The big draw
Samsung’s new whopper isn’t revolutionary, but it’s still a noteworthy phone
[Words Andrew Williams]
The Galaxy Note series is starting to feel like the smartphone equivalent of the Mission Impossible films.
It started off with more gadgets than James Bond, including a self-destructing Note 7 (not deliberate in this case, though). And just as Tom Cruise is getting on a bit now, the new Note9 looks like a familiar part of the tech landscape. Still, even if its new S Pen features aren’t quite as heart-racing as Mission Impossible: Fallout’s chases, this is still one of the best phones you can get.
While the handset is good at everything, it’s the improved S Pen stylus that’s the main event of this latest Note. It has Bluetooth, and you can use it to fire off the camera, pause a video or sneakily start voice recording like a spy.