How Samsung's new Galaxy Note 9 compares to last year's Galaxy Note 8
The Galaxy Note 9 is more expensive than the Galaxy Note 8.
The Galaxy Note 9 got a bit of a price bump compared to last year's model.
The new phone starts at $1,000 — same as the iPhone X. The Galaxy Note 8 started at $930, although you can get it today for $750.
The Galaxy Note 9 has more storage space than the Galaxy Note 8.
The Galaxy Note 8 comes with three storage options: 64 GB, 128 GB, or 256 GB.
The Galaxy Note 9 only has two storage options, but they're significantly higher: either 128 GB or 512 GB.
The expandable storage is higher on the Galaxy Note 9, too.
The Galaxy Note 9 has room for a 512 GB MicroSD card, which means you could potentially bring your phone's total storage to 1 terabyte.
The Galaxy Note 8 has a MicroSD slot too, but can only hold a 256 GB card.
The Galaxy Note 9 has a slightly larger display.
The Galaxy Note 9 has a 6.4-inch AMOLED display, compared to the Galaxy Note 8's 6.3-inch AMOLED display.
The Galaxy Note 9 has a bigger battery, which means it likely has longer battery life than the Galaxy Note 8.
The Galaxy Note 9 has a monster, 4,000 mAh battery, which should give it excellent battery life.
The Galaxy Note 8 has a smaller 3,300 mAh battery.
The Galaxy Note 9 is heavier than the Galaxy Note 8.
The Galaxy Note 9 weighs 201 grams while the Galaxy Note 8 weighs 195 grams.
The Galaxy Note 9 has a slightly more advanced camera than the Galaxy Note 8.
While the camera specs of the two phones are almost identical — 8-megapixel front camera, dual 12-megapixel rear cameras — Samsung added a few new features to the Galaxy Note 9's camera.
The Galaxy Note 9's dual-camera system is getting Samsung's new camera feature called scene optimizer, which recognizes what kind of object you're photographing and adjusts the settings automatically to take the best shot.
The camera will also have flaw detection, which will let you know if the image is blurry, if the subject blinked, if there is a smudge on the lens, or if there is backlight impacting the image quality.
The Galaxy Note 9 comes in new, different colors.
The Galaxy Note 9 will come in ocean blue and lavender purple in the US, and copper and black in international markets.
The Galaxy Note 8 comes in midnight black, deepsea blue, orchid gray, and maple gold.
The Galaxy Note 9 will come with a bright yellow S Pen.
In the past, Samsung has designed the S Pen to match the color of the device. But with the Galaxy Note 9, Samsung changed the color of the S Pen that comes along with the blue device — it's bright yellow, and when you write on the screen, it will appear bright yellow as well.
The S Pen that comes with the Galaxy Note 9 is also more advanced.
Beyond the color, Samsung upgraded the S Pen that comes with the Galaxy Note 9.
The new S Pen has Bluetooth Low-Energy, which means it can work with your phone up to 30 feet away. This allows you to use the S Pen as a remote for taking photos, giving presentations, or controlling your music.
The Galaxy Note 9 comes with a newer version of Android than the Galaxy Note 8.
The Galaxy Note 9 will run Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box, which is an upgrade from the Galaxy Note 8, which runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat.
That being said, it's a little surprising that the phone won't run the very latest version of Android — Android 9 Pie was released on Monday.
But there are a few features that haven't changed between the Galaxy Note 8 and the Galaxy Note 9.
Samsung kept a few things the same as the Galaxy Note 8 when designing the Galaxy Note 9:
- The new device has a headphone jack.
- It has wired and wireless fast charging.
- The new phone has a dedicated button for Bixby, Samsung's smart assistant.
- It has Samsung's infinity display, which extends beyond the edges on the left and right. However, it still has a bezel along the top and bottom of the screen, just like the Galaxy Note 8.
- The new device has the same resolution screen — 2960 x 1440
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