Samsung Galaxy Note 9, 128GB, Lavender Purple - Unlocked (Renewed)

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9, 128GB in Lavender Purple, is an absolute delight. Even though it's a renewed device, it performs like new with impressive speed, stunning visuals, and exceptional battery life. The large, vibrant screen is perfect for everything from browsing the web to watching videos, and the S Pen adds a level of convenience and creativity that sets this phone apart. The Lavender Purple color is both elegant and eye-catching, making it a stylish accessory as well as a powerful tool. Overall, this unlocked Galaxy Note 9 is a fantastic choice, offering premium features at a great value.

My experience with the Note 9 has been very good. It has been by far the best smart device phone that I have owned. I have had it about 4 months.To create context, I almost went with the Pixel 3, but the whole "notch" discussion plus the product cycle and limited distribution gave me hesitation. My Note 8 which I owned for over 2 years was a disaster. The screen tension was horrible which led to many micro-fractures. It lacked durability. The battery life was horrible and Samsung pushes an incredible amount of bloatware at you. Also there is no good reason to use Bixby and Samsung keeps pushing that at you as well which affects usability and customer experience. Samsung almost lost me. I wasn't predisposed to getting the Note 9. But i did.The Note 9 in my experience has been everything that the Note 8 was not - durable, long battery life, fast processing, great photo quality etc. The 128G version is just fine and can be extended if necessary with a micro sd. Why would anyone put more than 128G on their phone? I purchased a "refurbished" from a reseller, in an unlocked version to keep the cost down, and as it turned out it worked just fine. But transferring the SIM chip and doing the restore I was operational pretty quickly.I can now recommend the Note 9 with a clear conscience. A solid device... The alternative that could be considered is the One Plus 6 T. I did a little research post purchase and the 6T stood out for both cost and design. It seems like it would be a viable alternative. It is only distributed through T-mobile or online. But Note 9 is good for my purposes, specifically a mix of business and personal. Hopefully this can help you.

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I love the speed. Compared to my Galaxy S7 this is a dream. The screen size is big but doesn't feel "too big". The camera quality is almost insultingly good on the front facing camera. It picks up all my pores and blemishes, lol. Rear camera is amazing as well. Really crisp images, can't wait to play around with editing pictures again. Which is the reason I got the phone in the first place. The built in s-pen is better than any stylus you could buy for a phone. This one came with a clearly used too, but that's not a deal breaker. There were also a few very small and barely noticable nicks on the back of the phone under the back plate. Also not a deal breaker. Given the price, and that this is an unlocked phone, meaning no TMobile bloatware, this phone is 10/10. I didn't give a full 5 stars because while the batter is much better than my last phone, it's still not impressively good. Face recognition took maybe 5 attempts to recognize me to register my face. Although I'm not sure if that was a technical issue or a user error. Over all I would highly recommend this phone.

First phone had a thick scratch on one corner. I didn't want to chance that it was defective and I'd be blamed for a drop, so I sent it back. The replacement phone looked fine, but the camera was defective: fuzzy pictures; could not scan/read receipt/product bar codes, QR codes, or checks for deposit through apps. A couple of days after setup, I tried to use it for a mobile bank deposit - scan in check front and back using camera. Camera took blurry photos. Had to use my S7 Edge, no problem. A few days later I was trying to scan in a bar code through a merchant app that I've used many times. Again, fuzzy view, but this time the scanner didn't work at all. Could not read the bar code. Tried QR Code, no luck. The scanning line kept going up and down not detecting the code.Called Amazon and rep tried but could not fix problem. Amazon transferred me to Samsung support. Samsung rep could not find a solution either and determined the camera was probably broken or there was a settings error. She told me the phone was still under warranty. She didn’t check the IMEI or whatever its called, so I doubted that as this was refurbished, although sold as having a US warranty. But hey, I thought I'd give it a try. She gave me a ticket # to take it to [authorized repair shop] for a free fix or trouble shooting in person. Since I could not exchange it for a replacement with Amazon (only 1 replacement allowed), I decided I’d return it.The next day, I decided to check in with the repair shop to see if I might change my mind, depending on what the tech found since I was still hoping this might be a setting problem and pilot error. Taking that full body case on and off alone was enough to make me briefly consider keeping the darn thing.The [authorized repair shop] rep checked my phone settings and the camera, and determined the camera was broken. They had the replacement part. She checked the phone code with Samsung and said the phone was just out of warranty, but that she could apply for an Extended Warranty and Samsung was pretty good at accepting that. No charge to me. I debated but decided that other things might also be wrong. So, thumbs up to Samsung and the [authorized repair shop]. Thumbs down to seller that tried to pass off a phone with a broken camera. Maybe they didn’t check the camera beyond basic photo taking, but they should have and that alone should have alerted them to a problem.Love the phone, so I bought a new one from Amazon to avoid any "renewed" issues and get a real warranty. More than I wanted to pay, but good for a new Note 9. At least I hope it was new!