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Revainrating 5 out of 5

The price/quality ratio is great, I will buy again.

At the moment, almost all phones now look the same, due to the fashion of the screen on the whole face. We can say that they have lost their individuality. So there is almost no difference what phone to buy now. To be honest, if it wasn't for the stylus, I wouldn't have bought the galaxy note 9. I didn’t buy such expensive smartphones before, because, in principle, I have enough smartphone performance even for 20k, since I don’t play games, but any browser works fine. But then I wanted a top…

Pros
  • Symmetric
Cons
  • Rounded screen edges. If the screen were less elongated, hardly anyone would be upset. The original protective glass costs 3990, which is a bit too much. Original covers on sale from 1500. As with a car, you buy an expensive one, and original consumables for it will also cost accordingly.

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Everything is fine, there are only minor drawbacks.

In general, the attitude to the phone is no longer like a phone, but like a computer. The hardware stuffing allows you to open a bunch of tabs in chrome, run a lot of applications. A large screen with good resolution allows you to use a remote desktop. A lot of memory allows you to carry all your multimedia - a collection with you (movies, TV shows, cartoons for children, audio books, photos, music, documents). The only thing missing is a well-organized storage of all this stuff. Sometimes it…

Pros
  • The screen is good. Both size and contrast. But the rounding in my opinion is unnecessary show-off. Dex is a cool thing, you can no longer take anything on trips except a cable. Connected to the TV in the hotel and you're done. There is only a problem with sound output. You need to poke around. The stylus is cool, but for now I perceive it more as a toy.
Cons
  • The main drawback at the moment that I have identified is the camera. She is very lathering around the edges. Moved from S7. The quality has gone down in my opinion. Soaps one module with which the camera starts. Sometimes the phone loses the stylus (when setting it up for wireless charging) and throws out the menu, as if it had been pulled out. I will also attribute the rounded screen to the shortcomings (the brightness on the rounding changes). Well, the well-known drawback is the useless Bixby button. I don’t understand why the standard firmware has not yet made it possible to reassign it.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Beyond praise! The product definitely deserves your attention.

Switched to Note 9 from S7, bought PCT for 40k for April 2022. Very pleased with the purchase - indeed, a reference smartphone from Samsung. I did not find any significant shortcomings for the year of operation. There are drawbacks like size and weight, but they are obvious before purchase. Over time, you find cool software features (for example, the "edge panel" is just a godsend or remote pen control), come up with user cases and get used to it even more. I will change it unless it is boredom

Pros
  • STYLUS; Juicy screen; Camera (examples of shots in various conditions below); autonomy; 3.5 mini-Jack and microSD; OneUI.
Cons
  • Retinal recognition is disappointing (good thing there's a fingerprint scanner); Software ates have worsened autonomy (maybe you should try a hard reset); SPay takes a long time to open; Inconvenient camera interface (inconvenient to switch between modes); The assembly is not perfect (screen play).

Revainrating 1 out of 5

The quality is worse than I have ever seen, a complete disappointment

I bought my device (512GB version on Exynos cpu) in December while on a business trip in Hanoi (Vietnam). Before that, I used OnePlus 5 with pleasure and expected similar quality from Samsung, if not better. But after three months of use, he became firmly convinced that the acquisition was a mistake. It is not possible to set the dark screen design in the settings. All visual interface settings are only in Samsung themes, and there is sheer glamor and even advertising. A $1,500 device billed…

Pros
  • Good camera! Stylus, memory capacity (but I paid for it)
Cons
  • 1. Software with bugs. Curve, in the literal sense, design. 2. A lot of pre-installed software. Plus, once the microsoft office was installed on its own. I didn't ask, I don't need to. 3. Late ate to Android 9 (and it better not be) 4. Missing SplitScreen after Android 9 ate 5. Non-customizable Bixby button

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The quality is top notch, be sure to try it.

I will add and create a full review after the new year Has some pros Talking about the innovations and advantages of the flagship is stupid, it is too beautiful. I took it on a snapdragon, since Exinos with his Mali sag quite hard on the schedule. The screen is beautiful, and the camera, although it does not stand out among other flagships, did not cause a special effect. Got cons: of the shortcomings, I note that even if you carefully blow off all the dust particles and use it carefully…

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A valuable purchase, some advantages!

An excellent device for me, a long-time gadget lover who is constantly looking for the perfect phone. With its pros. Great device. Almost perfect, with the exception of a couple of points, which I will write about in shortcomings. Pros: 1. Screen 2. Camera 3. All kinds of unlocks. I especially want to focus on the fingerprint sensor. It seems to me that it works a little better than in the eighth series (before that I used S8 and Note 8) 4. Stylus. An indispensable thing for handwritten notes…

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I definitely recommend buying, I didnt notice any disadvantages.

