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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] pyraxiate:
The screen portion itself is as wide as my note 3 which is still in my possession. I held them side by side ( technically the 8 on top of the 3 ) and the 8 is actually a hair wider. It feels narrower because it is though..... There is no screen bezel unlike the note 3. It's also taller so you wind up with a 6.3 inch screen overall vs a 5.7 screen with the same width of glass.

I feel it fits much nicer one handed than my note 3 due to the slimmer profile. The edge glass does take some getting used to but that's the trade off for a sleeker device. I prefer this to a wider glass that's shorter. Also, if you use multiple windows like I do, the longer screen allows a lottttt more content. A chubbier / wider phone hurts a ton in this respect as you would get half the lines on a web page open in split view in comparison. That was my biggest complaint on the 3. I multitask a lot!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] jason504:
I have had this phone since September the 7th and absolutely love this phone. By far the best phone I have ever had.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] deadlyheart4u:
Its a brilliant phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] wyrmbyte:
I love it! No complaints.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] AndroidLoverXO:
It is the best phone of 2017 period.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] martyh1:
One of the things that keeps the Note 4 relevant is the user-replaceable battery. I was just curious if anyone is already missing that although it would be hard to miss it just yet as it is so new. I have the Note 4 and have 3 different batteries and this is my second Note 4. I would love to have the Note 8 but it is too expensive for me right now. Maybe when the price comes down quite a bit.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] WastedJoker:
This is the first smartphone where every aspect pelases me. I've always rooted my phone to make sure I can debloat and improve battery life but this phone has great battery life and fewer bloat apps than any of my previous phones. Really pleased with the stock apps too.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Cyrax-001:
I'm a new user of the Note 8, moved from the note 4, and I can only say that it's AMMAZING! I admit that it's really expensive for a cellphone but as a die hard note series I would have gotten it even if it cost me more
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Pacificstorm:
I effin' love this mutha of a phone! I thought my much loved S7 Edge was sumthin', but the Note 8 takes it to another extraordinary level. Also luvin' Bixby. What an awesomex2 AI. I can completely change (well I haven't tried the lot yet, but) all of the settings of the phone by just simply ordering Bixby to do it. Bixby does all my reminders, countdowns, alarms and appoinments, etc now and from now on. Pair it with Google Assistant and we got a pure lethal AI combo.

Not forgetting the formidable S-Pen. Man, that pen really does increase the productivity of the phone. It can be like a mouse pointer, a translator, screenshot grabber, and of course it's awesome note taking features. Oh and have I already mentioned just how bloody much I'm luvin' the mighty Note 8?

Now next on my list is to get Dex and the Samsung Gear VR headset with controller......

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Wow, you are right man. I also still have my Note 3 and it is on par with the Note 8 on it's wideness. Incredible. How is that possible? Looking at the Note 3 now and it does look wider while the Note 8 looks a lot narrower width wise and yet, when put on top of each other, looks the same widths. Hmmm.........
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] winol:
I have had a gorgeous silver titanium note 7 that looks lusciously sleek, since Aug 28 2016, working really fine, Now, I have this badass 128GB fierce looking black midnight beauty!! I love it!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] aweskelo:
I wouldnt say I LOVE it, but easily an 8.5 out of ten. Miss removable battery. Miss home button. Aspect ratio a little off. Not a fan of infinite display, I don't mind SOME bezel. The note 7 was a 9 out of 10.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] vipfreak:
I've liked the note series from the start since having a note 1. I only went with the 8 because I didn't have a choice. I'll be going to Verizon and this is the only phone on amazon that could assure that I'd be able to switch. I however feel this phone (or any other non-LG) makes me miss my V10 THAT much more... The DAC, Manual Camera menu, tap to turn off/on, and MOST F$%&ING IMPORTANTLY removable battery/external battery charger features were more paramount than I first thought and dearly miss. I didn't go with the V30 because I don't want to risk bootloop again even though they say it's been fixed...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] sefrcoko:
I'm surprised that I like this one so much...but I do. Download speed is fast and reception has been solid so far. 6-7 hours SOT. I never use fingerprint sensor so don't mind that positioning at all. I added a 256gb card which eased any storage concerns that I had. Slapped on a TGSP and Otter box case too, good to go :). The Note 8 isn't perfect, but it still checks a lot of the right boxes.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] skoobz:
I was really pissed when they took my note 7 away. But there is no other option because no other phone has the Wacom stylus built in. So I suffered for another year with my Note 5. But because of the incentives offered, initially when I returned the Note 7 and they offered the trade in rebate for the Note 5, I basically bought this phone for a little under half off. And while it doesn't make up for another year with a 2 year old phone, this Note 8 is everything the Note 7 was, but better. Kinda pissed that they didn't have the coral blue and gold option but I do like the overall execution. I guess having the Note 5 for a year longer and seeing the tech world pass me by was painful but I have the Note 8 on launch day (well, it came a few days early) and all is right with the world. Best. Phone. Evar!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] mehdi.moha:
the only reason that i am using a smartphone is galaxy note + spen
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] iphonedownload:
I was truly sorrowful when they took my note 7......twice. Waited all year for the note 8. Aside of not getting the choice for blue it's perfect.
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my beast
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Blob Blobbed:
Note 4 was better. With and without root I get intermittent freezing. The bloat is obnoxious, naturally. if you root to remove it, your battery loses 20% of its capacity. It isn't smooth.. I've broken 4 spens between my fingers now because it is too thin. the s pen that came with note 4 lasted almost 2 years. One of everyones favorite features, IR blaster, gone.

