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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] :
After being on the S8 Plus for a few months I'm really enjoying how much more squared off this N8 is in the corners. I prefer the more "boxier" shape of the phone and it feels really great in the hand. Like, it feels more mature of a device, if that makes any sense.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] eduardmc:
Is it just me or the sharp conners of the note 8 feel like is stabbing my palms. I didnt get this handle feel from the s8 or s8+. I have an s8+ now and just got the note 8, i love the smoothness but it feels kind of to tall and uncomfortable with those sharp coners. Will give it 2 more days and see if i get use to it, if not. Im going back to my s8+
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] mcdanielvzw:
I feel like this is a knock out of the park like the Note 7 was. I thought not having a home button would bug me, but it really doesn't with the haptic feedback from the virtual button. The fingerprint sensor is in the right place for both my left and right index fingers when holding the phone and much more convenient than the front button ever was.

I ordered some DBrand skins yesterday right before my (Lumion Huey Black Ultra Thin) case came in, and now I'm wishing I hadn't since it added very minimal bulk and feels great.

If anything, the Bixby button annoys me since I inadvertently hit it when trying to adjust sound through my Lumion case.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] furfmonkey:
I am actually returning my note 8 and getting an s8 plus for this exact reason. its feels huge and heavy in hand and for lat night reading i keep dropping it (even with case) the corners dig into the fleshy part of my thumb/palm and is a dealbreaker.. also the in pocket feel is much worse..My wife has an s8+ and i just HAD to be different .i wish i bought the s8+ from the get go.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Assindius:
Did some of you try loop grip or anything else with the N8? It should make it easier to handle this phone. But I cant test it because I am still on Oneplus 3
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] bonerp:
I prefer the size of the note 7/FE. To me, these continue to be the greatest phone ever made. However the note 8 is performing well and is a fantastic phone, but the size is slowly getting to the point of too long. Not a fan of this new ratio and wasn't on the S8+ either. I scored a solid 4/4.5.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Killemalll:
I find the N8 much easier to hold than my previous Note cells including the N7 mainly because of the significantly narrower body. The S8 I used for a few months fitted my hand better but it wouldn't be a fair comparison, the screen size difference is considerable, no pen etc.... I also found the N8 one-hand-mode quite easy to use if I want to navigate with just the thumb.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] herpi:
I am completely used to holding the Note in my right hand while opening it with a fingerprint. Works flawlessy.

It is like a handshake for me now, ergonomically spoken.

I have to use a skin/bumper because a flap may block the backside when flipped = no fingerprint...

Many times still I hit the home button accidentally when trying to hit the spacebar when using Gboard with my fingers.

Using the S-pen, while swiping, works OK of course. The space is on auto in that case.

Cannot find anywhere how to keep the nav bar closed/hidden when Gboard is used.

Maybe it has to stay visible because it shows the keyboard selection icon on the right bottom.

Huib
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] meryguadelupe:
if I have a small hand should I buy note8? don't think I feel it comfortable in my hand, too big phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] ftarsj:
You get used to it within a couple of hours of usage. If you've shifted from a big screen phone that makes it easier
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] alfred_mcskee:
I find the in-hand feel comfortable and personally prefer the squared off design. I was dubious about the finger print sensor beforehand, but genuinely find it a non-issue now I have it. I won't go as far as to say it's ideal or the best position, but I did get used to it very quickly and now just naturally use it to unlock without a moments thought or delay. Design-wise (not specification) the main thing I'd probably change would be to have front firing speakers as although not all the time, I do find I occasionally cover and muffle the speaker when using the handset in landscape orientation. I tend to use the phone two handed as prefer using the s pen for most things, but one handed use is generally do-able, especially as I use gestures to bring down notifications and have shortcuts to settings on my home screen. All round I'm very happy with the Note8!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] kparikh82276:
I concur with your sentiments.

My V20 is really huge compared to the note 8. But the note 8 is a powerhouse compared to V 20.

---------- Post added at 03:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:03 PM ----------

I had never even noticed that the nav bar stays open when the keyboard is in use. Interesting.

But then again I haven't had the issues you mentioned regarding pressing the home button instead of the space bar.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Are you comfortable in your own skin? Is your phone comfortable in its skin? Rate this thread to express how you deem the skin on the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it adds just the right amount of features, it's visually pleasing, and overall it's additive to the experience. If this is a Nexus phone (you didn't think we hand-wrote all of these prompts, did you?) then use this rating to indicate how the latest version of Android looks to you.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] kbhasi:
Samsung has at least improved their "Samsung Experience" ever since the disaster (for me) that was the "TouchWiz Nature UX 3.5" on my Galaxy Note3. If you don't already know, I like the stock Android UI (of Android 4.4 through to 7.1, but 8.0 looks too white to me)

By that, I mean I can download a "stock Android" theme to cover up a portion of the ultra-white Samsung UX, however, it (unfortunately) does not skin the Android SystemUI "DeviceDefault" theme, which affects some apps, like Ted (text editor) and Gboard settings. I then use "Navbar Apps" to force the nav bar to be black, instead of Samsung's white.

However, some annoyances remain, primarily with Samsung's own emoji font, which is hard for me to decipher, and is very different from other fonts. I wished Samsung gave their users the option to use stock Android emoji.

Also, Samsung seems to only allow Monotype's paid fonts to be used as UI fonts, and they don't allow free fonts from sites like Dafont and Google Fonts. It could be circumvented in TouchWiz 7.0 (Android 6.x) and earlier, but not in Samsung Experiece 8.0 and later, so I wish they gave their users the option to use free fonts (by checking file signatures first).

Either that, or hopefully UI font changing and font management becomes an AOSP feature, possibly by forking lines of code from something open-source like KDE Plasma on desktop Linux (that has very good custom UI font in my opinion).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Nixher:
Yes and no.

I don't not like the Note 8 UI, but it's not exactly anything new or exciting.

Coming from an S6, this is my first "edge" phone and it felt way too similar to my S6. So, I downloaded nova, made full use of the edge panel and it just feels so much nicer.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] skally:
Why did Samsung implement a theme engine, but make it almost impossible to access the tools to create your own themes?!?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Samsung Galaxy Note 8's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] x111:
Note 8 has the most advance Amoled display, it is the strongest part.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] winol:
I expected better outdoor visibility , at least better than note7's
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] iphonedownload:
Could be better outdoors, but would have to sacrifice the high gloss display and nobody is going for that.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] dpgvishal:
Awesome outdoor visibility no issue so far
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] trocchietto:
well, when one goes for a sunny trip could apply a cheap matte screen film. In this way can read without seeing the face, considering that is still the best phone for outdoor visibility. the definitive solution as are years I speak in a mobile reading forum would be a cover eink that takes the content of the main screen, even a separate bluetooth one. Samsung is really no smart on that. Apparently I heard about licence problems with amazon that bought a kind of yotaphone licence in eu and us, but on the other side a separate small flexible bt device would make the battery of the samsung note 8 last forever, would make it ideal to read, seeing google maps on the bike or even consulting the phone with one hand in dangerous places, or when can fall, and would be a great ereader because actual ereaders are really sluggish, it takes ages to open a dedicated ereader going to the page, etc, instead transferring the images in real time would be an amazing profit opportunity. It would find bilions of enthusiastic users, and great plus, because of the independent hardware accessory nature, could be compatible with all the samsung models. I do not know if are the companies are stupid, or my self that I am giving for free such a valuable hint that could even survive to the flex screens
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] iceepyon:
I can see the display on my Note 8 in direct sunlight in Hong Kong.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
How well do you know your fifty shades of grey? Rate this thread to express how good the Samsung Galaxy Note 8's display contrast is. A higher rating indicates that black is true black, rather than a very dark gray.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
If you're colorblind, please disregard this thread. Rate this thread to express how you deem the color saturation and accuracy of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8's display. A higher rating indicates that you think that color accuracy is very high and saturation is excellent.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] madusmacus:
1 star . My one is very yellow

Adaptive advanced red off green off blue max

And it is almost white

Might have to return ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Menchelke:
I have the unlocked version, I won't give it a number, but I feel the phone's screen is very good.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
Generally very pleased. But Basic mode on display still is very saturated . Also since when was warm a pink hue? Ive always led to believe warm is short wavelength that should exhibit a yellow hue which mine doesn't.

3 stars
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Markus9229:
I would like to know the settings for best accuracy since I'd like to edit photos on this, I read the screen has an excellent accuracy but mine is pretty yellowish. Tried the basic mode but its absolutely lifeless and lacks contrast.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] BriniaSona:
Just turned my phone to basic. Looks a lot better now. No more super bright cartoons colours. It also makes the colours of my graphic design logos more accurate.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
I've always used Basic mode in all my previous Samsung devices inc my tablet.

However, the basic mode on the N8 shows a pink hue which is not tolerable to my eyes. Now, if the basic mode showed a true warmer tone like a slight yellow hue it wouldn't be so bad.

