Our Samsung Galaxy Note9 video review is up

30 August 2018
Good things come to those who wait. In this case, the Note9 borrows the best features of the S9 and one-ups the Note8's S Pen and battery.

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  • AnonD-632062
  • 3Ye
  • 27 Oct 2018

Good video.

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    • nFX
    • 06 Sep 2018

    & I'm sure you're aware of:
    Huawei & Honor's Recent Benchmarking Behaviour: A Cheating Headache: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13318/huawei-benchmark-cheating-headache/4

    Which makes 'real life' usage even more necessary.

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      • mqx
      • 06 Sep 2018

      Okay, I've gather that:

      the Exynos 9810 is faster than the Snapdragon 845 for the CPU.

      The Snapdragon 845's GPU Adreno 630 has the upper hand over Exynos's 18-core Mali-G72 MP18 @ 592MHz.

      from reading about:

      'the Galaxy Note9 (Exynos) is a top-grade performer. It's unrivaled among droids in single-core CPU performance, and it's got class-leading multi-core results. When it comes to graphics, the Snapdragon 845-powered devices have the upper hand, putting out on average about 20% better numbers'.
      https://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note9-review-1805p6.php

      The above links to the S9+ performance page:
      https://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s9_plus-review-1736p6.php

      I would like to know the noticeable real World usage differences between the 2 chipsets, hopefully this will be incorporated into the original Note 9 review or the 'Long term review' (which should be really called the 'Mid term review' ;)

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        • nFX
        • 02 Sep 2018

        Hi GSMA Angie, you mention that the Exynos 9810 is faster than than the SD 845, please could you (or your colleagues) elaborate on this as it's been my understanding (right or wrong) that the Exynos is worse in performance as it throttles after 3 seconds (something to do with the architecture, idk).
        I'm just a regular guy (not a tech head), but this and the Exynos 9810 showing worse on most of the benchmarks has been putting me off getting either the 128/6 GB S9+ or Note 9 (I'm not a power user).
        Many thanks.

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          • AnonD-632062
          • 3Ye
          • 01 Sep 2018

          Great!

            Hi Angie..
            Yep it's a amazing note compare to every another note's brand in the market.
            But now I want Tab S4.... My my

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              • S6 User
              • nw}
              • 30 Aug 2018

              Wenle, 30 Aug 2018WTH with this kind of review. Cracked screen cost around o... moreThe reviewer recommended putting it in a case, this is the case with any high screen to body ratio phone.

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                • n5u
                • 30 Aug 2018

                monsterduc1000, 30 Aug 2018I've had an lg g5 fail on me, a Moto phone fail on me, but ... moreI've had Note 4, S5 and currently a Note 8 and the build quality is fantastic.
                However, I had a LG G5 before the Note 8 and that was great. I've also had the Moto Razr I that was also ok/good.
                I like Samsungs UI though and until another brand comes out with something to rival the s-pen, I'll be sticking with Samsung.

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                  • nFX
                  • 30 Aug 2018

                  Nice review which added a layer of detail on the written one.

                    Anonymous, 30 Aug 2018Stay away from Samsung. Performance is good but quality is ... moreI've had an lg g5 fail on me, a Moto phone fail on me, but the 5 Samungs I've had, never failed. Guess that's why I always go back to them after some other garbage company phone fails.

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                      • gC7
                      • 30 Aug 2018

                      comparing battery size 4000.mA to the rest of phones.....97% duration is not enough.... and as for stereo speakers, wheel i got it on my galaxy note edge stereo speakers as well with software settings mod and it works great.

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                        • m2A
                        • 30 Aug 2018

                        AnonD-762416, 30 Aug 2018LG has always released cheaply made phones with ridiculous ... more*cutting back on core features

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                          • AnonD-762416
                          • m2A
                          • 30 Aug 2018

                          Anonymous, 30 Aug 2018Not really. There was a time when LG and HTC made the best ... moreLG has always released cheaply made phones with ridiculous price tags. HTC never understood smartphone buyers. Cutting back on view features in a bizarre plan to stand out. The only hit they had was the early Nexus generation. When Google made the feature requests. I don't know what reality you live in where those two brands were big sellers? :D

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                            • Anonymous
                            • XNU
                            • 30 Aug 2018

                            AnonD-762416, 30 Aug 2018I don't know... It seems to be selling pretty handily here ... moreNot really. There was a time when LG and HTC made the best phone of the year. See where HTC is now and if LG won't change its ways to same will happen to it too.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • XNU
                              • 30 Aug 2018

                              Mango Float, 30 Aug 2018Joke's on you. Samsung is already established in this indus... moreDoesn't matter, it is losing big markets fast. First China and soon India. The only big market left is US and there competition is tough.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • g88
                                • 30 Aug 2018

                                Stay away from Samsung. Performance is good but quality is extremely poor.

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                                  • Fvc
                                  • 30 Aug 2018

                                  AnonD-762416, 30 Aug 2018I don't know... It seems to be selling pretty handily here ... moreVodafone UK it's out of stock also.

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                                    • JbS
                                    • 30 Aug 2018

                                    Anonymous, 30 Aug 2018The accent is thick, I like it. About the phone, sorry S... moreI don't know... It seems to be selling pretty handily here in Ireland. The preorders ended with a two week backlog at the provider I'm with....
                                    I figure it's hard to go out of business if you make the best phone?

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                                      • Fayth
                                      • tEZ
                                      • 30 Aug 2018

                                      she can draw better than me :)
                                      that's why i don"t buy Note

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                                        • MII
                                        • 30 Aug 2018

                                        Review...er is good