Samsung Galaxy Note 8

[Oyeve]

It doesn't fit, that's why Samsung introduced a new VR headset for Note 8 -- backward compatible with older phones

Wow, that really sucks. I already have 3 different headsets. And sammy isn't offering the new one as a bonus.

 

[Yakk]

So fingerprint reader stuck on the back, and it doesn't fit in the standard VR Gear? Well that sealed the deal for me, not getting. Dunno what Samsung was thinking there...

 

[mnewsham]

Wow, that really sucks. I already have 3 different headsets. And sammy isn't offering the new one as a bonus.

They usually don't offer the free VR headset until after the launch window.

The Note5 had a free VR headset in october or november just ~2-3 months after it released if I remember correctly.

 

[NutBucket]

The note 4 had a better endurance rating than the s8+, so no, with 5% smaller battery, an extra camera, a pen with a much bigger screen is not going to yield a longer battery life than the note 4. Where do you guys come up with such logic?

In real life the Note4 doesn't hold a candle to the S8's battery life....at least in my experience.

 

[you2]

So what advantage (other than water proof) does the note 8 have over the note 4 (one disadvantage is you can't easily change batteries).

 

[Oyeve]

Just a note for you former Note 7 owners -

If you had your N7 registered to your Samsung account, then if you trade in your current phone you get $425 off (has to be a phone off their trade-in list, see link for more details). Seems to be US- and SK-only, though I might be wrong

http://www.samsung.com/us/galaxy/note8/Note7Promo/s/Review/

Otherwise the same "up to $300 off with eligible trade-in" promo going on for the S8/S8+ also applies here

Any of you former N7 owners not planning to upgrade? Could use a promo for a little something thrown your way...

So. All I have to do is use my email address I registered the N7 with and I get 425 off and apparently keep the N7 (they'll assume I sent it in long ago)?

 

[mnewsham]

So. All I have to do is use my email address I registered the N7 with and I get 425 off and apparently keep the N7 (they'll assume I sent it in long ago)?

If you registered the N7 with samsung, then they have the serial # and should know if you've returned it or not, so honestly I don't know.

It might ask you to return it when your Note8 arrives like a trade in.

 

[NutBucket]

So what advantage (other than water proof) does the note 8 have over the note 4 (one disadvantage is you can't easily change batteries).

Uh, ridiculous speed? I sold my N4 this spring because it became so laggy. Figured I would sell it while it was still worth something. The MM really slowed it down and battery life seemed to take a hit too. The camera should be much better too if the S8 is any indication. I really like the N4 but just feel the software really did it in. Maybe a factory reset would have helped but the economics of selling at the time made more sense to me.

 

[Oyeve]

If you registered the N7 with samsung, then they have the serial # and should know if you've returned it or not, so honestly I don't know.

It might ask you to return it when your Note8 arrives like a trade in.

Ordered. I entered the email I used with the N7, says I am good, ordered the N8 with a trade-in of an iphone 5s (have tons laying about) and did the sammy financing through TD bank. Total cost is 504. 21 bucks a month for 24 months which i'll pay off faster once I sell my S7 edge and possibly my S8+. Got the 360 camera.

 

[Rifter]

Uh, ridiculous speed? I sold my N4 this spring because it became so laggy. Figured I would sell it while it was still worth something. The MM really slowed it down and battery life seemed to take a hit too. The camera should be much better too if the S8 is any indication. I really like the N4 but just feel the software really did it in. Maybe a factory reset would have helped but the economics of selling at the time made more sense to me.

Mine did as well, i keep it around at home for using while my S7E is charging. Its almost like they bloat the new software on purpose to slow down old devices to force people to upgrade. Rooting it and installing cyanogen sped it up back to what it was like new, hasnt slowed down since.

 

[NutBucket]

Yeah, agreed on the boat. As if they made no effort to optimize it at all....kinda like iOS!

I'm done with rooting and ROMs...I just want a phone that works as intended. Besides, with a locked bootloader it's kinda pointless anyway.

 

[spacejamz]

just bought a iphone 5 on swappa for $99 to use for the $425 credit and then pre-ordered the unlocked Note 8....

 

[spacejamz]

just hope there are no issues this time around....I think the ones who ordered directly from Samsung got screwed the hardest during the Note 7 recalls....

