Samsung Galaxy Note8 review

16 September 2017
The Note8 is here and we can't help but feel the tension rising, especially in Europe where this is the first Note device to officially land in two years. Some time it's been, so a lot is riding on the Galaxy Note8.

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  • 17 Sep 2017

Why does phones with cameras with OIS support produce better night shoot? what's that makes the night shoots come clearer?

    Zyrnx, 17 Sep 2017Hi. I'm a fan as well. I'm asking about the name of the guy... moreVictor and George wrote the review. Will is the guy from the video review.

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      • MrJulli
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      • 17 Sep 2017

      I'm not a Samsung fan, but when I saw the sample photographs I was like "damn, they're good!"
      Don't mess with this Note 8's cameras, they're deceiving. :D

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        • Anonymous
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        • 17 Sep 2017

        Polen, 17 Sep 2017Despite all the good features, Samsung alarms with Samsung ... moreWhy do you even want to switch off the phone? The standby battery consumption by Samsung phones is low enough for you to leave on the entire night. I never switch off my Samsung phones.

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          • 17 Sep 2017

          Gokai Pink Okja, 16 Sep 2017Its Yordan, I like him since the day I saw his face on the ... moreHi. I'm a fan as well. I'm asking about the name of the guy who review this great phone? and also if anyone know the name of the games will be much appreciated. Thanks! :-)

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            • 17 Sep 2017

            A shame Samsung bundle so much unnecessary bloatware: Microsoft apps, Amazon and others. Not good.

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              • 17 Sep 2017

              xXENDER FREAKXx, 17 Sep 2017At least GSMARENA gives a much more fair review than ANDROI... moreI agree.

              AA, AC and AP are the worst.

              AA gave to OP a very high score. Better than XZP. They love Pixel XL more than themselves.
              AP hates Htc and Sony. They love Moto G.


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                • 17 Sep 2017

                I just cannot get used to the aspect ratio, same for the S8.
                Tall skinny phone that looks and feels underdone.
                I just cannot buy the S8 or S8 plus or the note with this aspect ratio.
                Shame give all our mobiles are Samsung but the no one wants the new version.
                Stick with the S7 Edge, the last of the real Samsung mobiles.

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                  • 17 Sep 2017

                  Despite all the good features, Samsung alarms with Samsung phones do not function when the phone is switched off. Also they do not have auto switch off and switch on functions. Samsung does not display time on the display screen when charging while switched off

                  Samsung wake up

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                    • 17 Sep 2017

                    TheNE1GHB0R, 16 Sep 201789 hours endurance time for the Note8, versus 90 hours for ... moreJust buy the inexpensive Mi Max 2 or Lenovo Phab 2 Plus. You will never carry powerbanks again

                      Anonymous, 17 Sep 2017No battery will degrade in capacity within a month. That is... moreI do a hard reset every month. This is to ensure I do not have unnecessary files accumulated left over from apps. That also means my battery calibration is reset.

                      Battery degrade ever so slightly over in use or not. That's a fact about batteries. All my use tabulation of three different smartphones and tablets I have used will ever perform slightly less every month. Just to show you an example:

                      http://flic.kr/p/SVT5fX

                      Look at Cycles 1 to 8, and then 43, with similar data usage. The Note7 was great during the first week, that I could get over 8 hours Screen On Time. However, over a month later with similar data usage, my maximum could only go to 7 SOT.

                      That's a 12.5% difference in SOT with similar data usage, and all I do most of the time is music, YouTube and browsing. Never gaming.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • krW
                        • 17 Sep 2017

                        Anonymous, 16 Sep 2017Lets see if note8 could take the crown from G6:www.youtube.... moreG6 was never in lead

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                          • krW
                          • 17 Sep 2017

                          Anonymous, 17 Sep 2017Even the average iphone has steteo. A 1000 dollars phone d... moreYup. The iPhone has two speakers so that makes it a better phone even though almost everything in the note is superior. And higher tech and more costly compared to the iPhone.
                          But the iPhone costs more with less deals... but it has two speakers

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                            • 17 Sep 2017

                            TheNE1GHB0R, 17 Sep 2017Uh, all batteries degrade over time. That percentage indica... moreNo battery will degrade in capacity within a month. That is exaggeration, unless you charge hundreds of times within that one month. Any perception of reduction in battery capacity is because the battery meter requires recalibration.

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                              • 17 Sep 2017

                              AnonD-24741, 17 Sep 2017That's utter BS. Samsung's phones aren't aggressively shutt... moreIt is probabl my mistake to think that S phonnes contantly lose in tests like phonebuff's taht test ram retention.... Oh wait it doesn't. Samsung phones are literally the slowest in ohonebuff and C4etech. A buch of mid rangers win over them in every day tasks. Samsungs are the slowest phones this gen around both objectivly and aubsectively. They are good in benchmarks alone, but nobody runs benchmarks in real life or anything that looks like them ... so who cares.

                                Wait... "UFS cards support"?

                                Ok, I checked the Samsung official specs, and no mention of UFS cards support.

                                GSM Arena, please clarify this. I would want UFS cards support if it's really there.

                                  Anonymous, 16 Sep 2017You don't get it. This is a fake image. Samsung has almost ... more+1

                                    Anonymous, 17 Sep 2017Probably end up with a weak 60hrs endurance. Can anyone confirm?Still they should put it

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                                      • 17 Sep 2017

                                      coralicious, 17 Sep 2017As it is stated the S8 officially doesn't support HDR. Go b... moreIt in fact does as indeed states so in that link

                                        guesto, 17 Sep 2017I am 99% sure that galaxy s8 has HDR support. You might wan... moreAs it is stated the S8 officially doesn't support HDR. Go back and read the display section of the S8 review for more information: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s8-review-1603p3.php