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Galaxy Tab S9 review: The 11" AMOLED Tab S9 entry — IP68 and S Pen at $800.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2023·$800
Overall
80/100
Class rank
#24 of 27
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

The base Tab S goes AMOLED.

Galaxy Tab S9 brought AMOLED to the base-tier Tab S for the first time — a flagship-feel 11" Android slate at $800.

01Display

90/100

90/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.

TypeDynamic AMOLED 2X, 120 Hz
Size11.0 inches
Resolution2,560 × 1,600 px

02Camera

60/100

60/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2023 — 24 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main13 MP
Selfie12 MP
Video4K

03Performance

90/100

90/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.

ChipsetSnapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy
RAM8 / 12 GB
Storage128 / 256 GB · microSD

04Battery

80/100

80/100 trails the 84-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.

Capacity8,400 mAh
Wired45 W

05Build

86/100

86/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.

06Value

74/100

74/100 trails the 78-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.

What works
  • First base-tier Tab S with AMOLED.
  • IP68 + S Pen.
  • 11" compact size.
  • 4 OS updates.
What doesn't
  • $800 price.
  • Cameras basic.
  • Single rear camera (no ultrawide).
  • No jack.
Cross-shop it against
iQOO 12
$580 · score 92/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 27-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .