Samsung Galaxy Note 9

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frozenfrozen wrote: »

If you are a proper power user you'll get the value out of it


Example, a sound recording was being sent around on viber or WhatsApp few weeks ago. Nobody with an iPhone could open it, I went into linux on DeX command line mode, and with the full fat version of ffmpeg made it into an mp3 and was able to send it back so others could open it

Use the pen daily for chrome remote desktop, can click around with the same accuracy you could using a mouse

In spreadsheets the pen is great, Google sheets is IMO totally unusable except for totally basic stuff without the pen on any other phone.

Coincidentally my laptop stopped charging the same week I got the note 9 the few months ago, and i havent got it fixed. Completely replaced the use of the laptop. Now I still have a powerful desktop for doing proper stuff but everything else is on the note 9

The only drawback is for an expensive flagship, it only has 1 GPS receiver instead of being dualband and doing high accuracy. There are only a couple phones out there that do that but IMO it was criminal not to include it in the note. As with every other phone with a normal gps receiver, using Google maps is crap if you're walking.

If you never used to use the pen then maybe the above messing wouldn't suit you either. And if you just want a more basic phone experience then keep the s9+

Cheers for this.. some very good points.

I do find myself relying on the phone more these days as opposed to my laptop (whereas I would have almost exclusively used the latter for everything even a year ago). I guess that's the bigger screen of the S9+ and the better general functionality - so who knows, I might get value out of the pen this time around and the built-in Dex controller looks like a winner too for those "I need a desktop" tasks.

It IS very expensive though. I know I could (and probably would) sell the S9+ to part-fund it, but still a lot of cash for a phone.

Clareman

I got the update this morning and first off I don't like it but I'm sure it'll grow on my. 1 thing I liked was the full screen option with a drag up to get the buttons back, I can't seem to get that witht he new update, there is a way to get a drag up for the buttons but that leads to accidential presses, any ideas how to re-enable the autohide of the buttons?

Clareman

Clareman wrote: »

I got the update this morning and first off I don't like it but I'm sure it'll grow on my. 1 thing I liked was the full screen option with a drag up to get the buttons back, I can't seem to get that witht he new update, there is a way to get a drag up for the buttons but that leads to accidential presses, any ideas how to re-enable the autohide of the buttons?

Thanks for reminding me about the full screen gestures on pie, had been waiting for that. Do you get accidental presses when using that method?

uncle_sam_ie

Downloading it now. I'm with Vodafone

frozenfrozen

Full screen gestures is good but a bit finicky. No accidental presses for me, the opposite if I'm landscape, takes a few tries to get it right

rolion

Hi,

Got an upgrade One UI for Android Pie notification.
Any of you did it, any feedback, please !?

Thanks

rolion

rolion wrote: »

Hi,

Got an upgrade One UI for Android Pie notification.
Any of you did it, any feedback, please !?

Thanks

I like it. Main benefit to me is dark notifications, as I would always use a dark theme anyway, but was stuck with light notifications. Also like the full screen gestures.

rolion

Just played with the docking USB to HDMI ... oahh, really impressed with it...

madmoe

rolion wrote: »

Just played with the docking USB to HDMI ... oahh, really impressed with it...

What's that exactly?

madmoe

madmoe wrote: »

What's that exactly?

It's just dex. You used to need a specific dock to connect to a monitor and run dex mode, now I think it's a simpler adaptor.

It isn't anything to do with the pie update, AFAIK.

CasePuma2015

What is the price of a good Samsung like vs iphone? IPhones seem to be too dear of late

Clareman

Basil3 wrote: »

It's just dex. You used to need a specific dock to connect to a monitor and run dex mode, now I think it's a simpler adaptor.

It isn't anything to do with the pie update, AFAIK.

Any adapter works now, I have a cheap USB-C to HDMI adapter and eventhough it gives a pop up about using Samsung only products it does DEX perfectly, I've used it a few times for presentations for work, the pen is very handy for going through slides.

2 very useful accessories for me is a USB-C memory key and the above HDMI adapter. I've a Spigen stand case on mine so very handy for the HDMI

wandererz

The 1.6GB PIE update took ages to download over wifi. About 1 day.

