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Should Samsung decrease the price of new phone models?

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--In the result of lower prices, they might have cheaper material or material that may be damaged easily
--Some Samsung phones have less battery life which will cause people to lose interest
--as a consequence majority of the wireless carriers and modem manufacturer are working in coordination with each other to bring the 5G network by early 2019. However, for the time being, it has just 4-G support.
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--Samsung has cheaper phones that more people can buy which may increase their sales
-- it has decent photo quality
--  In addition, there is a new gaming mode on the software level that permits to block pop-ups and notifications while gaming.
--Samsung has an S pen with multiple features to help you out with your phone
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There's no question that Samsung has a hit on its hands with the new Galaxy Note 9.

This latest device comes packed with a swathe of new features and an immense amount of power.

In fact, tucked under the glass and metal body is a new processor, 4,000mAh battery and up to 512GB of internal storage.

Samsung fans are also treated to a slightly larger screen, improved dual-lens rear camera and an upgraded S Pen which now features Bluetooth technology.

Express.co.uk recently reviewed the new Note 9, saying: "The Note 9 is blisteringly fast, has that giant storage option and a battery that seems to go on forever.

"The cameras are also brilliant and the update to S Pen adds some nice extra touches including that remote control functionality.

"If you want a big phone there's very little that comes close to the new Note."

Although this phone costs a whopping £899 for the 128GB and over £1,000 for the 512GB option, Samsung is easing the financial load with deals including cashback on your old device and interest free payment options.

This means you can pick up the Note 9 for as little as £23 per month SIM-free.

With this phone offering so much power and Samsung giving fans an affordable way to own one, it appears that the Note faithful are liking what they see.

That has meant one model is now very hard to get hold of.

The 512GB Note 9 in Ocean Blue appears to be out of stock with it not currently shipping to customers until September 13 - that's a week longer than if you buy the 128GB model.

One Samsung fan told Express.co.uk that they are also having to wait until mid-September after ordering the device from Carphone Warehouse.

There's no word on what is causing the delay but it could be the fact that the Note 9 is more popular than Samsung was expecting.

A report has suggested that the Note is selling well.

According to The Investor, that cited a source from a mobile carrier, the Note 9 could be seeing up to 50percentmore orders than the S9.

The source said: "The number of preorders for the Galaxy Note 9 is roughly 30 to 50percenthigher than the Galaxy S9."

The data reflects the Galaxy S9's pre-order figures in the run-up to its respective launch.

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Galaxy Note 9 - As low cost deals revealed, Samsung fans face disappointing news

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There's no question that Samsung has a hit on its hands with the new Galaxy Note 9. This latest device comes packed with a swathe of new features and an immense amount of power. In fact, tucked under the glass and metal body is a new processor, 4,000mAh battery and up to 512GB of internal storage.

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Since it's the technology that we are talking about, it's understandable why consumers would demand something cutting edge, something novel every time, but for the last few years, Samsung's Note-philosophy has been to repackage best of innovations introduced with its S-series phones early on in the year for productivity-oriented users. Samsung gets away with this primarily because Note-series is unique in its own right and is meant for a very specific audience. (Samsung Galaxy Note 9 review हिंदी में पढ़े)

The new Galaxy Note9 is as much of an improvement over the Galaxy Note8, as the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus were over the Galaxy S8 duo (or perhaps more?). And these improvements are being passed on without any increase in price.

Samsung has been ostensibly sticking to a two-year design cycle. It must be noted that the iterative refinements it offers in the second year are done without any increase in price (in India, that is). Which is to say, the launch price of the Galaxy S9/S9+ was the same as that of Galaxy S8/S8+.

Similarly, in India, the price of Galaxy Note9 is the same as that of Galaxy Note8 at launch (Rs. 67,900). This year, however, Samsung has additionally introduced a pricier 512GB storage variant that costs Rs. 85,900

Now that we have cleared that up, let's talk about whether the Note 9 is worth purchasing or not in our detailed Galaxy Note 9 review.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Specifications

Display

6.4 inches Super AMOLED capacitive display (1440 x 2960), having 18.5:9 ratio, ~514 ppi, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection

Processor

octa-core Exynos 9810 Octa, Adreno 630 GPU

Internal Storage

128/512 GB

Software

Android 8.1 (Oreo), SAMSUNG Experience 9.5 UI

Rear Camera

12 MP + 12 MP, Variable aperture f/1.5-f/2.4, OIS, 2X Zoom

SIM

Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Connectivity

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, Bluetooth, NFC, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, No radio, USB Type-C 1.0 (micro USB 3.1)

Sensors

Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2

Colors

Metallic copper, Lavender purple, Ocean blue, Midnight black

India Price

Rs 67,900 / Rs 84,900

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Review: Design and Build

This is the part that remains almost the same as last year. Just as the Note 8, the Galaxy Note9 is a big phone meant for people who'd rather have more screen real estate than convenient single hand usage.

