Was originally going to purchase an iPhone XR as I heard it had excellent battery life (far better than my Galaxy S9). The salesman told me about the Note 9, saying it had outstanding battery life (4000mAh) and was "the best phone on the market." He said "if you don't like this phone, you won't like anything." I wasn't aware until he retrieved the phone from out the back, but I was actually sold a dual SIM variant; which can be very handy.

This phone is not meant for the everyday person. It is for someone who wants the absolute best- a massiv...Read more

It's quite a large phone, so make sure you handle it (or a dummy of it) before you buy one. Think about how much bigger/heavier it will be with the style of case you intend to use with it.
Size and weight aside, the phone is very responsive, and has run every game that I've thrown at it, flawlessly and without lag. The ability to add a MicroSD Card is a bonus. I've read it can handle SD cards up to 1TB, but I've only used mine with a 256Gig, and it works fine.

It should be noted, that under the default firmware, there is no option to make M...Read more

The phone was behaving pretty good — then 6 weeks in I started to notice odd errors. From slow text key responses, then to the assistant menu literally “spazzing” out all over the place before settling and unable to unlock the phone. This was reported in detail to Samsung who proceeded to take my phone and send it away. I was told I would hear within 2 days the outcome. I never received a phone call. I called them on three occasions and was guaranteed a call back. Not once was I called. Then last call I eacalated it to VOC who didn’t share nor ...Read more

I switched from the Google pixel 2xl to this brick. This crap goes on and on about it's battery life which I've barely noticed a difference from my old phone. I get pop ups and unwanted screen ads which I'm not used to considering that never happened with my pixel phone. Just changing the theme will cost you money. Not to mention this slow chunk of scrap will literally crash with just chrome open and only 1 tab. I can't scroll through Facebook without glitches and pop ups and the inevitable crash. Let's not even mention the terrible speakers an...Read more

Love the Bluetooth pen functionality
Including point the pen at foreign language and it will translate.
Write notes onto screen as soon as unlock pen from phone,
So many other options, I don't even own a computer anymore as this phone with DEX actually becomes my computer onto tv screen without any other parts required to purchase.
The in built speakers are actually amazing lol.
Big screen
Easy to project.
Power point
Word processing.
It's all in this one device, really!...Read more

I have had the note 9 for just a week. As a long time (all-time actually) Apple faithtful phone owner, I finally made the switch to Note 9 -- and boy I'm glad I did! Once upon a time android phones were very unstable, ugly, and had poor app design, and these were the reasons I never made the switch, but those problems seem to have been solved for the most part. I may be somewhat biased on this review having never experienced the customisability of Android, nor a phone with a stylus, however I find the note 9 is stunning in it's design, speed, a...Read more

my wife initially bought me a note 8 which was fantastic. I was previously using a galaxy note edge which still runs to this day. she figured I had deserved a new phone and thus the note 8 came. she was also looking at upgrading her htc and that's when the note 9 came out. so instead, she bought the note 9 for me and she got the note 8. simply put; the note 9 is awesome. I got the 512gb ocean blue model. I still had a 512gb micro sd and there's no way you can really use all of that storage. speed: the phone is super fast and does not show any l...Read more

May be my old mobile was too good.
My old phone was Samsung A9 Pro which I bought from India which was having 6 inch display.
Samsung A9 pro is having wider display than Note 9 which gives better ratio but there is more to it. In A9 Pro display, you can see higher details like shadows and brighter color contrast where as in Note 9 everything just lights up. If I play same video in both mobiles, I can see the experience I am losing to see vivid colors which I cannot see in Note 9. Surprisingly colors are more vividly displayed in Samsung A9 Pr...Read more