Samsung Galaxy Note 9, 128GB, Midnight Black - Unlocked (Renewed)

This is my second Note 9, first of all. My last one is still actually fully functional except for where i smashed the poor thing against the corner of a countertop trying to prevent it from falling 4 ft. which by the way, i have done so many times i cant count and this little phone just keeps chugging along. So i purchased a new one so that I can do schoolwork on the run.I was scared believe me, to buy this online. Thegadgetstore has a lot of great reviews and promised a great phone.PERFECT and in like new condition...even as its sold as renewed. Not a scratch on her, with the film still on the screen. It came with the little tab opener for the SD and SIM card slot and a fast charger.When I turned it on, it started up just like new, to set up. It charged within an hour to full. No heating or flickering screen. No bloatware.Here's a fantastic thing that happened and I hope they dont call me to say I owe them more money...the phone is listed as 128gb....and its actually 512gb. I cant believe my luck.I love this little phone...and with the only phones in the galaxy class with an S pen being the ridiculously overpriced S23 ultras....for $199 I have this wonderful phone that is fast, good quality, great camera and sound for music and watching movies on my downtime at work. The battery life is fantastic and it came with McAfee scan protection (even though i have Nord VPN).This is a great phone and I bought a tough case from UBpro that has a front screen cover that doesnt interfere one iota with screen sensitivity...and it keeps this phone encased like fort knox.Thanks the gadgetstore...this was a fantastic buy!!

I purchased this Note as a secondary device for work productivity and Google Home integration (my iPhone does neither very well). I'm not entirely sure what kind of problems some of the other reviewers were having with getting their service to work, but I can assure you that this is an unlocked handset. It came out of the box with Verizon carrier settings, and all I did was put my Mint Mobile SIM in and it auto-loaded the T-Mobile (backbone for Mint) carrier settings and rebooted. Worked instantly. It even automatically deleted the Verizon bloatware and replaced it with the T-Mobile bloatware! :)As far as the device itself goes, you get what you pay for. This is a renewed device, and there are caveats that go with the purchase of said type of device. Having said that though, it looked and ran like a brand new handset right out of the box. No issues with performance whatsoever. The screen was in perfect condition.The only MINOR physical imperfection is the way the bottom of the screen meets with the steel frame of the phone. Nothing broken, scratched, or loose. I THINK the screen has possibly been replaced, and something just couldn't be re-aligned like it was originally in manufacturing. It should definitely be noted that I had to LOOK to find this. The average person who isn't insane, like myself, would never notice it.The last note (haha) is the battery condition. According to AccuBattery, the battery is around 84% capacity. This is a renewed device that I paid $365 for which originally sold for $1000 just over a year ago. This is absolutely acceptable, but just thought I'd mention it.

Dropped my Note 9 and finally cracked the screen. $400 to get it replace and a new battery (why not while they got the phone open). Ordered this and it looks great. Screen protectors just came today but see no reason why this phone will disappoint. Transferred my music collection over and will be installing sim card today. Will update if I need to return this within the 90 days, but couldn't be happier. I am so glad the s25 ultra wouldn't stay connected to my computer long enough to transfer anything and I had a reason to return it. Hope I can get another 4 years out of this one.

So purchased this phone on 8/21/2020,Its a great upgrade from my S8+, better battery, camera, ram, processes, and already upgraded to android 10 and Samsung UI 2.0 right out of the box, and soon UI 2.5 when released "Showing that Samsung will support the Note 9 and the S9 and 9+ for those that are wondering for one more upgrade.The one came with everything that was mention a charging cable and brick and a preinstalled screen protector.Cosmetically the phone back and front glass looks brand new, but the side aluminum railing looks worn especially near the charge port and one corner which made me think that maybe phone was dropped at one point previously "Reason i am giving it a 4 starts a little worn in those charge ports and i would give a 5 but it has significant paint missing near the charge port"Phone was a UNLOCKED model which many people complained about, which a lot of people complained they did not receive make sure you choose fully unlocked not GSM, or any of the carrier and you wont have that issue that many gave a bad review on.i do wish that it did come with the needle extractor for the note pin "because that is i believe an important feature to have "another reason i gave it a 4 stars" now it not coming with any headphones i am ok with because refurbished headphones sounds bad lol.Butall in all i do think its worth the 350-400$ price tag. i mean it is a refurbished phone through amazon after all. If you want refurbished that looks brand new and gets everything go to Samsung web page and pay the extra 120$ if you want, but for most people this is a good price to quality for what you are getting..i would recommend getting this but remember the cons i gave which is the aluminum rails can look worn like mine where the paint is missing "mine is near the charge port and one of the corners and you do not get the Samsung extraction tool for the pin to remove the tip." Other then that its a great phone to get in my opinion, those two minus are the reason i gave it 4 stars and not 5.