A few changes have been made though, and the most notable and obvious one is the new fingerprint sensor placement below the rear camera module (which is something you can see across the entire 2018 portfolio).

Owing to the bigger battery housed inside, the new Note9 is also a tad heavier and a hair thicker than the Note8, but the overall in-hand feel remains similar.

Over the last year, we have seen swankier big display phones. In fact, phones like OnePlus 6 package almost similar size screen in slimmer and lighter casing and that's something which is bound to work against the Note9.

Having said that, the Note9 doesn't feel objectionably dated either. It's an adequate boxy and chunky phone, which is within the bounds of expected for a Note-series handset.

One gripe we have is that there is no option to disable Bixby Key this year, which means you will have to endure accidental presses while reaching for the volume down button.
Also Check: Best Phones available under 40,000 INR in India

The Galaxy Note 9 measures 161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm and weighs 201 gram. Compared to the Note 8, the new Note is marginally broader and has a slightly bigger display (6.4-inch vs 6.3-inch).

The Note 9 has Gorilla Glass 5 on front and rear. There are a few subtle design changes but the in-hand feel is similar to the last year's Note8.

It's not a phone designed to prioritize one hand operation, but with the new S-Pen tricks and features like the 3D touch home button, One hand usage turned out to be lot better than what we had expected.

The USB Type-C port( USB 3.1- based), loudspeaker, Audio jack and S Pen dock are all present at the bottom.

The Bixby button is present on the left edge. Unfortunately, the option to disable the button has been removed.

The handset is IP68 dust and water resistant certified.

This year, Samsung has bundled a softer, more resilient TPU case in the box. You will also find OTG connector, extra S Pen tips, fast charging adaptor, and AKG earphones within.

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Review: Display

As you'd expect, the Galaxy Note 9 has a gorgeous AMOLED screen that works great both indoors and outdoors. The 3D touch home button is another feature that we love and value on Samsung's high-end phones. Samsung has also added some cool wallpapers to complement the screen.

The default screen resolution is Full HD+, but we'd recommend you to switch to higher WQHD+ from display settings. The Note 9 display feels noticeably bigger than comparable dimension notch screens.

The Note9 has a gorgeous HDR 10 compliant AMOLED screen. You can choose between different color profiles.

The lack of notch helps in distinguishing the Note9. The screen feels noticeably broader and wider than comparable notch-alternatives.

The 3D Touch home button and Always-On display are other features we admire.

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 S-Pen Review

The S Pen is what differentiates a Samsung Note from all other phones out there. While some might argue that this is a frivolous plastic stick you'd rarely use after the novelty wears out, we'd have to disagree.

If you are someone like me who finds the smartphone screens to be a little too cramped for real work, the S Pen can almost always be of assistance, even if it's only for the precision-guided scrolling and navigation. We have personally known executives that buy Note phone for the S Pen since it can be used to conveniently sign official documents when they are on the move.

With the Bluetooth addition, a lot more users will be using the S Pen. You can now use the S Pen to fire camera app, as a remote shutter, to swipe between images in the gallery, to play/pause content and to even power on the display for unlocking your phone.
Also Read: 17 Samsung Galaxy Note9 S-Pen Tips, Tricks, and Hidden Features

With Bluetooth capabilities, the S Pen is a lot more useful. The connectivity between Note 9 and S Pen is seamless, you won't have to go through manual pairing or any other such inconvenience.

You can set long press action for the S Pen button to launch any app of your choice.

We have been using the S Pen as camera shutter very frequently. The Play/Pause option shows slight latency. Overall, the new features work well if you are within the Bluetooth range.

The traditional S Pen features are all there too and will appeal to power users.

