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Samsung Smartphone Galaxy S9


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Best price: £234.99

Product Summary

  • Dual Aperture lens adapts like the human eye: the Galaxy S9 is able to automatically switch between various lighting conditions with easemaking your photos look great whether it's bright or dark, day or night
  • Super Slow-mo lets you see the things you could have missed in the blink of an eye: set the video to music or turn it into a looping GIF, and share it with a tap
  • Create an Augmented Reality version of yourself simply by taking a selfie, then share your real-life feelings as emoji stickers and videos
  • Get real-time translations when you need it: Live Translation lets you see the world in a new way (Samsung Account login and data network (Wi-Fi or internet connection) required)
  • Easily share photos and videos you've made by syncing your devices through your Samsung Account, so you can be at home even when you're someplace else

Product Attributes

  • Width: 0.3 Inches,
  • Height: 5.8 Inches,
  • Weight: 0.4 pounds,
  • Length: 2.7 Inches,
  • Size: Single Sim

Brand

Samsung


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Product Review Analysis*

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

69.8% 12.7% 17.6%

Senti score  [82.4%]

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Pros & Cons

brilliant camera

"pros brilliant camera i've been able to get good results in all settings plenty fast and powerful enough for all applications i've tried the battery easily lasts a whole day often two great screen although i could take or leave the curved edges impressive sound from the speakers the iris recognition for unlocking is handier than i expected it comes with useful usb c converters to usb a and micro usb it has a headphone socket!"
100.0%

impressive phone

"impressive phone with an exceptional screen simple transfer from old phone with smart switch"
100.0%

super happy

"he seems super happy with it!"
99.9%

great photos

"i used to have iphone but now i am in love with this it takes great photos easy to use lots of memory!"
99.9%

genuine product

"genuine product at a great price"
99.9%

amazing battery

"i like that is very slim the camera is really good and the colours are amazing battery lasts a day without problem"
99.9%

great improvement

"great improvement on my s7"
99.9%

impressive sound

"pros brilliant camera i've been able to get good results in all settings plenty fast and powerful enough for all applications i've tried the battery easily lasts a whole day often two great screen although i could take or leave the curved edges impressive sound from the speakers the iris recognition for unlocking is handier than i expected it comes with useful usb c converters to usb a and micro usb it has a headphone socket!"
99.9%

brilliant phone

"brilliant phone no problem so far upgraded from a s5 and the new s9 is far more better than s5 though my s5 is still in good condition"
99.9%

excellent excellent

"excellent battery life fast charging excellent excellent excellent!"
99.8%

very bright

"display: 10 10 very bright colours pop clear images"
99.8%

great smartphone

"great smartphone"
99.8%

very delicate

"however battery life isn't the best and feel very delicate"
99.7%

highly recommend

"just perfect highly recommend"
99.6%

dislike nothing

"i dislike nothing about this phone"
99.6%

stunning camera

"camera: 9 10 stunning camera when given the right lighting but also does pretty well in low light and most of my images come out pretty clear"
99.3%

really good

"this phone is really good it's very similar to j5"
99.3%

works perfectly

"there is absolutely zero sign of previous use as it was a display unit and it works perfectly"
98.6%

fast amazing

"great phone fast amazing pictures and well made"
97.6%

working brilliant

"working brilliant"
96.1%

great i love

"my opinion and experience: its great i love it everytime when i finish work i can't wait to use it i can't wait to play music on it watch youtube and netflix on it and play games"
93.1%

excellent so easy to

"excellent so easy to use"
91.1%

absolutely great

"camera absolutely great"
90.0%

surprise quality

"well i wasn't sure wether to buy this phone but honestly it's fantastic great camera i love the super so motion makes me laugh lol great to hold and looks great i don't see an issue with it so far and i have had it 5 days now it also came early which was a nice surprise quality of pictures and movement is great"
89.2%

lovely handset

"beautiful phone incredible screen lovely weight and all in all a lovely handset"
88.9%

good deffianly

"so far so good deffianly recommend"
88.8%

good refurbishment

"fantastic price as far as i can tell there are no signs of use a good refurbishment and would definitely buy again if prompted"
88.8%

finds it brilliant

"she finds it brilliant and it just keeps working without needing reboots etc"
88.6%

hardware is excellent

"the hardware is excellent"
88.6%

great camera

"great camera"
88.5%

super screen lots

"great phone super screen lots of memory"
88.1%

were amazing

"sellers were amazing with package arriving before it was due cant fault them recommend buying off this seller"
75.0%

