Samsung Galaxy Note 9 vs Galaxy S9 Plus By SuperSaf

- What's up, guys? Saf here on SuperSaf TV. And in this video, we're going to be looking at the key differences between the Samsung Galaxy Note9 and Samsung Galaxy S9+. Right, so a lot of you guys have been asking me to make this comparison because you're unsure of which one to go for. And they are very, very similar, but we'll be breaking things down step by step SuperSaf style, and hopefully by the end of this video, you'll have made your decision. Kicking off with the design, both have Samsung's traditional glass and metal sandwich. We've got curved glass panels on the front and back and they are symmetrical.

Look absolutely great. I know it's not necessarily a new design, because we've had a similar design last year, but I still think these are some of the best looking devices out right now. They both do come in a range of different colors, too, and as always, both at IP68 water and dust resistant so that's also great. But of course, there are some differences. The Note9 is the overall larger device in terms of the height-width, as well as the thickness and it definitely feels a little bit heavier.

It's also got squared off corners compared to the curved corners on the S9+, and for that reason, the S9+ does feel a lot more comfortable to hold in the hand. It doesn't dig into your sides as much as the Note9 does. Being the larger device, the Note9 also has slightly larger display, 6.4 inches versus 6.2 inches on the S9+ So you do get a slightly larger screen on the Note9, but the difference isn't massive. Both of these displays do have super AMOLED technology and they are some of the best displays in the market right now. Colors are vibrant, blacks are deep, and reading angles are also really good, and I really don't think you can go wrong with either of these displays.

You've also got Quad HD+ resolution on both, so details are very, very sharp. Because the S9+ is slightly smaller, you do have a slightly higher pixel density, but it's nothing really that you're going to notice. Both displays are infinity displays, which means we've got minimal bezels, so there's just pretty much a top and bottom strip which is really, really awesome. And, there's no notch. I know a lot of you guys hate the notch, and lots of manufacturers are following that notch trend.

It seems like Samsung is pretty much one of the only ones that hasn't gone for the notch, but still maintained a great screen to body ratio, with just the top and bottom strips. Now the similarities continue on the internals. Both are powered by either the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor or Samsung's Exynos 9810. And both do have six gigabytes of RAM, but the Note9 does come with an eight gigabyte version, which you will be paying more for. In terms of performance, I've been using the S9+ for some time now, and it's been very smooth and snappy overall, and I expect the same with the Note9.

I don't expect a huge bump because of the extra RAM on the eight gigabyte version. I do have the six gigabyte version here, so it's not much of a difference that I can tell. For storage, the S9+ comes with a base of 64 gigabytes, but there is a 128 as well as a 256 gigabyte version available. With the Note9, it has a base of 128 gigabytes of storage, which is absolutely great, and it does go up to 512 gigabytes. That is absolutely insane.

That amount of storage many people don't even have on their laptops, so it's amazing to see that on a smart phone. And you can expand storage on both of these, because they both do have a micro SD card slot, so you're going to have no problems whatsoever when it comes to storage. For the software, both of these do have Android Oreo with Samsung's experience again on top. However, at this point in time, the Note9 does come with a later version of the software, 8.1. My S9+ is currently on 8.0. Moving onto the cameras, things are once again much pretty identical.

For the front-facing camera, eight megapixels with an F1.7 aperture and auto focus. And for the rear-facing cameras, we've got dual 12 megapixel cameras with optical stabilization. The primary camera has a dual aperture, and it's going to switch between F1.5 and F2.4 mechanically, which is really, really cool, and this is going to change depending on the light in your scene. The secondary camera is the telephoto camera with an F2.4 aperture, and this is also going help get you that shallow depth of field effect with live focus. Both can also film 4K at up to 60 frames a second, and for slow motion, you've got up to 960 frames a second at 720P, although this is just a short burst.

Once again, all the same, however, there is a slight improvement in terms of software from what I can see on the Note9. You've got something called flaw detection, so if it notices that you haven't taken the shot right, for example, somebody's got their eyes closed or if the shot is blurry, then it's going to notify you about that. But in terms of quality, in my brief testing, both do seem very, very similar, if not the same. The only physical difference you'll see in the cameras is that we've got a vertical placement on the S9+, and we've got a horizontal placement on the Note9. Now I don't really think this is going to make a difference to your photography and video.