 

[Raduque]

You could always get a $50 prepaid iphone 5S and toss it their way... $375 is still better than $300. Or $200.

Hmm, not a bad deal there. I wonder, how does the thing work? Do they charge you the full price and issue a refund later, or do they charge you the price minus the trade in?
Edit: Are you looking at a used 5s? I'm not finding one for anything less than $100.

The note 4 had a better endurance rating than the s8+, so no, with 5% smaller battery, an extra camera, a pen with a much bigger screen is not going to yield a longer battery life than the note 4. Where do you guys come up with such logic?

You can't compare those numbers. That was probably done 3+ years ago, possibly with a pre-production phone, with a brand spanking new fresh battery. Not only has battery life testing changed in those years, every Note 4 battery currently in use on the planet has aged at least two years and it will not get anywhere near 90 hours.

 

[JujuFish]

I'm considering upgrading from my Note 5, but that display doesn't seem conducive to cases.

 

[mnewsham]

I'm considering upgrading from my Note 5, but that display doesn't seem conducive to cases.

I'm upgrading from a Note5 and already bought a case for the Note8 that I preordered.
Whenever i've got both in hand i can let you know how the difference feels coming from a Note5.

 

[JujuFish]

I'm upgrading from a Note5 and already bought a case for the Note8 that I preordered.
Whenever i've got both in hand i can let you know how the difference feels coming from a Note5.

I want to make up my mind before preorders are over so I can get the bonus if I decide to go ahead.

What case did you get?

 

[mnewsham]

I want to make up my mind before preorders are over so I can get the bonus if I decide to go ahead.

What case did you get?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073RWJ9NK

 

[Oyeve]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073RWJ9NK

This is the case I get for all my phones.

 

[NutBucket]

Definitely the edge display makes it very hard to guard against damage. Looks awesome, totally impractical LOL.

 

[mnewsham]

The edge is supposedly less pronounced than the S8 and S8+ since it does have the stylus.

 

[nOOky]

I must live under a rock I did not know about Samsung's trade in program. I have a perfectly fine LG G4 I don't need, however I don't need a new phone right now. I will wait for full reviews of the Note 8 camera especially to see if it's worth me shelling out the spare cash for it. I was considering the S8+ but I really want the dual cameras.

 

[Zaap]

Definitely the edge display makes it very hard to guard against damage. Looks awesome, totally impractical LOL.

The idea that there's actually a requirement to toddler wrap a phone and cover the screen with sheets of garbage as the only way to 'guard against damage' is ludicrous.

Edge screen phones (along with non-edge) are fine as-is. The problem as I see it is some people think that just because they wrap a sleek device in plastic crap that it's then okay to toss around, put in the same pocket with sharp car keys, dunk in water, get it in the sand, drop etc. No. Guarding against damage is really just taking care of the thing in the first place.

 

[NutBucket]

I've yet to break a screen in over a decade of smart phone ownership so I would hardly call myself abusive. But facts are facts and phones need to stand up to much more abuse then most any other device, period. Accidents happen...maybe I've just been a bit lucky too but you cannot deny the edge screen is harder to protect. There's a reason why Otterboxes are popular.....

 

[Zaap]

Sounds to me like you're just careful with your stuff, which is the best protection there is.

No, I don't agree that an edge screen is "harder to protect".

To me this is like saying the bumper of my current car is harder to protect than my last car. Well, no, not really. No matter what I'm driving- I'm NOT prone to wreck it! I don't drive any car any differently based on some notion of what car is more or less crash-able than another.

Likewise, I wouldn't look at a non-edge phone and think, "Oh, this is easier to protect from damage." No it isn't. Don't be careless with it, PERIOD.

I kinda saddens me to know that people will take an awesome phone like the Note 8- and stick it inside some cheap plasti-crap ToddlerBox thing. Such a waste of a sleek device, IMO.

Save whatever amount a ToddlerBox costs and put that into INSURING the phone.

In two years when you sell the phone I almost guarantee someone who takes care of their device won't have to reduce the price for minor wear that's anywhere close to paying x amount for ToddlerBox/ screen protector nonsense. AND the added bonus that the whole time you had the phone, it didn't look like crap.