After 6 months of use I can confidently say that the Note 8 is a huge disappointment. I'd trade it for a new note 4 in a heartbeat. And this was supposes to be the resurrector after Note 7.

Is 1 star harsh? Does the phone deserve at least one extra star for being waterproof and stuff?

No. It stinks. I won't buy the next one.

I forgot about replaceable battery and physical home button. 1 star for sure
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] sefrcoko:
Sorry you hate it. It's really 4.5 stars for me though. No freezing, not bad on bloat, s-pen never broke...way better than Note 4 overall. IR blaster never really mattered to me either.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Blob Blobbed:
There's plenty other reasons to root. Don't play dumb. ir blaster came in handy constantly and amazon fire sticks don't account for "most modern devices." BT is 3x the price 10x the power Extendable battery sure, lets stick a brick on this brick. thx for putting that all in perspective. I hope a samsung rep doesnt come. spank me for installing a custom rom. And when they nix the external sd on note 9 i guess you'll say "at least we have cloud storage."

Cognitive dissonance is a powerful instinct, Saffir. Enjoy the fist up your butt.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] sefrcoko:
You don't have to be rude just because some of us disagree with you. It's a community here, and the rules state we should be respectful of other members. Sorry you don't like the device, that's your right of course. Many of us do though, and that's our right too.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Blob Blobbed:
Oh please. With the indignation Playing dumb is rude. Acting offended when someone calls you out on it is childish.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] sefrcoko:
No one was offended, and I think you're reading into things quite a bit :). Read the rules for the community, that's all. If you don't agree with them, then I don't know why you would accept to join on those terms. Sorry we couldn't validate your thoughts on the Note 8. Have a good day and hope you have better luck with a different device better suited to your needs/tastes.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] whitehawk66:
Rooted, debloated and optimized fairly immediately after purchase. Put in a great case and screen protector immediately. Fast, powerful and beautiful. Loving it, even though it's a Glass Mercedes.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] _Negan_:
Note 4 is by far the worst in note series. Note 3 and Note 5 has been great phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] sefrcoko:
...Note 7? ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] eraursls1984:
If it wasn't for three boot loops (one 2 year old G3, and two G4's), I'd still be on a G3 running 4.4. Smartphones peaked at the G3, and have been declining since, IMO. I like a lot of the features of the Note 8, but if I could get the recents menu and clipboard from the G3, plus Xposed, it would be nearly perfect*.

*That side bar would be a whole lot more useful if you could have more than one to two rows of app/shortcuts. You can have 9 pages, but it's faster to just go directly to the apps at that point. If you could combine pages (a row or two for bookmarks/apps/smart select/contacts, and two rows for things like clippings/weather/calculator/calendar) you could compact most useful things on two-three pages for quick access to everything.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] _Negan_:
I don't have it yet
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] kanej2006:
It's on fire? :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] imsoconfused:
not going note 9 no matter whats expected.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] winol:
No, I dont think so, I have a note 7 to this very day, and performs excellent, battery life, sot, no lag, etc

I have a note 4, and has a terrible problem with echo in calls, I did all possible to eliminate it, root, roms, etc, nothing worked, I ended hating it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] sefrcoko:
Ha I only meant because of the Note 7's problems with fire :). But fair enough!

