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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] lennie:
hmm, that's definitely a difference. just checked my camera and don't seem to be having that issue, will check the other phone later today.

but damn, now there is one more issue to worry about when i go in to switch my current note 8: red tint and blurry cam :mad:

edit: so when you go in the gallery and switch between "close-up" and "wide angle" both have a loss of detail or only the wide angle lens have the issue?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] xfno0b:
Details on both wide and close up aren't the best I've seen. Close up shot is a little more clear and the wide angle shot loses more detail. Auto shot lost the most detail.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] truckerdewd:
Mine look fine.View attachment 4268905View attachment 4268907

Sent from my wickedly kewl Galaxy Note 8 using my S Pen. Duh!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
After reading the few camera posts, I took some pics using my S8 and the Note.

Not sure if it's the picky person in me, but the S8 seems to be doing a better job on retaining features of objects focused on and the non focused items within the pic.

Note 8 on it's own seems to be doing a good job on focused item but once you zoom in to other non focused areas, I think that's where it's losing to the S8.

Overall viewing of the pic without zoom seem to be equivalent on both. Will have to play around. Now I am nervous..... :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] tnick84:
The full force of Irma will be upon me in a couple of hours...thank God my Note 8 came early to capture some great video!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] truckerdewd:
Be safe. My dad and step mom live in Tampa.

Sent from my wickedly kewl Galaxy Note 8 using my S Pen. Duh!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MicroMod777:
Stay safe bro and only get video as long as your life in not in danger!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] xfno0b:
Yeah I can tell from your photo. I just took this photo now where there is a lot more natural lighting. It's slightly better but the left side is a but out of focus. Given that it has a f1.7, this camera should be doing a lot better.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MicroMod777:
Anybody's promo gifts been shipped yet? Mine's been on hold since Thursday with only label shipping created.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] browniegirl:
Still deciding if I want to order or not
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] marctronixx:
the 600mhz spectrum will not be totally deployed during the tenure of this device, and with JOD, as the article states, is a win win for those on tmo anyway.

that article was , in my opinion, click bait and is nothing to be worried about. ive gotten along just fine with the current level of service i have with t mobile here in the LA area.

I currently have an Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe Special Edition.i am pleased with the screen (its not in the same league as this samsung model obviously) and the hardware is the cats pajamas. half a terabyte of storage (256 on board plus a samsung 256 sd card), 6gb ram, excellent camera and build quality. picked it up launch day direct from asus. this is a lovely phone!!!

i have 3 lines (one tablet plus two phones) so the asus stays and the samsung replaces an old beta test phone...

prior to that i was using a launch day nexus 6 that i still love and use for a desktop click now.. :cowboy:

I remember the pre order days on that device.. people had scripts (even my ignorant ass had setup one) that would run on the google site to ping it when the phone would show up for order. once it did, they would get an alert. man i was trolling this site hard back then. THAT was a fun pre order!!

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i can see you doing what picards is doing in the avatar... :)

get it.. get to the choppa!!!!:good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] browniegirl:
If the note 8 offered colorflow3, and color banners I'd be all over it but it doesn't.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] zonly1:
I see the gang's all here again! lol I ordered an Unlocked directly from Samsung using an old iPhone 5s that was collecting dust for the $425 discount. I then second guessed myself, canceled the order, and replaced it with the T-mobile version. From what I've read, I did not want to lose WiFi Calling and Video Calling. Oh, and went Orchid Gray. Here's hoping for a less explosive experience! :cowboy:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] TPR300C:
So my friend who preordered his Note 8 from At&t showed me this. It says the phone will ship on 09/05. I don't think it is really true but would be a nice surprise if they get shipped early. Going based on the S8 release, we probably will only get it a day or two before.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] OxyClean:
Promotion from tmobile

Anyone have the address for the site to get the t-mobile promo for pre-order? I didn't write it down and cannot locate any one that has linked it. Just wanting to get everything started and rolling that I can. Thank you kindly
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] KOLIOSIS:
Right here:

https://samsungpromotions.com/dobiggerthings/#registration

http://www.samsung.com/us/shop/note8-offers/

https://www.t-mobile.com/devices/samsung-galaxy-note8?icid=WMD_TM_Q317SAMSUN_YETWJMVZJN9813

Just as with previous promotions,you'll actually have to have the phone in-hand,to get the process started.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] LIVEFRMNYC:
For those that preordered from T-mobile................ Is anyone getting "PartiallyPreOrder" status on their T-mobile site? I done plenty of Preorders from T-mobile and never remember seeing that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] KOLIOSIS:
+1

Just a guess,probably something new w/the "New & improved JOD" &/or until down payment/etc.. has cleared or posted to your form of payment.

