I got the chance to play around with a family member's Note 8 today, and I'm sold. The screen is fantastic, the S-Pen is MUCH improved, the software is responsive and ability to customize is great. There's no beating the Note series in terms of features. I went from an S3 I9300 to the Nexus 6P because the S3 was just not any good. I thought stock Android would be better in terms of speed and performance; and while it was, after two years now, I'm bored by it and the lack of features.
I did have an LG V30 which was...ok. The quad DAC was legit. The battery was actually great, because it literally sipped battery. I could go from a full charge and not drop down to 99% until after about 45 minutes of continuous use. That was with AOD enabled and location toggled on at high accuracy. Having said all that, LG's UI is a snooze-fest, and just feels like a half-assed version of Samsung's software. Not to mention the fact that I could never get full bars reception on it, even on my home Wi-Fi.
So the question is, do I go for the Note 8 now, or do I wait for the Note 9? I listen to my music a lot (many genres), and after the LG V30, I'm spoiled by the great headphone audio, so that's important. Although, I know that the Note 8 probably doesn't come close? The rumor of that 3850 mAh battery is also compelling. Although, would the difference in battery life between the Note 8 and 9 be that drastic, when you take software optimization into account? I'm certainly not gonna use AR Emojis much, so depending on what else Samsung packs in, will it make that much of a difference in terms of SOT and standby time? I admit to being skittish about coming back to Samsung, but logic dictates that things have gotten better software-wise since the crappy S3 I had. Thoughts?
TL;DR: My next phone will be a Note. Question is, 8 or 9?
I did have an LG V30 which was...ok. The quad DAC was legit. The battery was actually great, because it literally sipped battery. I could go from a full charge and not drop down to 99% until after about 45 minutes of continuous use. That was with AOD enabled and location toggled on at high accuracy. Having said all that, LG's UI is a snooze-fest, and just feels like a half-assed version of Samsung's software. Not to mention the fact that I could never get full bars reception on it, even on my home Wi-Fi.
So the question is, do I go for the Note 8 now, or do I wait for the Note 9? I listen to my music a lot (many genres), and after the LG V30, I'm spoiled by the great headphone audio, so that's important. Although, I know that the Note 8 probably doesn't come close? The rumor of that 3850 mAh battery is also compelling. Although, would the difference in battery life between the Note 8 and 9 be that drastic, when you take software optimization into account? I'm certainly not gonna use AR Emojis much, so depending on what else Samsung packs in, will it make that much of a difference in terms of SOT and standby time? I admit to being skittish about coming back to Samsung, but logic dictates that things have gotten better software-wise since the crappy S3 I had. Thoughts?
TL;DR: My next phone will be a Note. Question is, 8 or 9?
If they do that, I can't imagine battery life will be any better than the Note 8 and that will be a fail in my book and a reason why Note 8 hasn't been many reviewer top pick or daily driver imo. I don't see s9 owners raving about their battery life so can't imagine it any better on the Note 9.
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