I never had those issues with my Note 4, but I did have the exact same echo problems as you did on an S7 I got for a family member. I still have it here, collecting dust and mocking me :/. Ironically I gave them my old Note 4 which they are still using. Samsung lottery :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] mzsquared:
Had two days to fall in love with Note 8, unfortunately it goes back to Amazon, just finished the packing and labeling. Phone couldn't get certification from Google, even after installing all due updates to 8.0, then a lot of problems with bt, couldn't get it to work. Phone calls were fine but no music, I could advance tracks on hu but no sound would come out. So, I said 'fine', I'll replace it with another, but they won't do it for what I paid $699 , they want $100 more: the prime day deal is over. I looked around and on the bottom of the same amazon page and I saw the Note 8 SM-N950F/DS, new, unlocked, for $628. That way my Spigen case won't go to waste. :)) I think it's a positive turn of events, the exynos Soc has some exciting potentials as in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qHwVxea2OU

As for lte bands, the international model has the same radios as my moto z Play, so no complains about it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Dchoi229:
The Note 8 is..... def a good phone but no where near the worth. $1000 should make the perfect smartphone. The camera is my opinion is meh. Not great not bad but will get the job done. The S- pen functions seem like a gimmick than anything. Only if you have usage when it comes to excel/word/pdfs would it come in handy.

The biggest complaint from me is the battery size. Yes Oreo is optimized fairly well but it doesn't make sense to put a small battery in such a beautiful glass tall device.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] vipfreak:
It's been a year since I got this Note 8 and I have to say it's been sufficient. I took precautions to preserve the battery by getting a smart plug and every time to go to charge it wait til it gets to 35% and no lower, when I do throw it on a charger I look at the phone's estimated time to charge to 100% and set the smart plug's timer feature to turn off around 95%. I don't know if this was THAT big of a difference to making the battery last longer (life of the battery), but we'll see in another year.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Estargeus:
I have the phone over a year now.

I really don't like this phone. The screen is really bad in my opinion. Curve screen makes it really fragile. The 3 of 6 People i have known has shattered screens. The colors have gone really bad with time i have a bad screen burning from notification bar and browser. They always on screen like shadow now.

Phone has a really bad battery life. But charging time is good though.

It has really bad software too. Lots of apps glitches or can't open with official firmware. Lots of bloatware too.

Camera is meh. Main cam is not so bad but not good either. The second cam is really garbage. It's so bad even the phone take telephoto photographs with main cam on low Light. The portrait Mode is really bad too.

Speaker quality is also bad.

It's more useable with root and custom roms. More speed and more battery life. I recommend anyone who has this phone to root and find a good custom rom. My biggest mistake was not using one over a year be use of warranty.

This is not a good phone, and it was not worth the price. I really miss my Note 4.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] nelson2303:
What is the expected life of the Note 8 battery?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] winol:
Stargeus, I honestly dont know what phone you are talking about, the note 8 IS an excellent device, the best one available when it came out, I have mine since Nov 22 2017, and it performs and looks exactly as day one
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] MrMike2182:
Lol there's no way in hell you're talking about the Galaxy Note 8 because I've had mine since the day it came out and the screen colors are beautiful and perfect and my battery lasts all day still! I'm willing to bet you dropped your phone and didn't do the right thing and buy a case which messed the screen up and I'm also willing to bet that because you apparently don't understand how to get rid of the bloatware and other unnecessary apps that you don't use that, that's why your battery became crappy! It's easy to remove the bloatware using adb and you don't even need root to do it.. Maybe if you took the time to learn about your phone and take care of it you wouldn't be complaining right now!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] winol:
Mrmike2182, exactly, you just nailed it man! I am very, very happy with my note 8 because:

I am very careful about not droping it, or mistreating it

I use a case since day 1

I DISABLED a lot of useless stuff

I am extremely careful about charging/discharging levels
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] iceepyon:
I've had mine for about 11 months now. I have no complaints and will probably be keeping it for the next few years. Until the battery starts to fail.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] vipfreak:
No clue, I figure I'm such a heavy user the battery would start going bad the more I used it...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're a power user. Can the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] shomanadeh:
Simply the best Samsung I've ever had and I've had quite a few (7) of them, it just leaves something to be desired in the themes segment if it just had some more options and setups in theming department.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] kaos_king:
I came from note 3 and it seems to me that there was a lot more dev activity there and variety of roms. This might just be because I really miss lineage though but hopefully all this will pick up when oreo comes.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] sefrcoko:
Agreed...development so far for the Note 8 is decent, but definitely not better than Note 3/Note 4 days. At least not yet :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] alher591:
The phone is still recently new and still very expensive. hope to see more devs come on as the phone will get cheaper.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Would you say that the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] chavist:
After a solid day of use the device actually feels slower than my S8 despite having more Ram. This is based on load times of apps such XDA, Injustice 2, and a few more apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] ekerbuddyeker:
I find this much faster to use than my s8+.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] jason504:
Much faster than my V20 and much more pleasant to use. No more LG for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] GeekLight:
Did you time it, or was it perception only?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] pieces of cake:
I still have my S8+ and have compared the two phones' speeds side-by-side. Note8 is BY FAR faster. I was surprised by the enormous difference.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] PsiPhiDan:
Yeah the V20 was a massive disappointment for me. All the talk of the V30 being amazing makes me roll my eyes. LG hasn't figured out how to make an outstanding phone yet.

