Re: "There have only been 8 Notes!" Folks, I'd like to forget the Note Edge too -- but that doesn't mean we should. (Also: honorable mention to the Note FE.)
A lot of people don't understand that this man is an OG. He did phone reviews before smartphones were a thing. Mad respect to you Michael for stickin' with it!
Totally agree. Galaxy note 4 was legendary. Still use it from time to time. They should have just perfected that phone. It doesn´t break as easy and feels much better in the hand and the changable batteries are great too.
Note 3 is even better I'm using it and writing my comment from it and I still enjoy using it's features like pausing videos when you look away or even Air gestures 😍 but the only weakness is the internal storage after 5 years of heavy use it's full so still thinking should I upgrade and buy Note 9 or wait for Note 10 😂
I don't see why everyone is calling it an incremental or iterative upgrade, EVERY device is an iterative upgrade of the previous version, and the N9 is easily the biggest upgrade from the previous out of all of this year's flagships
If price is such a concern then you wouldn't be looking at premium products in the first place. The Note 8 was basically the same price as this. There are plenty of cheap and 2nd hand phones that satisfy the budget conscious. Like if you’re buying a cheap Honda, you’re not going to be comparing it to the top of the line luxury car brand. For business expenses this price peanuts and there are also plenty of deals to essentially get it for half price. I spend more yearly on my cell phone plans than this phone.
@@agentbrandt Me. Looking to upgrade to a Note 10+. Have loved the Note 9 though. Best phone I've had. Mine is starting to slow down due to age. Hoping to pick up a 10+ on price drop.
I recently was able to test the Note 9 at the Samsung store in Frankfurt (amazing store btw). I agree, the screen is absolutely amazing, same with the camera and and S Pen. If I weren't already so happy with my S7 and had 1000€ in my hands, I would definitely buy this!
My s7 lasted me 2 and a half years! Just upgraded to the note 9, but before I did my phone did have a few hiccups. When I took it in the river (my fault) the sim tray seal failed and fried my sim card, but all I had to do was get a new one and dry the phone out! Then at the 2 year mark my battery blew up, had to get it replaced at batteries plus and the guy broke my wireless charging when he did it. What finally pushed me to upgrade was about 2 weeks ago, because the guy had damaged the phone when he replaced the battery the seals were broken and I dropped it in a sink by accident, which it took like a champ, but the volume down key fried and stuck it in safe mode, so now I'm here on my note 9
Achiri Achoh It really is overpriced. I'm not saying because I can't afford it. I couldn't afford s9 when launched but I never said it's overpriced because it's not.
DK baller because the S-Pen function like a mouse not a stylus. It provides more functionality than a stylus even more so now with the Bluetooth connectivity. Bonus feature you can store the S-pen in your phone and not your pocket.
Tobe honest, I only use the S-Pen for games hehe. And I'm a business person. Int he Apple ecosystem you can save your sig once and never have to sign again you just place it in the document that's it. Also IOS has 3d touch so you can move cursor by hard pressing the keyboard, no need for a pen when you have a virtual mouse.
Brawndo you can move the cursor with the Samsung and Google keyboard to but I find it's better doing it with the S-pen especially when navigating through web pages.
I switched to note 9 from the iPhone 6S Plus. Apple lost me when they took away the headphone jack, slowed down the function of my phone without asking me and then wanted me to buy a new battery (or even better a new phone). Rumors are that Samsung will do the exact same thing with the headphone jack, on the next model. I sincerely hope not! None the less after a lifetime of being an apple fan girl, I am finding Android to be vastly superior. More options, more customization, a more fun experience. An note9 is just awesome. When I'm bored, or needing to relax, I color in like a kid using the s-pen and one of the many free apps. I actually use the s-pen to handwrite sticky notes for my daily work (and then just erase the notes at the end of the day). I've used DEX as a desktop on a monitor once or twice when I've needed to. It all works smoothly. I just like it and its soo much more versatile than iPhone. Maybe its cause its a newer platform and phone for me but I'm in love with what this phone can do for me.
