The note 9 better battery, more ram, more memory, bigger screen, no need for dex station, and pen with cool features. It’s not exactly the same as the S9. Still 1,000 is too much to pay. If it was 850 dollars it would be the ultimate phone,(reply>), i really don't want to sound like a fanboy or a hater but... isn't apple hinder performance on older iphones via software? i personally have a friend with an iphone 7 that is almost unusable after he update (without knowing) to the latest version... so..,(reply>), the only thing keeping me from samsung is that the device tend to lag eventually..,(reply>), the only thing that keeps iphone's low hardware competitive is the close ecosystem of a OS and optimizations, but on a hardware level if they was on the same os you would see the reality,(reply>), the iphone 10 beats the note 9 in benchmark tests though, but it's still a very good device, as it has higher pixel density, slightly higher screen to body ratio (without that hideous notch!), more internal storage, much more RAM and comes with the s pen,(reply>), I mean I kinda agree but ultimately they can because they are making a device that absolutely crushes the iPhone 10 and for the same price I find that to be reasonable