works well

"fingerprint scanner works well"
75.0%

good price

"fwast delivery and good price"
75.0%

decent phone

"decent phone"
75.0%

great price

"genuine product at a great price"
75.0%

very handy

"unlocking the phone with fingerprint is very handy and quick"
75.0%

good prices

"great phone at good prices"
75.0%

generous amount

"the phone arrived from the seller in its original un tampered packaging which was wrapped in a generous amount of bubble wrap and place into another box which was then placed in a standard shipping bag"
75.0%

great features

"has retained all great features of s8"
75.0%

honest device

"to be honest device looks fantastic and brand new"
75.0%

unlimited time

"great pictures videos slow motion unlimited time"
75.0%

reliable software

"easy to use customized settings long life battery and reliable software"
74.9%

premium phone

"why would i want to use b grade software on a premium phone?"
74.9%

handy features

"great camera sleek style lots of handy features standard battery life"
74.9%

fast delivery

"fast delivery"
74.9%

awesome phone

"awesome phone but not a massive upgrade from the s8 still an amazing all round phone"
74.9%

nice phone

"nice phone"
74.9%

looks excellent

"it looks excellent and is not too big"
74.9%

capable plenty

"fast capable plenty of memory"
74.9%

looks great

"well i wasn't sure wether to buy this phone but honestly it's fantastic great camera i love the super so motion makes me laugh lol great to hold and looks great i don't see an issue with it so far and i have had it 5 days now it also came early which was a nice surprise quality of pictures and movement is great"
74.8%

much improved

"stereo speakers are much improved when compared to the s8"
74.6%

plenty fast

"pros brilliant camera i've been able to get good results in all settings plenty fast and powerful enough for all applications i've tried the battery easily lasts a whole day often two great screen although i could take or leave the curved edges impressive sound from the speakers the iris recognition for unlocking is handier than i expected it comes with useful usb c converters to usb a and micro usb it has a headphone socket!"
74.6%

beautiful phone

"beautiful phone no marks what's so ever!"
74.6%

fantastic phone

"fantastic phone reliable fast does what it says on the tin"
74.6%

works fine

"good mobile everything works fine"
74.6%

best value

"but it certainly looked great and was the best value for this product that i could find"
74.5%

working good

"still working good"
74.5%

lovely phone

"lovely phone"
74.5%

looked great

"but it certainly looked great and was the best value for this product that i could find"
74.5%

fantastic pone

"its fantastic pone"
74.5%

amazing price

"amazing price and amazing phone saved over ÂŁ200 all i had to do change over the language to english that's easy enough"
74.5%

excellent value

"excellent value for money and provides all the features that i require from a phone i"
74.4%

vast improvement

"works well vast improvement on my s7 haven't tried the dual sim function though"
74.4%

very helpful

"very helpful staff who reassured me that the phone is all good thank you"
74.4%

pretty well

"camera: 9 10 stunning camera when given the right lighting but also does pretty well in low light and most of my images come out pretty clear"
74.4%

good condition

"brilliant phone no problem so far upgraded from a s5 and the new s9 is far more better than s5 though my s5 is still in good condition"
74.4%

gorgeous color

"gorgeous color and very light to hold great for my little hands!"
74.3%

absolutely loving

"absolutely loving my new s9"
74.3%

seems good

"battery life seems good"
74.3%

fast charger

"the fast charger that comes with the phone charges it so quickly"
74.3%

edge feature

"the apps edge feature is also very handy and the screen resolution is brilliant"
74.3%

good value

"good value for money too !"
74.3%

great delivery

"great delivery"
74.2%

delivered quickly

"the phone was delivered quickly"
74.2%

simple and easy

"it is great for mobile gaming with a large and clear screen camera is amazingly clear and many photo editing options made simple and easy to use great for social media sites like facebook and other apps a particular personal favourite is the samsung pay app which works a charm and so convenient"
74.2%

quality product

"very high quality product extremely happy with it"
74.2%

amazing phone

"amazing phone and great seller!"
74.2%

absolute dream

"love the phone absolute dream to use so easy and smooth love it"
74.2%

easy and smooth

"love the phone absolute dream to use so easy and smooth love it"
74.2%

really nice

"pros: really nice screen and resolution"
74.2%

amazing cameras

"amazing cameras"
74.2%

happy customer

"thank you so much you have one happy customer!"
74.1%

reliable fast

"fantastic phone reliable fast does what it says on the tin"
74.1%

watch videos

"this phone is great to watch videos and play games on"
74.1%

intuitive organised

"i had the s3 before i bought this so it was a huge leap in quality for me the processor speed is great and the user interface is intuitive organised very pretty and there are a tonne of themes created for it"
74.0%

