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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Leeum:
Pre-ordered my Note 10+ through my provider & had a deal to get the 5G Note 10+ for the price of a 4G variant which is a pree sweet deal. Suprisingly enough the plan for the N10+ is 30% cheaper than what i am paying now for my Note 9
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iwanme:
I'll certainly skip this one. It's a step back.

Terrible fingerprint sensor, no 3.5 jack, no heart-rate sensor, hole in the screen, no iris scanner...

Basically the same camera sensor...

Meh... Maybe Note 11 will be a something interesting.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Elite3k9:
I am more than happy with my Note 9. The improvements (if that) on the Note 10 doesn't justify me spending all that for the Note 10+ - I need my SD card
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
There's plenty of arguments for improvement. Faster processor, best screen ever (and much bigger), no bezels, way more RAM, bigger battery, better camera including night mode and more cameras, text conversion in notes (and search ability), the new s-pen gestures, the in-screen fingerprint reader, year longer of support, cool Windows 10 integration, improved DeX features, and then some potentially cool/fun things like the 3D scanner and AR Doodle. Also improved video recording stabilization.

I'm just saying... When they offer $700 off plus $150 in free stuff AND $60 in free music service... I'm in. That makes the phone an absolute steal. And I love my Note9. Dearly.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Danikin:
yes, when the note 12 launches :D...i just got my N9.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MaxSust:
Not getting any phone that doesn't have a headphone jack. And the hardware improvements are not particularly enticing. The bigger screen is great but that's pretty much it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] koragg97:
I don't yet have the Note9 but am planning to grab the Ocean Blue 512GB either for Christmas or for my birthday in February - whenever the cash comes :D

For me it's like this:

Note9 Pros:

1. No hole in the screen

2. It has a LED light

3. It has a headphone jack

4. It has an iris scanner

5. It has a heart rate sensor (and a blood pressure one too I think)

6. Its design is better imo, the Note should have horizontal rear camera position

7. The power button is on the correct side - right

8. It has a MicroSD card slot

9. The blue phone and the yellow pen are just amazing together

10. There is more support over at XDA as it's a year old now

Note9 Cons:

1. No wide camera

2. No 25 or 45 watt charging

Note10 Pros:

1. Wide angle camera

2. Air gestures on the S-Pen

3. Slightly better general hardware (CPU, GPU, etc)

4. Depth camera

Note10 Cons:

Everything that the Note9 has, the 10 doesn't.

Just like the S6 was a downgrade over the S5 which I currently own same with the Note10 and the Note9.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bambam126:
Im getting my note 9 today coming from galaxy s10+ I rather have a spen also can anyone tell me if the keyboard still has that gif button I loved that
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
Comparing the Note9 to the Note10 is not fair. The Note10+ is the successor to the Note9, and their naming convention is weird, but I'm guessing they didn't want to call the bigger one the Note10 and the smaller the Note10-, haha.

Anyway, you're not losing micro SD with the Note10+.

For me personally, the things people care about more (better screen, faster, better camera, larger battery, faster charging, new s-pen features) far outweigh little things like the iris scanner going away or the LED notification gone. I could understand why they eliminated most of the things they did.

I think the gap between the Note9 and 10+ is more significant than the difference between the Note8 and Note9. Then again, I remember everyone saying the same thing when I switched from 8 to 9 ("eh, not enough of an upgrade") yet I found the difference to be very noticeable. Especially battery life! That was massive. We'll see! The Note9 is easily the best phone I've ever used... In a few weeks, I'll have the Note10+ (such a steal of a deal with all the pre-order offers!) and I'll let you know if it's a big difference or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] koragg97:
[MENTION=4314683]PsiPhiDan[/MENTION] Yeah, I just don't like changes haha. Will be extremely happy with the Note9 512 when I get it for years to come. Hope you enjoy the Note10+ too. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
The default Samsung one? Yeah, it did (I no longer use it). If it didn't, get a keyboard like SwiftKey. That one has everything! ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NIKKG:
I had the note 10+ for 2 days, I was gonna trade my note 9 for the $600 that Samsung was offering, but after using the 10+, it just felt like a big downgrade over the 9. The placement of the power button, no headphone jack, inscreen fingerprint sensor was slow and you always had to watch where to place the finger when the Note 9 can be used by feel just turned me off on it. Also didn't like the camera hole just staring at me. Overall, way too many compromises and I decided to send it back. The Note 9 is the last true Note, the 10+ felt like an iphone with a pen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gruuvin:
Can anyone explain why the Note10 has a five-inch-deep s-hole butt no room for a headphone jack?

