S9 plus SM-G9650 version performance / benefits

[xzap042]

Hi,
Has anyone used the mentioned version of s9+? Online everyone says the snapdragon version is better in every respect and reviews also say the same.
Mentioned model is snapdragon version while also being dual SIM. Is there any benefit of international FD model (exynos variant) over this specific model. Performance / support / updates wise etc. Any extra bloatware or language issues. I'm not interested in root.

Any real reason to prefer one over the other. Or any drawback/limitation of one over other. I'm interested to know whether I lose anything on choosing this model over FD.

 

[murtaza12]

Hi,
Has anyone used the mentioned version of s9+? Online everyone says the snapdragon version is better in every respect and reviews also say the same.
Mentioned model is snapdragon version while also being dual SIM. Is there any benefit of international FD model (exynos variant) over this specific model. Performance / support / updates wise etc. Any extra bloatware or language issues. I'm not interested in root.

Any real reason to prefer one over the other. Or any drawback/limitation of one over other. I'm interested to know whether I lose anything on choosing this model over FD.

Reviews always favour SD since in its early days, it always outperforms the Exynos. Same happened again this year with the S10.
It was shit at launch, but it's fine now.

Updates on G9650 are slower.
Samsung always does this with the same phone that's offered with different SoCs. The Exynos is always better when it comes to updates.

The 965F was bad in its early days. Many updates later and the kernel was improved by a huge margin. Even now, haven't heard many complaints from people using OneUI on their S9s.

The only benefit I can see would be better GPU performance, so games would work a lot better. If you're a heavy mobile gamer and are in to stuff like PUBG, Fortnite and other heavy games, the Snapdragon one will handle them a lot better.