I get your points about Samsung, but the devices slowed due to the lithium battery wearing out, and if they hadn’t slowed down the device- it would’ve kept crashing, even that option was able to be turned off.
I don't get why people think Bixby is a Google Assistant competitor. It's clearly not. It's on class on its own when it comes device control. Half of the times I ask Google to do a device based command it bring up a search result.
MöHď MøŠhîŰř I looking forward to trying out bixby as I agree with web search crap that google keeps doing. I coming from S7 so not had this feature. 👍
I use bixby and knows very well my phone. Like you mentioned, its not a google competitor, its just our help, when we don't want to do things for ourselves.
Loving my note 9 but note 4 to me has been the peak in relation to its time and also in terms of longevity. I still use my note 4 with custom rom and aftermarket battery for media.
I agree with you. Note 4 is the best phone of that time. However I think Note 9 is the best phone of this time. The only single thing I don't like are rounded screen edges. They look cool but lower productivity. Note 10 is a new generation that I don't like - no VR, no headphone jack, no heart-rate sensor and a camera hole in screen are a no-no for me. I mean no headphone jack would be ok but the other stuff? Absolutely no!
@@potatochalbro Honestly I game a lot, so even just the removal of the headphone jack is a no no for me. I was looking into foldables and the Note 10+, but I really thought about it and came to the conclusion that I cannot break ties with the headphone jack. Lucky for me, since the Note 9 is now a "old phone", getting one should be rather cheap. But in all seriousness, these big tech companies need to stop with the "less is more" fallacy.
Balrajda savage why would I lie? I'm trading in my S8 plus so I'm getting the Note 9 for $600 AND I'm getting free speakers with it that cost $150. Great deal
Wohoo Mr Mobile, thanks for saving my Saturday morning!! 👍👌😬 Brewing a fresh pot of coffee to enjoy with the review. Thanks a million and keep up the excellent job!
I subscribed...…….. love the video...keep it up P.S: I will use your video to help me get a NOTE 9, since I am still using a note 2 which gives me lots of problems and makes me spend un-necessary to fix it... Have a nice day and keep on rocking. :)
I'm just here being nostalgic about a time in my life when I was getting my masters degree, had a to of friends im the same city to hang out with, could go swing dancing nightly, and was genuinely a happy go lucky guy who had a pixel 2xl in one pocket and a note 9 in the other. I had two other friends with this phone as well. Loved it. We'll get through this pandemic friends.
You're the most professional tech reviewer on RU-vid. Everything is perfection starting with your voice, clothes, background music and the most important, covering all aspects of the phone in your review. Keep up the good work!
Siri is not that bad if you use actual productivity stuff. (Texting, appointments, reminders, timers, alarms, etc instead of asking pointless shit). I find that most things that "fail" in Siri vs Google Assistant videos are the pointless shit and also the fact. Like "Who was the 44th president". Then asking "How old is he", then Siri not reminding the previous question and it loses a point in the comparison test.. Seriously who does that. I use Siri all the time, and while not perfect it's certainly much better than people make it out to be for click baiting videos on RU-vid. I also use Google Assistant all the time on my S9+, and installed an app to make the bixby button use the Google Assistant. zThat's how much I hate it.
Fantastic review sir. It's got me hyped for when my note 9 arrives next week.I'm glad I took advantage of Samsung's Upgrade programme as the leap from 8 to 9 seems small, but essential
I waited and got it refurbed for $569 and it became a criminally good deal. No scratches, no smudges. Much snappier than my last phone (iPhone6s plus) Only con that I had is no manual, no original box and no headphones. 😌🤑 I'm one extremely happy camper.
You know this is a kind of reciew that helps people and it has helped me as well.may I ask where is that wall from.I used to watch your videos back in pocketnow qnd couldn't find you after that cause I forgot your name.Nice video my man.