My payment for a JOD purchase included the order processing fee & shipping+tax,just below $30,has yet to post to my bank.

It won't post until the phone ships,at least that's what the rep who processed my order told me................
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] gharris040604:
For all of us note 7 owners the 425 rebate is live, I just ordered the unlocked model from the shop Samsung app.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] allklrnoflr:
Placed the order from Samsung website also, it says shipping 9/11 what does yours say? I have an order from T Mobile also, will probably wait to see who ships first.

I know T Mobile ships through UPS and we can track through a my ups account. Does anyone know who Samsung uses?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] gharris040604:
Mine also says 9/11 plus I paid the 14 for 1 day shipping and I also have one pre-ordered through T-Mobile. Did you order the unlocked or TMO varient
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] allklrnoflr:
I paid the $14 to, I got the T Mobile version instead of unlocked. Hope they ship earlier for Note 7 owners.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] mike28:
For me as well it says partially ordered and ship date shows 9/13 to 9/15.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] CB620:
FedEx/UPS
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bigwest:
That's what sh.....nvm. :angel:

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I can't find on the Samsung page where my potential delivery date is noted. All it says is "pre-ordered" and the date I ordered it :confused:

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Go for it!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] hkbladelawhk:
So a show of hands who will stay stock? Given the Snapdragon CPU, I'm presuming those of us ordering through T-Mobile will likely be stuck locked for a while.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] CB620:
There is really no choice but to stay stock. The S8/S8+ just got rooted a couple days ago.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] drmacrofish:
And honestly, I like Samsung pay too much. Root I think ruins that for now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] CB620:
Just ordered some of these. Have these for my S8+ and it covers the whole screen with no case pop issues.....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/372055774181
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] KOLIOSIS:
Got an error when using mine, they're gonna send another code within 14 days:

Initially,it worked,but,I had two items in my cart & the discount applied to the least expensive.

I removed the lesser expensive of the two,tried to re-apply the code & thats when I got the "Code Entered Is Invalid" pop-up,right below the text field for entering the code.

No biggie,it can wait.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MicroMod777:
Huh? You order from Samsung?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
Will play around a bit more this week once I get back to work. Better pic opportunities near work area lol.

I did take a couple of pics outdoor and the pics themselves look amazing. I will try for this not to get to my head....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
Exactly what is happening
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] lennie:
the Shop Samsung app said "congratulations! your submission has been approved but I didn't get an email. are they supposed to send an email? how did you get the shipping info?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
I've been takin pics all day.. I'm wondering if this is what Samsung wanted to do with this camera or not?? I really do feel the s8 does a better job keeping everything nice and clear in the background on top of the focused area but note 8 only focuses on the focused area and everything is blurry and that's in auto mode I don't think that should be happening but the camera is wider than the s8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
I got a push notification and if you go to the app, your status will reflect about shipping. I believe I will get tracking info once it's shipped.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] xfno0b:
So I went to the tmobile store. Played with the display model and it does the exact same thing. Took a close up photo of my hand, it looked crisp and clear on camera, then I snapped the photo and that's when the photo blurred around the focus spot.

Boy was the tmobile worker surprised. She put her hand and took the photo and saw the results too.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] ingenious247:
It's a difference in focus perspective between the two phones. You can clearly see the Note 8 is sharper on the main focus of the image.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
I hope this is n't the way it should work. I know this isn't a DSLR but I would like my phone pics to be nice as well.

