Galaxy Note 9 review: The 2018 Note — a Bluetooth S Pen and a huge-for-its-time battery.
A 2018 Note high point — productivity king of its day.
The Note 9 paired a Bluetooth S Pen with a big battery and dual camera. It was excellent in 2018; no 5G and ended support make it a legacy device now.
01Display
85/10085/100 puts it above the 80-point average for flagship phones of 2018.
02Camera
76/10076/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.
03Performance
64/10064/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2018 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2018 — 8 points above the cohort average.
05Build
84/10084/100 puts it above the 79-point average for flagship phones of 2018.
06Value
66/10066/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.
- First S Pen with Bluetooth remote control.
- Large 4,000 mAh battery for 2018.
- Dual camera with variable aperture.
- IP68, headphone jack and microSD.
- No 5G; software ended at Android 10.
- 15 W charging; 60 Hz display.
- Heavy at 201 g.
- Discontinued.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 138-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .