https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/25/16931580/samsung-galaxy-s9-prelaunch-mwc-2018

Exactly one month from now, Samsung will unveil its next flagship phone, the Galaxy S9. It will be the biggest attraction at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and it will set the bar for Android flagships for the rest of the year. It will also be Samsung’s first opportunity to respond to Apple’s radically redesigned iPhone X. And, inevitably for being the latest and best product from the world’s most prolific smartphone vendor, the S9 will sell in the millions.

I have no doubt that this phone — or, more likely, phones, given Samsung’s habit of issuing a Plus-sized model — will be momentous and important. I’m sure Samsung will do its usual thing of sandwiching together the best hardware possible inside a design that feels implausible. But I do have one overriding question regarding this upcoming device, a question that might go neglected as the usual hot topics of specs and design start to overtake the conversation.