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the galaxy note 9 is unarguably one of the most powerful fully featured devices ever made but is it really worth $1000 starting price or a Samsung just greedily trying to out Apple the iPhone 10 the note 9 is a super phone through and through it's got a beautiful six point four inch screen with curved glass sides and Samsung's signature shortcut tools there's a 12 megapixel dual camera with new AI for optimizing your photos there was a headphone jack waterproofing wireless charging Android 8.1 and a micro SD card slot but the note lines real value boils down to three things its enormous 4000 milliampere hour battery it's gigantic 128 gig or 512 gigabytes of on-board storage and it's trademark s-pen with new built-in bluetooth tricks the s-pen can still write draw and navigate around but now it also works like a remote control thanks to a new Bluetooth antenna inside for example you can use it to launch the camera app switch to selfie mode and take a selfie all with a few clicks this was my favorite use by far you can also open nearly any app advance your photo gallery control a presentation and skip a music track the remote will work up to 30 feet away for either 30 minutes or 200 clicks before it needs to recharge inside the phone the Bluetooth s-pen is clever no doubt but in the long run all but the most enthusiastic power users will probably forget this feature even exists battery life on the note 9 is pretty great it will take you from daybreak to midnight hours which isn't something I could say for either Galaxy S 9 phone that's fantastic in a pinch but you should still plan on powering the phone up once a day 2 hours through the note lines fast charging cable is all you need Samsung says that the 128 gigabyte version of the note 9 can store almost 550 movies in over 22,000 photos and the 512 gigabyte version that can store over 2,300 movies and more than 93 thousand photos this is fantastic because it means you won't have to constantly worry about deleting videos and chose to make room for more fun at cheaper 64 gigabyte phone with support for micro SD card storage it's still going to be more affordable in the long run than the galaxy note 9 the note 9 is a beautiful fantastic phone but it has a few sticking points it's camera while very good is almost exactly the same as the galaxy s 9 plus camera only with a new scene detection feature added in unfortunately this is a little slow to load also the placement of the fingerprint reader is still too close to the camera to feel comfortable and natural in my hands and the phone's price is through the roof the galaxy note 9 is a great buy if you want to upgrade from an older galaxy phone or if you're seeking a large screen Android device with all the things but you might want to hold off if you're really looking for a phone that has cutting-edge 5g speeds and in screen fingerprint reader and a 3d front-facing camera remember the note 9 is an investment phone this is something you're going to want to hold on to for years