Samsung Galaxy S9+, 64GB, Midnight Black - Fully Unlocked (Renewed)

I love the S9+ phone which is why I wanted another one. And this renewed phone by Amazon was well worth the purchase.I will start with the negative aspects of buying this used/renewed phone. This is not a review of the S9+ itself. There are plenty of phone reviews since this is far from a newly released phone.1. Charger - Not a fast charger. So not comparable to what originally came with the phone.While the product description said "The device does not come with headphones or a SIM card. It does include a charger and charging cable that may be generic." But it didn't say that the generic charger might not be a quick charger which is what the S9 Plus normally comes with. The phone takes a long time to charge this way and you will have to factor in the cost of buying a compatible Adaptive Fast Charger. Keep that in mind as you watching pricing. I purchased Amazon Renewed in case I wasn't happy and I recommend you do as well.Solution = Additional purchase of a compatible Adaptive Fast Charger.2. The included version of Android = 9This took the most amount of time to do and was not painless. It came with the original version of Android that the phone released with back in 2018. I have fast internet and allowed it to download the T-mobile OTA (Over the Air) firmware update to Android 10. The download was fast. But it took a long time to apply the update and update all the apps after that. And after the update was done, it had a security update to do but failed with "Firmware update error 407". While everything was working, I wanted the security update to install. I tried multiple things and forget the exact fix. But I think it was going to Settings -> Software Update and tapping UICC unlock, then rebooted and tried again and it installed just fine.Solution = Upgrade to latest Android 10 yourself after you are fully setup with your carrier.3. Screen - Minimal hair-fine scratches. But was hiding behind a bad screen protector.My phone also came with a curved hard screen protector added. It made the screen look grey/light as it did not sit directly on the screen but with a small air gap. I believe the only reason they added the screen protector was to hide the tiny scratches in the original glass screen. But it it harder to see in bright light and created glare on the selfie camera as it was over the lens. Luckily since it is only held on by adhesive on the top and bottom edge, it was easy to pull off the phone.Solution = Remove the protector. If you want a screen protector, I recommend one that seals onto the screen glass so there is no air gap.Those are my only downsides to this renewed product experience.Now for the positives.Screen: Rating 9/10 - No image burn in which can happen even on OLED. Bright and no dead/stuck pixels. Very clean screen once the protector was removed. While I could see the fine surface scratches when viewing the glare at an angle and close inspection, they are very minimal and I don't notice them at all with the screen on and in use.Battery: 10/10 - Used it for more than 2 weeks now. Battery appears to be working like brand new. lasts all day long and works better than my other S9+ that I have owned since March 2018. Fast charging via cable and wireless both charge fast. And I do a lot of social media and photos. Battery is great. While I don't have the tools to grade the battery, I would say it's definitely better than the 80% renewed minimum of the product description.Sound: 10/10 - Both speakers are clean sounding. No abnormal distortions. Headphone jacks audio is clean as well. All audio working perfectly.Buttons: 10/10 - Vol up/down, Bixby, and power buttons feel sturdy and click like new.Fingerprint reader and HR sensor: 10/10 - Fingerprint reader is fast and works perfectly. HR/O2 sensor works perfectly.Cameras: 10/10 - Both selfie and rear camera lens are perfectly clean and clear with no defects and no scratches. Images and optical stabilization perfect in pictures and video. Flash bright and not faded with wear.Mics: 10/10 - mic pickup is clean with no issues for calls and video.Touchscreen: 10/10 - nothing to report.Phone exterior: 9/10 - Rear is very clean and seems to have less scratches than the glass. Was likely always in a case like it is now. Dropped 1 point for the minimal screen scratches that I already talked about.I can confidently say buying Amazon Renewed is worth doing. Nothing to lose with the 90 day return policy.

The phone is lasting me in ways but the back cracked right away and I didn't mistreat it or throw it around..I was very careful with it. I bought a case for it too. It does overheat alot . Battery life isn't that good and it does just shut down at times for no reason. It does work good im using it now to make this review. I like that it has wireless charging. Other than that it's exactly like my Samsung s8 only bought this phone cuz I need it for work asap and it was cheap. It is unlocked for sure tho. I put a sim card that's not a major carrier in it and it works well. Only thing that it cracked for no reason just laying in my purse. I don't carry keys or makeup or anything hard in my purse and I always looked at my phone to make sure I didn't damage it and it cracked the first week I had it on the backside all the way across. I hope it lasts me. I mean this phone is 6 years old basically it should be worth less than I paid anyway. Refurbished or not.

Good phone. Bought a brand new Galaxy this fall and hated it, after having a Galaxy 8 for 5 years. New phone was way too large and bulky.Returned it and bought a used Galaxy 9+, for under $200. Came in like-new condition, good battery life, and much more user-friendly/compact than the brand new Galaxy, while still larger than my S8.Not sure why companies feel the need to ruin good products by following bizarre trends. They can just offer oversized "Notes" for people who want an oversized phone. Most people probably want one that can actually fit in your pocket.