Talking of which, I was always under the impression that the term "warm" in respect of display technology meant whites would appear somewhat yellower , not pink like this display. ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] EMJI79:
Isn't there an app to fully calibrate the screen?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] EMJI79:
I think for colour accuracy it also comes to personal preference, like for sound equalization.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] skriefal:
I used mine initially in the AMOLED Photo mode but did notice that colors were oversaturated. I've since switched to Basic mode and so far prefer it to the other modes. No, it isn't perfect, but whites are more white than Adaptive mode and colors are less over-saturated than the other modes. AMOLED Photo would still be my second choice. Adaptive mode has whites that are much too blue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] EMJI79:
I found amoled screen to be really dependent to orientation. In the best one it is better than IPS and in all the other ones it is worse. They really got to fix this.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Kamikaze_Ice:
Accuracy is NOT and NEVER WILL BE personal preference (unless you prefer accuracy, lol). Preference is an opinion, and has nothing to do with the truth. I prefer Cinema mode, despite knowing Basic is the most accurate mode for all content shown on the screen (HDR will trigger HDR mode, which use completely different settings.)

In this case the screen accuracy is referencing the standard it was made for (BT.2020 and Rec.709).

You're free to think Basic looks too red, but there is a 99% chance that you are wrong (<1% chance due to bad screen protector materials/polariaztion filter/dot matrix/oleophobic & other coatings and your environmental lighting).

Again, the screen is one of the most accurate displays ever made. Take it to any calibrator (not "geek squad"...) and they will get the same results as DisplayMate... assuming the calibrator has a spectro to profile his meters to the amoled screen.

I won't even get into sound. I'll just point everyone to Head-fi.org forums as well as AVSforums. Way to many variables to cover, even for IEMs which take your "room sound" out of the equation. Both places will do a far better job at explaining the science behind everything for audio and (digital) visual things. And yes, real science. Everything I've mentioned has hard proof (measurements) and not ancedotal or biased opinion.

None of this means you can't like something that's "not accurate". Just wanting to make it known that yes many don't know what they're talking about (Not trying to be rude here. Just sayin').
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] EMJI79:
Bs, who tells you I have the exact same eye as you. Who tells you present measurements or even science covers whole phenomena variables (plus Godel and other scientist prove science can't completely theorise a phenomena).

Unless you have attended to MIT or Princeton chances are you haven't achieved science study level I have.

I don't appreciate the haughty way you commented my post.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
What's your screen issues. ? Just out interest.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] EMJI79:
No real issue but I am not satisfied with the way greens are displayed, like on vegetation pictures.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] svache:
This is probably true, however, I grew accustomed to a more blueish white, that the basic mode appears too warm now.

I remember last year, after trading my Note 7 for the second time and going to the LG V20, that I thought the LG had a way too bright white, noticeably more blue. However, after having had that for about a year and finally switching back with the Note 8 a few days ago, the basic just doesn't feel right anymore. I really like the adaptive (that is, with a few minor adjustments to the sliders), but whenever I am in a game or watching something, then the adaptive mode has way too much saturation. Then the only thing that does help is switching back to Basic mode, but I get annoyed by how warm it appears to be as soon as I hit anything with a white background (like settings or text messaging). The laptop I'm writing this on also has a more blueish white, my Samsung SHUD TV seems to be somewhat in the middle of it all but less red than my Note.

While basic may be the best setting, I can't say I really like it. Switching back and forth between the modes is a workaround, not really a solution. I really want to like this phone, but it is quite an annoyance to me personally, even more so when I consider I'm paying 950 USD for it. I am going to give it a few more days to see if I can get better used to basic mode or if I am going to return it to the store. It saddens me a bit that there's no option to add a little bit more blue to the basic mode, which, to me, is really all it needs.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] EMJI79:
I would also like to add more blue even to adaptive mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
Although a different device, the basic mode on my Samsung tab S2 LTE is awesome. It's a night and day difference to the Note 8 , albeit both adaptive modes on both devices are closer in my eyes . However, the basic mode on the tab s2 doesn't go pink but a more warmer yellow type mode.

I agree with you , the basic mode in my eyes on the N8 is rubbish.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] samandhi:
In some ways I can see why Limeybastard (and others) see pink, or red. If you tilt the top of the phone away from you, while keeping the bottom in the same position I am seeing pink tint at a bout 20 degrees or so. Once I go further than that, it goes back to the regular coloring. It is very odd. It does it also when tilting side to side.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
I'm currently running AMOLED photo mode with the blue light filter ON and set to min. Seems to be a good compromise for me.

