Hi Guys!
Well after all the hype for the Note 8 I finally made a trip to the local Best Buy to really see which way I wanted to go.
I basically am running a Note 5 (2015) and also have an iPhone 6 laying around from upgrading my son this year.
After playing with the Note and S8+, I basically had to choose to make on my upgrade. Don't get me wrong, the Note 8 is an excellent phone but the cost difference for me just didn't justify the purchase at this time. Doesn't mean I won't have one down the road it just means I decided on a different approach.
Basically as much as I love the S Pen, at this point I only use it sparingly. Out of the 7 Android phones I've owned only 2 were Notes. (1 and 5). So it basically came down to a few things. Screen size was so close I took that out as 6.2 to 6.3 was minimal and yet bigger than my 5.7. Both have 64GB with SD Card. OS is a none issue. Virtually same screen specs. The 6 to 4 GB ram was something to think about but I haven't had any issues with my current Note 5 with too much lag on a two year old phone.
I almost always rock a clear to smoke case so color was important to me. Sorry to say black is not my color and the Orchid grey is just not to my liking. This probably helped me the most.
So my plan basically came to this: Purchased the S8+ in Coral Blue and trade in the iPhone 6 collecting dust. Keep my Note 5 as a backup for now. Either trade in Note 5 once new colors are introduced in 6 months or so or hold out for the Note 9 and then trade in the G8+ and sell my Note 5 outright or keep the G8+ as spare and trade in the Note 5 for the S9+ or Note 9 next year.
Either way I think I have a strong plan which was easy with the Samsung zero percent finance plan for 24 month even though I'll have it paid off in less than 6 months.
Looking forward to getting all set up by next weeks end!
Well after all the hype for the Note 8 I finally made a trip to the local Best Buy to really see which way I wanted to go.
I basically am running a Note 5 (2015) and also have an iPhone 6 laying around from upgrading my son this year.
After playing with the Note and S8+, I basically had to choose to make on my upgrade. Don't get me wrong, the Note 8 is an excellent phone but the cost difference for me just didn't justify the purchase at this time. Doesn't mean I won't have one down the road it just means I decided on a different approach.
Basically as much as I love the S Pen, at this point I only use it sparingly. Out of the 7 Android phones I've owned only 2 were Notes. (1 and 5). So it basically came down to a few things. Screen size was so close I took that out as 6.2 to 6.3 was minimal and yet bigger than my 5.7. Both have 64GB with SD Card. OS is a none issue. Virtually same screen specs. The 6 to 4 GB ram was something to think about but I haven't had any issues with my current Note 5 with too much lag on a two year old phone.
I almost always rock a clear to smoke case so color was important to me. Sorry to say black is not my color and the Orchid grey is just not to my liking. This probably helped me the most.
So my plan basically came to this: Purchased the S8+ in Coral Blue and trade in the iPhone 6 collecting dust. Keep my Note 5 as a backup for now. Either trade in Note 5 once new colors are introduced in 6 months or so or hold out for the Note 9 and then trade in the G8+ and sell my Note 5 outright or keep the G8+ as spare and trade in the Note 5 for the S9+ or Note 9 next year.
Either way I think I have a strong plan which was easy with the Samsung zero percent finance plan for 24 month even though I'll have it paid off in less than 6 months.
Looking forward to getting all set up by next weeks end!
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