Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 now from a lot of users said to be company’s best flagship to date. This is because the phone not only brings a stunning Infinity Display, but also a powerful hardware, all-day battery life and some of the best cameras on a phone. The Galaxy Note 9 is the third best camera phone as per the rankings, tying with the HTC U12+ with a score of 103. The Huawei P20 Pro is still the leader with a score of 109.
As per the result of DxOMark’s benchmark tests, the Galaxy Note 9 received a photo score of 107 from the DxOMark team, while its video recording capabilities have got a score of 94. To put that in perspective, overall DxOMark ranking leader Huawei P20 Pro got 114 and 98 respectively. Meanwhile, tied with Galaxy Note 9 at the second place, the HTC U12+ got a photo score of 106 and video score of 95. Meanwhile, Samsung’s Galaxy S9+ got 104 and 91 respectively.
Score of any smartphone on DxOMark is calculated by combining various sub-scores across categories like Exposure and Contrast, Color, Autofocus, Texture, Noise, Artifacts, Flash, Zoom, and Bokeh. The DxOMark review says that the Galaxy Note 9’s camera is a “strong performer” for still images. It added that the camera’s autofocus performance is “excellent” and it scored high for balancing detail retention and noise reduction, zoom quality, and realistic Bokeh effects.
Galaxy Note 9 Specifications:
| Features | Samsung Galaxy Note 9 |
|---|---|
| DISPLAY | |
| Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size (inches) | 6.4, 103.2 cm2 (~83.4% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~516 ppi density) |
| Weight(g) | 201 |
| SOFTWARE | |
| OS | Android 8.1 (Oreo) |
| CPU | Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China |
| Chipset | Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 - USA/LATAM, China |
| CAMERA | |
| Primary | 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec |
| Seconday | 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF |
| COMMUNICATION | |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO |
| USB | 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
| SPEED | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps |
| SPACE | 512 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM (microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only) |
| BATTERY | Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery |
| SENSORS | Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 |
| COLORS | Metallic copper, Lavender purple, Ocean blue, Midnight black |
| LAUNCHED | August 2018 |
| PRICE | About $1,000 |