Just sayin.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] JOSHSKORN:
Nope, probably won't upgrade until the Note 12. In otherwords, keeping my Note 9 for 2 more years before upgrading.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
Oh come on... This is hyperbole to a ridiculous degree. The Note9 must be REALLY close to an iPhone then, because the 10+ isn't very different than it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] romeokk:
I used S10+ before switched to Note9. I just want big screen and battery.

The only reason I changed to Note9 was the ultrasonic fp reader on S10+. Its the real pain to use especially when you put on a screen protector. I really love S10+ but the fp reader is absolutely unacceptable. On bare screen, the success rate for unlocking is around 70% while on Note9, I failed less than 10 times in 3 months of using it.

So, do I want Note10+? Yes, but I will wait until the technology is good enough. So I will skip generations of S and Note until SS comes up with a better fp reader tech.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
Early indications are that it's MUCH improved. I've read this on 3-5 reviews.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] xchatter:
I wouldn't take it. I have the N9 512GB, 8GB RAM. The new model barely brings anything on top of this (at least imo). So why waste my money to have almost the same device?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] drich66:
I got My Note 10+ last week, Sprint. Sending back the 9 for my credit.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingVekxin:
Everytime a new phone comes out we always have this post come up but why? It just starts to become an "I don't care about it" or "I'm justifying my purchase like this" kinda wasteland.... Literally every dang time
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jameslapc2:
If I wasn't stuck for a year and a half on my device I'd consider it. I'm just saying screw it and waiting for the Note 11 because I don't want to upgrade mid-cycle.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
I thought that too but it's actually a pretty big difference. The money thing was taken care of too, with the $810 worth of free stuff from Samsung!

My biggest changes are listed first. Some aren't that significant, but worth mentioning.

-Bigger battery

-Faster charging

-Power sharing (reverse wireless charge)

-UFS3.0 storage like we hoped the Note9 would have

-Ultrasonic fingerprint scanner

-Better camera

-Faster CPU

-Better GPU

-Much bigger screen and absolutely gorgeous

-Way smaller bezels

-HDR10+ certified

-Increased base storage to double (256GB)

-DeX is now able to used via USB to any computer - drag and drop between computer and phone!

-Windows Link to Phone integration

-Notes converted to Word docs now.

-Sortable notes in Samsung Notes (word search!)

-Conversion from handwritten notes to text

-Gyroscope and accelerometer in s-pen

-3D scanner

-Doodle AR

-Support for one year longer

Anyway, it's actually quite a long list, especially considering it's only $100 more than the release price last year. Obviously to each his own, but I wanted to point out all the changes because I was convinced there weren't many at first... Then realized there were!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] JLFitzpatrick:
Another reason I can't believe I forgot to mention why I'm not upgrading from my trusty Note 9, Note 10 moved the cameras to match the iPhone of all the stupid things to do. My wife has always had an iPhone, just used it for a photo for her in landscape mode and it reminded me the corner camera location has always been terrible. They belong in the middle of the phone out of the way of my hands, idiots.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] yami375uk:
Note 9 users, will you be getting the Note 10+

OK,

A new device, some cool improvements,BUT

I didn't find that improvements so much to persuade me to upgrade.

AND they took out iris scanner, physical fingerprint reader, headphone jack,and heart rate reader.

and the new device coasts almost the double of the Note 9 price in my country,

So no way I will upgrade to Note 110/10+
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
I would not have upgraded due to price either... But Samsung had an offer way too amazing to pass up. I am basically paying $290 for it. $810 in discounts and freebies.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] yami375uk:
the freebies in my country covers only a small portion of the prices and there isn't any discount or trade also
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
That sucks. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] billu:
The only reason I would have bought the note 10+ was due to the larger screen but Samsung have offered no incentives or freebies at all in the UK. Basically £400 trade in for a year old note 9 512GB, equating to a loss of £700 for the year.

Thanks but no thanks especially when other people around the world are getting much better offers.

This time last year I upgraded from Note 8 to 9 due to CPWs promotion offering a cool £550 for the note 8.

Spending £700 to get an extra .4 of an inch compromised with a hole punch isn't my idea of a good deal.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] charackthe:
No way. Jack is gone and the Bixby button is gone. The new power button/bixby combination is literally cancerous. No way in hell I'm giving my Note9 away for a 10+. Maybe Note 11 or whatever funny name they are going to give to the next note. And that is if they fix the stupid decisions they made. LIKE REMOVING THE HEADPHONE JACK AND KILLING A FULLY REMAPPABLE BUTTON!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gruuvin:
I like symmetry. It's a more pleasant look. Samsung would follow Apple over a cliff.