The pink hue is the bottom 10% of the screen. Doesn't bother me much anymore,it's very faint. I remember the my last Note , which was a Note 4 had it on the right side of the screen.

If I tilt the phone the bottom pink section goes away. LOL. But looking at it dead on it's there slightly.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] gaston_garcia:
Thank you for this fantastic explanation. I'm glad the Note 8 has a fantastic screen.

So why did you decide to use Cinema instead of Basic? Simply because you like a little blue?

Or should I try to train myself to getting used to Basic, simply because it's better?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] EarlZ:
Thank you for the very detailed explanation, with my own experience on around 20 store demo units and about 7-8 pre-order (retail units) they all have a different color tone/temperature on whites this is making sure auto brightness is turned off at half the brightness on the slider bar.

I also made a comparison using 2 Iphones 7 plus that appears to have the a very similar white color temperature and with the note 8 beside them in Cinema/Photo/Basic really looks reddish, now I understand that my test is NOT even remotely scientific but what I perceive is important compared to what a calibrated equipment tells me.

Im just hoping that one day samsung will apply a per pixel calibration with all the brightness steps
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
It's pink reddish on iPhone ten because they are using Samsung panels ,no?

I'm currently using Basic Mode on the N8, loving it after getting used to it that is !
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] EarlZ:
I compared it on an iphone 7 plus only, havent had a chance to see the iphone x but im expecting it wil also have discolorations on whites
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has a crazy crisp display. Just kidding, this is automated text so who knows if this screen is any good. So, you be the judge! A higher rating indicates that it's extremely sharp and clear, and that you cannot see pixels with your naked eye.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] mikebz5:
Lord almighty! Definitely the most beautiful display to date!

Surpassed my beloved Note 7 in every respect. Good riddance to my interim Lg V20.

Check this out https://youtu.be/1La4QzGeaaQ
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] icarusnow:
picture perfect
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Cristiano Matos:
I can tell for sure that Note 8 has the best display I ever seen. I purchased a Pixel 2 XL last week and couldn't keep using. Already sold. Comparing my Note 8 with Pixel 2 XL, displaywise, made me regret of boughting Pixel.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Muntasir Mahmud Saif:
why did you sell pixel 2xl? I'm dying to buy pixel 2 xl and you had it but sold ???????
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] sefrcoko:
Because he much prefers the screen quality of the Note 8, like he said! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fhteagle:
Sorry if this has been covered recently, but I do not get out of the "hermes hermitage" much ;^)

http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2008/01/30/131541.html

http://www.celunite.com/

Any chance their mobile linux distro can be ported for our processors, hardware, networks, etc.? I have no idea about the technical challenges of this, but I do know linux (ubuntu) runs way better on my laptop than winxp ever did, so it stands to reason that the same could/should occur on the pocketpc!

I would be willing to help some if/when I get my (1.54.x radio stack fried) 8525 back or some other new phone...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You don't want to give your significant other yet another reason to yell at you while you're reading XDA in bed. Rate this thread to express what you think of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8's display minimum dimness. A higher rating indicates that the display can get extremely dim, ideal for reading in very dark environments.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] winol:
I think is adequate
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Praks93:
It does get REALLY low. Anyone know in nits the lowest it does get?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] dr happy:
White backgrounds

On a related note, why does Google insist on continuing with white backgrounds for Android and all their apps??

OLED + black backgrounds = huge battery saving!!

It will also burn your retinas less when reading XDA in bed. :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] MatroxD:
I couldn't agree more!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] BenGentle:
I actually don't think it gets dim enough. Very nice to have blue light affect come from the factory, though. On the Note 3, I used Easy Eyes app and then combined it with Screen Dimmer app's widget and they would stack. I had to do the app-boosted dimming in that order or it wasn't right. I could get it so dark that colours with any hint of darkness would just drag or scrape--you had to see it.

Tonight I'm testing the Note 8 under dark conditions. I'm pretty confident I'll be adding dimmer apps.

And I remember reading organic LEDs being power saving with black pixels is not true. Never much cared I guess since you badasses have battery boosting genius for all to enjoy! :p
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] magichoward:
I agree even their email apps
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you call granny, does she keep saying "Huh?! Wut?!" or does the conversation flow pretty well? Rate this thread to express how you feel about the Samsung Galaxy Note 8's call quality. A higher rating indicates that calls are clear and crisp, and that regardless of background noise, you can hear the other party clearly (and with ample volume) and they can hear you.

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