Hi steeminas, I'm in a dilemma here and I hope you can help me out about my decision.

My current phone is already acting up and it's not the latest model so some apps are no longer compatible and it freezes in the important moments, so capturing some picture-worthy scenes is sometimes a challenge.

I've been savings up to buy a new phone and when the Samsung S9+ went out I fell in love with it since I've been using Samsung for the last 10 years. But then it's just so costly and as they say Samsung phone seems to freeze over a certain period of time so it may not be worth it.

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Samsung Galaxy S9+

Released 2018, March
189g, 8.5mm thickness
Android 8.0
64/128/256GB storage, microSD card slot
35%
3,535,577 HITS
575
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6.2"
1440x2960 pixels
12MP
2160p
6GB RAM
Exynos 9810 Octa
3500mAh
Li-Ion
REVIEW
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ALL VERSIONS G965FG965F/DSG965UG965WG9650
Versions: G965F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G965F/DS (Europe, Global Dual-SIM); G965U (USA); G965W (Canada); G9650 (China, LATAM)

NETWORK Technology
GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2018, February
Status Available. Released 2018, March
BODY Dimensions 158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm (6.22 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
Weight 189 g (6.67 oz)
Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)

• IP68 certified - dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
  DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
  Size 6.2 inches, 98.3 cm2 (~84.2% screen-to-body ratio)
  Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~529 ppi density)
  Multitouch Yes
  Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
  • HDR10 compliant
• 3D Touch (home button only)
• Always-on display
  PLATFORM OS Android 8.0 (Oreo)
  Chipset Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
  Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 - USA/LATAM, China
  CPU Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
  Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China
  GPU Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
  Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
  MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 400 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
  Internal 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM - China
  128 GB, 6 GB RAM - LATAM
  CAMERA Primary Dual: 12 MP (f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF) + 12MP (f/2.4, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1µm, AF), OIS, phase detection autofocus, 2x optical zoom, LED flash, check quality
  Features Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama
  Video 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec., check quality
  Secondary 8 MP (f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6", 1.22µm), autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR
  SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
  Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
  3.5mm jack Yes
  • 32-bit/384kHz audio
• Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
  COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
  Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
  GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
  NFC Yes
  Radio FM radio (USA & Canada only)
  USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
  FEATURES Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
  Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
  Browser HTML5
  • Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
• Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
• Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
• ANT+ support
• Bixby natural language commands and dictation
• MP4/DivX/XviD/H.265 player
• MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
• Photo/video editor
• Document editor
  BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 3500 mAh battery (13.48 Wh)
  MISC Colors Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple, Burgundy Red, Sunrise Gold
  Price About 990 EUR
  TESTS Performance Basemark OS II: 3297 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 3354
  Basemark X: 42134
  Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.537 (sunlight)
  Camera Photo / Video
  Loudspeaker Voice 68dB / Noise 74dB / Ring 80dB
  Audio quality Noise -92.6dB / Crosstalk -93.4dB
  Battery life
  Endurance rating 86h

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Then this new Huawei P20 pro went out and I love the camera features. Also it's $200 less than the Samsung S9+ but they say it's not that durable like Samsung. And the memory is not expendable. I'm confused.

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Huawei P20 Pro

Released 2018, April
180g, 7.8mm thickness
Android 8.1
128GB storage, no card slot
52%
2,954,447 HITS
467
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6.1"
1080x2240 pixels
40MP
2160p
6GB RAM
Hisilicon Kirin 970
4000mAh
Li-Po
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NETWORK Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2018, March
Status Available. Released 2018, April
BODY Dimensions 155 x 73.9 x 7.8 mm (6.10 x 2.91 x 0.31 in)
Weight 180 g (6.35 oz)
Build Front/back glass & aluminum frame
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
- IP67 certified - dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
DISPLAY Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 6.1 inches, 93.9 cm2 (~82.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 2240 pixels, 18.7:9 ratio (~408 ppi density)
Multitouch Yes
- EMUI 8.1
PLATFORM OS Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Chipset Hisilicon Kirin 970
CPU Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G72 MP12
MEMORY Card slot No
Internal 128 GB, 6 GB RAM
CAMERA Primary Triple: 40 MP (f/1.8, 27mm, 1/1.7") + 20 MP B/W (f/1.6, 27mm) + 8 MP (f/2.4, 80mm), OIS, Leica optics, 3x optical zoom, phase detection and laser autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@960fps, check quality
Secondary 24 MP (f/2.0, 26mm), 720p
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack No
- 32-bit/384kHz audio

• Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
• 3.5 mm to USB-C headphone adapter incl.
  COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
  Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD
  GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
  NFC Yes
  Infrared port Yes
  Radio No
  USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
  FEATURES Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum
  Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
  Browser HTML5
  • Fast battery charging 4.5V/5A (58% in 30 min)
• XviD/MP4/H.265/WMV player
• MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/Flac player
• Document viewer
• Photo/video editor
  BATTERY Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery
  MISC Colors Twilight, Black, Midnight Blue, Pink Gold
  Price About 900 EUR
  TESTS Performance Basemark OS II: 3565 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 3252
  Basemark X: 39945
  Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.087 (sunlight)
  Camera Photo / Video
  Loudspeaker Voice 71dB / Noise 69dB / Ring 91dB
  Audio quality Noise -92.1dB / Crosstalk -92.1dB
  Battery life
  Endurance rating 89h

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The main reason for me on buying a phone is to improve the quality of my photos without buying a bulky and a separate camera. I need it to be handy enough and to be compact and multi functional at the same time.

I do almost all transactions in my phone, photos, videos, music, notes, emails. checking of online investments and sometimes steemit blogs.

Also it should be fast, durable at the same time. If there's any recommendation of brands or model you can give me I'll greatly appreciate that. I just want my hard earned money from steemit to go to useful and worthy purchase. Yes, I'll use my steemit's current and prior withdrawals for the purchase.

Also I'm very careful with my phone so this will be for 5 years or so use. :)

Thank you in advance to those who will take time reading and commenting. :)

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