Maybe the live focus is affecting the pics even though it's off.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
That's what I'm thinking
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] galaxy4mylife:
Yeah mine is about 2 hours from my house in transit. Still has a date of the 12th for delivery!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] KOLIOSIS:
My mistake,I was ordering an accessory from Samsung @ the time I read your post,mistaken my issue w/the free promo (Gear 360 or SD Card/Charger combo).

The latter was instantly approved,but,hasn't shipped yet.

The former was the 30% off discount code,good for any accessory $69.99 (USD) or less.

My apologies for muddying the waters....... :o
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MicroMod777:
Wow, hopefully mine will be picked up Monday. Want to do some nice outdoor vids for next weekend.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] xfno0b:
After testing this out at another T-mobile store, I'm just going to call it quits and return the phone. Best of luck! Both locations have the same issue with their display models. Maybe i'm just having bad luck and Samsung just doesn't want me.

Also, they referred me to the Samsung store at Best Buys to check if there is anything wrong with it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bryanpen:
Lol I ordered mine on the 4th and got mine the 7th. Verizon version. Now for anyone who wants to get on JOD it's not being offered anymore because of them losing money on insurance claims paying a 150$ deductible and getting a 800 - 900 phone. A rep told me that off the record. Swappa is flooded with t mo phones with bad imei. Was a seller with 4 or 5 s8 with bad imei all in boxes .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] angeland:
I have a text message that says delivery on Tuesday and the app says Wednesday. So not sure which one but it is in transit.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
I took some more pics. I actually like the Note8 in maintaining the details once I zoomed in. Pics were taken on auto mode.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
It definitely maintains detail I can see that in my pictures and yours I just don't know why on mybphone it which it did not do not your pic but everything in front of back of what it's focused on is blurry... but yours is crystal clear. So do I have a bad camera on my note 8 and i need to swap it out??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
Yes you should. You are paying for it so you should be satisfied with your phone.

I had a minor scratch on my note 7 last year within first 30 minutes of walking out the store. It was most likely my fault, but the Tmo rep did a swap for me without an issue.

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Did you get it from Tmo? If so, go to the store on the 15th and have it exchanged. They are usually good about it, as long as they have the stock available.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] RaymondPJR:
That means I'll be keeping my SPen from my Note 7.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
My phones picture quality is amazing but why does it keep losing detail in front of back of the focus is this what Samsung wanted to do?? Because I don't want to return my phone if there is nothing wrong.. am I being picky??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
I think that's awesome they made the S pen the same one as the note 7.. I want to put the coral blue spen in my phone..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
I know I am definitely picky.

I find your note 8 picture better than the s8. It's actually sharper on the sign and the ducks behind it, along with the water details.

I do find the rock a bit grainy, but could that be how it is from the angle of the note 8 pic? Since I can't see the groove line like in the s8 pic for comparison.

On another check, I think it's the other rock on the right and that's how it looks like in the s8 pic as well.

I would get the phone exchanged for the peace of mind.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
Here I accidently did two diffrent pictures the last time the same two pictures one from s8+ and then the note 8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
I'm definitely going to go to the store on the 15th and talk to them about maybe a replacement or call Samsung and see if that's what they wanted to do
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
S8+ seems to be doing better.

I'm going to have to play around with mine within the time I have before I've to return the s8.

Yeah definitely try an exchange.

Will be hoping for a positive update from your end :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
I'm hoping for a positive update too :) I'm not going to not have a note 8!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MrAwesome75:
I thought the same thing. Between my wife and I, we have about 4 S-Pens from the Note 7, so I have plenty of back ups in many different colors.

Sweet!

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It's really difficult to tell from here. I have the S8 for work, so I will do some comparisons when I get my Note in a few days. I really only take pictures for work, so I usually don't care about quality too much. I have a camera for that; but after seeing these posts about the picture quality, I'll definitely be looking closer at it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
Definitely help me figure out if it's just me.. because I use my camera on my phone for everything.. I take alot of pictures of my son and I don't want him or anything else in the pic being blurry..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MicroMod777:
Did anybody that got the wireless charger and microsd card promo get theirs shipped yet?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] fsunoles101:
My status says it will not ship until the second week of October.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] xile6:
Got my phone fron ups today nice that they cover up all the tmobile sign logo. Probably so it doesnt get stolen.