I've has the Note 9 for several weeks now and have only accidentally pressed the Bixby button 2 or 3 times. On my old s8+, when I had the Bixby button turned on, I rarely accidentally pressed it. I don't see what the big deal is.
My note 2 is still. Working flawlessly. My daughter uses it for games RU-vid and movies. With the original battery it still gets her through the day with 3 hours of screen on time.
5 years in the future, and it’s been over 3 since the Note 9 got its last major software update, while the other $1000 phone, over which you prefer the Note 9, is still going strong.
Commenting this from a Galaxy Note 9 running the latest version of Android more than half a decade later thanks to an easy custom ROM which took less than 30 minutes to get up and running. And yes, the Galaxy S5, also running up to date software in my desk drawer while retaining its performance from day one would like to mock this other thousand dollar phone.
A seriously killer review as always! Have you ever thought about doing a video on how you go about making a video, more specifically your writing process because you sir a word wizars
king richards funny that that is what you think about when you see an expensive phone, instead of thinking its a nice new phone, you see it as a item to show off with, while people just like to have the newest phone. And also, paying per month is more expensive then stacking up that same money, and then buying it
Yilayer yes bcoz they see a purpose and desire it in. not just a buy a costly phone and use it for insta and make phone calls. Everyone's usage is different and note 9 ticks most all boxes for me, not the international version tho ;-)
No it will be Huawei mate 20 pro because the Kirin 980 will smoke snapdragon 845 by miles ....... last year phone of the year was iPhone X simply because it’s apples tenth anniversary phone
Still missing the IR blaster, one of my most used features on my phone. I use a V20 with a 10,000mah replacement battery. I leave all features on and brightness at max when using my phone, and i use it a lot. For facebook page managing, gaming, photo taking, all day, every day. I can easily drain a battery like what is in the note 9 by lunch time. All day battery life should mean i can wake up, go hard, and not have to worry about plugging in until i go to bed. Right now the V20 is the last phone released in my opinion that truly ticks all the power user boxes. it's rugged, doesn't give a shit about its looks, has a replaceable battery, IR blaster, expandable storage, headphone jack (with a beastly DAC/amp to boot), uses a traditional 16x9 screen res that isn't a mass of wasted screen real estate in 90% of games and 99% of videos, has a wide angle lens (much more useful than telephoto, but thats just my opinion). It's kind of sad that it's been almost 2 years since the last feature complete phone was released to the market. I don't want curved, sexy, sleek, glass, notched, stretched, 87 camera'd phones. I want a device that does the shit i want it to. And for now, my next phone when this one dies, is going to be another V20. And it's going to be a hell of a lot cheaper than 1000 dollars.
As a V20 owner, I fully agree to all of this. The IR blaster unfortunately is going away. It used to be a heavily touted feature in older Samsung Galaxy S4/S5 & Notes 3 and 4 in TV advertising. Now all phones are going for form over function (asthetics over utility) and it makes no sense because protective cases will be put on and will alter the look considerably, if one cares about it. The V20 has everything that my old Note 3 did when it died plus some. NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IR blaster, Dual SIM (My H990DS unlocked model), microSD card storage with the ability to have 2 SIMs and an microSD inserted all at once and used at the same time. FM Radio for emergencies, Camera that can shoot RAW, Removable Battery, Quad-DAC 3.5 mm Audio Jack, High impedance mode, man you name it! About the only downer is the screen is less rich in color and brightness compared to the much older Note 3 I had. IPS (V20) vs OLED (Note 3). The V30 and newer V series phones all now have the same limitations as the Samsung Notes. I will keep my V20 for as long as I can.
Theo T. Every tv has wifi, you don't need an IR Blaster when you can control your TV through wifi. Even my cheap ass 400€ LG TV has a dedicated app which allows me to control my TV however I want.
