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one of the most important questions we get on social media is if it's worth its upgrade to the Galaxy S nine plus our review was mostly focused on answering this from a galaxy s perspective but that wasn't really the hottest galaxy in town I'm Jaime medley that I would pocket now and this is galaxy s 9 plus vs. Galaxy Note 8 tablets tablets they've got their benefits and their complications these two are some of the most expensive money can buy but also some of the most useful in the hand both devices feel literally the same the note has sharper corners but the aluminum trim feels just as pronounced on both though I do hear the s9 brings a stronger build of aluminum same glass on glass sandwich across the board same love for fingerprints and smudges so I'd stick to another color variant that's not black if I were you on either phone dimension wise the Galaxy Note 8 is actually a larger phone overall we're talking four millimeters taller one millimeter wider 0.1 millimeters thicker and six grams heavier a complete oddity since the galaxy has nine plus has a six percent larger battery then outs gorgeous infinity display is also slightly larger at 6.3 inches diagonal vs. 6.2 but both support the same Super AMOLED technology the same quad HD plus resolution capabilities and also Corning Gorilla Glass 5 storage options are the same starting in 64 gigs expandable and six EAGA bytes of RAM Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennas are also same specs at AC and 5 respectively both devices are also IP 68 water and dust resistant and support fast and wireless charging really what makes the Galaxy Note 8 stand apart is the s-pen this feature alone turns this phone into that productivity workhorse that you'd like to bring along to doodle notes or sign a PDF but that's about it I've been using Galaxy Notes for the past six generations and one thing that I will tell you is that the s-pen is something that's nice to have but that I rarely use and sure the s9 plus on the other hand might look similar but its benefits are significant it has the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor that's not just 25% faster but also more battery efficient and it also supports faster gigabit LTE speeds were available and then the s9 plus also solves some of our major complaints about the note 8 for example it finally brings stereo speakers for more immersive content consumption and they do support Dolby Atmos and are plenty loud with the fingerprint scanner is now also placed where regular human hands can reach and don't remind me about the node 8 in that department and the galaxy s 9 even has intelligent scan to blend facial recognition with the iris scanner where the node 8 only has the ladder and hardware isn't really the only thing that got improved one of our biggest complaints about the Galaxy Note is also the lack of software updates sure the galaxy has 9 plus is still a version behind on Oreo but I'd call that a better option than being a year behind with nougat on the node 8 now an interesting thing to note is that Samsung's experienced 9 on the S 9 is pretty much the oriole version of experience 8.5 on the node 8 that means that everything that we praised about the note is reaching the galaxy s things like the broader grid of icons on the launcher and also app Paras are now making their way from the node to the S other than that we have a are emoji on the galaxy s 9 plus which I sadly still cannot recommend it's still not well implemented and as for Bixby it seems that the note is still stuck a version behind so features like Bixby vision do work and they do claim AR capabilities but only the s9 can go further with features like translation and makeup Galaxy Note 8 was my primary daily driver pretty much until the pixel 2xl replaced it and now the galaxy has 9 plus performance feel smoother on the galaxy s 9 plus by a meager margin it's like if the node 8 was sometimes waiting for an extra second to respond to a gesture now you won't notice any differences when playing games though both devices are just as powerful when it comes to the phone calls I seriously feel the galaxy s 9 plus has allowed our earpiece the node 8 isn't bad but not as clear as the newer phone and then things like battery life are also better on the s 9 plus I wouldn't say that by a longshot but at least I know that with the S 9 plus I can reach end of day with around 30% where the Galaxy Note 8 was just okay the camera is where things become interesting technically the new dual camera system on the s 9 plus is more versatile with a variable aperture of f15 and f2 point 4 for low light and bright scenarios respectively every other technical specification is similar with the same megapixel count the same specs for the telephoto lens the same specs for the front-facing camera in theory the improvements on the s9 wouldn't mean better photos overall but you won't really notice much of a difference in the daylight both phones are really really good I do notice the brighter aperture brings better low-light performance on the s9 plus though you'd have to notice things like corners or brick walls where bs9 just butchers the no-date in both brightness and detail the bear in mind both devices do prove to be very sluggish when it comes to moving subjects I love that the galaxy s 9 brought the same live photo capabilities of the note eight apply effects after the fact or stick to the white shot if things went bad what I will praise about the galaxy s 9 plus is its capabilities as a video machine I can record 4k at 60 frames per second 1080p at 240 frames per second and super slow-mo video at 960 frames per second at 720p all things that even the camera that I'm using for this review can't do the know tape is obviously no slouch with stabilization on both phones being great the Galaxy S line clearly has significant improvements in this department to conclude it would seem that the Galaxy S 9 Plus is a more complete phone we have significant improvements in the processor with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 newer software stereo speakers and significant improvements in the camera system calling out a winner really depends on your needs though if you depend on the s-pen and there's no way around that you need the Galaxy Note 8 now if you don't which is the reality of most people then I'd recommend you go for the new or galaxy s 9 plus it's the overall better Buy where you get some unique features that many folks today don't have obviously you could wait for the next Galaxy Note that will most likely bring all these improvements and then some but that's still around 6 to 8 months away friends are coverage of the galaxy s 9 plus continues let us know what other comparisons you want to see next while you're at that make sure you follow us on social media subscribe to our channel for more videos like this one you can also follow me on Twitter Hind underscore target on instagram @ high meta meta please give this video a thumbs up if you like what you saw 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