Samsung Galaxy Note 9, 128GB, Ocean Blue - Unlocked (Renewed)

First let's address the "stolen phone" issue. These phones are not stolen. Amazon would not help sell stolen property. Second. These phones are in fact unlocked. Some do come with bloat wear from a previous carrier. But most do not. What I read in the negative reviews is from people who simply don't know how to set up a Droid device, so they take it to a carrier store. Guess what happens then, the carrier store realizes there's very little money to be made so they tell the customer they can't use the Amazon device. And try to sell them a new carrier branded phone. My device is basically brand new. No carrier bloatwear. No scratches dings or dents. And it works flawlessly. After about 20 updates. Which also tells me its never been assigned a carrier. And even in 2022 the Note 9 is still a great phone. And I couldn't be happier with the purchase. The shipping speed , quality of the device. Its all 9.9/10. This is a great phone. Don't miss out

So far so good. Having some problems with YouTube keyboard, same exact problem I had in my old Note 9, I was surprised to see it in this one. But it's a small issue. Otherwise it works very well. Phone arrived in perfect like new condition. No cracks, no scratches. Good value for money.

I have been using computers since the 70s when I was in college and purchased my first IBM clone in 1992, and was using PDAs very early on. I had one of the first Windows smart phones but got rid of it in favor of a flip phone.....why? As a physician, I had been tied to a pager for years, and I really hated trying to do anything with such a small screen. I never jumped on the iPhone bandwagon either. Finally, as the screen sizes have increased, I decided, ok, there are apps that I may find useful as well as the integration of my Google Calander and Contacts with my phone. But, while sure, I could spend over a grand on a new phone, it just did not seem to me to be a wise use of my money. I had read that a lot of smartphone addict aficionados look for the latest and greatest.....or maybe they did not like the color of their new phone....so they sent it back. Rather than winding up in landfills as a lot of returned Amazon merchandise does, unfortunately, Amazon was wise enough to create their refurbished division in which various refurbishers compete for customer's business. I thought, why not give it a try. I purchased the phone from a company named Kiss in Manhattan where I grew up. They had a high positive rating so I picked them My phone arrived the next day despite the fact that I did not pay for overnight shipping. Unfortunately, as I understand it, the ripples of the COVID situation put them out of business. As for the phone, when I opened up the box, I was shocked. In terms of appearance, there was absolutely no way I would have known it was a refurb....not a mark on it. As far as function is concerned, I used various apps to test it, and it passed. I have been using it since the first week of August. My estimate of battery life remaining is upwards of 90 percent. Of note, at Batteries and Bulbs, I can replace the battery for something like 70 dollars still putting me way ahead of the game since the phone was under 400 dollars. Add a Microcenter 512 MicroSD card for about 50 dollars and I have a phone with 3/4 of a terabyte, far more storage than I anticipate ever using. So, why the 4 stars? The phone is very elegant looking, especially with its curved display. As such, it would look very nice put upon a pedestal in our living room. However, I did not find the phone in an art store. I purchased it to use every day as my mobile phone. What is the Note 9 made of? Simply put, it is basically glass placed over a metal frame which again is fine if you want to display it on your bookshelf, but not particularly practical. Unless a person is downright foolish, just about everyone puts a case on it. You can forget about using one of those clear cases that let the beauty of the phone shine through. Drop it and you are facing an expensive repair. I was using the Unicorn Beetle Pro case with a belt clip which I never used. The phone dropped on the stairs and the inner part of the case broke. I was not really upset about that for the simple reason it saved the phone. Now I am trying an Outbox Defender which looks pretty robust. How about the curved display? Yes, it looks rather elegant, but does one really need it for functionality? The answer is absolutely not. It only serves to make designing a screen protector problematic. As for screen protectors go, I think they are necessary and I have just resigned myself to the fact that the edge adhesives are going to wear out and to simply replace them every once and awhile. They are not particularly expensive. We as consumers really should not put up with this nonsense. Most of the smartphones made these days have similar designs. They reinforce the notion of built-in obsolescence, or in actuality, built-in fragility. Yes, technology changes very rapidly. But, the basic technology of how these phones communicate does not. There is absolutely no reason that we should have to get a new phone every year. They should last far longer than that in my humble opinion. The question is how can we communicate this to the manufacturers? We can't boycott them because they all pretty much do the same thing. It is something it think about.....just saying.

I really don't like this phone. It is a refurb but it's janky. I knew it was going to be a problem from the first time I powered it on and it took over a minute just to come on. It was downhill from there. It had 30% battery, so I put it on to charge, but it was extremely slow. There was no samsung charge cord included. Just a generic one. So I put it on my old Samsung charger and it did, finally speed charge. Then I tried to NFT my old Note 8 to this one. It barely transferred anything and what did transfer took hours. I could have just downloaded all the apps from the store faster. It didn't transfer -any- of MY files at all. I had to download pictures and important documents I keep on my phone from my computer's cloud. While doing all of this, it drained the battery fast. So I had to paused, recharge the phone, then continue. The S pen dies super fast (30 mins use tops) and is constantly 'disconnecting' from the phone. Every app on it whether pre-installed (and thus can't be removed) or newly installed glitches, blacks out, causes the screen to flash crazily or just plain, stops responding. I've installed, reinstalled, factory reset, done everything I can, but all to no avail. All apps still glitch out constantly. I even got locked out of my banking app and got a fraud alert from them because it froze DURING LOGIN multiple times... I'd return it immediately, but I'd be stuck without a phone while waiting for a replacement. I hate it so much I haven't bothered trying to set up anything else except fingerprint recognition to unlock it. This is the first time ever, a Samsung device has let me down. I'll never buy a refurb again. Don't bother buying this device as a refurb, it's obvious they don't actually check to see if the things WORK properly more than 'yep it installed and opened that app' but they don't mind charging you hundreds of dollars for what equates to a barely functioning paper weight.... just ridiculous. HATE IT. I will be contacting them for a refund and return envelope as soon as I can, I won't pay another dime relating to this device. I'm looking for a way to replace it soon and fast.

A 20 días de uso la batería pareciera que tiene el 100% de vida útil, rinde todo el día, pantalla, audio, estética, rendimiento, cámaras, todo muy excelente, pero no me llegó liberado, tuve que hacer otro gasto para ese servicio y fuera 100% funcional, muy buena compra

Buen día, disculpe por interrumpir su tiempo, el producto que adquirí no está liberado y no puedo hacer uso del artículo, será tan amable de sugerirme que hacer? Por su atención muchas gracias . Esperando obtener respuestas favorable. Que tenga excelente tarde.

Me arriesgué a adquirir el equipo con los comentarios negativos y positivos. En mi caso se escucha muy bien las llamadas. Pero.... Tiene ligera pantalla fantasma en la parte inferior. Y lo peor es que a pesar de no estar conectado a nada, indica que esta cargando un dispositivo externo. Estéticamente esta en condiciones excelentes. Actualización 27/08/2021. La batería se infló, se esta despegando la tapa trasera.

Funciona muy bien y pasar los datos, apps de mi cel anterior fue muy fácil

Excelente. Estoy muy contento con el dispositivo. Estética de 9.8 y funcionalidad de 10. Muy a gusto con la compra, llevo con el 20 días y todo muy bien. En lo personal lo recomiendo. Muchas gracias.