, you have to trade in a Galaxy S8, iPhone 8, or newer (so realistically, only very serious Samsung fans will take this trade-in offer). Other flagships from last year fetch $300; and you can get $200 off for two to three year old phones. Phones like the iPhone SE and Galaxy S5 get $100. The trade-in value is broken up across the life of your payments, so you’re still looking at two years of bills.
Monthly installments: $30 per month for 24 months for the S9; same for the S9 Plus, but it also requires a $120 down payment. That’s $720 in total for the S9; $840 for the S9 Plus.
Trade-in: Up to $360 off an S9 or S9 Plus when purchased on an installment plan. You can trade in flagship phones as far back as an iPhone 6S or a Galaxy S7 and get $360 off. T-Mobile will also give $200 off for trade-ins of flagships as far back as the iPhone 5S and Galaxy S4. The discount comes with bill credits, so you’ll have to stay with T-Mobile to get the full offer.
Monthly installments: $33 per month for 24 months for the S9; $38 per month for 24 months for the S9 Plus. That comes to $792 and $912, which is more expensive than through Samsung.
Trade-in: Sprint says it’s offering up to $350 off with an eligible trade in, but it doesn’t list which phones are eligible. It appears you’ll get the discount spread across your monthly payments for the phone.
Promo: $100 off if you preorder through Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint on March 2nd only. After that, Best Buy is advertising a discount of “up to $100,” which suggests different carriers might receive different discounts.
Trade-in: $150 to $350 off when trading in specific smartphones. You’ll get the most for last year’s top Apple and Samsung phones, and you’ll get the least for the iPhone 6 an Galaxy S6.
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Buy it outright: $719.99 for the S9; $839.99 for the S9 Plus.
Monthly installments: $30 per month for 24 months for the S9; $35 per month for 24 months for the S9 Plus. Prices are a cent more expensive than buying it outright. (They’re also the same as what you’ll get from Samsung itself.)
Trade-in: $200 to $350 off when you trade in an eligible phone. One of the nice perks here is that you can get this discount even if you choose to buy the phone outright — you’re not required to take it month by month on an installment plan that keeps you locked in.
