[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MatroxD:
I honestly have lost count how many devices I've had including this one. But it's easier to keep track of the notes simply because they are a series. But this one I'm keeping for a while I think.

I'm not sure honestly what mine has shipped with, but probably the stock or a little above (it's basically just variances in batches of batteries). I do rc helicopters and airplanes and you get the same thing with those(and honestly any set of batteries that I've experienced over the 20 years of messing with those things). I have 4 6S 5000mah packs that I put in my bigger machine in pairs for 12S(2 6S packs in series), and none of them are exactly 5000mah. The one with the most variance is 5100mah, and it actually is the one that drains the fastest in one of the cells. But I guess it didn't really matter much when it's pulling 180 amps pretty continuously.. But the funny thing is that even with those machines, it's kind of the same thing(now that I think of it), you modulate your head speed to get the control, feel and duration you want out of a flight. I could run all out on that at 3000 rpm head speed (on my big one), but that's dumb, because all it does is shorten battery life, and I need to charge again, and then make a whole lot of unnecessary noise and wear and tear on the mechanics. And then, get 2 minutes of flight time.. Yes, it sounds cool, and it's 11HP running through the frames, but I'd rather not put 400.00 worth of batteries, 200.00 of blades, 75.00 of slant gearing, and 300.00 of speed controller through that, and expect them to run for a year strong. Just a waste, when I'm still coming across the field at 100mph on either setting, just wasting more energy to get to that 100(and to the people that do that, hey, it's their machines, and sometimes, I even ask them what they do to keep them together. But I guess I look at it as, hey, that's cool, I just do things a different way. And some ask me how I get my flight to last do long, and I tell them, and they're shocked because mine responds just like theirs in most maneuvers. But it's all an exchange and learning experience).. When for my flying, 1900 at most feels crisp and I can do all my aerobatics for 7 minutes at least, getting more practice time, versus bring tethered to a charger for 2 to 4 hours(I feel like an iPhone person when I have to grab my charger in the middle of the day).. That's just me.. Just a bit of an analogy(and.. a bit of education and not justification) there. Lol.. Same with these phones/devices..

But back on the note, yes it's a monster.. It's so much faster than even the 7, and that thing was quick... The only thing I miss is the Xposed a little bit, with all the tweaks you can and could do. But even without, it's a great device. And I'm finding, there's so much more that they are building in stock, to make you not necessarily need to root anymore.

And I'm going to try and get more duration out of mine. Actually, there are tons of other things I could disable, and then, I could not listen to music at work, watch YouTube and probably turn off location and Bluetooth every once and a blue moon. But then, I'd be bored, I wouldn't have my gear connected, couldn't monitor the weather, and not easily get in the car and have my music start up playing automatically..

The one thing I was really shocked at was my AOD consumption. I really wasn't a huge fan of it anyhow, being that I have the gear, but I figured I'd try it.. But nah.. lol..

Sent from my note 8...

---------- Post added at 08:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:43 AM ----------

And I'm cool also. Just not the same crowd of a few years ago I guess..

Sent from my note 8...