The S Pen now has a Super Capacitor that can charge to 100 percent in less than 40 seconds.

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Camera Review

All cool innovations in the Galaxy S9 Plus camera have now been passed on to the Note9. The rear camera performance is excellent, especially when it comes to capturing images in low light.

The camera can capture vivid details, retain subtle textures, and shots show a wide dynamic range. Images turn out well exposed even in tricky lighting.

Auto HDR helps too. This shot against the sun turned out splendid.

List of features includes 2X optical zoom, portrait mode, slow-motion video capture, and more. And you can also take great selfies using the front camera.

A new edition to the Note 9 is AI. The camera can detect scenes and optimize image settings accordingly. These enhancements are subtle and not as harsh as Huawei's P20 Pro.

Camera performance on high-end Samsung phones is right up there with the best out there. But still, it's a notch behind the Pixel 2 and Google is expected to further step up the game with Pixel 3 next month.

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Review: Performance and Software

One very important upgrade over the last years Note8 is the new Exynos 9810 chipset. We have been using the Galaxy S9+ for the last 5 months and the performance is still very consistent. More so than any other Samsung flagship that we have used in the past.

The Note9 has the same hardware-software combination, and it would be reasonable to expect similar performance durability (unless the Android P upgrade screws things up).

Samsung's experience UI is a well-balanced and mature ROM. On high-end phones, you get extra perks like Samsung Pay, Edge launcher, and Bixby voice assistant.

We quite liked the Bixby last year for a first generation AI assistant. It's deeply integrated with the hardware and is quite deft at fetching settings options or anything within your phone for that matter. Unfortunately, Bixby hasn't improved appreciably in the second generation. In fact, we find ourselves using it even lesser now. Moreover, Samsung has also removed the option to disable the Bixby key.

The Exynos 9810 is a substantial improvement over Exynos 8995 in the last years Note 8. Performance is smooth.

The new Bixby 2.0 is a letdown.

Call quality in our area is excellent. Galaxy Note 9 supports Dual SIM Dual VoLTE.

Iris scanner and Face Unlock still aren't as fast or convenient as we'd want them to be. Fingerprint sensor works fine.

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Review: Battery and Audio

The Note 9 now has a 4000mAh battery. This is a much-appreciated upgrade and productivity-oriented users, which are perhaps the primary target consumers. On particular heavy usage days, with display tuned to the highest resolution, we can stretch the battery to last one heavy usage day but with bare minimum left at bedtime. On conventional days, we can comfortably manage 1-day mileage on a full charge.

Charging is, however, not nearly as fast as it should be on a high-end flagship. With the bundled charger, it takes more than two hours to top up the battery from 5 percent to 100 percent.

Just as the S9 Plus, the Note 9 now has stereo speakers tuned by AKG. The earpiece doubles as the second speaker and together the audio output is rich and loud. Audio via headphones is remarkable too.

The 4000mAh battery can stretch to a day of moderate to heavy usage, even with display set to maximum resolution.

Charging isn't as fast as we'd want it to be, though. Especially when you are using your phone side-by-side.

The audio output from stereo speakers is loud and clear. Audio via headphones is excellent too.

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Review Verdict: Should you buy it?

If you compare the Note9 with the Note8, there are numerous improvements on board that will matter. These include enhanced full-day battery backup, much more efficient (and durable) chipset, improved cameras, and a lot more useful S Pen stylus. As we stated at the start, these upgrades are being passed without a hike in price (comparing the price of same RAM/ storage variants for Note 8 at launch last year).

However, Samsung's Note isn't the only worthy big-display phone around. People who don't care for specifics like S Pen could get most of what's good with the Note 9 in the more manageable and significantly cheaper Galaxy S9+.

The Note 9 is a great phone that makes sense for Note-series loyalists and for people who do a lot of professional work on their phones. But we are guessing, the size of this niche audience might be shrinking. The average display size for phones has increased exponentially with the use of 18:9 and 19:9 screens and quotidian consumers simply looking for a competent big-display phone today have numerous other options to fall back on.

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 long-term review

While you can read our original assessment above, let's add what we feel after using the Note 9 for another 2 months of usage.

