Anyone Jumping Ship from S8 or S8+ to a Newer Release?

[Mike Dee]

There are a lot of new phones on the horizon. Is the S8 series good enough to stay with, or are you looking to jump to the Note 8, Pixel XL2, V30 or the iPhone X?

 

[digitalbreak]

I have jumped (on demand) to Note 8 from S8

 

[burrzoo]

Went for the Note 8 and not looking back (or forward to an iPhone, pixel, LG, etc.)

 

[robmidi]

There are a lot of new phones on the horizon. Is the S8 series good enough to stay with, or are you looking to jump to the Note 8, Pixel XL2, V30 or the iPhone X?

I got an s8+ and my wife a Note 8 (she wanted a stylus).

 

[Mike Dee]

I have jumped (on demand) to Note 8 from S8

How are you liking it.... Was it a good choice?

 

[digitalbreak]

How are you liking it.... Was it a good choice?

I quite like the boxy feel than the curved feel. It certainly gives that extra grip. Loving the SPen so far. And, yes, the 6GB RAM is indeed making a huge difference in performance as well.

Camera and battery too early for me to talk about but I am confident it will be better than S8 as S8 has lesser battery.

Here is my first sketch attached

 

[amyf27]

How are you liking it.... Was it a good choice?

I did the same. Son has my S8+ and I'm LOVING the Note 8

 

[nuangel2]

I had 8 plus now note 8 I wanted the note and s pen. I am all set love note

 

[Mike Dee]

I quite like the boxy feel than the curved feel. It certainly gives that extra grip. Loving the SPen so far. And, yes, the 6GB RAM is indeed making a huge difference in performance as well.

Camera and battery too early for me to talk about but I am confident it will be better than S8 as S8 has lesser battery.

Here is my first sketch attached

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I wondered whether the 6gb would make a noticeable difference. I think all top phones should use that as a minimum.

 

[jasonandrews25788]

no big differences between S8+ and note8, typically the same.

 

[Toddki13]

How is battery life on note 8?

 

[anon(5719825)]

I am keeping my S8+ and I bought a Note 8 today. So far with the Note 8, I am very happy with it's performance and features. I expect the battery life to be at least equal or a bit better then the S8+ in the 9 hours that I've had it so far. I think both of these phones will keep my happy for the next year.

I would consider a Pixel phone but I absolutely hate the way Google sells those things every year. You end up waiting weeks just to see some in stock and then the delivery times is weeks in advance. By the time they have some in stock with no wait, I've lost interest and bought something else.

 

[racedog]

I have an S8 that I've had for 5 months. I like the phone overall but I find Bixby so annoying that I'm looking for a new phone. Will look at the V30 when it comes out. Don't know what I'm going to get yet but after years of Samsung they've managed to lose me by forcing Bixby on me.

 

[anon(5719825)]

I have an S8 that I've had for 5 months. I like the phone overall but I find Bixby so annoying that I'm looking for a new phone. Will look at the V30 when it comes out. Don't know what I'm going to get yet but after years of Samsung they've managed to lose me by forcing Bixby on me.

Why don't you disable Bixby using Package Disabler Pro? It works great. I've disabled it on both my S8+ and my Note 8.

 

[anon(5719825)]

I have an S8 that I've had for 5 months. I like the phone overall but I find Bixby so annoying that I'm looking for a new phone. Will look at the V30 when it comes out. Don't know what I'm going to get yet but after years of Samsung they've managed to lose me by forcing Bixby on me.

Why don't you disable Bixby using Package Disabler Pro? It works great. I've disabled it on both my S8+ and my Note 8.

 

[racedog]

If I use Disabler Pro do I lose the ability to do normal updates? How does DP affect other aspects of the phone?

 

[anon(5719825)]

If I use Disabler Pro do I lose the ability to do normal updates? How does DP affect other aspects of the phone?

You will still get normal updates.

I used Smart Switch to copy everything from my S8+ and it also copied the settings and everything that I had disabled in Package Disabler including Bixby. Once that was done, there was an OS update available and I was able to update my phone with no problems and Bixby is still disabled.

I've heard there is an app in the play store that will allow you to remap the Bixby button to some other function, I just haven't tried it yet.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I quite like the boxy feel than the curved feel. It certainly gives that extra grip. Loving the SPen so far. And, yes, the 6GB RAM is indeed making a huge difference in performance as well.

Camera and battery too early for me to talk about but I am confident it will be better than S8 as S8 has lesser battery.

Here is my first sketch attached

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Really good drawing. I'd encourage you to post that for sharing, like to Zedge or something.

 

[jon4400]

Remind me again what year the S8 came out?

 

[sweetypie31]

Nope. I'm on phone buying restriction until the note 9.