Thanks to the 6-inch display, the Galaxy C9 Pro is a big & heavy device. It’s not as heavy as the A9 Pro as it has a smaller (4,000 mAh) battery,and it’s not as thick, either. In fact, the Galaxy C9 Pro is a slim device for what it offers. The back of the device is metal, lending it a premium feel that is different than what you get on the glass backs on other Samsung devices. The metal backcurves at the sides to lớn improve grip, but its slippery naturedoes make ergonomics an issue, especially for single-handed usage. Of course, a 6-inch device isn’t really made for single-handed usage, so we can let the slippery back slide in this case.
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As you can see in the pictures, the C9 Pro resembles other Samsung phones in terms of the overall look. The only new thiết kế element is at the back, where three lines run across the device above the camera & near the bottom. It certainly adds a character that is missing from other Samsung devices, although it doesn’t địa chỉ cửa hàng too much lớn the phone’s visual appeal when everything is said và done, as you won’t be looking at the back of the device very often.
I would recommend getting the black version of the Galaxy C9 Pro if you care about how your smartphone looks. The all-white front on the gold version looks rather boring, with only the home button getting golden accents. It’s disappointing that Samsung didn’t use the same color on all sides of the device as it has done on the new Galaxy A series handsets.
Display
The Full HD AMOLED displayon the C9 Pro offersan attractive viewing experience. The colors pop, the blacks are deep, & the viewing angles are pretty wide. Legibility under harsh sunlight didn’t prove lớn be a problem, either. It’s not the best AMOLED panel, as those are reserved for Samsung’s flagships, but it’s still a great display that can take on competing devices with AMOLED displays (including high-end phones like the Google Pixel). The màu sắc tone is on the cooler side, which means there’s a bluish tinge to lớn it, but you can switch lớn the basic display mode khổng lồ tone things down a notch.
It’s unclear what version of Gorilla Glass Samsung is using on the Galaxy C9 Pro. This is the first time a Samsung phone has come with a screen protector applied out of the box, which made me think that the phone might be using a regular glass panel.It’s very resistant khổng lồ scratches as I haven’t noticed any in two weeks of usage, but it did make me wonder if Samsung is now cutting costs by using standard glass on the front rather than something lượt thích Gorilla Glass.
Audio Quality
Since the C9 Pro is the first Samsung điện thoại cảm ứng to offer stereo speakers, let’s talk about its audio quality. Well, you will be disappointed to hear that the audio output đầu ra on the C9 Pro’s speakers isn’t that great. The primary reason here is that Samsung is simply using the earpiece as the second speaker, so it isn’t a true stereo speaker setup. The earpiece seems khổng lồ be the standard earpiece found on other Samsung phones but with its volume increased by a couple of notches, so you can see why the stereo speakers aren’t very impressive.
But the C9 Pro does sound better than other Samsung devices, especially when you’re gaming or watching videos. The output đầu ra is deeper, slightly fuller, và since some of the audio comes out of the earpiece, the sound isn’t fully directed away from you like it on Samsung devices with a single bottom-firing speaker. Even the regular speaker on this phone sounds better than the one on Samsung’s flagships – both the water-resistant và regular ones like the S7 edge and cảnh báo 5 – once you disable stereo mode (possible from the settings menu), so overall sound unique is only disappointing because it looks like Samsung didn’t vì chưng all it should have done khổng lồ make the experience stand out.
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As for the supplied earphones, they have the same chất lượng as the earphones Samsung offers with its flagships. The earphones are geared towards the higher frequencies (treble) so there isn’t a lot of bass, although you can rectify that by playing around with the sound settings. The equalizer offers a UHQ upscaler option that results in clearer sound from high-quality tracks, & a surround sound toggle to, well, emulate the effect of “rich surround soud.”
Camera
So, let’s talk about the front camera – or the selfie camera as it is now called – first. A 16-megapixel sensor for selfies sounds great, right? Sadly, it sounds great but isn’t really effective in practice, at least on the C9 Pro. Like the A (2017) series, Samsung’s 16-megapixel front camera on the C9 Pro doesn’t use the increased megapixel count to lớn good effect. Selfies come out all soft and without much detail, and the camera also fails to lớn properly resolve skin tone. In fact, the S7 and S7 edge with their 5-megapixel front cameras resolve more detail than the 16 MP sensor on the C9 Pro.
But those flagships no doubt have better software processing và therefore offer higher quality selfies overall. Of course, it’s not entirely surprising. The megapixel count is only part of what makes a camera good. It also needs a good sensor và intelligent software algorithms lớn capture chất lượng pictures, both of which lack on the front-facing camera Samsung has employed for the C9 pro. It’s quite frustrating, actually, since there seems lớn be no real advantage lớn the increased megapixels here, leaving them to act only as kinh doanh fluff.
Here are selfies from the C9 Pro và the S7 edge side by side (S7 edge on the right). Notice how the former’s picture is smoother than the S7 edge’s? The beauty mode presets were fully disabled, so it’s clear there is some khung of softening going on. The colors are slightly off as well, with slightly higher contrast on the reds than the actual scene.
Below are a few regular selfie samples from the device. For a 16-megapixel camera, this is far from sufficient.
Thankfully, the 16 MP rear camera saves the day here (no pun intended), at least when it comes lớn daylight photography. There’s plenty of detail in images và the colors are quite close lớn their real-life counterparts. Samsung seems khổng lồ have made some improvements here, as the 16 MP rear camera on the A9 Pro wasn’t as good. Macro shots don’t come out great, however, with the phone failing khổng lồ capture enough detail when you get too close to the subject.
Naturally, taking images at night is also problematic. The C9 Pro loses detail in low-light shots and isn’t very quick to lớn focus or save images. The slow focusing speeds combine withthe lack of optical image stabilization (OIS) to make for quite a few blurry shots in low light. The same goes for video clip recording.The C9 Pro does a good job during the day, but the unique takes a dive at night & in low-light conditions.The lack of OIS becomes a problem during video recording as well, as you have lớn keep your hands steady lớn avoid taking videos with too much shake.
In terms of camera modes, you get the usual list. There are dedicated night và HDR modes, and modes like Panorama, Food, và Continuous Shot. A Pro mode is offered as well, but like every other non-flagship Samsung phone, it’s a basic mode that doesn’t let you change shutter tốc độ or shoot in RAW. I should lưu ý that the night mode is quite handy in low-light situations where you aren’t taking photos of moving objects, as it can wring out quite a bit of detail that you wouldn’t otherwise get.