Was not impressed with speed after update, but just did a cache wipe & seems to be performing much better.

Battery seems to be draining much faster now.

And problem with Chrome - when loading a page i get a black screen & have to scroll down to see the page.

Edit: after doing the cache wipe i went into
chrome://flags
in chrome & enabled the first 5 options.

Much better experience now, dare i say: blazingly fast.

wandererz

wandererz wrote: »

The 1.6GB PIE update took ages to download over wifi. About 1 day.

Was not impressed with speed after update, but just did a cache wipe & seems to be performing much better.

Battery seems to be draining much faster now.

And problem with Chrome - when loading a page i get a black screen & have to scroll down to see the page.

Pretty much opposite experience for me. Download and install took under half an hour for me, and that's downloading on 3 network!

Everything seems smooth, battery life still good.

Maybe try a factory reset? Solution to almost every issue

Ivefoundgod

No issues downloading on Three for me either and i can't say i've noticed any performance issues. I'm not a fan of the design at all i have to say, some annoying changes to the UI and the overall look is almost like a toy or something, hard to describe it but feels a lot less sleek.

madmoe

Clareman wrote: »

Any adapter works now, I have a cheap USB-C to HDMI adapter and eventhough it gives a pop up about using Samsung only products it does DEX perfectly, I've used it a few times for presentations for work, the pen is very handy for going through slides.

2 very useful accessories for me is a USB-C memory key and the above HDMI adapter. I've a Spigen stand case on mine so very handy for the HDMI

I have a USB C to HDMI dock replacement adapter for my Nintendo Switch!? I wonder would that work??

Thanks,
M

Sheep Shagger

Downloaded via eir network today- so far ok

Clareman

madmoe wrote: »

I have a USB C to HDMI dock replacement adapter for my Nintendo Switch!? I wonder would that work??

Thanks,
M

Only 1 way to find out

Clareman

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07GQ6X5YZ

Dual Sim Note 9 with a 128 SD card, down to €729 from Amazon Germany

rolion

Whatever docking system you use,you will be amazed.
I have a docking station bought from Peats and does video out and one USB port for storage or keyb/mouse.
Turn off the phone/screen and you can work like with a normal laptop.
Very handy desktop...and lot sof YT videos / demos.

Multitasking,music in background,email /typing foreground.
Few applications doesnt like the mode but im getting used to.

Just ordered a Microsoft bluetooth keyboard / mouse so no more cables attached.
Havent tried the pen yet...

Fantastic phone (8Gb RAM / 512Gb storage )... above one small level of Mate 20 Pro.

wandererz

Clareman wrote: »

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07GQ6X5YZ

Dual Sim Note 9 with a 128 SD card, down to €729 from Amazon Germany

Good spot. Works out to 621 for me with Prime & no vat.

Ivefoundgod

Haven't used Dex at all but am intrigued now. I've got a USB C hub with HDMI slot for my MacBook Pro, would it work with that or does it have to be a specific type of cable?

chrislad

Very happy with this so far - I got very lucky - bought from AVForums, and it was an insurance replacement - guy assumed it was the single sim, 128gb version (which is what he had) but the insurance company sent out a 512gb Dual Sim version, so I paid about 500 for that.

What's a good brand HDMI adapter for this?

rolion

I guess any adapter will work fine,dont know the answer.
Got mine from Peats HERE.

Working fine,no issues.

Clareman

I've 1 of these and besides the "Non Samsung" warning it works perfectly. I've a S4 Tab with Keyboard case as well and I always use Dex on it, fantastic on a tablet, especially being able to resize apps, but for the phone I usually just use it for doing presentations.

Guy:Incognito

Does the DeX pad for the note 8 and s9 work with the note 9?

https://www.samsung.com/sg/mobile-accessories/dex-pad-ee-m5100/

wandererz

chrislad wrote: »

Very happy with this so far - I got very lucky - bought from AVForums, and it was an insurance replacement - guy assumed it was the single sim, 128gb version (which is what he had) but the insurance company sent out a 512gb Dual Sim version, so I paid about 500 for that.

What's a good brand HDMI adapter for this?

