How does everyone like their Note?

[Gray Area]

i love it, got it releaseday & havent put it down. i just hate Bixby, i hate when i hit it by accident. i never use it, andci hate thevway theyre shoving it down our throats. other than that, its all love.

You can disable Bixby button if your Bixby app updated recently.

 

[TechnologyTwitt]

Realistically, I think you'd have to blow the head shot up to full size to try and fool the facial recognition, IF YOU COULD! It's looking for the size it registered, not something an inch and a half tall!

This article on Techcrunch.com (and direct confirmation from Samsung) seems to contradict that...

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/06/dont-rely-on-face-unlock-to-keep-your-phone-secure/

In fact, the company likens the feature to a simple swipe to unlock in a statement given to TechCrunch, “Facial recognition is a convenient action to open your phone – similar to the ‘swipe to unlock’ action,” the company says. “We offer the highest level of biometric authentication – fingerprint and iris – to lock your phone and authenticate access to Samsung Pay or Secure Folder.”

Samsung’s been fairly transparent on the matter. A visit to the Security tab on the Galaxy S8 page, for example, notes by way of an asterisk that “Face recognition is less secure than pattern, PIN, or password.” It’s also worth noting that there’s a “Faster recognition” setting hidden behind a few menus (including the ominous message “Your face has been registered”). Turning it off “increase security and make it harder to unlock using an image or video.”

 

[TechnologyTwitt]

You can disable Bixby button if your Bixby app updated recently.

Confirmed I posted the article on GSMArena.com in other part of this forum.

 

[Sweetie Love]

Words can't describe how much I love my Note 8. It's everything I wanted in a phone. I haven't put it down since I received it a week ago.

 

[NotesAreAwesome]

Enjoy your iPhone. I know it's for kids and old people and non-tech folks with not much to learn and do. By the way something here for ya.
https://youtu.be/9VkQK1MSiIo

Small-handed, "old person" here! My husband & I love the phone. Years ago, we had the IPhone 4 and 4s. I switched to the Note line when the Note4 came out; he got the Galaxy S6. I went through both Note 7 recalls and did not want to give up my phone. I love the customizations and the big screen. There are enough videos out there to teach anyone how to use the phone, and the S-pen is great for older people. I couldn't wait to trade in my LG-V20.

 

[Jona005]

Loving mine. Love the overall look of it, the squared corners, no complaints.

 

[Fr0gburp3r]

Everything is great but MMS. My fiance has an iPhone and I still have my iPhone 6s plus. I switch the sim so the Note 8 is my daily now. She sent me a video of our unborn child kicking her belly but I couldn't make it out because the video was so compressed unlike iMessage. We take a lot of videos and photos and send them to each other. I will be keeping this but I may switch back to the iPhone X when it's released. This will be my backup. Damn you carriers for compressing MMS.

 

[WeAreAllUnique]

Everything is great but MMS. My fiance has an iPhone and I still have my iPhone 6s plus. I switch the sim so the Note 8 is my daily now. She sent me a video of our unborn child kicking her belly but I couldn't make it out because the video was so compressed unlike iMessage. We take a lot of videos and photos and send them to each other. I will be keeping this but I may switch back to the iPhone X when it's released. This will be my backup. Damn you carriers for compressing MMS.

There are other ways to send multimedia messages. Email, sending links, other messaging apps like Facebook messenger.

 

[chyeo1979]

Everything is great but MMS. My fiance has an iPhone and I still have my iPhone 6s plus. I switch the sim so the Note 8 is my daily now. She sent me a video of our unborn child kicking her belly but I couldn't make it out because the video was so compressed unlike iMessage. We take a lot of videos and photos and send them to each other. I will be keeping this but I may switch back to the iPhone X when it's released. This will be my backup. Damn you carriers for compressing MMS.

Hmm, I dun know anyone who's still using MMS. There's a lot of apps you can choose from for such purpose?

