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this is the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 you know it's funny we've spent years hearing Samsung repeating the same catchphrase the next big thing is here and then failing to deliver but then really this Samsung Galaxy unpacked mentioned nothing no overhyped catchphrases no gimmicks heck we even saw products announce that we weren't really expecting and yet this is the first time that I actually filled the next big thing is here I'm high amenity that I with pocket now and this is our review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 so here's the thing when picking a daily driver I care more about key essentials and asked to look and feel good perform well take great photos and that battery life has to last me at least through end of day sadly we're still in this even or game when it comes to phones where you either get one thing right or the other but the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 seems to be one of the exceptions for 2018 call the design iterative all you want one of the things that I've learned is that design changes always come at the expense of refinements like its predecessor the Galaxy Note 9 takes sighs seriously I don't think that it's just that it's large but really the sharp corners that make it seem and feel larger even if it's really not that much different than the galaxy s 9 plus I do love the build of the glass in the aluminum I like the ocean blue color with the yellow s-pen even if the fingerprints are still a thing I also praised improvements like the reachable fingerprint scanner even if that only really applies to large hands like mine I am definitely gonna call the Galaxy Note 9 the king of content consumption the six point four inch Super AMOLED infinity display is still the best in the market with great color saturation and brightness to make the screen larger without sacrificing footprint Samsung shrunk the bottom vessel a bit sort of like what we saw with the active line dual firing speakers also finally make the cut and these are plenty loud for watching parking out videos on the go and subscribing to our channel as well shameless plug tucked inside we have the best specifications that 2018 has to offer there's the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 options for six eggs of RAM and 64 gigs of expandable storage or eight gigs of RAM and a whopping 512 gigs of storage that you can then expand to up to one terabyte through microSD there's a massive 4000 milliamp hour battery fast wireless charging and Ivy 68 water and dust resistance like seriously everything but the kitchen sink this is my first ever Galaxy Note review or I actually dedicate a segment to the s-pen I feel that it finally deserves it this is still your standard s-pen with it tip that feels I give your writing with a sharpie you can still use it to be artistic or to doodle notes even when your screen is off and yes it can be your surrogate Mouse every now and then but not all applications support features like scrolling what's changes the new bluetooth LE functionality and the fact that even if it requires you to charge it you won't really have to worry about that thanks to the built-in super capacitor that charges it internally in just minutes this allows you to use it as a remote for photos music playback video you name it and what's amazing it looks no different than any of its predecessors I use it a lot for things like OneNote for work but your mileage will vary as to how much you use the s-pen another thing that I'd wish that I see this phone is running Android Pi out of the box we're currently still on Android 8.1 Oreo with Samsung's experienced UI and well it looks and feels no different than the Galaxy Note 8 and that's something that actually worries me as Samsung is notorious for taking its time with software updates now not everything is bad I do praised Samsung's good taste and aesthetics I like the fact that you can glide through menus very quickly and probably one of my favorite features continues to be the edge menus which I use constantly to check on my calendar or Collin application or pairs which I depend on pretty much every day samsung has spent the last couple of years being ahead of the curve when it comes to features when compared to stock Android and things like multi window for example so I do understand that this UI to a certain degree serves a purpose I've been using the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 for two weeks in New York City as my daily driver I'll tell you this much I did a separate video that I recommend you watch on how much this phone demolishes its competition and data speeds we've compared it to devices like the iPhone 10 and it significantly outperforms them on the t-mobile network I can't really say the call quality is superior though but it's good performance playing games is great features like game launcher help and it seems that the whole water carbon cooling system works cause I haven't really felt this phone heat up or slowed down in any way and asked for the most important essential for this to be a note pad replacement I am glad to report that battery life is finally a non-issue last time that I praised the Galaxy Note for its battery was the note 3 and this phone delivers just as well I've managed to end every single day on a charge and I've been really taxing this phone as my only device even if I usually carry two still there are things about the experience that I find a bit annoying I've noticed vixx P is not as reliable as it used to be and I hate that you can't disable the button like you could on the know date so I end up launching it by accident three out of five times I pull it out of my pocket vixx be home also slows down the UI ever so often when you launch it from the home screen and I've also noticed bugs like the phone having issues switching between the speaker and Bluetooth and certain apps which could be a third party application issue and an addition also some minor stalls in the camera but it usually only happens in third-party apps like Instagram which I assume are other things that have to be ironed out now the cameras story is interesting because you think that this is a galaxy s 9 plus with an S Pen but it's not it seems that Samsung has made some changes into its post-processing because this phone has given me some of the most beautiful photos that I've taken lately the variable aperture helps that adapt to situations you get great color but I noticed that saturation has been toned down to now be more pleasing to the eye more natural I'd say I took all these photos with a company scene detection on and I guess they were right I'm not gonna say that it's always accurate and detecting what it sees but I will praise the results the photos are gorgeous the same goes for low-light performance where the camera does a better job at not blowing the highlights though I will tell you that the issues with moving subjects that we saw with the galaxy s 9 are still here I also love things like portrait mode not just because of its accuracy but because life focus allows you to tone it up tone it down or turn it off after the fact this also continues to be the only phone that I trust for selfies not just because of its brighter aperture but because the field of view is wider than average I even feel that I lose a few pounds with them which I know some people care about and then Samsung Galaxy phones have also gained my respect in video recording we've got great stabilization while walking 4k video at 60 frames per second super slow-mo at 960 frames per second at 720p with a little more recording time available now I have noticed an interesting change in the crop when it comes to selfie video the crop is not as tight as it was with the Galaxy has a 9 Plus but I don't notice the stabilization that I had with the s9 + well I don't really know if I like this or not yet to conclude let's address the most important elephant in the room when it comes to the Galaxy Note 9 this phone costs $1000 I have a hard time justifying that price for any phone but there are some very important things to consider first the Galaxy Note 8 wasn't really that much cheaper when it launched second if we were to compare it to another $1000 phone well the note 9 has a better screen three times more RAM double the storage that's also expandable more battery life and a better set of cameras and if you watched the speed test video that I recommended it's also miles better and I mean miles better when it comes to data speeds and best of all US carriers are already packed with deals and bundles for you to be able to save some money if you go for the Galaxy Note 9 again I'm not saying that any phone is worth $1000 but if it were my cache if I have to choose just one $1000 phone the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 would be the phone that I would definitely pick this is once again that Vanguard device that challenges the market with a lot more for your money so far without a doubt this is my favorite phone of 2018 folks just like this we've got more reviews in 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