CHOETECH USB C to HDMI Cable 4K@60Hz Compatible with Apple iPad Pro,MacBook Air,2018/2017/2016 MacBook Pro,iMac,MacBook,Note 9/S9/S8,Huawei Mate 20,etc https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07C91TL92/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_POhzCbRRYJ443

This one. Protective cabling and a decent leather cable tie so there's no untidyness

Sheep Shagger

Dex is the business to watch BT Sport via the eir sport app (free) on my phone.....on my TV.

Use a cord from Amazon.

TrustedApple

Thinking of buying a note 9 or a mate 20 Pro to replace my mate 10 Pro.

The mate 10 Pro is starting to have a few random issues of getting very hot.

So how is the battery life on the note 9?. As I had a Samsung s8 plus and the Life of it was shocking.

TrustedApple

TrustedApple wrote: »

Thinking of buying a note 9 or a mate 20 Pro to replace my mate 10 Pro.

The mate 10 Pro is starting to have a few random issues of getting very hot.

So how is the battery life on the note 9?. As I had a Samsung s8 plus and the Life of it was shocking.

Battery life is noticeably better than the Note 8. I wouldn't say that the Note 8 had bad battery life, though, so I'm not sure what caused that for you.

My other half has the Mate 10 Pro, and I'd say she has better battery life than me.

TrustedApple

See i miss haveing the pen as used to have a note 3 and 4 and loved them.

Like my mate 10 after nearly a year is just haveing strange issues and have done everything to try and fix the issues and no luck so I am on the wall to buy a mate 20 Pro or a note 9.

There is also the p30 Pro and s10 5G next week but I am a bit on the wall about getting a 5g phone just yet as it's still early days for 5g tech but I reather give it 2 years before it's fully ready and you can use 5g in Ireland...

Clareman

I find the battery brilliant in the 9, according to my phone I took it off charge 12h37m ag I had 3h26m screen tome, 2h51m YouTube Vanced, 1h41m Netflix and another few bits and bobs and I'm at 45% now, or 12h30m remaining. The kids were colouring as well on it now that I think of it (family lunch today)

Sheep Shagger

Clareman wrote: »

I find the battery brilliant in the 9, according to my phone I took it off charge 12h37m ag I had 3h26m screen tome, 2h51m YouTube Vanced, 1h41m Netflix and another few bits and bobs and I'm at 45% now, or 12h30m remaining. The kids were colouring as well on it now that I think of it (family lunch today)

Likewise - battery is light years ahead of my old iPhone 7 plus.

Guy:Incognito

I'm still getting used to having to charge it every night.

Coming from the mi max 2 where if I forgot I'd still have about 55% getting up the 2nd day

chrislad

I'm comfortably getting the day out of it. From 7am to 10pm normally leaves me with 20% or so.

Clareman

I take it for granted that I'll have to charge my phone every night, its been forever since I didn't have to plug in my phone at night, I've a battery pack in my car & laptop bag for my S7 but I've never had to use them on my note.

On a side note (pun intended} I'm at 64% now, taken off charge at 7.12 this morning but I've been in the car with YouTube music and satnav in use

Sheep Shagger

Anyone know where a photo goes when you hit the favourite button in the top right hand corner (it's not the favourites folder anyway).

Sheep Shagger

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Anyone know where a photo goes when you hit the favourite button in the top right hand corner (it's not the favourites folder anyway).

Just tested (never actually use Samsung gallery) and it went to the favourites folder for me.

Sheep Shagger

Basil3 wrote: »

Just tested (never actually use Samsung gallery) and it went to the favourites folder for me.

Ahhhh still not working for me.

Do you normally use the Google photos gallery?

Sheep Shagger

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Ahhhh still not working for me.

Do you normally use the Google photos gallery?

yeah, guess i just use it out of habit, since i switch between devices a bit, so google photos is the same on every device. i also use the web interface of google photos quite a bit.

are you accessing the favourites album by the icon shown in the screenshot in the attachment, or do you have another album called favourites? is your gallery app up-to-date?

Sheep Shagger

Basil3 wrote: »

yeah, guess i just use it out of habit, since i switch between devices a bit, so google photos is the same on every device. i also use the web interface of google photos quite a bit.

are you accessing the favourites album by the icon shown in the screenshot in the attachment, or do you have another album called favourites? is your gallery app up-to-date?

