![]() ![]() I don’t doubt we’ll see Pie come to the Note 9 eventually, it’s just a matter of when, which is always the dilemma when you buy a non-Pixel device. The Note also ships with Android 8.1 Oreo.which is already outdated, since Android 9 Pie was released just last week. It also comes with wireless charging, multiple biometric locking mechanisms (fingerprint, face, and iris), and a new version of DeX, which allows you to use your phone as a computer with nothing but an HDMI adapter connected to an external monitor. Samsung’s also holding strong against rivals like Apple and Google by keeping the headphone jack, and they didn’t need to sacrifice IP68 water resistance or external stereo speakers to do it. Coupled with an expandable microSD card slot, that means you can theoretically have up to 1TB of storage on your phone, which is just bonkers (in an “impressive-but-why?” kind of way). ![]() The base model comes with 128GB of storage and 6GB of RAM, though the upgraded model-which runs $1,250-comes with 512GB of storage and ups the RAM to 8GB. But you get a lot for that money: a 6.4 inch, Quad HD+ (1440 x 2960) super AMOLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 octa-core processor (or Exynos 9 if you’re outside the US), two rear cameras (one of which has a dual aperture), and a whopping 4,000mAh battery. The Note 9 phone starts at $1,000 for both unlocked and carrier-specific models, so it’s firmly in “make it rain” territory, as it's on-par with the iPhone X now, and more expensive than the Google Pixel 2 XL ($849) and the iPhone 8 Plus ($799). Not only has it received the requisite CPU and GPU performance boost, but it packs in a bigger battery, 128GB of storage in the standard model, a little bit of artificial intelligence, and a Bluetooth-enabled S Pen you can use as a remote control. ![]() The latest iteration of Samsung’s large-and-in-charge Galaxy Note flagship smartphone has finally arrived, and while it looks similar to last year’s model, the Note 9 boasts a few impressive upgrades over its predecessor. ![]()
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