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    My experience with an unlocked Note 9 on AT&T

    Well, for me it was supposed to be the ability to switch to Verizon this fall. AT&T is terrible in the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area, so I had a grand plan to get the free headphones and $400 for my Note 8 and then switch the whole family over (iPhone users) in October. I had no idea of the issues...
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    My experience with an unlocked Note 9 on AT&T

    Not sure. The Wi-Fi calling toggle is not on my unlocked phone, so it must be part of the AT&T software. Perhaps numbersync operates outside of the AT&T phone software? I will experiment a little more with it to make sure it is truly fully functional. I guess it is possible that it is just...
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    My experience with an unlocked Note 9 on AT&T

    Had not heard that. I will look. But I am liking Google Voice a lot. Tells me about missed calls via email and/or text, transcribes voice mails, etc. And it's an extra "disposable" number I can give to vendors, and third parties. Sometimes with AT&T, I would not get voice mail messages until a...
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    My experience with an unlocked Note 9 on AT&T

    First, I'll say I love the Note 9. I came from an AT&T-branded Note 8, and before that iPhones for 10 yrs. The Note 9 is an improvement in areas that mean a lot to me, including the camera, battery life, internal storage, and the pen. Getting $400 for my Note 8, Samsung financing, and the free...
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    So whose getting one of these?

    Got one. Gave my beloved Tab S3 to a family member. I generally like the S4 a lot, but not quite used to the form factor yet. It's tall in portrait mode, which makes it more difficult to handle when using it in that mode. Like it better in landscape mode, as I like the shorter profile and...
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    Why Tab s3 over iPad Pro?

    In relpy to OneNote availability, it is available on the Tab as well. In fact, the Tab version allows you to have a small OneNote icon always available near the edge of the display so you can open it quickly. Cannot do this on the iPad.
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    Why Tab s3 over iPad Pro?

    Have had an iPad since it was first released, and switched to the Tab S3 last fall. I like the Tab much better. The pen works better, split screen is more functional, and overall the feature set on the Tab is much more robust. Some of the apps on the iPad are better developed, however. But I...
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    Couldn't hang up the phone

    I sometimes have the same issue on a regular call. Cannot find the active call app to hang up the phone.
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    BestBuy is selling a 128GB model

    Agree, not as smooth as the iPad Pro 10.5, but a lot more functional IMHO. I just came over from the ipp and much prefer the Tab S3. A little bit of stutter is a small trade off for a more functional, practical tablet.
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    BestBuy is selling a 128GB model

    Thanks for this heads up. Just returned my 32 GB version and picked up a 128 GB version from Best Buy for just a little more out of pocket. After just a few days, I was eating up lots of that 32 GB space using some mapping apps that do not yet allow storing on the SD card. I hope Samsung goes...
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    Converted Apple Fan Boy

    It is not like old-days Apple to have something like that notch front and center. I recall how Apple had so much angst over visible antenna limes on the back of the phone early on. For the X, I have got to think that they were struggling with overall engineering design, yet they HAD to do...
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    Converted Apple Fan Boy

    Well, it started with the disappointing iPhone X intro. More of the same thing from Apple. Productive innovation and useful features continued to lack. And that Notch in the X told me they rushed it out the door. Then I asked a couple of Uber drivers on a trip how they liked their Note phones...
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    Converted Apple Fan Boy

    After 10 iPhones, several iPads, and years of Macs, made the move to a Tab S3, Note 8, and Surface Pro. Love all of these devices and cannot see myself going back to the constrained, controlling Apple ecosystem. I do believe that Apple (Ives and Cook) are spending too much time on aesthetics and...
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    volume levels

    This appears to be a growing, widespread issue. It is all over many forums. For me, it is the in-call phone volume. All volumes are fine except for my handheld phone calls. Samsung support had me clear caches, soft reset the phone,and finally factory reset, all to no avail. I now use the...