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Struggling to Choose Between Galaxy Tab S9 and S9+

(Topic created: 08-28-2025 11:06 AM)
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harrysincer22
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Hi everyone,

I’m looking to upgrade my tablet, and I’m stuck between the Galaxy Tab S9 and the S9+. On paper, the difference doesn’t look massive, but I keep second-guessing myself. The S9+ has the larger screen, which sounds great for streaming and note-taking, but I worry it might be too bulky for everyday use.

My main use cases are reading, watching videos, occasional gaming, and taking notes with the S Pen. I don’t really use tablets as a full laptop replacement, but I do want it to last me for a few years.

For those of you who own either model — how’s your experience so far? Do you feel like the bigger screen of the S9+ is worth the trade-off in size and weight, or is the regular S9 the better “everyday” option?

Thanks in advance for any advice — I’d love to hear your thoughts before I make the jump.

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GaryB82
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I'd suggest waiting until Sept 4th when they announce the new S10lite and compare the S10 lite with the S9 or S9+ that's what I'm currently doing but waiting to see the diff. between the S10 Lite and the S10FE.  I had the S9+ and then got the S10+ but gave them to my parents and now I miss my Tablet so I'm ordering another one on the 4th



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Robin621k
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No 11+ for you?
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GaryB82
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Id love to but can't afford the 11+ right now so the S10Fe or lite will work until I save 



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Gotcha
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GaryB82
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Yeah I upgraded everything last month and spent over 1200.00 on upgrades and can't see spending another 1k at the moment



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Robin621k
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Fold 7?
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GaryB82
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S25 Ultra and watch and A9+ but I miss the S-pen on the tablet so I'm going to give it to my nephew and get the bigger Tab.  I still don't trust myself with the folds 



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Robin621k
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Your are accident prone?

Samsung care+!
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GaryB82
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So far I've only broken one phone my old s24+ it was the only device I didn't get care+ on since I've never broken one so decided to save some money and that turned out to be the one I break


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