Almost Perfect. Not for Everyone
I love the Notes. I had a Note 4 as my first Note and it was the best phone I ever had. It was working great even at 5 years old, but had hardware issues that made it unreliable. I shopped around and got the unlocked Note 8 for a killer deal. Yes, it's not cheap, but it's worth it, and no other flagship phone has a stylus which I didn't want to give up. This thing is beautiful. Samsung's Galaxy phones after 2015 are some of the most beautiful ever. I got the Orchid Gray and the sides and back are color coordinated along with the S Pen. Fit and finish are perfect. The Notes are always the highest-spec phones so it's got the latest (for 2017) hardware and design. You get 6GB RAM,64GB internal storage with expandable micro SD up to 256 GB. The Infinity screen is 6.3" and has nearly no to and bottom bezels and it's curved on the sides too. The resolution is incredible at 2K 515 ppi super Amoled +. Gets crazy bright and pretty dim. The processor is the Snapdragon 835 SoC 8 core so it's fast and handled my most demanding apps fine. I don't play games though. It came with Android Oreo. The body is tall and a little slimmer than the Note 7, a lot like the Galaxy S8+ but taller. That makes it easier to use than my Note 4, but the height made it stick out of my pockets. It's also heavy at 196 grams, about 20 grams more than the S8. The body is also super slippery and catches fingerprints like crazy, so put a case on it. It's pretty scratch resistant, but you'll want a case and screen protector. The S Pen is amazing. It's way better than the Note 4's. Battery life is very good. I got through the whole day without charging. The camera is one of the best smartphone cameras of all time. Period. Two 12 megapixel lenses with dual iOS on both cameras, plus 2x optical zoom on one. You can take great shots and the large f1.7 aperture helps low light pictures to look great without using the flash. It shows both 1080 and 4k video. The only thing missing is 4k at 60 fps, but the 30 fps looks great and you still get 60 fps on 1080. The only downsides of the Note 8 is the price, the weight, and the size that might be too much for some, but if you want a phone built around a stylus your choices ate limited to this and the LG Stylo, which is an entry- level/midrange phone with nowhere near the capabilities of the Notes in every way, but costs 1/3 as much. Now that you can get a near-new Note 8 for around $400, if the size doesn't matter, get one.
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