anyway enough waffle

"anyway enough waffle"
74.0%

fantastic price

"fantastic price as far as i can tell there are no signs of use a good refurbishment and would definitely buy again if prompted"
74.0%

very pretty

"i had the s3 before i bought this so it was a huge leap in quality for me the processor speed is great and the user interface is intuitive organised very pretty and there are a tonne of themes created for it"
74.0%

very responsive

"battery life seems reasonable and the apps are very responsive"
74.0%

very happy

"recently switched from iphone and very happy with it"
74.0%

smart phone

"this is my first smart phone and love it"
73.9%

excellent service

"excellent service the phone came almost before i had sat down from ordering it and 6 days before the app said it would!"
73.9%

much clearer

"the sound on the phone is much clearer on calls as well"
73.9%

lovely unit

"lovely unit with hundreds of features feels lovely"
73.8%

right decision

"i decided to risk getting the italian version to save money as it's so much more expensive for the uk version but it was the right decision"
73.8%

very affordable

"such a high quality phone for a very affordable price"
73.8%

feels lovely

"lovely unit with hundreds of features feels lovely"
73.7%

perfect condition

"i chose grade b used and the phone is in near perfect condition having only a chip on one corner"
73.7%

good results

"pros brilliant camera i've been able to get good results in all settings plenty fast and powerful enough for all applications i've tried the battery easily lasts a whole day often two great screen although i could take or leave the curved edges impressive sound from the speakers the iris recognition for unlocking is handier than i expected it comes with useful usb c converters to usb a and micro usb it has a headphone socket!"
73.6%

emails photos

"phone text messaging access to the web and my emails photos"
73.6%

good photos

"superb speed good photos including macro function"
73.6%

many thanks

"works perfect many thanks"
73.6%

good and easy

"i bought this phone and i love it it is very good and easy to use i would recommend to anyone to buy it is a very good for value"
73.5%

good thank

"very helpful staff who reassured me that the phone is all good thank you"
73.5%

good quality

"good quality"
73.3%

very impressed

"this is my first samsung phone and so far i'm very impressed"
73.2%

good phone

"good phone came a day before expected can’t fault it"
73.2%

keeps working

"she finds it brilliant and it just keeps working without needing reboots etc"
73.2%

excellent phone

"excellent phone arrived new in box with charger and headphones etc"
73.1%

samsung product

"the emoji sealed it for me grin for those who upgrade from a different samsung product like s5 expect a completely different experience"
73.1%

flaky but interesting

"the slo mo camera option is flaky but interesting"
73.1%

which surprises

"i actually prefer the rear scanner to front which surprises me"
73.0%

love raise

"i love the s9 i love raise to wake and particularly the message delivery reports its fast my best friend"
72.8%

camera quality

"excellent display and camera quality"
72.7%

personal favourite

"it is great for mobile gaming with a large and clear screen camera is amazingly clear and many photo editing options made simple and easy to use great for social media sites like facebook and other apps a particular personal favourite is the samsung pay app which works a charm and so convenient"
72.6%

fantastic value

"fantastic value compared to getting as part of a contract and this phone is absolutely like new without original box but a1 condition with all cables and a stunning set of akg earphones included"
72.6%

highly recommended

"highly recommended"
72.6%

perfectly fine

"everything works perfectly fine including bixy"
72.6%

time quick

"delivery was on time quick and well packaged"
72.6%

clear images

"display: 10 10 very bright colours pop clear images"
72.4%

genuine samsung

"brilliant genuine samsung"
72.3%

samsung phones

"excellent phone quick good battery life love samsung phones anyway"
72.2%

samsung skin

"software: 8 10 solid software wise the samsung skin has really come along nicely and is quite responsive and quick although there are the occasional hiccups or bumpy moments when multitasking through apps or using bixby i disabled bixby anyway "
72.1%

seamless transaction

"my phone shipped and arrived faster than stated in the notification seamless transaction"
72.0%

great seller

"amazing phone and great seller!"
72.0%

great condition

"phone came in great condition just like it said it would"
71.9%

great screen

"pros brilliant camera i've been able to get good results in all settings plenty fast and powerful enough for all applications i've tried the battery easily lasts a whole day often two great screen although i could take or leave the curved edges impressive sound from the speakers the iris recognition for unlocking is handier than i expected it comes with useful usb c converters to usb a and micro usb it has a headphone socket!"
71.9%

pictures videos

"great pictures videos slow motion unlimited time"
71.9%

much better

"the camera quality on my samsung is much better"
71.9%

along nicely

"software: 8 10 solid software wise the samsung skin has really come along nicely and is quite responsive and quick although there are the occasional hiccups or bumpy moments when multitasking through apps or using bixby i disabled bixby anyway "
71.8%