The more we used the Galaxy Note 9, the more we loved it. That's perhaps the hallmark of a premium phone. The camera continues to amaze us, which is evident from the fact that we keep looking for opportunities to shoot very often. The 2X Zoom certainly entails a loss in quality and is a feature that we use only while shooting images during keynotes at launch (where quality doesn't matter as much). The super-slow motion works well in good outdoor lighting. The portrait mode can be a hit or miss case in low light but works well in proper lighting.

The performance is flawless, and the battery backup is reasonable. We even continue using the S Pen quite frequently, especially for professional purposes.
Pros
At the end of two months, the broad size has also grown on us. It's not a phone for one-hand usage by any means, but there is just more to relish of that awesome AMOLED display. It's surely a great buy.
Cons
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Pros and Cons

Excellent Audio

Best display in a smartphone today

Powerful performance

Improved S Pen is quite useful

Battery backup

Camera performance

Looks the same as Note8

Thick and heavy

Bixby 2.0 is a letdown

The author spent a significant chunk of his formative years resisting technology. He now keeps an eye on where the world is heading to and drives a passive pleasure from this indulgence. His passion for writing and learning is what drives him each day. When his workday ends, he enjoys spending time with family.

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Since it's the technology that we are talking about, it's understandable why consumers would demand something cutting edge, something novel every time, but for the last few years, Samsung's Note-philosophy has been to repackage best of innovations introduced with its S-series phones early on in the year for productivity-oriented users.

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One of the kings of the mobile world, Samsung has built itself into a massive mobile and electronics empire, though its story actually starts much earlier - in 1938, actually. Over the years the company has evolved significantly, bringing innovation into countless markets going well beyond just mobile and electronics.

Samsung's story is an interesting one, full of both highs and lows. Let's explore some of the more interesting facts about this Korean giant.

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Right from its founding, Lee Byung-chul believed his new company was the start of something much bigger. The company's name choice reflected this ambition. Built from the Korean words sam (three) and sung (stars), the tri-star symbol (三星) is said to culturally represent something "big, numerous, and powerful."

This was a pretty bold claim for a trading company of forty employees dealing in locally grown produce and the creation of noodles. Since then, Samsung's found its way into a lot more than just noodle-making, which leads us to another interesting fact.

Samsung employs over 489,000 people

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While some of you may already know this, Samsung is way more than just an electronics and mobile producer. The Samsung Group has 59 unlisted companies and 19 listed, all with their primary listings on the Korea exchange. These companies range from construction to financial services, shipbuilding, and even medical industries. The company's combined efforts employ over 489,000 people, across 80 different countries, including Korea.

Another fun fact: Samsung's construction division built the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai (pictured above), which is the tallest building in the world (as of this writing) at 2,722 feet.

The Samsung Group is a big part of South Korea's GDP

We have already mentioned how many companies and how many employees are part of the total Samsung Group. All of those subsidiaries and all of those workers means Samsung takes up a massive amount of the total GDP of its home country, South Korea. In 2017, CNN reported the total resources of the Samsung Group made up about 15 percent of the country's GDP. On the Korean Stock Exchange, over 20 percent of its market value is based on various Samsung Group companies. Most of that comes from just one company, Samsung Electronics.

Samsung's electronic ambitions began in 1970 with a black and white TV

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The first electronics product ever produced by Samsung was a black and white TV in 1970. The company expanded a great deal in the following decades, and in 1986 entered into the mobile game with a car phone. While Samsung's early TV efforts were fairly well received, the first car phone from the company was poorly received and sold terribly.

Samsung's logo has only changed three times.

While the Samsung logo changed a few times prior to the 70s, after this, it stayed pretty consistent, changing only three times until the current logo was settled on in 1993.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Samsung Electronics really began in 1993

While Samsung has been involved with electronics and the mobile industry for many decades now, it was in 1993 that Samsung Chairman Lee Kun Hee (above) pushed forward a new management philosophy encouraging product quality as one of its core tenets. He encouraged his staff to "change everything except for their family." To further promote this notion, Samsung's Human Resource Development Center created new training and development courses to help with this professional growth.

It didn't truly sink in until 1995...

Saying you're going to focus on quality and taking that all important step across the threshold are often two different things, and they certainly were for Samsung. In 1995, Kun-hee Lee would reportedly find himself frustrated with the quality of his products and the company's lack of change. To drive his point home, numerous phones were stacked up high, joined by televisions, fax machines, and other gear. Lee and his board of directors then proceeded to destroy each and one of these products, even going so far as to break the cases and screens using heavy hammers.

