I saw the price and said no way. Then I started watching reviews. Big mistake. The 10x optical zoom really intrigues me. A lot!
Ive had Notes for a long time. Use the S-pen some but not a lot. Mainly for writing notes.
Samsung is giving 700 trade for the Note 10+ and 200 credit for accessories. After taxes I paid 800 for the note 10+, so it would be like I rented it for 6 months for 100 bucks.
I know there will always be something better around the bend, but damn I like the camera. The 100x sky zoom seems cool, but it seems like you need a tri-pod to get really good pics with that. It's the 10X optical that would make me buy it.
I hate to do this to a flagship, but you asked for it.
The phone is not as wide as a Note 10+, which means the measurements for this phone are kinda misleading. I prefer my phones to be wider than taller. If you compare this phone to a Note 10+. which I did on Friday, the note 10+ has a bigger viewer screen in landscape mode from top to bottom than side to side. And that's important because when we watch media, we look at the center not on the sides, so expanding the screen out left to right in landscape mode is not that important really.
No new software update. It's still Android 10, same as the Note 10+, Gpu and CPU are only marginally better at best. I dare you to compare a game on both and tell me that there is a huge difference. Trade ins, while they help, you eventually lose money by doing it and it is just used to keep you on the hook to pay for the latest and greatest. The most of which, a person really does not need.
The zoom thing is a gimmick, and its cool up until 30x. I had a very hard time keeping the camera steady and focused at 100x and half the time the pics looked back or like they had watercolors. You will most likely need to buy a tripod which is more money on TOP OF the 1400 that you will spend. Oh speaking of spending money, do you like 45w fast charging? Good, because you will have to pay for that out of pocket as well.
No Head phone jack. No S-Pen, Lousy Fingerprint Scanner(thanks Burwil!) and does not have 3d facial recognition unlock, instead uses selfie camera. 5g is also a gimmick and being that it is so new, may not work as well, or may not even be available in your area. What's the point of having a 5g phone if you can't even use 5g?
Price is absolutely horrible for a new phone. Very expensive. Its really not worth it you just got the s10 series or Note 10+. Do you really want to pay 1400 dollars for a phone that has 700 mah more and just a slightly better cpu and gpu which you probably won't be able to even notice the difference? All that and you can keep your current phone and wait for the Note 20 which probably will be wider, be just as fast, if not faster, and have a battery that will be just as big, if not better. That is what I am waiting for. That's all I can come up with on the fly, but you get the idea.
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