Samsung will be showing off their upcoming flagship phones a little earlier than expected. The Galaxy S9 and S9+ will reportedly be on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, which will take place sometime in January 2018.

News of the preview was disclosed to an anonymous informant who claimed to have been briefed on Samsung's plans. The informant, in turn, told VentureBeat about the upcoming display.

Avid Samsung users will not see too much of a difference between the upcoming phones and their predecessors, the Galaxy S8 and S8+, at least in terms of appearance. This is because the S9 and S9+ will be more like upgrades instead of complete redesigns.

The S9 and S9+ will differ in screen size. Much like the previous model line, the "plus" model will sport a larger 6.2-inch screen compared to the regular one's 5.8-inch. The display itself will be using Samsung's Super Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode (AMOLED) Infinity display.

The S8 and S8+ were identical in specifications save for their screen size, but the same cannot be said for the S9 and S9+. The S9+ will have a larger random access memory (RAM) of 6 GB compared to the regular's 4 GB. The plus version will have a secondary rear camera as well, similar to the Note 8.

Samsung will also be releasing a new version of the DeX Dock. This gadget, which allows the phone to be used as a virtual keyboard, can be a useful complement for the Galaxy S9 and S9+

The CES display will count as the first public appearance of the Galaxy S9 and S9+ phones, but there is no word about how much information will actually be revealed at the CES. Samsung still plans to hold an official product launch for the said phones in March, similar to what they did with the Galaxy S8 and S8+ in 2017.