Samsung Galaxy Note 9 review: Incremental Excellence! By 9to5Google

The Samsung note 9 is the culmination of several incremental iterations that may seem underwhelming in their own right, but when combined, we get the finest Android device of the year and potentially the most complete Android experience for a very long time. Hey there, it's Damon here for 95 Google, and this is our review of the imperious Samsung Galaxy Note 9, despite the high price and lack of real innovation, Samsung have delivered a device that hits all the right notes and then some there's almost no compromises with this latest iteration. In the note series, it's easy to level criticism at Samsung for getting lazy with design seem as though they managed to churn out more than one flagship tier device per year. But whilst it's a relevant point with the note 9, you get a tried and tested design that doesn't fall foul of the notch centric 2018 design, principles of literally every other manufacturer on the market. Right now, Samsung is sticking to their guns. With this attempt to decrease bezels and increase screen size and, to be honest, I'm grateful for their stubborn approach.

All the side bezels are slim and the tapered glass that leads to the metal frame feels somewhat softer than with previous models. To be completely honest, that might be the placebo effect convincing me, but the entire handling experience feels decidedly sturdy. That's even despite this being just two pieces of glass encased in prime internals. There's no doubt that Samsung know how to put a smartphone together, but I do fear the consequences of a drop without adequate case protection. My case of choice at this moment in time is actually the official silicone case.

The side bezels seem much less rounded and flatter, which makes me feel more boxy than the previous model. I didn't think that this would be something I'd, particularly notice, but you do get a slightly larger surface area for extra grip when, without my case right around that front, the screen manages to be not point, one inches larger, which might not get noticed at first, but more screen real estate on the best display of the market is always welcome. So in that six point four inch footprint. We found the now standard, Samsung 18 point 5 by 9 aspect ratio at 1440p with a pixel density of 516 PPI when written down. That sounds impressive, but it's when you use a device that you my Samsung, makes the best panels in the business I found the curved glass edges of the screen too much less pronounced on this model, which results at least for me, and a better usage experience than on the previous variant to in direct sunlight.

It's just an absolute beast to with the peak brightness up to 27% higher than that of the notates panel gorging on YouTube videos, even in direct sunlight, is not going to be a problem. Also, ever speaking of problems, the often criticized positioning of the fingerprint scanner on the note 8 has been altered for this model now found below the dual camera module more on this later for a slightly less a finger. Stretching unlocking experience as with small hands, will welcome this change. Oh, I still can't say I'm a fan of the size and orientation of the reader, I'd like to see a larger target to be hitting with my fingertip in future releases, but at least this is a star that phone port is also an ever-present making this one of the few true flagship devices that keep persisting with the old standard. I personally, don't expect Samsung to support it forever, but it feels like they're sending an indirect message to all the other OEMs with each and every inclusion in their devices.

I've also reached a point now where the s-pen is now the sole differentiator between the note line and the Galaxy S line. Last year we saw a few minor additions to the S pen's capabilities, with nothing being particularly earth-shattering or truly game-changing. The new ability to control your camera or manager, music playing might not shake up the market, but it may finally increase s-pen usage all around. Alongside these new features, the internals of the s-pen have been upgraded to add Bluetooth connectivity from up to 30 feet away. The button on the side can be programmed directly to control your camera.

Shutter or even open, apps themselves, specific actions and controls will come in a future update, allowing developers to add support for their application should they wish to do so. This could really be an exciting addition for those who really do use OneNote devices in a professional setting, for instance, beyond these neat, new tricks is business as usual for the best smartphone stylus of the market. Ip68 rating gratefully give feedback on the button release, pinpoint drawing and handwriting emulation. Nothing else on, Android comes close just yet, oh, and it also comes in a cool yellow option with the blue unit. Only a little bummed out that I couldn't get this with my black variant.

