Thanks for the honest real review, we will be sticking with S8 Ultra as it is an amazing device, especially with the keyboard and the rugged case.
My son uses my S8 Ultra, I gave it up when I purchased the Book2 Pro, we tested the S9 Ultra in the EE store as you say little to nothing in it and the trade in was poor with Samsung.
Regards Obsydian - (Car & Tech Evangelist)
MY DEVICES: ZFold4, Watch6 Classic, Book2 Pro i5 5G [Laptop], Buds Pro2, M70A 32 & 43”; [Monitor], Smart Tags, Dell Inspiron G5 [Laptop] / FAMILY DEVICES: ZFlip3, ZFlip4, ZFlip5, Watch6 Classic, S8 Ultra; S7+ [Tablet], Buds Pro, iPhone 12, iPad Air 2, Air tags, iPad Mini 5, iPad Pro 12.9 GEN2 [Tablets] / HOME DEVICES: QN95A [TV], Q900A / SWA900S [Soundbar, Rears], MC28M6075 and MC32K7055 [Microwave], Jet 75 Complete (Vacuum), Samsung Level [Speaker]