phones features

"if you aren't wanting to spend that much for this phone then get the s8 it's got 90% of this phones features"
71.7%

personal choice

"personally use android for phones or music players and apple for tablets mini ipad but that is my own personal choice"
71.6%

looks better

"the battery life doesn't seem to last as long as it does on my iphone xs but it think the camera particularly the rear looks better"
71.5%

amazing speakers

"it has a headphone jack amazing speakers usb type c expandable storage finger print sensor etc"
71.3%

perfect singal good

"also bixby works fine google pay perfect singal good!"
71.2%

screen simple transfer

"impressive phone with an exceptional screen simple transfer from old phone with smart switch"
70.8%

more better

"brilliant phone no problem so far upgraded from a s5 and the new s9 is far more better than s5 though my s5 is still in good condition"
70.8%

good service

"good service from techgold"
70.6%

more palatable

"the pre order trade in makes the phone price more palatable"
70.6%

swift arrival

"fantastic phone great condition and swift arrival"
70.5%

modern day standards

"this products lives up to the modern day standards of technology"
69.5%

full price

"for me this was perfect as i wanted the latest edition of the samsung range without spending the full price"
69.1%

works almost

"i love using this phone even though it works almost like any other phones that cost €200 or less"
69.1%

sleek style

"great camera sleek style lots of handy features standard battery life"
69.0%

great birthday parent

"a great birthday parent"
68.8%

some features

"pros: stunning amoled display sleek sturdy stylish design wireless charging & fast charging dual ish speaker setup great low light camera performance included akg earphones cons underwhelming battery life lacks some features of its bigger brother such as the dual camera lenses non remappable bixby button some 'bloat' with samsung’s os key features: 5"
68.5%

pleased absolutely

"very pleased absolutely recommend you a man of his word"
68.4%

winning formula

"*international european versions will work in the uk* class leading display style and substance improving on the s8's foundation samsung has tweaked and turbocharged its winning formula to create one of the best smartphones currently on the market 2018 "
68.3%

message delivery

"i love the s9 i love raise to wake and particularly the message delivery reports its fast my best friend"
68.1%

no problems whatsoever

"no problems whatsoever"
68.0%

samsung phone

"always buy a samsung phone so your not disappointed"
67.8%

smart switch

"set up was super easy with smart switch"
67.5%

improved camera

"but what made me go for this phone was the improved camera moved fingerprint scanner location much improved speaker and a smoother quicker software"
67.5%

really liked

"had an lgg6 before this which i really liked so gave to my sister"
67.5%

quicker software

"but what made me go for this phone was the improved camera moved fingerprint scanner location much improved speaker and a smoother quicker software"
67.4%

phone exceptional camera

"great phone exceptional camera"
67.3%

powerful enough

"pros brilliant camera i've been able to get good results in all settings plenty fast and powerful enough for all applications i've tried the battery easily lasts a whole day often two great screen although i could take or leave the curved edges impressive sound from the speakers the iris recognition for unlocking is handier than i expected it comes with useful usb c converters to usb a and micro usb it has a headphone socket!"
67.2%

quick delivery

"quick delivery"
67.1%

really sleek

"super easy to use and really sleek and has a lot of functionality"
67.0%

right lighting

"camera: 9 10 stunning camera when given the right lighting but also does pretty well in low light and most of my images come out pretty clear"
66.7%

condition better

"in perfect condition better than expected!"
66.7%

thinks its great

"user thinks its great"
66.6%

fantastic deal

"fantastic deal the s9 is a great phone it work's well with all apps and games"
66.6%

lovely weight

"beautiful phone incredible screen lovely weight and all in all a lovely handset"
66.5%

loud and clear

"love the stereo speakers loud and clear when watching videos and listening to music"
66.4%

samsung s9plus

"i thought i had ordered the samsung s9plus but wrong i this model instead and it suits me fine"
66.2%

great phone

"fantastic deal the s9 is a great phone it work's well with all apps and games"
66.2%

great style phone

"great style phone and waterproof"
66.0%

current price

"i'd certainly recommend this phone especially at its current price on amazon of ÂŁ569 reduced from ÂŁ739 "
65.8%

pleased with

"anyway i am extremely pleased with it and it’s all round performance"
65.8%

great upgrade

"incredible phone great upgrade from an s6!"
65.6%

very good deal

"very good deal"
65.6%

which is great

"it's also easy to use too which is great"
65.2%

leading display style

"*international european versions will work in the uk* class leading display style and substance improving on the s8's foundation samsung has tweaked and turbocharged its winning formula to create one of the best smartphones currently on the market 2018 "
65.0%

