Well after switching back and forth more times than I care to admit, I'm coming back to the Note 8 from the Pixel 2 XL.
There are many advantages to the Pixel, most importantly for me being the quick security updates. But with those, come bugs galore. Those folks on this forum who state that Samsung takes their time with the releases because they want to release more stable software may be onto something.
Ultimately I always preferred the Note. It's great to have better security, but not if the bugs make the phone a pain to use. Google needs to do a better job of regression testing their monthly patches. Not an easy thing to do I imagine.
Anyway, honestly for the most part I can't wait to get a Note again. I took advantage of Samsung's special of $250 off plus free Gear X earphones. Getting it tomorrow.
The only debate was whether to wait for the S9+, but at this price with zero interest payments, this deal was very good, and I still like the S-Pen a lot even though I don't use it that frequently.
There are many advantages to the Pixel, most importantly for me being the quick security updates. But with those, come bugs galore. Those folks on this forum who state that Samsung takes their time with the releases because they want to release more stable software may be onto something.
Ultimately I always preferred the Note. It's great to have better security, but not if the bugs make the phone a pain to use. Google needs to do a better job of regression testing their monthly patches. Not an easy thing to do I imagine.
Anyway, honestly for the most part I can't wait to get a Note again. I took advantage of Samsung's special of $250 off plus free Gear X earphones. Getting it tomorrow.
The only debate was whether to wait for the S9+, but at this price with zero interest payments, this deal was very good, and I still like the S-Pen a lot even though I don't use it that frequently.