Samsung announces Galaxy Note 9 - larger battery and smarter camera

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/10/2018 09:04 AM | source: nu.nl | 14 comment(s)

Samsung has presented its new Galaxy Note 9. The smartphone gets a new S Pen, a larger battery and a smart camera. The phone was presented during an event in New York.

The Note 9 is similar in design to the Note 8 of last year, the device with a screen size of 6.4 inches has become a whopping 0.1 inch larger than its predecessor. The phone again has a screen that bends at its edges. The new S Pen is equipped with Bluetooth and a button that allows users to control their phone remotely. This function is intended for example for making selfies and changing slides during presentations. Also the voice assistant Bixby, according to Samsung, improved on the Note 9. When a user asks for nearby restaurants, favorite kitchens are put on top.

At the rear side, the Note 9 has two cameras with 12-megapixel sensors. New is a function with which the camera recognizes twenty different things, such as food or animals. Based on this, the phone can adjust colors. The camera also recognizes errors. For example, the user is warned when someone in the photo is just blinking and when background light reduces the quality of the image. The device has a 4,000 mAh battery. That is 14.3 larger than the 3.500 mAh battery of the Note 8. In addition, the phone is equipped with a Snapdragon 845 processor and can be chosen between 128 GB and 512 GB of storage space. The storage can be expanded with an SD card.

The Note 9 appears in three colors: black, blue and purple. The version with 128 GB of storage offers 6 GB of RAM and costs 999 euros. A more expensive model with a storage capacity of 512 GB offers 8 GB of RAM and costs a staggering 1,249 euros.

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codyrocco
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#5572563 Posted on: 08/10/2018 03:10 PM

Samsung has presented its new Galaxy Note 9. The smartphone gets a new S Pen, a larger battery and a smart camera. The phone was presented during an event in New York....

Samsung announces Galaxy Note 9 - larger battery and smarter camera

just ordered three, one to be lost/stolen, one for use and the third for spare parts - if possible to be dismantled (if not, that's it, one more for previous sections)

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#5572567 Posted on: 08/10/2018 03:18 PM

Overpriced and launches on Oreo rather than Pie.. Scamsung strikes again

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#5572577 Posted on: 08/10/2018 03:36 PM

just ordered three, one to be lost/stolen, one for use and the third for spare parts - if possible to be dismantled (if not, that's it, one more for previous sections)

You crazy ese. :O

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#5572628 Posted on: 08/10/2018 06:16 PM

Hmm... a 4000mah battery, dual 12mbps "smart" camera, 128gb / 6gb can be found on a Huawei Mate 10 Pro for less than half the price.

I think ~1k EUR is just insane.

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#5572648 Posted on: 08/10/2018 07:18 PM

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#5572696 Posted on: 08/10/2018 09:43 PM

Larger battery for larger explosion

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#5572705 Posted on: 08/10/2018 10:20 PM

For those that prefer huawei, good luck trying to unlock the bootloader and installing a custom firmware

https://www.xda-developers.com/honor-huawei-bootloader-unlock-page-disappears/

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#5572803 Posted on: 08/11/2018 09:31 AM

Xiaomi is the best out there for me. 250 euro for sd660 + 6gb ram + 64gb + 3500mah? Can't ask for more.

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#5572908 Posted on: 08/11/2018 09:23 PM

For those that prefer huawei, good luck trying to unlock the bootloader and installing a custom firmware

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#5573206 Posted on: 08/13/2018 05:22 AM

For those that prefer huawei, good luck trying to unlock the bootloader and installing a custom firmware

https://www.xda-developers.com/honor-huawei-bootloader-unlock-page-disappears/

Thank you, I had no idea... I recently bought one, right before the block happened. I'll never buy Huawei anymore if it stays like this, they can fu** off.

Did neither of you read the article? They know of the issue with the site being down and you can fill in a form as ask for an unlock code.

We're aware of the bootloader unlock page being down & apologize for the inconvenience it has caused. We have setup a form in the interim to request bootloader unlock codes. We thank you for your patience through all this. @xdadevelopers https://goo.gl/forms/ZdYFEQXRzly9e2Bt2 …

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#5573225 Posted on: 08/13/2018 08:25 AM

It seems like they make it more square than the S series just for the sake of differentiating it, otherwise it'd just be 0.18" bigger (6.4" vs 6.22" LOL) S9+ with a bluetooth stylus and bigger battery. Not to mention the price is absurd, it's $1.3K for the basic model from my provider. Let's not forget Mr. Tax/Robbery, making it more like $1.5K. The prices for all flagships these days must be at the limits of stupidity. The only reason I even have an S9+ is because its sales numbers were so abysmal that on a $50/m 2 year plan they were selling the S9+ for "only" $600 ($25 x 24 months) which was the lowest I've seen a flagship Samsung phone available for in years. When I think of that, even $600 (which was by far the best deal available) is a stupid price for a phone.

The only reason such prices are possible is because it's an item everyone needs and are therefore less inhibited to spend stupid amounts on so long as it's split up over 2 years. They cost as much as laptops at this point.

But I have to say, as much vitriol I have for Samsung, the experience with their phones (particularly the software) is so much better than Chinese companies like ZTE. I had a ZTE Axon 7, which was essentially the parts of a Galaxy S7 Edge (without the AMOLED being curved) plus a discrete Hi-Fi DAC/amp so it seemed great on paper... but the software was a nightmare to the point that I'm never buying from them again. Breath in the wrong direction and that phone gets bricked. I must have bricked that phone literally over 10 times. Luckily there is no permanently hard bricking a Snapdragon 835 device, there's always a way to recover it.

TL;DR - As much as I dislike Samsung, particularly the scumbags at Samsung Canada, I'm sadly going to stick with their devices because I think it's the best overall experience available.

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#5573245 Posted on: 08/13/2018 09:41 AM

1k$ the phone lol
sry samsung , but I really prefer Huaway or Oneplus , with better support for update , no overlay (that means , better perf) , no slow down after months etc etc...
ah yes and the price : half ......
Great, Oneplus with their privacy scandals - at this point I'm wondering what the next one will be.
And I don't understand why Huawei's bootloaders are locked by default.

You know, the high-end phones from big manufacturers may have hiked up the prices but that doesn't change the fact that some phones are cheaper for a reason. I don't understand how people still trust Oneplus.

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#5574764 Posted on: 08/17/2018 05:49 PM

Did neither of you read the article? They know of the issue with the site being down and you can fill in a form as ask for an unlock code.

https://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-honor-request-bootloader-unlock-code/

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#5574772 Posted on: 08/17/2018 06:07 PM

Just some opinion: weird, but somehow makes sense.

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