So my mom wanted a new phone cuz hers wasn’t working anymore she decided to get the exact same phone that she had and it looks brand new like if we got it from the store very affordable for a phone like this this is awesome 👏🏻 thank you 🙏🏼

Phone was ok in good condition but ever since I have had it the battery will not stay charged long at all. Not a good thing to have to worry about your phone going dead if you were to really need it.

Everything works fine but with a screen protector, a fall broke my screen protector and screen on this phone with a case very weak screen

The device came with all that's needed to transfer an existing account without breaking a sweat, bigger screen, than my original S9, and overall of good quality. I cracked my S9 screen and thought I'd try one of those screen repair kits.. (glass, not digitizer) It was interesting to say the least, but I blotched it. so, i found this as a replacement.. There IS one issue I'm having with it however.. and it's kind of a BIG issue for someone who lives where Network Signal is literally "Non-Existent" I have to use "Wifi Calling" when at home, and there's NO option anywhere within this phone to turn it on. I've tried everything, looked everywhere.. it's simply not there. I only changed from an S9 to this S9 Plus.. I have the same carrier.. so it's not an AT&T thing.. even in the settings app, i type wifi calling into the search bar, and it says no results.. I don't know if I've just received a glitched phone, or there's some dumb update from Samsung that removed it altogether (Although that makes no sense) Everwhere else it's great, i just have to swap my sim card back to my broken S9 when at home so I can use wifi calling.. If I can't find a fix for this, i'll give it away to a friend or something and get something that supports wifi calling without the frustration of jumping through hoops.

Got this in September 2021, for my birthday. My family got my a 350 phone from somewhere. I said no way, Amazon has some renewed phones that are much cheaper. I don't need the latest tech, just phone that can do most things well. And I got lucky with this seller and got an S9+ in perfect condition, not a scratch even The battery still lasts forever. Has a great camera, enough ram to play games that I play. I thank you seller, I can't recall them but I'll try to edit their name in. High quality, 3 year old used phone. I need to buy my mom the S10 and I hope this seller offers that too. Thanks!

On the description it says “UNLOCK” so I bought it, and I needed the extra SIM card for travelling. True enough I went to part of Asia for a holiday, when I put the SIM card in the phone asked for network unlock code. The SIM card was invalid.... I was very surprised bacause all I know I have an unlocked phone.I wish the seller have given this information, if this is normal to Samsung well I did not know, I’m sure many doesn’t either.The phone is great but it has its restriction, and I defeats the purpose of having and UNLOCKED PHONE.If you don’t travel to other region (outside Europe) this is good for you but if you do be prepare for the hassle.

I won't review the phone itself as there are a lot of reviews on the Internet. Everyone knows how good it is.My phone arrived a day after I placed my order. The box was sealed. After opening the box I inspected the contents, everything was included: earphones, cables, two USB converters, manuals and a U.K. spec. fast charger. The phone itself was still covered in the protective plastic film. It's a new phone so no worries there.After starting the phone for the first time the language was Italian, but it was prompting for the setup language. Just change it to English GB, follow the setup procedure and, when complete, the phone is a U.K. spec. device.I left the phone on and, during the course of the day, it was downloading updates, including two updates to Android 8. I assume it'll upgrade to Android 9 when Samsung is ready.Overall I'm very satisfied, especially at the price.UPDATEThere appears to be some confusion about the exact model. Looking at my phone in the Settings > About Phone menu the model is "SM-G965F". It's listed as supported on Samsung's U.K. website.

The media could not be loaded.  Basically I've received the Note 8, instead of the S9+ but I was happy with it.But few days ago, not even 2 months since the item was delivered, the phone stopped working. I've been with it to a phone service and I've been told that it's a problem in the software with the main board. So.. it's useless now..I can't even return it as atm I'm not in UKVery disappointed

Phone arrived fully refurbished, looking like brand new, and works like new also. No complaints. Excellent phone still in 2021. Killer performance. However, be advised not to get a US or asian versions here in the UK. Many things are rendered useless such as Samsung pay and caller ID and spam protection, which are all region specific. You also cannot flash UK/EU firmware onto a US device as it uses qualcomm processors.

Its not as great as previously stated. It drains battery (lasts up to maybe 2-3 hours) without doing anything other than check emails and use whatsapp which is worse than my J5 from 2016. The seller advertised it as having 128g worth of internal storage but it only has 64gigs, the big selling point for me was a good camera (which it has), a better battery life than what I had and internal storage so its a bit of a let down, the seller advertised the phone as being in excellent condition which is not the case, the exterior is great and looks good as new, there are no OS issues but the battery life is just really bad and the storage space was misrepresented. I assumed any issues it has would be disclosed since it is a refurbished phone if I knew about the battery life before hand I would not have bought it.