My colleagues recently updated his Note 9 on the latest OTA, whatever it was ... so obviously the 'fresh update' would make the phone run smoother (due to cleared cache). But i occasionally see him complaining about the slight mili second of lag in the most basic of the apps (like, unlocking from lock screen, or starting to type an SMS). He's coming from an iPhone so it's understandable but godamn if we are still living in that same laggy era. I mean, my OP3 has been laggy, very laggy recently but the stroage is basically 80% full so i understand why it's acting the way it's acting. But any latest 2018 phone should NOT suffer from this sh*t. Like, Seriously. Just shouldn't. (He has the 512GB version, though - and he's not the only one i'm seeing complaining about the slight lags).Thanks man.
Well performance out of the box was pretty good, although there were some minor bugs with the first build, and it seemed like it needed some polishing. They did rush the release, so it's understandable. However, very soon after, one OTA was pushed, which was just a security patch.
Then another update came, with some camera improvements and a different kernel (earlier builds were using the same kernel). This build was never released outside of Europe, until about 2 days ago. Got released to UAE, PAK, AFG, and some other regions.
I couldn't wait so I had downloaded the entire firmware and flashed it earlier. No issues whatsoever, not with performance or with battery life.
TL;DR, it was a bit weird at release, but they fixed it and it's all good now.
Anyway, i feel as if Samsung may have used a slower NAND to accomodate for 'larger' capacity. I don't know, just a hunch ... considering it's Samsung we're talking about.
I'm currently waiting for the V40's release, and hopefully will see if i want to jump or no.
Let me know if you face some lags in near future with your Note 9. My decision to get Note 9 is on hold because of this.