The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 was the last truly great Android flagship

[Redaktion]

Samsung released the Galaxy Note 9 two years ago. Unlike most flagship phones from that era, however, the Note 9 still manages to look fresh, while offering premium features and performance, even by today's standards. And that, perhaps, is why it'll go down as the last truly great Android flagship.

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[Proud Note 9 user]

Cannot agree more about all unique features we can't find now...
- No notch or punch hole
- Headphone jack
combined with flagship specs as the massive battery, the S pen which had at this time new features (taking photos, screen-off notes, useful for slide show...) and the 4k60hz support through the usb-c/hdmi
I bought it new for around 600€ and 2 months after his release (October 2018). Still working like a charm.
Samsung infinity display without punch hole introduced with the S8 is still (for me) the best design

[A]

The last great phone was the Samsung Galaxy Note 4.

From then on it went downhill. The Note 4 was a true power users phone, after that Samsung started taking away power user features like removable battery, used same processors as the older models, while charging a much higher price, to the point one has to wonder why the Note wasn't just renamed the Galaxy S++.

[Josh]

Counterpoint: I likey Note 10 even more than I liked my Note 9. I to be honest, the only change I don't like was moving the power button from the right side to the left side. Aside from that it's better in every way.

[Ms Jackie]

I like my Samsung 9 however I am not able to add a Signature to my text messages!!! Help!!!

[Dàpọ̀ Ndugu]

100% agree🙌🏾

Beast of a phone till this day.

[GURTAPINDER KANWAL]

I love my Note 9 it's still got loads of life left in it for most uses day to day. But I cant say that about the battery. I had my Note9 since launch and accubattery says my battery capacity is more like 3253mah nearly 20%. I do charge it more often now. And I hate to think my next phone might come with a 3 year contract that seems the new norm.

Also Samsung will change the battery it was 77 quid but gone up now.

[AlexAndra]

I switched to the note 10 earlier this year and I am still regretting it. The note 9 was a better phone in so many ways. And after this whole "putting ads in the native apps on our flagship phone" thing, the note 10 will be the last Samsung phone I purchase.

[Silver Fang]

Still rocking my Note 9. I'm due for an upgrade this fall. I may or may not switch.

[bee]

Have had lots cell phones Note 9 is only one had screen burn in. Unit was not abused.

[Glen B Mallory]

The great miss is the lost IR blaster and swappable battery--and headphone jack.  I used them both daily. I will not upgrade from note 9 until under-screen selfie camera and new graphics chip come along..
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[10basetom]

Where do you see it for $350 mint? The 128GB model is selling for $450 on Newegg.

[OuchieCloud]

It's much better than my iphone8. It's my first android phone so there was a learning curve. It's a net improvement from my iphone even with the drawbacks like the fragile stylus. I bought this phone for the headphone jack and it's big screen for watching movies. I found it's pretty good for drawing too.

[EddieT]

I have the note 9 and what I use it for is what it what not meant to do in reality.  I use it as my laptop with dex for the last 6 weeks.  I have the usb c hub with everything except for 100bt port.  I have my Surface Pro in my datacenter and I rdp if i need to use a regulator computer.  If seem to work so great that I don't miss my normal computer.  When I am out of the house then I rdp in.  Since I have the 512GB version I have all my data, but I need anything a have unlimited cloud drive.  I use opendrive.com and it unlimited and not like MS, Amazon, and google cloud.  It still 9.99 and I don't have to had to data local to my system,but can still access it with my note 9 like a client-server envirnment.

Look into it guys all the cloud providers are full of it opendrive works just like a server.

[Rho]

The note 9 also has an iris scanner as an option for unlocking the device apart from traditional unlocking methods.