A Review of the Samsung Galaxy S9, in Emoji The main differences are an improved camera and a feature called AR Emoji, which uses a photo of your face to create an animated version of yourself making various expressions, like crying in a bathtub or shaking your head. The Galaxy S9 serves as a reminder that you don’t need to buy a new phone every year (even though the carriers want you to). Critics gave last year’s Galaxy S8 phone rave reviews, with one caveat: The fingerprint sensor was a few millimeters to the right of the camera lens. If you thought Siri or Alexa was inadequate, wait till you try Bixby, the virtual assistant that Samsung introduced last year. To set it up, you smile with your mouth closed and snap a photo of your face, and the phone software creates a computer-generated image of you.