One thing that we do have this year is that the fingerprint scanner now sits below the cameras, and last year, it was next to the cameras in a very awkward position. However, because of the vertical camera placement of the S9+, the fingerprint scanner is slight lower and it's definitely a lot more reachable. I mean if you look at that, there's actually quite a big difference in terms of where the fingerprint scanner sits. So if I've got the S9 in my hand, it's very, very reachable and I don't really have to stretch for it at all. However, with the Note9, I would have liked it to be somewhere around here.

I do have to stretch quite a bit to reach that fingerprint scanner. So that's something that you are going to have to bear in mind. Once again, in terms of the overall comfortability and ergonomics, the S9+ definitely gets the win. Now you don't necessarily have to use the fingerprint scanner if you don't want to, and that's because we do have intelligent scan, so that's the iris scanner as well as facial recognition on both of these. They both work really, really well, and that is nice to have all of these options for security.

Moving on to audio, both of these this year do have stereo speakers, which is great. You've got one in the earpiece and one bottom firing. They are tuned by AKG, and they both support Dolby Atmos. They sound absolutely great, and it's such a big difference compared to the single bottom firing speaker that we had last year. And both devices also maintain the 3.5 meter headphone jack, which is absolutely great and I know a lot of you guys will be pleased about that. So right now you're probably thinking that there really is minimal difference between these two.

There is one thing that separates the Note9 apart from the S9+ and pretty much most of the devices out there, and that is the S pen. The S Pen is actually the most advanced S Pen that we've had so far. As well as making some quick notes and having offscreen memos and things like that, you now have Bluetooth enabled within the S Pen, which means you can remotely control the Note9 using the S Pen on its own. So for instance, if you want to launch a specific app, you can just press and hold. I've got it set to the camera.

You can see that the camera launched just by me pressing this remotely. You can choose which app you want it to open. And once you're within the app, you also have some more custom features. So for instance, if I double press, it's going to switch the camera around, and if I press once, it's going to take a picture. This makes things really, really interesting.

The S Pen SDK is also going to be opened up to software developers, so we'll be seeing more coming from the S Pen, too. The improvements on the S Pen really do add another dimension in the way that we interact with the Note9. This is something that you will not be getting on the S9+, and it's one of the big reasons why you might want to choose the Note9 above the S9+ When it comes to the batteries, the Note9 does have a larger battery, 4,000 MAH versus 3,500 on the S9+ Last year, we actually had a smaller battery on the Note8 compared to the S8+ This was because of the issues around the Note7, but after the success of the Note8, the Note7 has been pretty much forgotten, and Samsung has now been able to get a huge battery in this, and that is definitely a big plus. Now usage-wise, of course, we're going to have to see. You do have a slightly larger display, but the S9+ in my usage hasn't been great for battery life.

It's been good, not great. I hope that the Note9 will be great, but this is something that I'll have to feedback on in my full, in depth review. The good thing with both devices is that they do support fast charging as well as fast wireless charging. The fast charger does come out of the box. It's Quick Charge 2.0, so it's maybe not as fast as some other devices out there, but it's still very, very fast. I think you can get a full charge within roughly about one hour, 14 minutes, which is not bad at all.

Finally, moving onto the price. So on release, the S9+, if you look at the 128 gigabyte comparable model, it did come in at 870 pounds here in the UK. This is off the official Samsung website. With the Note9, it's going to be starting at 900 pounds, or $1,000. The S9+, of course, is available to order right now.

With the Note9, you can pre-order right now, but it will be coming from the 24th of August. The S9+ no doubt will be coming down in price following the official release of the Note9. This is just something that happens. You will be able to pick up the S9+, I'd say roughly about 20% cheaper compared to the Note9. And what you really have to ask yourself is how much do you want the S Pen? Because essentially that's what it comes down to.

The size difference isn't that big anymore like it used to be from the Galaxy series. The Note series is only very small. And, yes, you do get a larger battery and the option of more storage and more RAM if you do pay that extra, but I do think, once again, it does essentially come down to how much you want the S Pen. And that's it, guys. That's a detailed run through of the differences between the Samsung Galaxy Note9 and the Samsung Galaxy S9+.

Both really good devices. I personally will be moving over onto the Samsung Galaxy Note9, and that's just because I am a bit of a Note fan. I have been using Notes for a very long time, and I do enjoy having the S Pen, and I do miss it whenever I switch from the Note to another device, even though it might not be something that I use every day. What do you guys think of the differences between the S9+ and the Note9? Which one would you go for? Definitely let me know in the comments below. I hope you enjoyed this video and found it useful.

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