Great looking phone. Just gotta wait till my rhinoshield case comes in now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] jdubya45:
When did you order the phone? I ordered it yesterday, wanted to see how fast they are shipping. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] xile6:
Order the 6th and it got ship i believe the 7th. Made it to my town the 8th but it ess friday and came in late. So had ups hold it for me because they where going to deliver it today but they normally dont make it to my house until 7-9pm.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] lennie:
you should get it by thursday or Friday. if UPS doesn't hold i for 24 hours at one of their locations before sending it to you then thrursday, if they do hold it then you'll get it by Friday...unless you have 2 day shipping or something
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] truckerdewd:
Mine says it will ship the week of Oct. 9

Sent from my wickedly kewl Galaxy Note 8 using my S Pen. Duh!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MrAwesome75:
I was curious about this also. I assume I'll get it by Thursday at the latest. I ordered Saturday and it says it "shipped" just a little while ago, which I know just means the label was created. No tracking info yet and I only paid the standard $6.99.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] jdubya45:
Mine is shipped, UPS is ready for UPS on the tracking. Wonder if it actually gets picked up today or not. Paid for overnight.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
I selected the Gear 360 for the promo. It was supposed to ship next week.

I got notification today that it already shipped and I will have it by end of day tomorrow.

Time to play and compare both gens of the 360 :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] harveydent:
Did you use the Gen1 360 a lot? What did you use it for?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
I used it a good bit. I did mostly 180 photos and videos, mostly because I think my lenses aren't aligned properly and the 360s look weird. Not all though. I have got a few good 360s.

Here are a couple of 180s, or as I call them, wide angle pics.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/skhanphotos/35453746482/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/skhanphotos/34273113542/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
Beautiful pics
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
Thank you :)

I took some pics from the Note today.

Hopefully all is good on your end :)

All pics, except for the last flower one, are on auto focus.

https://imgur.com/a/zFHX6
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
They look amazing..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
Thank you.

Have you played around some more with yours?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bbjhh2009:
Samsung from best buy kiosk said that I'm probably moving when I go to take the picture and making it blurry they think nothing is wrong so I've been testing it all day..

Lol I don't know how the popsocket pic got in the photos.. but I love how close up you can get to something and it not blur the picture
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MrAwesome75:
The camera has OIS, so I doubt it has anything to do with moving. It's really hard to tell, but it looks to me that it is just the wide aperture that is causing that effect. I'll do some tests this weekend to see what my pics look like.

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Those look really cool. The only thing I am concerned with is the relatively low res sensor. I watched some review videos for the 360 last night to try to decide if I want the camera of the charger/SD card.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] sak87:
Your pics look amazing!

Definitely test the phone out during the time you have before you are permanently stuck with it.

As far as movement is concerned, I was walking while I took most of these pics. Took the phone out, launched camera from the power key and snap.

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Thank you!

True. Both gens have pros and cons. I already have the wireless chargers, both the new ones and the old ones, so I didn't need another. That's why I went with the camera instead. I believe this one has better video, HDR function and some other things that I saw in a comparison video.

Another reason, I wouldn't buy it due to having one already....so free I can live with :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] RaymondPJR:
Where did you find a Rhinoshield case for the Note 8???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] xile6:
There website its on preorder. They should ship ny the end of the month.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] RaymondPJR:
If you ever used one of their back protectors, are they any good? Wish that was tempered glass too!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] Megatron84:
Anyone know if the unlocked note 8 has all the same bands as the Tmobile variant? Got my unlocked note 8 today and popped in the Tmobile SIM and it says LTE at the top instead of the normal 4GLTE
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] BlueFox721:
The unlocked version does not have the TDD bands, per the spec sheets, and as some have suggested are only used in China...so the bands in the US are exactly the same...I have not found any contradictory information....The LTE you see and the 4GLTE are just styling variations between the versions...

If I am wrong though...Can someone correct me please...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] chavist:
Check the live focus; I know that when I first took a few pictures I needed to adjust it to get better snaps. I think by default it turns on automatically.

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Anyone know if the phones have to be active on the new line for the BOGO card to be issues?