Previous smartphones were Galaxy Note 1, Galaxy Note 4. I like this line, at one time I bought Note 1 because of the most capacious battery among flagships, during use I appreciated the usefulness of the stylus, which is very useful for sketching diagrams, etc. I considered Huawei P20pro and Mate 20pro as an alternative because of the best mobile cameras, but the most debile monobrow causes a nauseating effect and I could not come to terms with this ugliness.

Pros
  • Performance (everything works smoothly, pages in the browser load and form quickly), 6/128 GB is enough for any tasks with a margin for the future, almost does not heat up even at maximum load.
Cons
  • I would like even more battery life, although 2 days of work with 6 hours of screen is also a very worthy result.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The quality exceeds all expectations, I recommend to buy.

I have been using the smartphone for almost 4 months, I bought it under the Trade-In program, and bought it cheaper than the S8 + was sold at that time. Not so long ago I received a major ate to Android 9 Pie and, as promised, I am rewriting the previously left review. The ate itself brought stability to the operation of the smartphone, much began to work better, the smartphone became more responsive, the battery has not yet noticed significant changes, probably the duration of the work has…

Pros
  • - The screen, the most important advantage of this smartphone, is perfect color reproduction, excellent brightness, it is absolutely readable in the sun even under bright rays, and does not blind in the dark, it is possible to adjust the color correction for yourself. -Sound and speakers are also a huge plus. I am even more pleased that it is comfortable to listen to the sound from the speakers, it is clear, more saturated than in many other smartphones, it is especially nice if the content being played is of high quality, dolby tracks in films sound great. The sound in the headphones is good, and the delivered headset is also of good quality. -Memory, it is fast and large enough, and together with a memory card it is enough for everything. -Modem and antennas, Wi-Fi speed up to 250 megabits / s, in 4G + I met speeds up to 140 megabits / s for downloading and up to 90 for uploading. Catches the net confidently. -Camera, a good module is installed, which allows you to take pictures comparable to the quality of SLR cameras, at least I succeeded, examples of pictures below. With the latest ate, the camera was significantly finished, but again not completely. - The presence of the stylus and its accuracy. In general, the stylus has become more functional and more convenient than before. -Fast charging from 0 to 100% in 2h35m. -Good autonomy, the battery in a fairly intensive mode lasts for 24 hours, with automatic brightness and Always On Display turned off, if this function is enabled, you can lose up to 4 hours with similar use. -Fast and accurate biometric sensors. But you have to get used to them. -Fast RAM, sufficient capacity and powerful processor. -Waterproof.
Cons
  • Of the shortcomings, I can note the dimensions, they are not suitable for everyone, and the location of the fingerprint sensor is a bit high for some users, although I feel comfortable, because before that I used the Galaxy S8 + for almost 2 years and got used to the location of the sensor, and here I have no complaints. It is also disappointing that for almost half a year the manufacturer cannot finish the software, periodically there are some other glitches, before ating to Android 9, there were cyclic reboots when trying to make a payment with Samsung Pay, problems with fingerprint recognition, problems with the camera, or rather with the quality of shooting, terrible artifacts appeared in the photographs, which were clearly created by noise reduction, and even now there are complaints about the camera. At the moment, artifacts created by noise reduction periodically appear, the photo is simply covered with multi-colored spots, and sometimes the automation paints the noise instead of removing them. In Live Focus portrait mode, the picture quality is poorer than in normal mode. The AI-based enhancer (scene optimizer) works either well or just disgustingly, significantly worsening the result of the shooting. Noise reduction does not work periodically during video shooting. This is a software problem because in other programs such problems are not observed and the noise is uniform over the entire field of the frame, and some third-party programs evenly suppress both chromatic and color noise. But despite all the shortcomings, the camera takes some of the best pictures. Although, as for me, the pictures on S9 + and S9 are better, since there are no problems, and in general they work better for me. There are also problems in the operation of SmartView, sometimes the picture on the TV is transmitted incorrectly, but I think this will be corrected soon

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Best thing for the money, glad I did it.

I owned oneplus 6, I got tired of charging 3 times a day, and I didn’t like the bangs either. I decided to try Samsung, there was once a c6 ej that lagged, blunted and then generally cracked around the rounding of the display for no reason. Then I said goodbye to Samsung, but I really liked the new design and the laptop 9 screen in the store. What can I say, this is the best smartphone that I have ever had, and there were a lot of them. The display is the best that humanity has done, it is…

Pros
  • Screen, battery, camera, sound
Cons
  • Face unlock.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A good quality product, I rate this purchase perfectly.

