Note 8 to iPhone X?

[westham7]

ANDRIOD user here

 

[Gayle Lynn]

I haven had iPhone 5 in years. 5se? Yes I read of an SE user, o e, on MacRumors running 11.3 b6 just nicely. But most? And there are cheap apps that run poorly no matter phone or platform too.

But mist iPhone 6, not 6S btw, do not fair well.

My Note 8 has 6GB and I'd live to see 4 or 6 in my iPhone X too.

 

[Umbrokhan]

i laugh if all Android phones in the future get swipe gestures...

 

[Cherries01]

I did. So I regret it? Sometimes. I like iMessage with my family and friends. And it’s just easier to send pictures and videos with it. But I do miss my note 8. I am looking to replace my work phone s7 edge with either note 8 or s9 plus. So that’ll help.

I'm currently using the Note 8 (coming from the iPhone 7 plus). As much as I love my Note 8, it just that the iPhone is alot easier when it comes to keeping in touch with friends and family that heavily rely on iMessage. Only my close friends uses FB messenger because we either have the iPhone or Android, so it is easier to KIT. But I might end up going back to the iPhone basing on how heavily the other folks and I communicate thru texting, it's alot better thru iMessage for iPhone users (which I miss alot).

 

[Dooki]

imessage is the big player. there are two groups of imessage users, the normals who just use and that is the majority, and the fanboys who turn into whiny butts about it. two of my friends got annoyed that there was green bubbles and the pics and vids aren't high res. we send links now and the complain that it isn't inline. a friend of mine who is a die hard Apple user, wouldn't call him a fanboy though, told them to get over it. It was funny.

Why don't you download a third party app that is universal to all platforms. Allo, WhatsApp, Facebook messages (I will never use anything Facebook again unless something seriously changes), line, signal, telegram. Tons of choices that are great.

children use iPhones because they are trendy and they stick with them through adulthood. they came out first and were the best smart phone anyone could buy for a long time. Marketing 101, get them young.

 

[Aryanshu]

Note 8 for the win. I had an option for 256 gb iPhone X and the 64gb Note 8(cause thats the only variant available in India). I tried both of them. And finally decided to get the Note 8( I can get the extra storage using the MicroSD)

 

[Cherries01]

Why don't you download a third party app that is universal to all platforms. Allo, WhatsApp, Facebook messages (I will never use anything Facebook again unless something seriously changes), line, signal, telegram. Tons of choices that are great.

If it was easily said... we wouldn't be complaining. I guess some iPhone users doesn't want to cater to us Android users. When I had the iPhone, I still used FB messenger for those who are on android because it just easier to communicate.

But at the end of the day I do miss iMessage and its features, it make sharing & communication alot easier, especially when its comes to group chat with mostly iphone users.

 

[qtrxist]

Im back to S9+ as my main. My used to be main 8plus is now being used less and less as a back up. Switching to android seems like I can 'do' more.
I thought ill miss iMessage and facetime but not at all. Native email app on iOS is more stable than Samsungs. Battery, oh the battery. I will miss the prius like battery consumption on the 8 plus.

 

[FeinP1118]

I have a Note 8 and iPhone 6+ (with a new battery). I like both.

 

[mzana]

I have the note 8. I recently sold my iPhone X on ebay for. The note 8. What I loved about iPhone X? Simplicity. Everything is very easy. Updates all roll out at the same time on the same carrier for almost every model going back at least 6 years. When an update rolls out on Android, it is not that smooth and not every model has the same operating system andatest update. Icloud backup is easier than figuring out if all my stuff is on the memory card I bought, on Google, or on Samsung cloud. There's a lot of places and at times is overwhelming. As another user said it is "dummy proof". Sometimes too many options complicates things unnecessarily.

What I love about note 8? The keyboard. The read receipts on Android. I love the themes I can do on my phone. I Love coloring on my phone and shading and being able to do penUp. Something I cant even do even with an adonit pen or an apple pencil. The coloring apps on apple are more "fill-in-with-color" than actually allowing you to color outside of lines, to do shading, to do kind of a mimicked blending. That's something lost on Apple in its quest to make things more uniform and simplified.

The Calendar widget is awesome and the edge to edge display is a Must since I use a month view on the claendar widget and I plan constantly. I did organize everything to have just 2 home screens (like my iPhone did) and then just an extra widget screen. I got rid of the default app drawer. I didn't like having notifications on both the app drawer and on the app on the home screen. (Also it drove me crazy to have The app in 2 places. It should be just in one place and be done with it.) The selection cursor on the note 8 is more useful than trying to select text and move it the way I need to on the iPhone x. I found the magnifying thing troublesome and aggravating for some reason.

It may just be me, but for the first couple of days.the screen on the note 8 seemed to give me a headache while reading. It's like the brightness was too bright. I think it may have something to do with the "white balance" or something like that. Anyway, I just darkened the screen for a while until I got used to it.

The camera is about same on the iPhone X and note 8. The note 8 being held one handed is more tricky than the iPhone 8 plus (I'm comparing it to that once since it's bigger than the iPhone X even though the X has more screen real estate).

The notes screen is handy especially when I want to explain something by taking a screen shot and then circle it. I could do the same thing on my iPhone X, but it was an extra step I had to do to do the same thing.

Overall, I love the note 8. The Google assistant is way better than Bixby and Siri. Google assistant can start preparing my mourning route, playing Pandora and everything just by programing a routine once. It'll even know which days to do it too.

The note 8 isn't as sexy as the iPhone X. I'll give it that. (what's Samsung's obsession with plastic man?) but I do love how thin the note 8 is. I got a thin case just for that reason.

Overall, I'm now a believer of Samsung even though there's some features about Apple I would love to have on here.

 

[Climb14er]

I've been on Android since the beginning and as the operating system has progressed, and the phones have gotten better, from the old Motorolas to S3, S4, Note 5 and currently Note 8, and I usually keep my phones two years... anytime an iOS user sends me texts, emails, photos, videos... my Android has zero problems interacting with. Plus, my Corporate Domain, emails and servers are all handled by Google... having a Samsung Note 8 has been a seamless experience. Android phones and OS have gotten so good, it's become a fun experience.

 

[bialy]

I think the X may be the best sized phone.
Also, seems the screen edge feature of samsung is not too useful, more prone to screen breaks, and samsung has higher repair costs.