Samsung Note 8 BookCover vs MiniSuit Case Review (with Photos)

[unashamedgeek]

how much did you get it for on Ebay? I might look into it if the poetic Case doesn't work out.

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I got mine for $40 so not much cheaper. I also went for the grey so that might have been a premium. I was only searching for the model number of the grey one when I found the one I did on eBay. That was also over a week ago so prices could be different today.

 

[jlmtorch]

Here is the link for the one I bought on ebay..It has the magent on the top right corner to keep it closed and I opened up the middle threads in the double holder behind the front cover which now holds about 10 business cards perfectly!

Folio PU Leather Case Stand Cover Skin for Samsung Galaxy Note 8 0 N5100 N5110 | eBay

 

[Mr_Armageddon]

So being that not having a magnet to deliver the Sleep / Wake function is my biggest gripe against the MiniSuit, I am looking at a way to fix it.

After a bit of experimentation, I found the location that activates sleep / wake. I had originally assumed it was along the bezel, but turns out its behind the screen edge. The location is shown in the attached screen shot. Going to adhere a tiny magnet to the cover and see how it responds. Its below the level of the bezel covet, so shouldn't scratch the sceen at all (although I do use a screen protector just in case).

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[Mr_Armageddon]

The magnet install works great, and the Sleep / Wake function is dead on. Took about 5min to install the magnet, and the backing so the magnetic field didn't effect the device when the cover is folded around to the back. Also has no effect on the S-Pen, which is good to see.

Now the main negative of this case is no longer an issue.

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[05GT]

I don't like the fact that the Samsung cover has the cut out for the speaker that only the European 3G version actually has.

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