 

[Fr0gburp3r]

There are other ways to send multimedia messages. Email, sending links, other messaging apps like Facebook messenger.

Email takes too long. Uploading to a hosting site and then sending a link for the video is inconvenient. We don't use social media.

 

[WeAreAllUnique]

Email takes too long. Uploading to a hosting site and then sending a link for the video is inconvenient. We don't use social media.

Ok.

 

[Fr0gburp3r]

Hmm, I dun know anyone who's still using MMS. There's a lot of apps you can choose from for such purpose?

A lot of people who own iPhones use iMessage because it's fast and convenient. No compressing at all. iPhone users send and receive full 4k videos with ease in all its glory. That's the only think I miss with the iPhone. She doesn't want to have to download and install a 3rd party app just because I switched phones.

 

[GuyWith4Kids]

Everything is great but MMS. My fiance has an iPhone and I still have my iPhone 6s plus. I switch the sim so the Note 8 is my daily now. She sent me a video of our unborn child kicking her belly but I couldn't make it out because the video was so compressed unlike iMessage. We take a lot of videos and photos and send them to each other. I will be keeping this but I may switch back to the iPhone X when it's released. This will be my backup. Damn you carriers for compressing MMS.

My wife is on an iPhone as well and we use Allo which works just like iMessage for video and photos.

 

[Fr0gburp3r]

My wife is on an iPhone as well and we use Allo which works just like iMessage for video and photos.

Media files are still compressed in Allo.

 

[jimd1050]

This article on Techcrunch.com (and direct confirmation from Samsung) seems to contradict that...

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/06/dont-rely-on-face-unlock-to-keep-your-phone-secure/

In fact, the company likens the feature to a simple swipe to unlock in a statement given to TechCrunch, “Facial recognition is a convenient action to open your phone – similar to the ‘swipe to unlock’ action,” the company says. “We offer the highest level of biometric authentication – fingerprint and iris – to lock your phone and authenticate access to Samsung Pay or Secure Folder.”

Samsung’s been fairly transparent on the matter. A visit to the Security tab on the Galaxy S8 page, for example, notes by way of an asterisk that “Face recognition is less secure than pattern, PIN, or password.” It’s also worth noting that there’s a “Faster recognition” setting hidden behind a few menus (including the ominous message “Your face has been registered”). Turning it off “increase security and make it harder to unlock using an image or video.”

Thank you - I'm glad I opted for "Iris" then! That's what I used on my Note 7s and really liked it, especially the "Replacement" unit - it seemed to have improved sensitivity or something!

 

[nizmoz]

I'm still on the fence between this one and the V30. How are you liking the N8 so far?

Still loving mine! No issues with it. I finally got my issue with my car resolved so I can have it activate google assistant now to text people.

I usually have around 60% at the end of the normal work day.

 

[anon(26204)]

I love it! It's definitely the best Android Phone, I've had in awhile. I owned Note devices in the past and never actually used the stylus. However with the Note 8, I find myself using almost everyday. And now that Samsung released an update that allows you to swipe down anywhere on the homescreen to bring down notifications or swipe up anywhere on the homescreen to bring your apps, I like it even more.

 

[Tsepz_GP]

Took delivery today and loving it

Next to my old Note 4

 

[j_hansen]

Still waiting for mine but hopefully I'll get it tomorrow, dispatched on 15th noon time from Manchester UK and passed onto national post here in Dublin Saturday morning .
Had to get a new sim card and they had a Note in the shop but it was so locked down to avoid it getting robbed that you couldn't see top&bottom of it so just walked away as to not torment myself lol

 

[anon(5719825)]

Had to get a new sim card and they had a Note in the shop but it was so locked down to avoid it getting robbed that you couldn't see top&bottom of it so just walked away as to not torment myself lol

I bought mine at my local T-Mobile store on Friday. The display model was in a holder that could not be removed so I couldn't even hold it in my hand. It was also missing the S Pen.