I got my Note 8 on Friday. It's beautiful and much faster than my Note 4. I'm not having any problems with battery life since I'm usually close to a charger at home and in the car.
Samsung said they will mail the free stuff to me within 45 days. Oh well, I'm not that excited about it anyway.
I'm just going to put film on the screen, but I should get a protective case for it. I got a holster so that I can put it on my belt when I go out. I don't know what case I can put on it to fit in the holster.
One thing that bothers me is, there is not an option to unlock the bootloader in Developer Options. I want to root the phone. People on xda-delelopers forum said that it might appear after 7 days. We'll see. I hope so.