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Samsung’s new pair of flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+, feel more like evolution than revolution. Still, they do have a few interesting new features, such as animated emojis and, in the case of the S9+, a dual camera on the back.
Now, the folks at iFixit have torn down the bigger of the two phones to bits, exposing the inner workings of Samsung’s camera magic.
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In the case of the animated emoji, there is no magic, really. Unlike Apple’s iPhone X, which uses its TrueDepth camera to create a 3D image of the user’s face, the Galaxy S9+ has pretty much the same setup as last year’s S8: an iris scanner, a regular camera, an IR blaster and a proximity sensor. The lack of true 3D imaging tech likely explains why Samsung’s animated emoji can be sort of glitchy and odd-looking at times. Read more…
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