samsung range

"for me this was perfect as i wanted the latest edition of the samsung range without spending the full price"
64.4%

happy enough

"in summary i'm happy enough with the s9"
64.4%

looks good woks

"looks good woks well"
64.2%

better base storage

"has a better camera and better base storage at 128gb"
64.2%

very nice phone

"a very nice phone with lovely camera quality"
63.9%

trust worthy

"i always make my phone purchase with this seller because he is so trust worthy"
63.9%

great leap

"very good but not a great leap forward over the s8 especially after the recent update to the s8 3 18 "
63.8%

similar to apple

"great camera and looks similar to apple"
63.8%

works a charm

"it is great for mobile gaming with a large and clear screen camera is amazingly clear and many photo editing options made simple and easy to use great for social media sites like facebook and other apps a particular personal favourite is the samsung pay app which works a charm and so convenient"
63.7%

makes it unique

"i love the colour which makes it unique"
63.6%

absolutely zero

"there is absolutely zero sign of previous use as it was a display unit and it works perfectly"
63.5%

very easy to

"no manual but very easy to use"
63.4%

camera option

"the slo mo camera option is flaky but interesting"
63.1%

quality phone

"such a high quality phone for a very affordable price"
63.0%

pleased with the phone

"i am quite pleased with the phone"
63.0%

clear screen

"the phone has a large clear screen"
62.8%

happy with

"i'm really happy with it"
62.8%

discovering features

"i'm still discovering features on the phone"
62.7%

anything too demanding

"i've found the battery to hold its charge very well although i haven't used it for anything too demanding"
62.6%

it's amazing

"it's amazing"
62.5%

no issues with

"i love this phone absolutely no issues with it"
62.3%

fantastic great

"well i wasn't sure wether to buy this phone but honestly it's fantastic great camera i love the super so motion makes me laugh lol great to hold and looks great i don't see an issue with it so far and i have had it 5 days now it also came early which was a nice surprise quality of pictures and movement is great"
62.2%

sleek easy to

"it's sleek easy to use and the camera is fabulous!"
62.1%

still very good

"the selfie camera is good but i think could've been a little better but still very good"
61.9%

suits me fine

"i thought i had ordered the samsung s9plus but wrong i this model instead and it suits me fine"
61.9%

much much better

"i use norton which is much much better"
61.9%

camera is great

"camera is great"
61.8%

super easy to

"super easy to use and really sleek and has a lot of functionality"
61.8%

super slow motion

"super slow motion although for very short time "
61.8%

very good condition

"very good condition"
61.8%

european versions

"*international european versions will work in the uk* class leading display style and substance improving on the s8's foundation samsung has tweaked and turbocharged its winning formula to create one of the best smartphones currently on the market 2018 "
61.6%

performance is good

"performance is good and the battery life is reasonable"
61.6%

love the super

"well i wasn't sure wether to buy this phone but honestly it's fantastic great camera i love the super so motion makes me laugh lol great to hold and looks great i don't see an issue with it so far and i have had it 5 days now it also came early which was a nice surprise quality of pictures and movement is great"
61.6%

best saving

"that is the best saving of over ÂŁ200 i have ever made given that the uk version costs well over ÂŁ700"
61.4%

very nice to

"love this phone feels very nice to use"
61.3%

recommend this deal

"therefore i can only very highly recommend this deal"
61.2%

nice look easy to

"nice look easy to use"
61.1%

battery is fantastic

"battery is fantastic"
61.1%

good phone works

"good phone works well"
61.0%

phone price

"the pre order trade in makes the phone price more palatable"
60.9%

a very good

"all in all a very good buy"
60.8%

no problems with them

"i always go for samsung as i have had no problems with them at all"
60.3%

fantastic and brand

"to be honest device looks fantastic and brand new"
60.2%

worth the price

"i waited to write this review to make sure i got my money's worth and now i can confidently tell you it's worth the price"
60.2%

very good phone

"a very good phone"
60.0%

never disappoint

"have never swayed from samsung as they never disappoint"
60.0%

good and much

"the sound of music is also really good and much better even without the headphones"
59.7%

very well in my

"the wireless charging works very well in my car and with the new wireless charger i bought for my desk at work"
59.6%

pleased with service

"great phone in very good condition very pleased with service"
59.6%

great for the battery

"great phone perhaps a little too great for the battery"
59.6%

loves this phone

"gf won't admit it but she loves this phone"
59.5%

just buy it trust

"amazing just buy it trust me"
59.4%

does everything

"the phone itself lives up to my expectations and does everything i'd want it to"
59.4%

