Samsung has launched its latest smartphones Galaxy S9 and S9+

The phones will be slightly smaller but feature new camera technology and Samsung's version of Animoji

The Galaxy S9 and S9+ will cost £739 and £869

The new devices will be released on March 16

It will launch with colours: Midnight Black, Coral Blue and Lilac Purple

Samsung Galaxy S9: First impressions with the iPhone X challenger

Samsung has unveiled a smartphone that the Korean giant claimed “reimagined the smartphone camera” as it sought to respond to Apple’s most recent iPhone.

The Galaxy S9, Samsung’s new flagship device, is capable of shooting video in super-slow motion and responding to different light levels

However, the phone boasts few of the major design changes that featured in its predecessor, last year’s Galaxy S8, or Apple’s new iPhone X, leading to questions over whether it was a worthy-enough upgrade to encourage shoppers to shell out for the £739 device. You can read our first impressions with the device here.

Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, enjoyed record profits last year and strong sales of its handsets, despite its Korean parent company being tarnished by the prison sentence handed to Jay Y Lee, the son of its chairman and the conglomerate’s de facto leader.

However, global smartphone sales fell at the end of last year for the first time on record, and analysts said it is unclear that Samsung’s new device will be able to breathe new life into the market.