[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] lazygeniuslanz:
Hi, I need some advice on which device I am going to buy. I'm going to use this I guess 3 to 5 years as I dont replace my phone that often so this thread will help A LOT. I'm basing on some reviews, speed tests, but the two seems to be on par with each other. Price is/may kind of an issue here as I would love to use some of the money (if I buy the OP5) for the after sales and some personal stuff. However if the Note 8 is really "bang for the buck" then I'll gladly go with it. I also tried to search some issues. Here's what I found so far:

One Plus 5:

GPS Issue

Bluetooth Issue

Overheating issue

Jelly Effect in screen

Note 8:

Red tint in a lot of device

Light leak (lights leaking on the side of the phone not much of an issue for me)

If you have some issues with the phone, please feel free to reply. It would be appreciated a lot!

I also created Pros and Cons that might help me but I ended up more confused what to buy. Haha.

Pros for One Plus 5

Performance

Price

Dev Community as I love to mod my phone

Fingerprint Scanner placement + the scan speed is so fast

I've seen a lot of people who still uses OPO or OP2 which means that this device last long

The toggle above the volume like in iPhones

Customizable hardware buttons (I really love this one)

Cons for One Plus 5

Issues above as I really need the GPS and bluetooth, and I play heavy games.

No waterproofing

No Micro SD slot (I guess 128gb is enough but I would love to have the option of expanding more)

Pros for Note 8

SPen

Camera

Performance (but I've read OP5 has better. The 8gb ram may be the reason. But please feel free to correct me)

Display is a plus

Iris Scanner and Face Recognition (Is it accurate?)

Cons for Note 8

Samsung phones tend to slow down after months/years of using it.

Price

Body build is somewhat easy to crack due to glass body + curved edge

Samsung is a little bit strict when it comes to flashing Custom ROMS and I dont know if the SPen functionalities will be affected. (Please correct me here)

Fingerprint Scanner placement

I may be wrong with some of this but I've researched and this is what I've seen.

If this is a point to consider, I'm coming from a Xperia Z3Compact which didn't last long (I hated sony to the hell because of this) because of the digitizer issue. However, I enjoyed tweaking that phone. Now I'm forced to use my iPhone5s with jailbreak.

Note: Just to be clear, the devices in comparison are OP5 8gb/128gb and Note 8 6gb/64gb Exynos

Note: I'm posting this to each respective forum to have a fair discussion for each phone. I hope this is allowed. I also hope to help some people that have the same options with me.

Note 8 Thread: Link Here

OnePlus 5 Thread: Link Here

Thank you guys. After a long comparison, I'm going for the OP5 even with the rumors of OP5T. I just hate the back fingerprint scanner placements which is the trend now. And regarding with the bezels, I'm more into those phone with bezels on top and bottom for landscape usage. I've been trying the S8+, and some games that I play doesn't maximize or utilize the whole screen which leaves some part of the screen blank. However, the screen in the Note 8 is A1 dont get me wrong, but I'm more into the performance and the OP5's screen is enough. Thank you guys! :o