with no lagging

"i've found the phone to be very fast and responsive with no lagging so far"
59.3%

zero marks or issues

"the camera is great phone is lightweight having extra storage is perfect for me i have a case and screen protector at all times and have zero marks or issues"
59.3%

delivery was great

"delivery was great came a lot earlier than i expected"
59.3%

screen version

"a flat screen version bigger battery better fast charging may be in par with one plus the phone is slightly thicker than s8"
59.1%

worth the cost

"it's honestly a great phone and well worth the cost"
59.1%

best friend

"i love the s9 i love raise to wake and particularly the message delivery reports its fast my best friend"
58.9%

will definitely be safe

"my phone will definitely be safe"
58.8%

great battery life

"amazing phone fast feels great in the hand great battery life still a bit pricey"
58.8%

love this phone

"i love this phone"
58.4%

phone is very good

"good is unlocked i got the internațional version coral blue the phone is very good don't forget to buy a case and screen protector for it"
58.4%

device itself is great

"the device itself is great"
58.4%

real deal no fake

"and it's the real deal no fake"
58.3%

most important feature

"the most important feature if you ask me"
58.3%

also great

"the headphones you get with the phone are also great"
58.3%

it's a great

"galaxy s9 is my first samsung phone and all i can say it's a great one i ordered the international version"
58.0%

very similar to

"this phone is really good it's very similar to j5"
58.0%

phone delivery was fast

"i love this phone delivery was fast"
57.6%
...

very horrible

"very horrible state broken"
99.1%

been disappointed

"i'm a samsung user through and through and yet again i havent been disappointed"
97.9%

worst feature

"my review battery life: 6 10 battery is actually probably the worst feature of this phone by no means is it bad but its not great"
95.5%

quickly dying

"now 11 months from purchase since 5 months after purchase the phone is has a quickly dying battery even in 1080p!"
92.8%

really weird and annoying

"really weird and annoying"
89.0%

faulty second nobody

"first of all the phone was faulty second nobody bother to give a proper return label so my parcel was lost and no money back"
74.9%

hesitant buying

"i was a bit hesitant buying the international version but it did not disappoint and exceeded all expectations"
74.8%

hardware issue

"mine is faulty and amazon support have only been able to suggest doing a factory reset despite the fact that this is clearly a hardware issue"
74.8%

massive flaw

"there's one massive flaw and that's the bigsby horsesh1te it truly is absolutely horrendous and mars an otherwise decent phone"
74.8%

very unhappy

"brought this after my s8+ broke and i'm very unhappy"
74.8%

horrible sound

"horrible sound"
74.8%

greedy then

"battery needs to be monitored periodically for the apps which are greedy then block background use or uninstall"
74.7%

suffered lots of faults

"suffered lots of faults for the first few months which eventually just went away on their own all the fixes i was given did not work "
74.6%

freezes constantly

"i have always kept 1 2 applications open at once and not more yet the phone freezes constantly"
74.5%

only problem

"my only problem is that i find the fingerprint scanner a bit awkward on the back of the phone as i previously has the s7 but that's personal preference and most people seem to prefer it this way"
74.5%

return label

"first of all the phone was faulty second nobody bother to give a proper return label so my parcel was lost and no money back"
74.3%

gets scratches

"terrible build quality for this price and it gets scratches just from air in a room?"
74.1%

inferior software

"still no android pie three months after release the phone is set up to encourage you to use samsung's inferior software for all kinds of things"
74.0%

never known

"sold as a second hand phone you would've never known"
73.7%

ignore that

"it came in great condition however keeps showing needs service provider reset but i just ignore that"
73.5%

driving me crazy

"edited i decreased to 3 stars due to android 9 update i really love the new update for several reasons but the auto brightness is driving me crazy it never gets it right they had it perfected on android 8 why change?"
73.3%

design fault

"this phone is good but i noticed it overheats quickly don't know if its a design fault or if its from the supplier overall its fast and good the battery seems to be dodgy as well drains too fast"
73.2%

nowhere near

"still nowhere near as good as my iphone x which has good edges to hold the phone comfortably"
73.1%

most useless

"believe *everyone* who moans about bigsby it is the most useless pile of interactive rot ever to grace the operating system of any mobile phone ever"
72.9%

worse occur

"buying a s9 after the s10 was released is a gamble which could leave you seriously out of pocket should the worse occur"
72.3%

only a starter

"and that's only a starter"
70.4%

absolutely horrendous

"there's one massive flaw and that's the bigsby horsesh1te it truly is absolutely horrendous and mars an otherwise decent phone"
70.4%