The first phone with a stylus I had was from the same line - laptop4. Since then, I have changed two phones and now I'm back to the version with a stylus. And I must say - it's worth it. Quick notes, highlighting text, But, every barrel of honey has its own fly in the ointment. And here it is again a stylus. I remember how convenient it was to get it on the first models of the series. Now the speed is slower. No, now it allows you to control shooting, and music, and anything else . only there…

Pros
  • Large amount of memory, good work without freezes, build quality, stylus
Cons
  • Bixby (or whatever it's called). Stylus

Revainrating 2 out of 5

The purchase is a failure, very unhappy.

The phone is not worth the money, moreover, there are no basic functions. This is my 4th Android and 1st Samsung. I did not expect this from the flagship phone of the office, which is trying to compete with Apple, although it does not even reach the level of simple smart phones. I switched from Asus Zenfone3, whose main camera stopped focusing, but it cost 18 thousand, while it only outperforms Note9 in terms of convenience and functionality, in any case, I didn’t see any advantages in speed…

Cons
  • The phone is not convenient, there are no a number of basic functions that are and must be in ANY smartphone. Poor response to pressing on the curves of the display. No FM radio.

Revainrating 4 out of 5

It is of good quality, but I won't buy it again.

An excellent phone that more or less justified its investment. It was purchased the day before off-sales in August 2022. Not cheap, accessories were just at space prices. It is a pity that they are not going to release a note in 2022, so I had to order an ate as a galaxy s21 16/512GB. The stylus has become less relevant lately, but a supply of iron for 3-4 years ahead is also needed.

Pros
  • Stylus, screen, hardware functionality. The battery is slowly degrading (in comparison with the note4, which I still use since 2022, it is especially noticeable).
Cons
  • The camera shoots worse than the google pixel 2, although you can dodge and take good pictures.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Best product I have ever reviewed, I recommend it to everyone!

The phone was bought for photos “got it - took it - posted it on social networks”, and unfortunately it is not suitable for such a scenario, the same Pixel will be noticeably better. The dimensions are certainly large, but this is not a drawback) I was pleased with Exynos: the phone only began to work better a year later (I tried games a couple of times, the phone was not bought for this), the network catches perfectly. But for 2022, the price of it almost did not fall, so it's better to…

Pros
  • 1. Screen 2. Assembly, materials 3. OneUI 2 4. Autonomy 5. Oddly enough, more than a year after the purchase, he still did not lag, and after ating to android 10, it felt even smoother and faster 6. Video recording
Cons
  • 1. The camera was more disappointing: I bought a phone for relatives so that I could just point and shoot: the phone can’t cope with this at all: the white balance smears, the focus gets in the wrong place, etc. If you have straight arms, then it will be easy for you to pull out gorgeous pictures. The front camera shows an excellent result until the moment of shooting, and when the picture is ready, it smears it almost all the time, especially in artificial light 2. Heats up with intensive use, sometimes unreasonably strong

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Do not hesitate to buy, the quality is amazing for the price.

STABLE. Got pros: You can buy it in the official store in installments. (They just divide 70,000 into months) Worth your money😇💰. . Such a dense rounded brick. 🍺 . If you buy wireless charging, then you DO NOT need to press the buttons and plug in the plugs. Will be waterproof for a long time.🏄‍♂️ Different cons: No infrared sensor. They immediately warned the new screen costs somewhere more than 30 thousand.🤑 The installed software is not finalized. (I used Sony's flagship before)👌…

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Bad product, not worth the money.

The phone is cool, but with such a camera to demand such money?! AI in the camera does not turn off, everything is terribly choked with noise reduction, the portrait mode is very sad. Complete disappointment. I'm planning to give up my phone. Has pros: 1) Weight - the device is heavy, it feels premium 2) Bright juicy screen without bangs 3) Stylus remote control function 4) Built-in memory capacity and memory expansion slot 5) Headphone jack Some cons: 1) Autonomy - 4000 max fly away to no one…

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Wonderful quality, one hundred percent satisfied!

Memory 128 gigs for those who want to write video - nothing at all. Get ready to buy a memory card for 512) Pros below: At the time of purchase in November 2022, it was simply the top in many respects (camera, speed) and still does not lose its relevance. Until I change. At the beginning, the charge was enough for a day with active use. Its cons: There are small disadvantages - somewhere after a year of use, the battery began to hold much worse, but here we must take into account…

Revainrating 4 out of 5

I like everything, the quality is good, the price is reasonable.

