Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
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- aaronwt
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- 14 Sep 2023
I just setup my third Tab S9. It is just like the others. In Vivd mode all colors are over saturated. Not washed out. Like all my other Samsung devices.
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- aaronwt
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- 13 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 13 Sep 2023Yeah must be my eyes when there are photos of this and both... moreThen your tablet is defective. I currently have two Tab S9 tablets. With a third on the way. The two I have do not have a washed out picture in vivid mode. The picture is the complete opposite. Vivid mode over saturates all of the colors.
Just like it does with my two Tab S9+ tablets and my S23 Plus cell phone. Just like it did with my Tab S8 and Tab S8+ tablets. And also how it did with my S22 cell phone.
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- Anonymous
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- 13 Sep 2023
aaronwt, 12 Sep 2023I would say just the opposite. That might be your issue. If... moreYeah must be my eyes when there are photos of this and both look different. Such ignorance...
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- 12 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 12 Sep 2023You might be colorblindI would say just the opposite. That might be your issue. If you think the vivid setting is washed out and not vibrant..
You might seriously have some eye issues. If that is what it looks like to you.
I know my eyes are fine. I get them checked every year. And most recently did at the end of July.
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- 12 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 09 Sep 2023It was all off, I even compared it to the Xiaomi Pad 6 with... moreso which one is better Xiaomi 6 or samsung Tab s9
obviously not takişng into account the price !
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Sep 2023
aaronwt, 11 Sep 2023I do not see that with my two Tab S9 tablets. I have a thir... moreYou might be colorblind
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- aaronwt
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- 11 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 09 Sep 2023It was all off, I even compared it to the Xiaomi Pad 6 with... moreI do not see that with my two Tab S9 tablets. I have a third one on the way this week. They tried to deliver it today. They are way oversaturated in the vivid mode. The natural mode looks, well natural. And has realistic colors. Too much punch with vivid, since it looks nowhere near how the colors should look. SInce they are way too saturated. Too much punch in vivid mode.
I also never use the eye comfort mode. Since that limits the blue light and makes the colors look like ass.
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- Anonymous
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- 09 Sep 2023
Arglebargle, 09 Sep 2023Look to see if there's a power saving switch for the d... moreIt was all off, I even compared it to the Xiaomi Pad 6 with its IPS display. The colors matched my AMOLED phone nearly perfectly, but the Tab S9 had no punch, looked almost like a gray filter on top. Some leakster has tweeted about it. The Fold 5 has this exact problem. No idea what's going on.
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- Arglebargle
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- 09 Sep 2023
Look to see if there's a power saving switch for the display, those modes often wash out vibrance to run the display with less power. I wouldn't be surprised if eye comfort automatically disables any power saving display mode as a side effect.
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- Anonymous
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- 01 Sep 2023
aaronwt, 01 Sep 2023I don't know what to say if you think vivid looks wash... moreGive the workaround a try then and see how the depth changes.
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- 01 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 01 Sep 2023I know it looks the same as the S8+, which also looks bad. ... moreI don't know what to say if you think vivid looks washed out. Vivid looks anything but washed out. The colors with Vivid are way too saturated.
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- Anonymous
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- 01 Sep 2023
aaronwt, 01 Sep 2023It sounds like you have a defective unit. You should contac... moreI know it looks the same as the S8+, which also looks bad. Same issue seems to affect the Z fold 5. No idea why they changed the vibrance. The workaround is turning on eye comfort mode on the lowest setting.
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- aaronwt
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- 01 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 01 Sep 2023The problem is
a) it's using 10% battery for every ... moreIt sounds like you have a defective unit. You should contact Sasmung for a warranty replacement.
For instance, the colors my two Tab S9 screens show looks like my Tab S8+ did and also how my Tab s9+ and S23+ looks. They look very similar. Comparing Vivid to vivid and natural to natural.
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- Anonymous
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- 01 Sep 2023
aaronwt, 01 Sep 2023What's the issue with video streaming? Over 6Ghz WiFi ... moreThe problem is
a) it's using 10% battery for every hour of video with 60Hz setting on. Brightness is at 0-10% btw.
b) the colors on my unit are washed out and look terrible. The vivid color option compares to natural mode on older units. Everything looks gray and lifeless.
c) at an msrp of €900 this should not be the case. Tablets with older less efficient SoC's and IPS displays have around 4 hours more screen on time, for basically the same battery capacity.
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- aaronwt
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- 01 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 01 Sep 2023Battery life is pretty bad, and now I'm looking for al... moreWhat's the issue with video streaming? Over 6Ghz WiFi 6E, I've had no issues streaming any UHD/HD/HDR content with my Tab S9 tablets. And, in my use, my two Tab S9 tablets have longer battery life than my Tab S8 had. They are getting close to the extremely long battery life my Tab S7 FE tablets get. I'll typically go twelve to fourteen days between charging my Tab S7 FE tablets.
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- aaronwt
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- 01 Sep 2023
Sunking59, 30 Aug 2023That's clearly incorrect. The Tab S7 and S8 with their... moreI can only comment on my personal experience. And there is a big difference in battery life between my two new Tab S9 tablets and my old Tab S8 tablet. I'm seeing a 20% to 25% longer battery life with the way I use them. It's now getting close to the very long battery life that my Tab S7 FE tablets have.
Like with the S23 line, the longer battery life is mostly attributed to the more efficient Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Between the newer SoC and also being made by TSMC, with it's better manufacturing process. It is more efficient than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 that was made by Samsung. That was in the S22 line and the Tab S8 line.
Samsung has another sale this weekend. And they are now giving $500 trade in value for Tab S7 FE tablets(much better than the $350 they were giving a month ago). So I'm trading in my last two Tab S7 FE tablets for another 256GB Tab S9. And also another Tab S9+.
TopCashBack also has 12% cash back from Samsung right now. Bringing my total out pocket cost for the Tab S9 to only around $280, after taxes..
Assuming FedEX doesn't lose my trade in. They lost my Galaxy Watch4 trade in, for my Galaxy Watch6. I still need to contact Samsung about it.
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- Anonymous
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- 01 Sep 2023
The colors also seemed off for me and I already had to slide green to the third lowest value. Even with that, everything looks grayish compared to my phone and old Tab S5e. I feel like they used the cheapest and worst displays they had left. Might return it for good now.
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- Anonymous
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- 01 Sep 2023
Battery life is pretty bad, and now I'm looking for alternatives. Even at €700 with rebates and trade-in, it's not worth it. Can't even handle video streaming efficiently. I won't need the free 12GB RAM upgrade if it can't even last longer than 8 hours at 60Hz watching videos...
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- Anonymous
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- 30 Aug 2023
I will go for an e ink tablet rather than an amoled display . Samsung hurry up or i will buy a boox
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- Sunking59
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- 30 Aug 2023
aaronwt, 29 Aug 2023Battery Life is much better than my Tab S8 was.That's clearly incorrect. The Tab S7 and S8 with their LCD displays have much better battery life. My 2.5 year old 11' Tab S7 gives me 1.5hrs more SOT per charge than my 11" Tab S9. The Tab S9 may have a bigger battery but it isn't big enough! The battery life is mediocre at best, returning 7-8 hours of SOT when doing basic web surfing and watching YouTube videos. Check out the German tech site Chip.de review.