Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today at the Mobile World Congress 2018 conference unveiled a pair of smartphones that among multiple new capabilities include a slow-motion video capability aimed at business applications such as recording a high-speed manufacturing process or enabling first responders to capture video even, in low light, that can then by more minutely analyzed.
To enable that capability the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones can be configured with as much as 400GB of memory. Available with 5.8-in and 6.2-in screens respectively, this latest series of Samsung smartphone are the first smartphones to be able to transfer data over an LTE connection at rates exceeding a Gigabit per second.
Other new offerings being added to the Samsung portfolio include a DexPad, which provides a docking station that allows an end user to lay a smartphone flat when connecting to a monitor to access Windows and cloud applications, and a Samsung SmartThings application that allows Samsung smartphones to control multiple devices. When it comes to IoT, Samsung has focused on consumer devices. But the Samsung SmartThings application does sport an open application programming interface (API) that can be used to extend the reach of SmartThings application to industrial systems.
Samsung today also extended its digital assistant software in a way that leverages built-in machine learning capabilities enabled via Bixby APIs that instantly generates information directly on top of the image that the camera in the smartphone is displaying. For example, Bixby can display calorie intake information in real time about the ingredients on a plate of food.
Users can translate foreign languages and currency in real time using Samsung Live Translation software, learn more about their immediate surroundings, translated street signs while visiting a foreign country, or purchase a product based on a photo.
Naturally, all these capabilities need to be integrated with backend application services, which in turn creates new opportunities for Samsung channel partners.
Greg Wagner, a senior product marketing manager for Samsung, says that while video generates large files, Samsung has included compression software that makes them easier to share over an LTE wireless connection.
“We think you’ll see a lot of these showing up in field service applications,” says Wagner.
Preorders for both smartphones will begin March 2, 2018, with delivery through telecommunications carriers expected to start March 16th. Samsung, for a limited period, is making available up to $350 per trade in for any phone. Samsung is also committed to making unlocked versions of the Samsung Galaxy and Galaxy S9+ available through channel partners later this year.
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