Also, the screen going to the extreme edge on the 10 and iPhone is sacrificing function for form (something Apple has always done). When I hold my phone in landscape orientation to watch something in full screen, I appreciate that there is about 3/8 inch of bezel for my thumbs without covering the screen. The curved edges on a Note are also terrible for using SPen. Flat was better.

Samsung follows Apple in sacrificing function for form. To me, sacrificed function is ALWAYS bad form.

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I suspect you are paying for it in your monthly bill. That's how all the carriers make you think you got it so cheap. There's no way your carrier sold you an $1100 phone for $300 without making their money back monthly via your contract.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
My carrier didn't sell it to me. Samsung did.

Anyway, it was like $1100 - $600, so $500 I'm paying. But with the freebies, I'm selling them and pocketing the money, pretending it's towards the phone. Then the $60 I'll save by canceling GPM for 6 months while I use the Premium Spotify... There's the $810.

Actually I got $43 from eBates on my order that day too! Haha. So even less.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hhaghgou62:
I love Samsung. But the Note 10 was a failure:

1. Slight battery consumption and selfie camera compared to S Series 10 Plus

2. Huawei processor, introduced several months ago, works much better in terms of battery and speed (P30Pro).

And a processor that is only 7 nanometers in the name and has not made much progress
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
Haha, this is funny.

Huawei isn't even worth discussing in comparing. 90% of Samsung's user's (at least in the US) likely haven't even heard of that company, and now that they can't even use Android apps, forget it. That company is dead in the US.

And you know, the speed and battery life of the Note10+ have shown to be PLENTY for people buying it. Don't care if Huawei is marginally better.

Also, the Note has zero competition. Please show me the stylus and useful features with it on the S series and Huawei phones.

The Note 10 competes with the Note 9 only, which it handily crushes in almost every way (this coming from a Note9 guy who's typing on one right now).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gruuvin:
Well ya! That is an awesome deal!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
Only real reason I upgraded, haha. Otherwise I was content with my Note9. It's a beast! Nothing mind-blowing on Note10+. But for the deal I got, it's worth it to upgrade! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hhaghgou62:
:laugh:

I spoke with reason and logic and you speak with fanaticism that's your problem.

The camera has not improved significantly, and the battery life has not improved significantly.

The Galaxy S10 Plus selfie camera introduced several months ago is better than this new phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
No, here's the logic that is fact: a Note user is not shopping for a random phone. They probably are Note users because of the feature indicated by the name... NOTE. I'm not buying the devices that don't have an s-pen or equivalent. It's a niche phone. It's the best one ever made with a stylus and it's gonna sell mighty well. No failure here.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Eudeferrer:
Absolutely not! The Note 10+ is supposed to be the latest Samsung flagship phone. As one of the most expensive phones out there now, it has no 90 Hz refresh screen, no headphone jack, no IR, a locked bootloader with no possibility of root in the US, OS upgrades that will be traditionally 7-8 months behind Google's OS releases and a camera the is sub-par to every other flagship out there. Other than the S-pen and fast charging, I can't fathom the idea of paying all that money for such a phone. Check out link comparing the Note 10+ camera with other flagships. It lost by almost half to Google's Pixel 3XL (which is last year's version,not the one to come soon):

https://www.phonearena.com/news/Sam...S-Max-and-OnePlus-7-Pro-apple-google_id118606

Samsung better wake up and start giving people what they are paying for or they will continue to loose customers to other brands.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sweet_ashu2001:
I finally bought note10+ after lot of confusion about whether to upgrade from note 9 .....i bet you guys you will not regret after upgrading to n10+...screen is really awesome and its a refreshing experience in using n10+....so guys dont get confuse and buy n10+
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Elite3k9:
I think I will regret replacing my Note 9 with the 10. What is the wow factor that drove you to buy it besides it's a newer phone? I will look to see what next year will bring to the Note, this year is not worth spending all that money just to take away my SD card and headphone jack. Yes I know the plus has the SD but why spend money for that
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sweet_ashu2001:
I was also thinking like that before purchasing note 10......but after purchasing my view completely changed...i almost use all note from note 2 but this note is really good....headphone jack is not a beag deal now a days i think......
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gruuvin:
It's a very big deal for those of us who use headphones a LOT! I keep a wired set of headphones in my pocket during the day when at work. I use them for every phone call. At night after work, I wear the headphones for maybe 6 hours a day, always connected to the phone. I am on the third set of the same wired headphones that are the best quality for the money, and I have tried a dozen different models, and these are the best. NO WIRELESS SET OF EAR BUDS WILL EVER MEET THESE DEMANDS. Samsung and Apple are short-sighted to remove the headphone jack.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] BLEK0TA:
No stunned on n9 long as possible cuz note 10 don't have heart rate sensor
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] samorgs:
Nope, no HR Sensor, no headphone jack. Stay with my N9.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] stiffis:
NOPE, I'm so tired of Samsung's phones' terrible batterylife.. had also the same problems with the Note 8 as the Note 4.. Batterylife is good first couple of months, but then starts to get crappy.. So now I have Preordered the Asus ROG phone 2 with its 6000mah battery! Just can't wait! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingVekxin:
Honestly after the latest leaked video I might be switching over to pixel soon
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] peekie:
i bought the note 10 plus 512gb but will keep my note 9 as well
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mcsti:
I think I'm in the same boat:)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Eudeferrer:
In waiting like a kid outside the candy store for it as well.

