Note 8 to iPhone X?

[Gayle Lynn]

Apple will let you "buy and try, and return in full thru Jan 8th"

The X is close to size of the S8. Weighs ~same as S8+.
I lasted two wks with ios.

 

[vwite]

Apple will let you "buy and try, and return in full thru Jan 8th"

The X is close to size of the S8. Weighs ~same as S8+.
I lasted two wks with ios.

are you sure iphone x is elegible?

 

[Fred98TJ]

Here are my thoughts. I’ve had phones since before Android and smartphones. My first was a Motorola 3watt bag phone then a handful of the little flip phones.
I’ve been using Android phones for many years, since Android first came out. I’ve also had a few windows phones (Nokia) and Blackberry phones thrown into the mix a few times. I’ve had many Samsung’s from the S3 or S4 (can’t remember for sure the earliest one) all the way to the S8. Also have had Motorola Android phones, Sony’s, Huawei (I still have a Huawei Mate 9, I always have two phones, one as a backup in case my main phone dies.).
I’ve use launchers, icon packs, other custom features through the years.
Anyway 4 months ago I got my first ever iPhone (a 7 Plus) and it’s simply, for me and my usage, the best phone I’ve ever had. It works first time, right out of the box. I also, 3 months ago got a iPad Pro (I have had Android tablets before also and still have a Nexus 7) and same as the phone. The iPad is the best tablet I’ve ever used, for my usage. The ecosystem is great. I can start reading a web page say on my iPhone and then pick up my iPad in the other room and it picks up right where I was on my iPhone. Same the SMS messages. I don’t have to “load an app” to do things like that.
The phone is the smoothest and lag free that I’ve ever used.
The iOS apps generally are often better (more features etc) than the same Android app.
After about 4 months of use, when I use an Android phone now it feels all pieced together (the os not the physical phone) and basically because it is.
I want something that I can pick up and it just works and for me my choice does just that. My iPhone, iPad and the Mac are almost like one they work together perfectly.
The few times that I’ve fired up my Mate 9 or used a friends android for something it’s like “what the heck”.
The Note 8 is an stunning phone as is the S8 and S8 Plus. Samsung usually make great phones (the physical physical phone.). Android is just not for me anymore. At least not in the near future.
The camera is also great and that’s important to me. I virtually always make photos in raw (with and just a snapshot in jpg now and then) so camera comparisons just using the native camera apps and jpgs on various phones are worthless to me.
I’ll be upgrading my 7 Plus within a month for sure and it will be either the 8 Plus or the X.

 

[Gayle Lynn]

Apple is a tight knit family. The ecosystem can 'just work.'

But in my 30 yrs of Macs, it takes them 6 months after release to get the software working right. And that is doubly so with iOS 11 it seems.

The iPhone X is more like your S8. For $300 off. The X Plus, more in league with Note when that comes out - in a year.

I had a horrible experience with the Note II and again with the S5 so I too keep jumping ship over to Huawei, BlackBerry as well Apple but this S8+ does it all for me.
Sent back my iPad, it got in the way but was nice mostly for reading and consuming news though. With one hand tied.

 

[Thomasrope]

I think most iPhone users switch back because in order to provide all the customization features of Android it is more complicated to learn. People who won't hit the forums nor ask questions get frustrated and go back. Once learned ALL the features of Android shine and one is less likely to go back. Trouble is it is nearly impossible to get comfortable with switch to Android in 14 days so people return the phone.

If all you do is play games, make phone calls, and send texts to other iPhones the iPhone is a better choice really. It is simpler and less buggy.

I have to agree. I'm a techie and a modder. My wife and I switched to the iPhone 4 years ago. After 4 years using iphones I was really bored with their lack of customization so I convinced my wife to jump the Apple ship and we bought Note 4's. I loved it, she struggled with it and eventually traded it for an iPhone 6. She proudly tells everyone that iPhones are for "dummies". By that, she means they are easy and intuitive to use and just work. I think that is the main difference between iPhone users and Android users. MOST Android users are techies that like to fiddle around with settings and super customize their phones. I Love my Note 8 but iphones are great at what they do.

 

[recDNA]

I have to agree. I'm a techie and a modder. My wife and I switched to the iPhone 4 years ago. After 4 years using iphones I was really bored with their lack of customization so I convinced my wife to jump the Apple ship and we bought Note 4's. I loved it, she struggled with it and eventually traded it for an iPhone 6. She proudly tells everyone that iPhones are for "dummies". By that, she means they are easy and intuitive to use and just work. I think that is the main difference between iPhone users and Android users. MOST Android users are techies that like to fiddle around with settings and super customize their phones. I Love my Note 8 but iphones are great at what they do.

I think most techies prefer Android but I don't agree that most Android users are techies. Many Android users can't afford iPhones and go for less expensive Android phones, not flagships.

 

[Thomasrope]

You have a good point there. I guess what I meant to say was if a person can afford the top flagship phones, and they choose Android over Apple, MOST LIKELY they are a techie.

 

[manni1to]

I just went from an iPhone 8 plus 256 gb to a note 8 (and the guy gave me 100 bucks). Deciding if it was a good deal or not.

Going to probably get an X eventually anyways. I tend to trade every few weeks.

