Samsung Galaxy Note8 hands-on review: First impressions

23 August 2017
The successor to the Samsung Galaxy Note 4/5 is finally here - meet the Galaxy Note8. Wait, what? Okay, Europeans didn’t get the Note5 because Samsung, and we all know how the Note7 lived a shorter product life than it deserved. So in a way, a few of us Note lovers have been stuck with three-year-old Notes, looking at some poor S-Pen-less S7 edges and S8s to fill the void.

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AnonD-694446, 24 Aug 2017Just wait for the iphone 8. Android cameras will never ever... moreBut this is year 2017 and what u are saying is like from 2012, but too bad dude, ANDROID high-end flagships are already doing better in low-light for camera than IPHONE, just accept reality. Deal with it

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    • Martin
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    • 24 Aug 2017

    L0lip0p, 24 Aug 20174k 60fps, hmm let see how long the phone can record(but i g... moreWell, I did return S8+ after week of use becouse of bottom lousy mono speaker and believe me iphone 7plus sounded much better, I did side by side co comparsion. HTC, Huawei,Apple, Sony etc provide stereo speakers in their flagships so why Samsung can not? They give you huge screen for média watching with poor sound! Well that is unaceptable for 2017-1000€ flagship.

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      • 24 Aug 2017

      AnonD-694446, 24 Aug 2017Just wait for the iphone 8. Android cameras will never ever... moreEven Galaxy S7's camera is better than iPhone 7's camera.

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        • Anonymous
        • 2mC
        • 24 Aug 2017

        Damn....

        it look so ugly. Uglier than galaxy note 4.

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          • AnonD-653707
          • bJb
          • 24 Aug 2017

          The burn-in is gonna suck on your big, beautiful phone which costs USD 1000 :)

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            • Anonymous
            • krW
            • 24 Aug 2017

            azizyoi, 24 Aug 2017Huhu sorry if I am wrong . im just give my opinion .Youre perfectly fine

              Anonymous, 24 Aug 2017Maybe sticking to the phone colors for the camera? Otherwis... moreHuhu sorry if I am wrong . im just give my opinion .

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                • Anonymous
                • krW
                • 24 Aug 2017

                krystian, 24 Aug 2017I'm not a big fan of iphones but they are amazing with prop... moreTheir optimizing is heavily and severely exaggerated

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                  • Anonymous
                  • krW
                  • 24 Aug 2017

                  Anonymous, 24 Aug 2017Until Apple does it, Sammy will follow suit That's why apple copied it's original design and the design of the 6 onward from Samsung. copied bottom headphone jack after Samsung did it. And copied HD recording and playback from Samsung. And is now going to Amoled from Samsung.
                  And other things that Samsung did before them. Like MMS, record video, have a camera flash, stereo speakers, HD displays, dual and quad core, more ram, bigger display, bigger battery, more advanced software....Oh wait....still waiting for that from apple....

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                    • Anonymous
                    • krW
                    • 24 Aug 2017

                    azizyoi, 24 Aug 2017camera design at behind look bad. mm if follow the colour ... moreMaybe sticking to the phone colors for the camera? Otherwise as far as design goes there was not much I think they could have done to make them look nicer.

                    And it's kind of a good thing they didnt increase the MegaPixels. At least on the back. The front should have gotten a boost to 13mp. And maybe the telephoto lense should have been 16mp since it only uses 1um sized pixels compared to the 1.44um of the main and 1.12um of other normal sensors. And brighter lense. 2.4 aperture in Note8 in 2017 for $1000 is not acceptable.

                      AnonD-145316, 23 Aug 2017Beautiful at the front, much ugly at the back!!yeah i agree with you

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                        • Anonymous
                        • krW
                        • 24 Aug 2017

                        AnonD-694446, 24 Aug 2017Just wait for the iphone 8. Android cameras will never ever... moreHow ironic. Cause over here in reality the iPhone has never once had the best camera in any generation. Go figure.

                          camera design at behind look bad. mm if follow the colour like s8 its beautiful.Camera dissapointed samsung should put more megapixel in the note 8 and fingerprint should near to touch but design is awesome.In my opinion i like more s8. If want beautiful , put 3d like htc u 11

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                            • AnonD-694446
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                            • 24 Aug 2017

                            Just wait for the iphone 8. Android cameras will never ever be as good as the iphone. Just do a search on why.

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 24 Aug 2017

                              AnonD-209065, 24 Aug 2017Wait...I thought this phone was going to have a 4K display?... moreUntil Apple does it, Sammy will follow suit

                                Martin, 23 Aug 2017Iphone will record 4k 60 FPS and have stereo speakers 4k 60fps, hmm let see how long the phone can record(but i guess still better than nothing right?) about stereo speaker? Nah... I guess they gonna pull out the same crappy hybrid speaker like the iphone 7 which loud but unbalanced and distorted

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 7v3
                                  • 24 Aug 2017

                                  Primary camera sensor smaller, secondary sensor tiny. Thank you, but that will be a fourth year of no Note for me then.

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                                    • 24 Aug 2017

                                    Anonymous, 23 Aug 2017So the telephoto is a smaller sensor with only 1um vs 1.44u... moreSmaller pixels due to smaller sensor.
                                    F2.4 also narrower angle lenses to give gimmick bokeh and bring object closer

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                                      • 24 Aug 2017

                                      Martin, 23 Aug 2017Iphone will record 4k 60 FPS and have stereo speakers But cannot record stereo...

                                        Anonymous, 24 Aug 2017A size of a phone this big is just not practical guys, get... moreTheir aspect ratio of the smartphone is not big after all