Mine doesn't look like that, I do have an album called favourites but stuff being 'starred' isnt going in there...

kaizersoze

wandererz wrote: »

Good spot. Works out to 621 for me with Prime & no vat.

Same here. It says English version in the description but when added to basket It says Deutsche version. I presume it makes no difference though.

Sheep Shagger

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Mine doesn't look like that, I do have an album called favourites but stuff being 'starred' isnt going in there...

Scroll all the way to the top of your gallery app. You're on Android 9/One UI?

Sheep Shagger

Basil3 wrote: »

Scroll all the way to the top of your gallery app. You're on Android 9/One UI?

That's it - thanks, can see all my favourites now.

Going to delete the folder I created called favourites to avoid confusion again.

Cheers ðŸº

wandererz

FYI
On the battery issue, i changed display resolution from WQHD to HD and am now getting about 21hrs of usage.

Have to do a full charge & drain to see what the total time is under regular use. Weekend will be good for that as i will be using it more.
Albeit, i do use it considerably during the work week anyway.

Speckydodge

When I spend that amount of money on a flagship phone the last thing I'll be doing is turning off any of its best features, that WQHD is beautiful, especially if its only for the sake of having to charge it a bit more regularly.

wandererz

Speckydodge wrote: »

When I spend that amount of money on a flagship phone the last thing I'll be doing is turning off any of its best features, that WQHD is beautiful, especially if its only for the sake of having to charge it a bit more regularly.

It's of no use for everyday stuff (to me anyway) especially normal business related use.
Can be turned on when watching movies etc.

Standard setting is FHD+ anyway (HD+, FHD+, WQHD)

At some point recently i had turned on WQHD.
Now that I've switched to the lowest setting i cannot notice a difference.

TBH, if i watch YouTube & other videos of note i normally cast it to a 65" Samsung QLED TV anyway.

If watching stuff on a phone, it's the audio experience via the headphones that I'm normally concerned with rather than the HD, FHD, WQHD difference.

The definition for me only makes a difference if I'm traveling and watching movies on an airplane or train. In that case I normally have a powerbank anyway so it's no problem switching on WQHD then.

Speckydodge

wandererz wrote: »

It's of no use for everyday stuff (to me anyway) especially normal business related use.
Can be turned on when watching movies etc.

Standard setting is FHD+ anyway (HD+, FHD+, WQHD)

At some point recently i had turned on WQHD.
Now that I've switched to the lowest setting i cannot notice a difference.

TBH, if i watch YouTube & other videos of note i normally cast it to a 65" Samsung QLED TV anyway.

If watching stuff on a phone, it's the audio experience via the headphones that I'm normally concerned with rather than the HD, FHD, WQHD difference.

The definition for me only makes a difference if I'm traveling and watching movies on an airplane or train. In that case I normally have a powerbank anyway so it's no problem switching on WQHD then.

Yeah I get all that , I'm just saying given its price, current standing in the mobile landscape and the battery size with it that to me there's no need to switch any feature off. I do charge every night regardless anyway though.

el Fenomeno

Due an upgrade at the end of next month and have my heart set on a Note 9.

I'm happy to commit to a 24 month contract - how come Virgin Mobile work out so much cheaper than other networks? Keeping in mind I'd like to stick to max 60-ish per month...

I've been with Three before (not the best experience but hoping their network is better now?) and Vodafone currently (excellent but expensive). Never been with anyone else...

Virgin
€249 up front
€35 for 3 months
€60 for 21 months

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Total = €1614

Three
€409 up front
€60 for 24 months

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Total = €1849

eir
Don't have Note 9

Tesco
€699 up front
€50 for 24 months

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Total = €1899

Vodafone
Don't have Note 9

Ivefoundgod

If you can afford to I would consider buying it up front if you can. Mine cost 800 with three prepay preorder deal and I am paying €20 a month to top up. Over 2 years would work out at 1280. I haven't looked but I'd assume it can be got sim free for around €800 if not cheaper these days, particularly with the S10 out soon.