@@shooterrick1 Not all TVs have Wi-Fi, including my own and a good chunk of cheaper TVs (under $250 Dollars) don't have Wi-Fi of Smart TV support of any kind. The IR blaster can be used in lieu of that. In addition, the IR blaster ISN'T JUST FOR TV's. I've used it on college projectors, desktop monitors, Air conditioners, Heaters, Aftermarket Car Stereos, etc. Most projectors at my college are old with no Wi-Fi (bulbs get replaced as they age). The new ones do support Wi-Fi, but they are usually disabled or not setup for controlling via Wi-Fi making that approach useless. And when the internet goes out, it becomes useless also. IR is tried and true for many decades.
So when i go to my parents who have a wall mounted 65" samsung flatscreen from about 5 years ago, what should i do? Tell them it has an app even though it doesn't? Use mind powers? Or tell them that they obviously need to upgrade because it doesn't have app control and their perfectly good TV is completely pointless to own now as all TVs have dedicated apps. How about my own house? I have a samsung in the kitchen, a vizo in the living room, and an LG in my room. Instead of using a single app, i should jump between 3 different apps depending on what room I'm in? What should I have done when I went to a friends place to watch the evo finals, and we couldn't hear the new tekken announcements, but he couldn't find the remote. Should I have sat there and scoffed at him for having a 10+ year old TV? Should i have told him obviously it has an app because all TVs have apps. What about when I have access to the back area of a bar for a party that has a massive new flatscreen hanging on the wall? It has an app, but it hasn't been set up and I can't control it. I would need a remote to go through initial setup. If only i had brought my home remote in my pocket... or... you know... maybe an IR blaster on my phone. What about controlling the volume on the TVs at my local LAN center. Even if they do have apps, their machines are on a protected wifi with 2 step authentication, that often causes trouble with simple devices (Impossible to set up chromecasts for example) should i tell them to set a remote at every TV in the facility, bother the employees for the remote to adjust the volume, reach up to the TV to manually adjust the volume, or just use my phone? How should i control my old window AC unit? It has a remote which I lost a long time ago, and is most certainly NOT wifi capable. Am I just a baby for not wanting to get up and adjust it manually? Should i throw away a perfectly working unit in favor of one that can connect to wifi? This is all without talking about the apps themselves. Most of them are absolute garbage (I hope i NEVER have to open my vizio app again). These are situations I regularly find myself in. My point being that just because something does not apply to your daily life does not mean it is pointless. The way i go about my days and live my life, having an IR blaster helps me immensely, enough so to the point that the idea of switching to a phone without one seems downright ridiculous. If i stayed in my house, used 1 device, never went to peoples houses, and threw out everything i own that wasn't wifi connected, then maybe I would feel less bad about it. But I'm not planning on doing that any time soon.
Urban Kitsune well then he should have mentioned that. He stated some update and I was wondering why the hell it needs an update to understand that simple voice task. He made it seem like Bixby on the note 9 is basically worthless and cannot understand anything. Kinda misleading tbh
I loved my note 3 and note edge. But after that, the note seemed to just be a larger galaxy with a S pen. And their price is just too much for me since Im off contract. I'll stick with my V30
Didn’t pay 1K for it, traded in the let down that is the Pixel 2XL, and I am so happy with the upgrade. I’m a very heavy user and get over 24 hours with the battery before hitting 15%, that’s with no changes to my apps syncing nor turning off Bluetooth, and on LTE the whole time.
Joseph Bailey or work at Sainsburys or Argos get 15 percent off and a free 25 pound Argos Gift Card from my electric gas company and spread the cost over 12 months 😁 which obviously is what I doing.
Ri co I'm in the UK but the reason why I say it's best to get it on contract is because your gonna pay out £1000 for a phone that's not gonna get supported after 2 years.
My only gripe with my S9+ & Note 8 is the headphone jack wired audio. It’s low & weak. My iPhone X is loud & full sounding. Did Samsung finally get a great dac? I love music. I need great wired audio from a phone. Please respond. Thanks.
