Galaxy Tab S9 review: The 11" AMOLED Tab S9 entry — IP68 and S Pen at $800.
The base Tab S goes AMOLED.
Galaxy Tab S9 brought AMOLED to the base-tier Tab S for the first time — a flagship-feel 11" Android slate at $800.
01Display
90/10090/100 puts it above the 88-point average for flagship phones of 2023.
02Camera
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2023 — 21 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
90/10090/100 puts it above the 88-point average for flagship phones of 2023.
04Battery
80/10080/100 trails the 83-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.
05Build
86/10086/100 puts it above the 84-point average for flagship phones of 2023.
06Value
74/10074/100 trails the 78-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.
- First base-tier Tab S with AMOLED.
- IP68 + S Pen.
- 11" compact size.
- 4 OS updates.
- $800 price.
- Cameras basic.
- Single rear camera (no ultrawide).
- No jack.
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 241-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .