I did that this time around too. I have been using a Note 9,and it's a great phone. I'll keep it as backup. But this S10+ is an amazing device,and ordering through Samsung directly, I was able to get a great price for the Note 8 that I still had! Such a great deal,when you consider the new phone and the new buds. I ordered on the 2nd day of preordering(white ceramic),and the"ship by" date is the 15th, and the wireless buds said on back order until the end of April. Samsung only had 42,000 buds set aside for the preorder promo. So,there will be people getting a credit to use on Samsung's website. I'm not going to complain about waiting because I was able to just pay the difference in full for the phone, and have no device payments. As often as I upgrade, that is a win situation for me! More than likely, when the next Note comes out, I'll be buying it too! Bitten by the Samsung bug! Now, I wonder how many "Fold's" they'll be making! Ha!