Frankamentise Depends on the hardware you're using. My S9 sounds just fine, with or without the Dolby Atmos processing, which tends to color the music a bit too much. That being said, it isn't too powerful. If you want something with a bit more oomph, you're either better off going the dongle route and getting a USB-C dongle with a dedicated DAC. Razer's dongle for their phone works on the S9 and gives a better neutral sound over the S9 as well as having more power through it, though it's gonna be $20
SnomanOO2 Why can LG & Apple do it then? What’s Samsung’s excuse? I love Samsung, but they should provide exceptional wired headset audio. Some of the cheaper phones have better audio. No excuse for it.
I will start by saying that I have a note 8 and have been blessed to always afford one in the past. It seems as we are never satisfied with anything. That is a different conversation.. However, no other phone in the market has all around the best combination of features (compromise) and backed by a solid company with customer support and assistance like Samsung. Lastly, if $1k is too much, don't forget now days if you are patient, there are plenty of promotions which will end up giving you a phone for half the price...and at that, comparing features with the iPhone or any other phone.. It does not even come close...way too many more check boxes over the notch competitor or any other phone..
Honestly, more than anything else on RU-vid, your voice and the background music in the videos are the most soothing things ever. I'm one of your oldest followers since your pocket now days and will remain with you and watch each & every video of yours irrespective of whether I buy that product or not. Coz your reviews are also spot on! I bought an S8 only after watching your review over and over again. And the conclusion that you've given in the end of this video, reiterate the fact why you're one of the most genuine tech reviewers across all platforms. Keep going Sir!
Good review. You have such a unique style about it. I also appreciate your balance, you don't just gloss over the deficiencies you see but address them.
That’s your personal opinion “worth buying”, every “self-proclaimed tech reviewer” on youtube will say “worth buying” and “close to perfection” but the reality is a “dumb phone” for just texting and calls for $0 on a contract or $30 pay as you go is “worth buying”. You can then go and by a tablet and laptop for well under $1000 today and that’s worth making the choice. Considering there are way too many choices in phones today. Samsung could have implemented all of these things in their Note 8 but chose to make “incremental” updates and “innovation” making you think “oh, it’s worth buying now”. That’s the truth people :D I LOVE you all. - Vi An MUSIC.
It might be old and outdated but it is still the best note out of the series! now take what the note for was and even slightly updated to something that they have now you wouldn't tell me that that would be the best phone out
Hector O no it was good in it’s time but no longer. Time has moved on and so has phone quality. Note 4 is now outdated in every way shape and form. From camera, ui, finger print scanner everything. Time to let go of the past brother and move on and let the note 4 rest in pieces.
Amazing video quality, such a vibrant picture. Didn't want to switch from Note 8, but thanks to that sexy shots of blue Note 9, now I want it! Thanks Mr.Mobile!
Hello Michael. Love your reviews. I have a Note 8, and I'm super satisfied. One question, how do you use Google Calendar over S Planner? Doesn't S Planner stick around to annoy? Continue the good work.
Meh I'd rather buy a laptop if that's the kind of power I need and especially at that price. I'm not saying it's bad to put so much power into a pocket device. But I don't feel this phone's a worthy upgrade. To be honest Phones are beginning to feel like superhero movies. Too repetitive.
By the way, "write on pdf" IS built into the note, and I like it a lot better than Adobe scan and sign. It's real time wet signatures. You can add it to the home screen to look like a stand alone app in the top right three dot "more" menu. Great review!
I used a note 9 from November 2018 to February 2023, when I switched to s23 ultra. I was extremely satisfied by the note 9. A beast of a phone. Worth every penny. Replaced the battery after 3 years
Hello Michael. I really enjoyed your video. I've been watching your videos since 2012. Funnily enough it was the Note 2 review on Pocketnow. So I decided to watch every Galaxy Note video YOU made. I think your videos are an excellent way to show how the Note line has progressed. And with it the quality of your videos have constantly become better. There isn't a video I haven't disliked made by you. You probably won't read this but I just wanted to say I love your videos. If you could, when the Nexus 6 was about to come out you made a video on the history of the Nexus line. Could you make one about the Note line please? Thanks.
