Amongst so many other well-known electronic devices that Samsung products flooded into the market’s way back in August 2018, amongst so many such Galaxy Note Series, it was Samsung Galaxy Note 9 which made itself quite different sometimes quite a bit from all the other devices with all the power, design, and all of that productivity feature designed to give every business professional and user that appeal needed. This article really digs deep into the very evident details and facets of this phenomenon in its time. 

Design and Display 

Just as with all other variants of Note, the newly launched Samsung Galaxy Note 9 was to make use of that high-class build quality by using metal aluminum frame bonded together by glass and metal. This set comes in at 6.4 inches, so quite a lot of backing for this marvelous Super AMOLED screen at 2960 x 1440 pixels, Quad HD+. A screen of these resolutions gets pretty cozy for multimedia use if you know what I mean. Also, HDR10, so highlights are much brighter, and contrast deepens while viewing. 

It weighed in at 201g, and seriously enough for the girth of the thing, it was actually really well-balanced in the hand. The Infinity Display design brought the minimal bezel and curved edge into a whole experience. It came in some seriously eye-catching colors: Ocean Blue, Lavender Purple, and Metallic Copper. And man, it really, really looked great. 

Storage  

It entered markets in the international variant on its Xenos 9810 and, in the U.S. and China, in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 variant. It established a sharp dividing line between two significantly different variants-one sharply established through means of RAM and storage, and the other separated through means of the internal storage. The former came in with 6GB of RAM along with 128GB of internal storage, while the latter brought along with it 8GB of RAM paired up with 512GB of internal storage. This then went hand in hand with an external microSD slot of up to 512GB, which was more like a wishful thinking for those needing huge storage. 

On paper and even more importantly, in real testing, the Note 9 was no-holds-barred multitasking beast. Neither high-end games, nor heavy productivity apps, nor extreme multitasking could challenge the device, yet it remained silky smooth and lag-free. And then Samsung throws in the custom cooling system so that it doesn’t feel the heat of heavy usage coming from its intended market: gamers and extreme power users. To finish the package. 

Camera Abilities 

Samsung has inherited the dual rear camera set-up in Galaxy Note 9. It is still using a 12MP primary sensor; however, that sensor is variable aperture of f/1.5 to f/2.4.  The secondary lens is also 12MP telephoto one; further it supports up to 2x optical zoom along with as much as 10x digital zoom. In such devices, the generation of features comprised high-quality images characterized with correct details even in low lighting. The Super Speed Dual Pixel technology then proceeded to enable fast autofocus speeds. 

As a standard, the in-built apps preloaded in the mobile handset had a few camera apps that included AI-based feature Scene Optimizer and Flaw Detection. For example, a smart Scene Optimizer would change camera settings adaptively based on a choice in the scene. In case any shot went fuzzy or any blink occurred during the frame, Flaw Detection would tell the respective user about those flaws. All this brainwork was at that very instant of clicking that one perfect shot every time

S-Pen Integration 

One of the lists of highlights for the range of Galaxy Note, note 9 certainly brings it to a whole new dimension with the advent of BLE, or Bluetooth Low Energy, so technically, the S-Pen literally takes over itself the role of being a sort of remote over certain functions. For example, it just needs to click the pen button to take selfies and control the presentations; in some gadgets, it also plays with the media; that makes this Note 9 a gadget more appealing for productivity. 

This stylus is pretty amazing and incredible for a stylus at being pressure-sensitive as well as pretty accurate. Users can very well write in sufficient details, sketch considerable things, and use it professionally. This device will take only 40 seconds to charge up the S-Pen when docked to the phone and one can use it for approx. 30 minutes. 

Battery and Software 

Of course, the one area in which the Note 9 was brazenly different was when it came to battery capacity: one test unit quoted a 4,000mAh battery for the phone and indeed it’s big enough to get you through the day with hard usage. Of course, the device comes with fast wired and wireless charging, so Samsung tossed in Quick Charge 2.0, meaning users can top their batteries pretty quickly. 

On the software side, the Galaxy Note 9 leaves the store running Samsung’s Experience UI atop Android 8.1 Oreo followed later by One UI atop Android 10. Optimized for productivity, it departs from the factory preloaded with Samsung Dex that makes the Note 9 turn into a desktop upon connection with a monitor. 

Conclusion 

The do-everything device. The phone hits it out of the park, wart both power and productivity and multimedia. The performances are at the elite level with an incredibly intelligent camera that has unveiled innovative functionalities of its S-Pen. So, such a device survived the test of time, but such is time; so, note 9 still remains a valid recommendation for a classic experience in a Samsung Note.