It's hard not to pick up a Samsung smartphone these days and notice the distinct difference in how they felt during the dark days of Touch ID I flipped from using the Nexus 6p to a note 8, as my main device last year and I must admit, I found the Samsung experience to be pretty solid. All things considered, the overall OS blow is becoming less and less of an issue thanks to device, storage increases and RAM increases with each and every hardware refresh I'm, not personally sure that Samsung lag is something I've even noticed on the note, a and s9 during my time with both smartphones. That being said, I have experienced some issues with specific applications, but these were due to the apps themselves rather than the skin in which they were running on. You may notice some touch latency issues at point during this video, but I must admit that is down to the cheap screen protector I have installed and have promptly removed. Whilst it is disappointing that the note 9 doesn't come with Android Pi installed or standard instead coming pre-loaded with Android re or 8.1, it's still very, very slick everything loads instantly. In my user experience, granted I'm still expecting comments from people stating that they can see Samsung light from a mile away.

I get it people don't seem willing to forgive Samsung for unleashing Touch ID on the unsuspecting public. That being said, even though I have such a good experience with it, it's not all roses now either I do hate the app duplication problem massively, but I suspect that some of that is due to these first party apps be needed for Bixby to operate properly, which begs an even bigger question who actually uses Bigamy in all honesty, their general day-to-day software experience is almost identical to the note. A and s1 + AR emoji make their way to the note line for the first time and the S Pen has a few tricks. The sign + introduced the ability to control the aperture for the very first time, but I never really felt the need to mess around in the pro mode to really get the most out of it. I still found myself simply pointing shooting, with Auto mode, enabled to guarantee that I get something worth looking at later on, I'll.

Stop me it's pretty much the same here with the note 9 in yours, dual cameras, you're working with a similar dual 12 megapixel camera range found on the noh8. We become a side by side rather than above and below I. Much prefer this layout myself, so very much like the noh8 prior. There is a wide angle and a telephoto lens with the wide-angle lens, introducing that jewel f1 point 5, 2, F, 2.5 aperture found on the previous F I mentioned s9 plot upfront is an 8 megapixel sensor and iris scanner for quick unlocks, which is so much faster than older models. In my experiences so far, whilst the hardware remains pretty predictable, there are a few software changes that have been added to help take instead of photos that little easier.

Something couldn't like the AI was passing by, so they've added a little AI tech of their own for camera, processing, scene, optimizes, Samsung's way of adding AI to their camera, and my limited experience with it so far has been mixed. The system itself is said to be able to distinguish between 20 preset scenes everything from snow to streets, animals to people and food to mix lighting scenarios. As for the camera quality on the note 9, here's a few samples for you to make your own mind up about something have tackled. One of the most crippling inadequacies of the previous note by packing in a four thousand William hour capacity battery into the slender Note 9 frame, meaning that we now finally have a fully functioning all-day workhorse device. It's difficult to give an accurate indication of what you can expect, which is often wise, stay clear of pronouncing a device to have all-day battery life.

But the note 9 does actually deliver within the first 4 to 5 days of usage. I've had screen on time reading well above 5 hours, which, although isn't earth-shattering these miles ahead of my note, 8 previously pauses on, display and share size of that panel and naturally the biggest drainers. The battery takes a little while to charge mainly as we still don't have a quick charge, 3.0 in any Samsung smartphone as yet. This means that to go from naught to 100 percent, it will take around an hour and 40 minutes the included charge brick. This is especially impressive as it is it actually the same amount of time it takes to charge the s9 plus, but with a 14 percent overall larger battery capacity.

Whilst a $1000 entry price is high, you have to take into account that this is literally the only true no compromise smartphone on the market available today, a good battery, exceptional camera, the best display for storage, a standard SD card slot, headphone port, no, not CH, stereo speakers, slim bezels, exceptional, build wireless charging, ip68 rating S, Pen, fingerprint scanner and so much more. If you're on the fence, then it's definitely time to hop over and enjoy the experience, thanks for taking the time out of your day to give this video a watch. If you'd like to read the full review and for more Android and Google related news and discussion, please visit 95, google. com and remember to subscribe for more content like this anyway. That's just about enough for me: I'd be Damming, 495, Google and I'll speech.

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