This means that when you’re watching content with plenty of dark scenes, they’ll actually look black rather than slightly washed out. Compared to LCD, OLEDs use less power and only power on the required pixels, therefore displaying perfect blacks. The displays Samsung produces for its own handsets (alongside those of other phones, such as the iPhone XS) are the best for a number of reasons. It’s a 2960 x 1440 panel, with sloping ‘Infinity’ edges and support for HDR content. You won’t find a better display on any current phone than the one on the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. Other colours include a lavender purple, a fairly standard black, and a copper hue that won’t be available in the US/UK yet. I love it – and feel it’s a real step forward for a device that in the past has been known for being businesslike. The headline-grabbing colour combo here is a blue handset with a sharp-yellow S Pen. Samsung is rarely bold with its colour choices, but with the Note 9 things are different. In fact, why isn’t Bixby summoned with a long-press of the power key? That would make so much more sense. You can turn it off, but I’d much rather have the button accessible but with a better-thought-out action. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve pulled the Note 9 out of a pocket, clearly hitting the button by mistake and therefore being taken straight to Bixby. Sitting just below the volume key, the dedicated button for the Bixby assistant has been a constant on the past few Samsung flagships – and it remains a source of frustration right up to the point you disable Bixby completely. My big issue with the design is the Bixby button. The whole phone just needs to be a bit smoother and softer. This is a tough, often uncomfortable phone to hold mostly due to the rather sharp chamfered rim. Even with a super-slim bezel running around the 6.4-inch screen this is still amongst the biggest phones I have used in a long time – and that does come with some issues in itself. If you’re even considering then the Note 9 then you’ll know it’s a hefty device. Thankfully, the Note 9 foregoes a notch – that annoying cut-out that features in the display of so many 2018 smartphones.
Sticking with a glass back enables wireless charging – a Galaxy staple – while other much-loved features such as a IP68 water-resistance rating, headphone jack and expandable storage also remain. This small change makes a big difference: I no longer end up smearing the camera sensor every time I unlock the phone. The biggest design difference is that the fingerprint sensor now sits below the camera, not next to it. The glass remains a smudge magnet, and I live with the constant fear of dropping such a large device – but I’m inclined to forgive these shortcomings for such a well-crafted phone.
Many phones have adopted a similar look, but none feel as highly engineered and finished to perfection. Even though it’s been around for a year, the curved front and sandwiched metal rim continues to feel distinctly modern. Samsung has kept the overall design similar – and that isn’t entirely a bad thing. If you’ve seen the Note 8 then you’ve seen the Note 9.
Related: Best smartphones Samsung Galaxy Note 9 – Design There’s also the Samsung Galaxy S10 (and the larger Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus) available now too, both of which feel like a bit of a step-forward. Related: Samsung Galaxy S20 | Samsung Galaxy S20 UltraĪt first sight it may appear that not much has changed from the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (or even the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus), but this is a much better phone that might just be worth that £899/$999.99 price tag.
It’s closest competitor is the iPhone XS Max and the Huawei P30 Pro. It’s unashamedly huge, seriously expensive, and jams pretty much every high-end feature into a surprisingly svelte package.
HANDY NOTE 9 ANDROID
There isn’t another Android phone on the market quite like the Samsung Galaxy Note 9.
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