The Verge 2018 tech report card: Samsung
Compared to the past couple of years, 2018 was a relatively uneventful 12 months for Samsung. The company largely kept on keeping on, stuck with what’s been working for the past few years, and managed to avoid major product debacles or new corruption scandals.
The new product train started early in the year for Samsung, with the announcement of the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus in February. The S9 pair were direct follows to 2017’s very successful Galaxy S8 phones, and Samsung didn’t change much for the new models. They had newer processors and updated cameras, but looked almost identical to the prior year’s phones. The S9 also debuted questionable software, such as the creepy AR Emoji – a hastily put together ripoff of Apple’s Animoji.
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