 

[j_hansen]

I just went from an iPhone 8 plus 256 gb to a note 8 (and the guy gave me 100 bucks). Deciding if it was a good deal or not.

Going to probably get an X eventually anyways. I tend to trade every few weeks.

I think you got a serious good deal there, I doubt you will trade the Note in a couple of weeks

 

[manni1to]

We will see. I'm hoping to fall in love with it!

 

[Lefty724]

I have to agree. I'm a techie and a modder. My wife and I switched to the iPhone 4 years ago. After 4 years using iphones I was really bored with their lack of customization so I convinced my wife to jump the Apple ship and we bought Note 4's. I loved it, she struggled with it and eventually traded it for an iPhone 6. She proudly tells everyone that iPhones are for "dummies". By that, she means they are easy and intuitive to use and just work. I think that is the main difference between iPhone users and Android users. MOST Android users are techies that like to fiddle around with settings and super customize their phones. I Love my Note 8 but iphones are great at what they do.

This is so true.

I'm the "phone guy" in my family and everyone always asks what phone/platform to get. I always tell them, if you want easy, simple, out of the box working.... get an iPhone.

If you want to customize your phone YOUR way and don't mind tinkering, Android all the way!

I like iPhones and work on them a lot. They are bulletproof, easy to work on (opening them up) and just plain work. Their software has become pretty buggy as of late, but I'm sure Apple will correct this soon with a few more updates. With all that said, I'll take my Galaxy Note 8 over anything out there right now, there isn't even a close 2nd for me.....

 

[cwbcpa]

This is so true.

I'm the "phone guy" in my family and everyone always asks what phone/platform to get. I always tell them, if you want easy, simple, out of the box working.... get an iPhone.

If you want to customize your phone YOUR way and don't mind tinkering, Android all the way!

I like iPhones and work on them a lot. They are bulletproof, easy to work on (opening them up) and just plain work. Their software has become pretty buggy as of late, but I'm sure Apple will correct this soon with a few more updates. With all that said, I'll take my Galaxy Note 8 over anything out there right now, there isn't even a close 2nd for me.....

That is a very accurate assessment. I play that same role in my family. As much as I would like to see some of my family switch to Android phones, I know it just wouldn't work out well for them. Most have been on the iPhone since the iPhone 4 or 4s and it's all they have ever known. It would end up badly for them and probably for me too since I have to field all the questions and I'd take all the heat when it doesn't work like the iPhone. Lol.

 

[j_hansen]

I must try an iPhone (dumb phone) at some stage just so see what the fuss is about them

 

[andytiedye]

It's all about the stylus. That's where Apple really dropped the ball.
They pioneered the stylus and handwriting recognition in the Newton and then dumped it.

 

[sparkeater79]

The note 8 is sweet and I briefly thought about it but ultimately decided to stay with my ip8 and galaxy s8 and the wife’s iPhone X. I absolutely do NOT like the size of the note. I want a cellphone that can do what a tablet can do, not the other way around. I have owned galaxy notes and iPhone pluses and have been with the regular size iPhone since the 6s. I don’t want a smartphone bigger than my iPhone 8. Even the galaxy s8 is to big for my taste. Honestly I saw a rendering that showed an iPhone se2 that had the notch like the X and was all screen, now I would love that all day long. Also I don’t spend any time customizing my phone. I used to spend hours looking and downloading and loading different builds back when I rooted my androids. That was 6 years ago, I am far to busy to sit around and customize my cellphone these days so that argument does not work for me.

 

[TheLegoJoker]

I tried the Note 8 and I will still say that it has the finest display I’ve ever seen on a phone. I just found (like I do every time I switch) that I prefer iOS to Android. If the Note 8 ran iOS, that could very well be the device I’m using rather than the iPhone X.
Whatever the case, iPhone X or Note 8, you can’t go wrong with either one. It just comes down to whichever operating system you prefer.

 

[barkomatic]

I just went from an iPhone 8 plus 256 gb to a note 8 (and the guy gave me 100 bucks). Deciding if it was a good deal or not.

Going to probably get an X eventually anyways. I tend to trade every few weeks.

Hold up. You get a new flagship phone every few weeks?! I wish I was you. lol

 

[kj11]

Hold up. You get a new flagship phone every few weeks?! I wish I was you. lol

Yea I think this may be as little hyperbole here....a new phone "every few weeks" would amount to like 18 phones a year. There just simply aren't that many flagship phones for this to be reality. Maybe this guy is mixing in some burner phones every now and then. Who knows. At any rate, I'm not buying it.

 

[manni1to]

Yea I think this may be as little hyperbole here....a new phone "every few weeks" would amount to like 18 phones a year. There just simply aren't that many flagship phones for this to be reality. Maybe this guy is mixing in some burner phones every now and then. Who knows. At any rate, I'm not buying it.

You don't have to "buy" it - but I buy / sell / trade all the time. I have already had the iPhone 8 plus twice , note 8 twice and iPhone 8 once since they have come out - for instance.

 

[kj11]

You don't have to "buy" it - but I buy / sell / trade all the time. I have already had the iPhone 8 plus twice , note 8 twice and iPhone 8 once since they have come out - for instance.

Why???