Samsung Galaxy S9 it was tested in every way by those who had the opportunity to use the new smartphone of the Korean company, and on this occasion we can find out two very interesting things about the new phone. The first of them is related to the recording of 4K video clips at 60 FPS, the Samsung Galaxy S9 offering this option for the first time for the series of Korean phones, after Apple integrated it into iPhone X during the past year.
The Samsung Galaxy S9 still has a stupid limit, more precisely, it cannot record 4K videos at 60 FPS longer than 5 minutes, the same limit being imposed last year for the S8, when recording 4K at 30 FPS. Samsung says that it limits the recording time of 4K video clips to 60 FPS on the Samsung Galaxy S9 in order to protect the internal components, but we are still talking about something stupid, since Apple offers the unlimited function on the iPhone X or iPhone 8.
Samsung Galaxy S9 – strange problem and unexpected function
The Samsung Galaxy S9 still has an unexpected feature implemented, namely support for the HEVC system imposed by Apple for iOS 11, iPhone and iPad starting last year. Apple forces iPhone 8 and iPhone X users to record 4K video clips at 60 FPS in this format so that the video recordings have a smaller size, but in the Samsung Galaxy S9 there is the option to use, or not, this function for recordings.
The Samsung Galaxy S9 surprises me with the implementation of HEVC for video recording, but this is a sign that the format will at some point be imposed instead of H.264, and HEIF will replace JPEG for pictures. Apple and Samsung are only the first major manufacturers to implement support for these technologies, and the Samsung Galaxy S9 will make the format even more popular, so that in the end support for both will be offered natively, including in Windows and on Internet websites.