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingVekxin:
Honestly all I need to know is how much storage will be on board or if there will finally be sd card slots. I need big storage for all my music and such. If they have it I'm jumping ship indefinitely. They already have me excited about the astrophotography stuff
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
is this a new porno shoot mode?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] michel5891:
I dunno. The downgrade simply isn't worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iceepyon:
I actually purchased a Note 9 N960N 512GB version when my Note 8 N950N died after the recent OS update. I have tried my hardest to get the thing working again but it simply won't work. So I bite the bullet and got a Note 9 N960N. As I believe the Note 10 series of devices aren't worth the value. Having both a smaller and a large Note 10 is a stupid idea. As the Note series of device was always considered the Plus variant of the S series with a S-Pen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Elite3k9:
I agree. Having two different Note devices is a bad idea. The only difference should be storage size and maybe a few other things.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iceepyon:
Exactly! Samsung is basically heading down the road of Apple. Creating a regular and larger size variant of their devices!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Elite3k9:
Oh dear God I hope not!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] The.Yield:
No iris scanner

No headphone jack

No heart rate sensor

Ugly centered hole punch front cam

Nope, holding onto the 9 for as long as possible.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iceepyon:
This is exactly the reason why I purchased a Note 9 N960N when I couldn't fix my Note 8 N950N after the previous OS update......

I really don't understand why Samsung removed the Iris Scanner and Heart Rate Monitors in the Note 10. As those are very useful items in the Note 8 and Note 9. The headphone jack is a must have for a larger device without a doubt, you can obviously fit that in without any issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
Heartrate - more sales of their smartwatch

Iris - possible space? Would need another hole for that? And possibly engineers thought, "doh, they got front fingerprint scanny."

Headphone- they are just ******* stupid! Okay okay, they probably just trying to push their airpods...oh I mean wireless ear pods.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gruuvin:
I think there is a good argument to be made for offering the Note in TWO sizes. It's often the case that we want a phone as big as possible that is still manageable with just one hand. Both ladies an men will like the S-pen, but ladies need a smaller version. It's pretty obvious that is just smart marketing. Curved edges, no headphone jack, no SDcard, punchhole, price; these are all bad ideas for the Note 10, but two sizes is a good idea.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jovy23:
No headphone jack: They must of did it so their samsung galaxy buds could sell. Hope in the future they can implement a headphone jack where the s-pen hole is located in some way.

No heart rate sensor: It's in their smart watches now so they removed it on their latest phones.

Ugly centered hole punch: In my opinion it isn't that bad, but nobody would want a mole growing on their phone.

Overall they have the popup camera technology on their A80/A90 samsung devices. Hopefully in the next S or Note series they will add it while finding a way to add the heart rate sensor into it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tahrang:
no, keeping my note 9
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] digitalart:
It's beautiful but I won't upgrade. Not enough to do so and fingerprint scanner not so great either. Hopefully next one will have screen without punch hole
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingVekxin:
I honestly wasn't going to upgrade to a note 10 plus But now I'm kind of looking over that wall. It's only because there are rumors starting to go around oh, well actually they've been around just slight chatter though? They're supposedly going to kill off the note line and basically just fuse it with the s line which isn't that kind of just getting rid of the s slime and you know just making the note the primary focus? I don't really see how you fuse the note in the s lines because the note is just a beefed-up s with a pen
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
it's a myth to boost note 10 sales.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingVekxin:
Honestly? I had an inkling feeling of that which is why I haven't really made a move that way. I need a new gadget but I don't think a note 10+ would be it. Wouldn't really be new so much as just a slight upgrade
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] raul6:
Knowing what I know now, having moved from N9 to N10+, if you can and are willing to wait then Note 10+ can easily be skipped
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingVekxin:
Twas a mistake homie?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] raul6:
Nope. Mistake was much earlier when I got a single, instead of double, sim Note9
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingVekxin:
So what about the 10+ makes you say it's a skippable device if one could wait
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] raul6:
The way I use phone I find note 10, and mainly because of slower fingerprint sensor, awkward to use. It slows me down