Among the obvious shortcomings, I single out the following: - sound. It's good, but the quality is comparable to the sound in the Nokia 5 smartphone, and this is a very budget smartphone. In some places it seems to me that Nokia 5 sounds even richer than note 9. If not compared, the sound is normal and quite loud. But I expected more from the sound, because the smartphone itself is large, not cheap - there is potential. - battery. If you directly actively actively use it (without games, but…

Pros
  • - the camera is on top, night shooting or shooting in low light is good - the screen, here it’s clear, the best possible - stylus. you can draw, you can write. The stylus has an extra features in some applications - weight, I don't like super light smartphones. This one in the hand "feels" - speaker volume during a call. Always twisted the level to the maximum, and then you have to even reduce
Cons
  • - you can not insert a flash drive and two sim cards. Either one SIM card and a flash drive or two SIM cards without a flash drive - the most annoying thing about this phone is the stylus when it's inserted. His hat is not fixed tightly, because of this, with any vibration (for example, when typing text, or swipes), it makes such a clattering unpleasant sound. Because of this, there is a feeling of low-quality assembly, although the rest of the phone is assembled very well. If you hold the stylus with your finger - all the rules, no sounds. But this solution is not for a smartphone for such money - bixby button. Not only are not all functions available in 2022, but the interface itself is terrible. There is an application bxActions, which should reassign the Bixby button, for example, to Google Assistant - but after the last system ate, this application stopped working. - the back panel gets dirty like a prom dress after a couple of glasses of wine. That's just terrible. Maybe it's the manufacturer's idea that the smartphone would always be face up?) - speaker. He's loud, yes, that's good. But when, for example, you watch YouTube, you feel a vibration on the back of the smartphone case from the sound from the speaker - when the smartphone falls, the stylus flies out of it

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I really like the product, it fully meets my expectations.

Sold for 20 after 2 years of use. At the same time, the battery holder did not decrease a bit, possibly due to ates up to 10k) for 20 I consider it a completely tolerable device with good memory and speed, excellent sound and screen. Photos and videos for this money are generally fire, slow-motion and super-slow motion are also super!) Who needs super sound, especially via bluetooth, it’s better to take 9ku, the 10th is not the same, but that’s a completely different story)

Pros
  • Optimal size for large devices. The screen size is great too. Level performance. 90 tabs in the browser is nothing to him. If you want to stop time (or rather battery consumption)), then you just need to reduce the screen resolution, while the quality is lost, but for everyday norms. You can charge once a day of inactive use. If it’s active, then sometimes you need to recharge, but with super charging it’s easy in 20 minutes and then it’s enough for 5 hours)
Cons
  • A little heavy, but the heaviness is pleasant, you always feel it in your pocket) you can forget about water procedures, but you can easily please with cool photos in the pool, that's all. I wetted it once well in the aqua park, the stylus died. Worked, but without a button. There were screen glitches, ie. you can not push the shutter with the settings, but changing the resolution to a lower one helped. But it was very annoying) for two years the appearance was indistinguishable from the new one, but it was always in a case, changed glass 5 times, switched to armored film, also normal) The stylus, by the way, also works flawlessly, and again I advise 9k. At 10k, the stylus infuriates with its glitches. On 9ke it's really Kalash)

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Satisfactory product quality, good price.

Smart is definitely not for use with one hand. After a few months of use, would I take it again then? No. Although I really like Samsung, I have been using their smart phones for 6 years now. Wait for s10, there will be a gun) Some pros: Screen, color reproduction. Just a tower. The sound in both headphones and speakers is excellent. In general, more pluses than minuses. Some cons: The screen was scratched terribly in a month. I went for two years with Sams s7 edge and so it looks better than…

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Overall it's good but I expect more, there are some downsides.

Unfortunately, the phone is disappointing. The ads were tougher. Let's see what will happen next. It's a shame that after the ate, the recording of calls on a third-party application stopped working, but it was convenient to use it as a notebook ? So far, the conclusion is that the phone is not worth the money requested for it. It turns out the wrapper is cool, and the content .

Pros
  • Stylish and quality workmanship. Works smartly, there are no serious glitches. The presence of a pen. Very handy for quick notes. Wireless charger. Fast and high quality GPS navigation. Quality Screen.
Cons
  • The battery for this phone is weak. Enough for a day, do not count on more. The call to the headphones does not come and its volume is weak. On the street in the city, it is not always audible even at maximum volume. The lack of a regular call recording function like Xiaomi. Screen - stupid and often obstructing viewing rounded cut + very voracious screen, the leader in battery consumption. I had to switch to the smallest resolution (although this is self-deception). And the buggy fingerprint sensor is slow to respond and often asks for a password, which is annoying.