*PLEASE READ THIS, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY THE NOTE 9 IS THE BEST SMARTPHONE OF THE DECADE!* Got to spend some money??? Forget Apple with their false advertising, Forget Xiaomi, Forget the Fragile Oppo Phones and those "Full Screen to body Ratio" Vivo Phones. Forget Huawei with Saying that they have the best camera while their device can not perform better than Note 9 in low - light conditions. Forget Sony claiming they have the most megapixels in a single camera. Forget Google claiming to be the best smartphone with the smoothest experience and best single camera ever. This ladies and gentlemen is the best smartphone so far of the era. Not because it's good at a thing only, but because it's good in many things. There are OEMS like Apple that are good in one thing, and that is their CPU power. This device may not be that, but at least it packs many good and useful things into a single 6.4" device. Okay tell me, where in the world is there a device that has: -Micro SD Slot up to 512GB Memory. -Headphone Jack. -4k mAh battery. -Stereo AKG 3D Tuned Speakers. -6.4" 2K Super AMOLED Display, being one of the best displays ever made on a phone. -No notch, and still more screen to body ratio than iPhone X. -Best low light camera out there, having dual aperture. -NFC. -4G speeds up to a GIGABIT per second!. -Most durable water and dust resistant smartphone ever, IP - 68 Rated. -Hybrid Slot. -Type - C port having a pretty fast and decent charging time thanks to the Fast Charging technology Samsung has. -Fairly protected battery that does not explode. -Great liquid cooling out there with a gigantic heat pipe to keep the heat away. -Decent customisation on Samsung's Android with Samsung Experience 9.5 that has many features ahead of every Android version out there. -Android 8.1 with top protection, thanks to the active knox deployment system. - 8GB/6GB of RAM Memory and 128/512GB of Internal Memory. -Fastest and best Wireless Charging out there. -Durable front and back glass. -Iris Scanner. -Great front facing 8MP camera. -Noise Cancellation Mic -Samsung Dex (PC Like workstation mode) that can now be used with a single Type - C to HDMI Dongle. -Best S-Pen out there with Bluetooth capabilities for taking photos, unlocking your smartphone, playing/pausing music, and more stuff around that. -Bixby 2.0 which is far better, smarter and more optimised. And last, but not least price below 1,200$. What else could you want people? Go on, I'm open for Discussion!
Most of these are on other smartphones, and some of these smartphones have more features than the note lmfao. NFC Front camera noise cancellation mic android 8.1 usb-c port 4G IP68 baahahahahaha
@@traffbros But Note 9 has all features. The stuff it has might not be too good, but at least it does have those stuff. And Galaxy S10 won't be bendable, it will be pre - bent like Galaxy S9 is, and there will be a flat Galaxy S10. Galaxy S10 will for sure be better than Note 9. Note 10 will be a beast! But it's too early to talk about it.
@@ToxictheOGbiral something is always better than nothing, that's what Samsung is trying to teach us all these years. Don't you get it? Well I would prefer a replaceable battery if they can figure out the way to make it waterproof. That would be a game changer.
Hi mate, thanks for the review. I also like the Tech 21 cases. Can you please tell me in relation to the Galaxy Note 9 Screen Protector which one is best...the EVO Glass or Impact Shield? THanks
Well. It is expensive but it is very good. Prolly the best phone out right now. in America at least. Guess you won't be buying the new iPhone either. Check out the one plus 6.
A Dream come people don't mind paying. Some people drive BMW and Mercedes, others Ford etc... that doesn't mean the is anything wrong with them... just different tastes.
You CAN reassign the Bixby button... On my S9 a single press is "back" and a double press is "Google Assistant" works fine. You still could deactivate it officially if Samsung forbids reassigning the button...