turned down

"turned down by samsung for not being up to spec!"
70.1%

sporadically unreponsive

"the battery life was dire and a band of the lower screen was sporadically unreponsive"
68.6%

broken bluetooth

"recent samsung update has broken bluetooth"
68.0%

phone painful

"the phone is fast and powerful but the dead spots on the screen make it impossible to type which makes every interaction with the phone painful"
67.6%

locked on europe

"received a model with sim locked on europe only"
67.0%

wrong with

"i had to return this phone not because anything was wrong with it"
67.0%

battery consumption

"the battery which i consider to be the most important part of a phone because if it won't turn on you may as well not have a phone lasts for no more than 7 hours with light usage and with the battery consumption set to its lowest possible level"
66.7%

anytime soon

"don't think i'll be buying another samsung phone anytime soon"
65.6%

inadequate battery

"comically small inadequate battery"
65.2%

locked on the 3 network

"the delivery came a day later than expected and the phone came locked on the 3 network!"
64.0%

little awkward

"i'm right handed and they're located on the upper left side of the phone so it can be a little awkward adjusting the volume"
64.0%

dumb phone

"battery saver at set at highest setting but one so it doesn't turn into a dumb phone"
63.4%

lowest possible level

"the battery which i consider to be the most important part of a phone because if it won't turn on you may as well not have a phone lasts for no more than 7 hours with light usage and with the battery consumption set to its lowest possible level"
63.3%

expires in june

"mine was 15 months old so the samsung warranty expires in june"
63.2%

apprehensive buying

"i was a bit apprehensive buying a used phone as opposed to my last phone which was refurbished but this is working perfectly so far"
62.1%

discord checks

"even with minimal number of essential apps and all bloatware disabled the battery barely survives a day a day not 24h with no calls no games occasional discord checks 30 60 mins of youtube videos and some light browsing and texting in between"
62.1%

useless functions

"it's a shame that instead of improving the battery life companies go for adding a plethora of useless functions like the bixby suite that even has a dedicated button"
61.4%

decreased to 3 stars

"edited i decreased to 3 stars due to android 9 update i really love the new update for several reasons but the auto brightness is driving me crazy it never gets it right they had it perfected on android 8 why change?"
61.4%

returned straight away

"returned straight away"
60.2%

battery life is rubbish

"i play games mainly the battery life is rubbish"
58.8%

parcel was lost

"first of all the phone was faulty second nobody bother to give a proper return label so my parcel was lost and no money back"
58.8%

could easily fall

"it still works fine fast charging and all but there is some movement in the charger side to side but doesn't feel like it could easily fall out"
58.8%

slippery and fragile

"a little heavier than i'd like and the glass back means it feels really slippery and fragile"
58.6%

makes no sense

"i barely used the phone at all makes no sense"
58.4%

wrong features

"in summary a design which concentrates for me on the wrong features"
58.0%

battery saver

"battery saver at set at highest setting but one so it doesn't turn into a dumb phone"
57.8%

whose screen failed

"very disappointing replacement for my s7 whose screen failed"
57.7%

drains too fast

"this phone is good but i noticed it overheats quickly don't know if its a design fault or if its from the supplier overall its fast and good the battery seems to be dodgy as well drains too fast"
56.5%

faulty but terribly slow

"i'm going to have to get a new phone because this phone is so faulty not just faulty but terribly slow and drained battery and charging wise too"
56.4%

particularly frustrating

"this is particularly frustrating when taking photos"
56.1%

inopportune moments

"you can 'sort of' disable it in the settings but it **still** rears it's ugly head at inopportune moments"
56.1%

really too unreliable

"i recommend avoiding this phone series and choosing another phone such as a oneplus because as of yet the s series is really too unreliable"
55.9%

gave the low rating

"now the reason why i gave the low rating i just took it out of the box brand new installed a glass screen protector carefully and within 5minutes i noticed already the speaker grill paint was chipped how?"
55.8%

with no calls

"even with minimal number of essential apps and all bloatware disabled the battery barely survives a day a day not 24h with no calls no games occasional discord checks 30 60 mins of youtube videos and some light browsing and texting in between"
55.6%

takes far too long

"occasionally it feels fine but most of the time the phone takes far too long to unlock and it randomly freezes on the lock screen and lags freezes when using any part of the phone in general it's quite frankly terrible"
55.6%

lags freezes

"occasionally it feels fine but most of the time the phone takes far too long to unlock and it randomly freezes on the lock screen and lags freezes when using any part of the phone in general it's quite frankly terrible"
55.5%