As the story goes, Lee made sure around 2000 employees witnessed this. That day, more than $50 million worth of hardware was destroyed, and a new Samsung was finally born. Following this, the era of "new management" truly began, marked by quick growth and global success, which has only continued to gain momentum in the decades to follow.

Samsung fans can thank Lee and his board, and their willingness to perform an extreme drop test, for the products they enjoy today. Since that day, they've certainly created a number of firsts in the electronic industry.

First CDMA phone

The Samsung SCH-100 released back in 1996, making it the very first phone to utilize CDMA technology. Being the first to use a standard many see as restrictive and inferior to GSM probably isn't much to brag about now. At the time, CDMA was a new technology and - before fast 4G/LTE technologies - actually had some real advantages over GSM.

This might not be the case anymore, but Samsung still deserves some props for its willingness to try a new standard.

First watch phone

Yes, some Gear family variants have allowed you to text or even make calls without tethering your phone, but the watch phone market actually begins much earlier, in 1999. Samsung was the first pioneer, and one of the only ones since, to build a watch that doubled as a phone - dubbed the Samsung SPH-WP10.

This unique watch phone could not only tell time, but also make phone calls for up to 90 minutes. After that, the battery would be depleted and you'd have to run over to a charger. The screen was of the back-lit monochrome LCD variety, and there were physical buttons navigating around the menu. There were even voice commands for dialing your contacts - fancy.

Not surprisingly, the almost Pip-Boy looking device didn't find commercial success, but it is interesting to know that Samsung's smartwatch making days actually begin long before the Gear family.

Samsung jumped into the smartphone game long before Android and iOS

Samsung may not be the first to make a smartphone, but it was one of the first players to truly get aggressive about the market, introducing the first "PDA phone" with a color display in the U.S. market in 2001. Called the SPH-i300, this bad boy was designed for Sprint's network and ran on Palm OS, with all the functions of a normal PDA, with the added bonus of making calls.

So yes, the SPH-i300 can basically be considered Samsung's first go at making "a smartphone" for the U.S. market. Wow, things sure have changed a lot since then.

The top selling Samsung mobile phone is the E1100

Samsung's top-selling mobile phone of all time may not be what you think it is. It's actually the Samsung E1110, a feature phone from 2009. By the time production of the phone ended in 2012, Samsung had sold a whopping 150 million units. That makes this device the 8th best selling mobile phone of all time.

Samsung's best selling smartphone is the Galaxy S4

The second-best selling Samsung phone, in 14th place overall among mobile phones is the Galaxy S4, with 80 million total sales. It's the best selling Samsung smartphone of all time, the best selling Android-based phone of all time, and the third-best selling smartphone ever, behind only Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and the Symbian OS-based Nokia 5230.

Samsung had a chance to buy the Android OS, but decided not to

Speaking of Android phones, Samsung had a chance to purchase the startup responsible for the operating system - and passed.

In his book, Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution, author Fred Vogelstein wrote about how back in late 2004, Android's founders were looking for money to keep their startup going. All of Android's eight team members flew to South Korea to meet with 20 of Samsung's executives. The Android team showed the assembled Samsung executives their plans for an OS designed for mobile phones.

However, according to quotes from Android co-founder Andy Rubin, the immediate response from Samsung's team following the presentation was complete silence. Rubin then said the Samsung team expressed disbelief that this small startup would be able to make this kind of operating system. Rubin added, "They laughed me out of the boardroom."

Just two weeks later, in early 2005, Rubin and the Android team made their pitch to Google, which decided to acquire the startup for $50 million. The rest is history, as Google and the Android team developed the OS and officially launched it in October 2008. You have to wonder what would have happened to Android if Samsung's team stopped laughing and bought the startup. Perhaps it would be Samsung dominating the mobile OS business, not Google.

Whether you're a Samsung fan or not, the company has an interesting past, with its fair share of successes and failures. What do you think is the most interesting thing about Samsung? Any interesting facts we missed? Share them with us in the comments below.

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One of the kings of the mobile world, Samsung has built itself into a massive mobile and electronics empire, though its story actually starts much earlier - in 1938, actually. Over the years the company has evolved significantly, bringing innovation into countless markets going well beyond just mobile and electronics.