Do you think the Note 8.0's worth the price?

[dano_tech]

It would be nice to have one connected via cell or WiFi.

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[gkantz]

To be honest, I was a certified Apple fanatic for the longest time. iOS is looking old and warn out, but that's besides the point. The moment a Samsung rep demoed the Note 8.0 for me I was hooked. I needed a decent productivity tool that had a pen and handwriting recognition. Nothing on the iPad or any other platform comes close. Windows 8 is a waste - no decent apps. The Android platform was a heck of a lot better than I had envisioned. As far as the price, considering the $25 credit to Google Play and the S Pen, a screen that is better than the iPad Mini, and a lot of built-in apps that are extremely useful, it's worth the $399 price tag. I have not stopped using it for work taking notes using S Note constantly. This is one of the biggest surprises out there in the tablet market and I highly recommend it. And my iPad is gathering dust...

 

[e2ackbar]

I concur. It's worth the money!

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[pmcdunnough]

I have both the Note 8.0 and an iPad 4. I present mathematical lectures with both. The Note 8.0 is great and well worth the price. I don't need handwriting recognition but I do need to write and the active digitizer makes the Note 8.0 a real gem. On the other hand, the iPad has far better apps for the type of things I do. I alternate between both. Interesting contrast actually. I wouldn't like to have to choose but if I had to I would go with the iPad, but I can see someone else choosing the Note 8.0 or the follow up to the Note10.1.

Windows 8 is actually quite nice in my opinion and nothing compares with pdf annotater on either of the 2 other platforms. Unfortunately the 16:9 aspect ratio of the Surface pro makes working in portrait mode strange for me. 4:3 is the best by far but only Apple seems to have stuck to that. I have this terrible feeling that they might also go wide screen which would be a real shame.

As far as the Note 8.0 being worth the money. Yes! The only real downside is the battery life which is half what it should be.

Philip

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[scottfish]

I am an iPad 4 owner as well as a Note 2 owner. i just got promoted to a new position that has me taking notes non stop. In my first week, I had a pile of illegible nonsense in my tattered Moleskine. So this weekend, the 20% Office Max thing prompted me to buy a Note 8. Then I missed it, so I settled for the $379. I think I NEEDED to get a discount of some sort to justify it.

Today I took notes in a meeting for the first time on the Note 8, and it worked flawlessly. I used Evernote w/ the handwriting recognition keyboard. The only time it had issues with my chicken scratch was when I forced them by overcompensating.

I love the size for work, and the book cover is enough protection to cover it in my bag.

I have noticed some battery drain, but I have not yet optimized my settings at all. Just played with it aside from my meetings today.

Worth the money? Yes. Better with SOME discount. Oh yes.

 

[yardcoyote]

I've only had my Note for a couple of weeks, but I'm already a pretty dedicated S pen user. Either its drawing capability or its handwriting recognition with S note would make the Note worth the price difference over my husband's Nexus 7, and the two together are a matched set of killer apps for me. Not that the Nexus isn't a great tablet, and aces for media consumption, internet browsing and general use, but the Note is an interesting art tool that can *read my handwriting*. I've been wanting something like that for a long, long time.

I also get 2 or 3 days of battery life with light use (browsing, writing and drawing, no streaming or gaming) and I anticipate that I will get very acceptable work all day/ charge at night battery life when I'm on the road and it and my beloved iPod Touch are my only computers. That will be fine with me.

 

[chris james71]

Imo...yes! I have switched my iphone 5 to galaxy S4 and just sold my ipad mini to get the note 8.0. Next up is replacing the macbook pro. The note 8 is better in so many ways its ridiculous. Its worth the little bit extra money.

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[joebloggs13]

Absolutely. At this point, there are no equivalents in this size/format factor with this kind of performance.