slow and unresponsive

"the s9 has also become very very slow and unresponsive"
55.4%

like a gimmick at first

"the super slow mo camera mode felt like a gimmick at first but is actually good fun & makes it practical to use motion within a box triggers the mode"
55.1%

very little bloatware

"very little bloatware just a few optional samsung apps to choose from great value compared to the s10 not much of an upgrade from an s8 but a sizable improvement from s6 or s7"
54.7%

not included charger

"only thing is not included charger !"
54.6%

n't last much longer

"only con is the battery life but the s3 didn't last much longer but the s9 charges quicker so there's a trade off i recommend this to any samsung user fan or just anyone looking for an easy to use mobile for every day calls and texts"
54.6%

very disappointing

"very disappointing replacement for my s7 whose screen failed"
54.5%

very annoying

"cons the bixby button is very annoying"
54.5%

crap phone

"crap phone"
54.2%

does n't last a

"depending on what i've been doing occasionally doesn't last a day"
54.2%

found rather

"the only thing that i found rather odd is the placement of the sound rocker"
54.0%

failed to deliver for

"the s9 has failed to deliver for me"
54.0%

n't comment on that

"i haven't tried samsung pay so i can't comment on that"
53.9%

no reason for concern

"i've had no reason for concern or to contact the seller so can't comment on service but all in all very good first impressions"
52.6%

seems harder

"i dont think this a better phone than my s7 edge i cant really see any improvements it seems harder to navigate and the battery drains quickly"
52.5%

bixby button

"also the bixby button is a defeature which can luckily be disabled"
52.0%

getting very

"i had an s4 which was getting very low on storage so thought i would upgrade"
51.9%

stuck to my old brand

"i knew i should have stuck to my old brand"
51.9%

wrong thing

"didn't like the curved screen to easy to touch the wrong thing and very difficult to get decent screen protection "
51.7%

horrible battery life

"cons: horrible battery life wouldn't last a few hours tip: always check the battery capacity of the phone you're buying!"
51.6%

have return

"i have return it"
51.6%

using much and

"if not using much and i have a good signal then i've got 3 days out of it"
51.3%

happg about

"m happg about it"
51.2%

dead spots

"the phone is fast and powerful but the dead spots on the screen make it impossible to type which makes every interaction with the phone painful"
50.9%

n't last for long

"i'm not a high requirements guy especially for phones but this was good looking trash that didn't last for long"
50.1%
...

Top positive statements

Statement Strength**
"great phone In very good condition very pleased with service" 93.1%
"Excellent battery life fast charging excellent excellent excellent!" 93.1%
"Amazing price and amazing phone saved over £200 all I had to do change over the language to English that's easy enough." 93.1%
"It is great for mobile gaming with a large and clear screen camera is amazingly clear and many photo editing options made simple and easy to use great for social media sites like facebook and other apps a particular personal favourite is the Samsung pay app which works a charm and so convenient." 93.1%
"Overall great buy would definitely recommend you save yourself a couple hundred quid and get the international version." 93.1%
"It's honestly a great phone and well worth the cost." 93.1%
"Works perfect many thanks." 93.1%
"Fast delivery came in great condition and I'm very happy with it." 93.1%

Top negative statements

Statement Strength
"Very disappointing replacement for my S7 whose screen failed." 90.1%
"Really weird and annoying" 89.0%
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Positive mentions

Mentioned Object Mentioned in Strength
Samsung
"i'm a Samsung user through and through and yet again i havent been disappointed"
"brilliant genuine Samsung"
"it's an excellent phone with just a couple of imperfections mainly to do with Samsung's software"
74.5%
Samsung S9
"Samsung S9 is a good phone"
72.6%
Samsung Phones
"i love Samsung Phones"
72.2%
Singal
"also bixby works fine google pay perfect Singal good!"
71.2%
S9
"fantastic deal the S9 is a great phone it work's well with all apps and games"
"upgraded from the samsung s7 edge & found the S9 to be a disappointment"
69.2%
Google
"also bixby works fine Google pay perfect singal good!"
66.0%

Negative mentions

Mentioned Object Mentioned in Strength
SIM
"received a model with SIM locked on europe only"
53.6%

Emotion analysis

Positive tone

Neutral tone

Negative tone

40.7% 26.4% 33.0%
  neutral 26.4%
  worry 19.8%
  happiness 17.6%
  sadness 9.3%
  relief 9.3%
  love 5.5%
  fun 4.9%
  hate 2.7%
  surprise 1.6%
  anger 1.1%
  enthusiasm 1.1%
  joy 0.5%

* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-11-17