Hotel?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] jason504:
I had the LG Flex it was pretty cool. But after that nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] pieces of cake:
Note8. Swype fail. :cyclops:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Nymenon:
Who cares about "fastness". All 2017 smartphones are fast enough. What we should care about is "smoothness" and "touch responsiveness".
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] PsiPhiDan:
I think those things are all (mistakenly) used synonymously.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] ProStreetCamaro:
My Note 8 is way smoother than my S8+. Samsung must have highly optimized the Note 8. Night and day difference to me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] emtownsend:
The reboot times are phenomenally fast compared to my V10, V20, and pretty much anything else I've used in the past, oh.. say.... ever. There is no waiting around on this phone. I love how this bar keeps getting set higher and higher!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] guthrien:
Seems plenty quick. I hate how these big YouTube reviewers who use a different phone every week page through screens or slide their apps up and down like it means anything.

It's slower than my iPhone, but they've always caked Android for obvious reasons. That's not why I like this phone. It's more than sufficient so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Shadow12347:
The phone itself is quite fast! I had the S8+, and this boots way faster as well. But for some reason, my data connection is considerably worse on T-Mobile. Idk if this is just my phone, but it takes forever for some things to load, and some simply don't work until I either restart the phone, or cycle data on and off. Is anyone else experiencing this on T-Mobile?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] cherylbaker:
I feel this thing flys

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] pieces of cake:
For sure. Surprising given that the internal hardware is nearly identical.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] hkbladelawhk:
Well, first day with the note 8 and it blows past the v20.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] iteam:
That's what 6GB's of RAM does with proper optimizations!!! Huge difference in speed and smoothness for my when comparing my S8 side by side, I was not a believer until I compared exact tests side by side...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Stank0:
MUCH smoother vs S8+ IMO.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] :
Did my obligatory animation and transition speed increase in settings, then when I got to 25% battery I turned on mid power saving setting which throttled CPU. Didn't notice any difference! Love this thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Hagbard57:
I am coming from the V20 as well. So far so good but I won't be heavy using until tomorrow. Thanks for the input.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] marvi0:
Hie what kind of stuff did you compare please?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] bober10113:
I think the term you were looking for is 'speed'.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] $-MONARCH-$:
Doesn't make sense, Fastness and speed both are same but importantly we must care about smoothness and responsiveness of touch. Today's phones are fast enough due to Snapdragon 835 chip used. But overall you still experience lag and stuttering, except on phones with purified or partial-purified Android are buttery smooth and fast.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] exmeaguy:
Extremely fast with everything.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] bober10113:
what makes even less sense is refering to "todays phones" as having all Qualcomm's snappy chips. so let's pretend what you wanted to say was samsungs 2017 flagship line of phones. Even at that,it is a half truth. what about them exynos chips?

Anyhow, the smoothness we see is just an effect. its either fast or not. touchwiz(Apple too) has effects that feels like smoothness but eventualy deteriorates the more the system is used. caches fill up, apps are installed, cpu cycles are wasted and battery life prioritization is also an issue causing our phones to slow down.

all in all, every flagship phone on day 1 in their repective release year is fast.

its time that kills.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] $-MONARCH-$:
Exynos doesn't make difference for stuttering and lag, It has to do more with Samsung Experience and their optimisation. I'm sorry to bother you about this, But it's important that we receive performance + solid smoothness from Samsung, Phones like OnePlus and Pixels are performing exceptionally.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] bober10113:
although i get your point, if we want to compare oranges with oranges then one's bloat needs to be debloated. carriers do have a 'deal' with samsung and other companies to preload the phones with trash thus hogging up system resources. But money is money and once the door is open, its hard to close. the companies you mentioned, specially google, can offer a stock experience and of course their devices will seem to outperform the competition. But if we turn it around, would their devices be as fast if theirs were "bloated" up? would it mean that infact they have less horse power under the hood than samsung for example, but since they are stock it compensates?

then again speaking of bloat,samsung by defaut (carriers aside)has its own internal "fat".

they like them "features" alot. at lest 50%(if not 80 lol) of samsung apps are unused by most people.