Review on 💻 Renewed Samsung Galaxy S9 in Titanium Gray, 64GB for AT&T by Hayden Lim (Hayden L ᠌

Name: 💻 Renewed Samsung Galaxy S9 in Titanium Gray, 64GB for AT&T
Item: 💻 Renewed Samsung Galaxy S9 in Titanium Gray, 64GB for AT&T
Rating: 5

November 28, 2022

One of the best deals, glad I bought this.

Before buying, there were no high expectations for the phone. After a few days of use, I was delighted with it.
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 (after 6 months of use)
about the pros:
+ the phone continues to please with battery and photo quality (especially at night).
+ The battery holds 2 days confidently. With intensive use until the end of the day is always enough. I don't use my charger at work anymore. I don’t think about the battery level during the day, only in the evening I check whether I need to put it on charge.
+ with the ate added "live photos" as in the iPhone. Sometimes there are funny moments. The wife of the iPhone Xr and this function is better implemented there. Here it is more like short videos where you need to click "play" to turn on the animation.
+ even after 6 months of use, there is still a pleasant feeling of how it sits in the hand and looks. The screen quality is incredible.
+ still fast. There are no delays.

a few cons:
- portrait mode is weak. Often misses focus and blurs quite roughly. As a rule, photos do not turn out than they turn out. And taking pictures in this mode is very slow. I stopped using this feature.
- the camera shutter in auto mode is not very fast Pixel and iPhone Xr are many times faster, but the quality of pictures in the dark makes up for this shortcoming.
- there is no turning on the screen on a double touch. Pressing hard on a certain part at the bottom of the screen is a dubious decision.
- unlocking by face and retinal scanner is so slow that I turned them off and don't use them anymore. The fingerprint scanner saves, although not the fastest.
- the last couple of months after the ate, some trouble with automatic brightness control - constantly trying to blind.
- the camera sometimes freezes and stops shooting (video and photos), reboot helps. Often, photos taken while shooting in frontal mode turn out to be inverted to horizontal.
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In general, I am satisfied with the phone and did not regret the purchase. There are some shortcomings, but they are not critical.

Pros

I bought a phone from Qualcom in the USA, respectively, and the battery holds incredibly well. I charge every 2 days, enough for a full 2 days and another 10-15% remains. With the same mode of use, LG G3 kept half a day, IPhone5 until the evening. Fast, sits comfortably in the hand, excellent screen and sound, there is a mini jack, I charge every 2 days, not slippery, good camera. If the phone is placed on the table with the screen down, the silent mode is turned on and when notifications are made, the rounded edges of the phone illuminate the phone in a circle.

Cons

There is the first Google Pixel, it shoots better and faster. The S9 takes good pictures, but even the first pixel is much faster and the photo looks better. However, the night shots of the S9 are excellent. There is no double tap on the screen to turn it on. Instead, a strong press on the screen in the place where the home button should be. Not very comfortable, but you can get used to it. The separately-remote bigsby button can be reconfigured to any functionality by the bxActions program. The bottom navigation bar is customizable via Navbar Apps (red icon)