boasts a slightly-bigger 6.4in screen, a Bluetooth-enabled S-Pen, a beefier battery and, if you're willing to cough up for a 512GB microSD card, up to 1TB of storage. However, on the face of it, Samsung's new flagship - with its curvy AMOLED screen and Gorilla Glass-clad chassis - looks near...

If there's one thing Samsung excels at, it's stunning smartphone screens. The same Super AMOLED panel with quad-HD resolution that you find in the Note 8 and Galaxy S9 is what you get with the Note 9, but then again, it's pretty hard to improve upon perfection.

Gorgeous 6.4-inch display; S Pen gets new powers via Bluetooth; AI camera improves photos; Lots of onboard storage; DeX mode works without dock

Expensive; Bixby still needs work; Water cooling doesn't impress

Since the beginning , the big honking screens on Galaxy Note phones have been their most memorable characteristic. But as the rest of the smartphone world caught onto the jumbo display trend and screen sizes from various makers started to converge around six-inch displays, the throne on which...

Superb battery life; S-Pen functions as a mini as a remote; Dex mode is easier to use; best-in-class display; big specs Isn't running Android 9 Pie; design hasn't changed much aside from new colors; Bixby button still not reprogrammable

Isn't running Android 9 Pie; design hasn't changed much aside from new colors; Bixby button still not reprogrammable

Old Galaxy Note owners, it's time to put those failing, ancient phones down and pick up this beauty, with its all-day battery. The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is the ultimate productivity phone right now, a gorgeous beast of a phablet that lets you sign PDFs, annotate presentations, and take conference...

Big battery; Lots of storage; Excellent S Pen stylus; Class-leading processor and modem

Expensive; Heavy

I've been using the new Samsung Galaxy Note 9 extensively since last Thursday and plan to pick up my own at T-Mobile when it is released next week. Fans of the Note should seriously consider the Note 9 as it fills in the gaps from the Note 8 and takes the S Pen experience to the next level.

Long battery life; Gorgeous large 6.4 inch display; Fantastic S Pen experience; Outstanding RF performance and high call quality; Solid DeX capability with no extra hardware required

Launches with Android Oreo

I pick up the Galaxy Note 9 ( $1,000 at Amazon.com ) , pop out the S Pen stylus and start to write on the black screen in tart lemon-colored digital ink. It hits me: This phone is more fun to use than your phone.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is a big, beautiful phone with top-tier specs including a massive battery and internal storage that starts at 128GB; The new S Pen doubles as a wireless remote for taking long-distance selfies

It's expensive and offers few real innovations over last year's Note 8; The fingerprint reader is uncomfortably close to the camera

Mashable Choice highlights the best of everything we cover, have experienced first-hand and would recommend to others. Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 is a perfect fit for exactly one type of user: Somebody who wants every smartphone feature under the sun and won't balk at spending $1,000+ to get them.

Bright; high-res HDR screen; S Pen doubles as remote; Long battery life; Loads of storage; even on the base model; Loud; bassy stereo speakers

Really expensive; Doesn't ship with Android 9 Pie; Hit-or-miss camera AI features

Some have faulted Samsung for not bringing a complete reinvention of the , or some other major platform upgrade. We don't share that same view, as timing of the Note 9 was such that Samsung took what they had to work with (namely Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform) and seemingly worked hard...

Beautiful premium design; Best big phone display; Great performance; Killer battery life; Great S Pen refinement; Excellent camera; Good external speaker sound; Excellent features and tools with DeX

Very expensive; Sometimes funky video OIS; Fingerprint magnet

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Value is subjective, and little illustrates that quite so well as the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. Long the largest physically of the company's smartphones, now the Note family pushes Samsung into a new price bracket, too: like Apple's iPhone X, you're looking at a $1,000 membership fee if you want access...

The best smartphone screen around; Huge amounts of power; memory; and storage; S Pen keeps getting more functional; Cameras are reliable workhorses

$1,000+ price tag is eye-watering; Samsung's software can be frustrating; Bixby still underwhelms