Will someone tell the folks that are behind the AndroidCentral podcast that removing the SD card slot from the Note 10 is not unprecedented (i.e., Note 5). The more I hear and read from folks who did these first impressions (the web influencers, not us forum jockeys - hahaha) on YouTube and the like, the more I realize that a lot of these folks never really used previous Notes before like we all have and have a lot of their info and impressions off.
I will miss the jack despite me using it only on occasion. Yeah, Samsung made a lot of ads and noise about it, but I think some folks think that because they did - that means they should never ever ever get rid of the jack. I personally feel like they shouldn't have, but they were the last holdout and if it does mean additional features (not sure this really did) then great. If not.. eh - sucks but there is no alternative for any flagship phones.
I like DeX being able to interface with a computer. I thought the point of DeX was to work on things on your phone but with a big screen, and not limited to just "accessing the cloud" and oftentimes you will have access to a laptop or PC and now you don't need a separate keyboard/mouse. You still have the old DeX too.
Once again - most people who have the Note 9 have probably been using 1080p all this time anyway and have NEVER switched it to 1440p. As a matter of fact, I recall many folks here saying that they would rather leave it on 1080p to save on battery. From what I've heard, the Note 10 will also default to 1080p. The resolution is nice and while I do agree that at the $950 price point, the resolution should match the 10+ but I think the bottom line is that it won't be noticeable to most people at all when they've been using 1080p all this time anyway.
I personally have grown to prefer the single camera cutout now in the middle, especially after reading about how what the second front facing camera on the S10+ isn't actually needed since the single camera could do all those things. One day, I think they'll be able to put the camera behind the screen and you'll have a totally unfettered screen.
I hope I will deal without the notification light ok.
One thing I see a lot of YouTubers do is compare it so much with the S10+ and how few they think the changes are. I think that is a bit of a mistake and the Note 10 should be compared with the Note 9. The "normal" thought is that folks from the last Note will be the ones more likely to be upgrading and it's the changes from the Note 9 that should be emphasized. Emphasizing changes form the S10+ gives the impression that you would be upgrading from a different phone you just got just a few months ago. Most people will not do that, so you're emphasizing on things that a lot of Note 9 users may not be familiar with.
Lastly, every year I seem to hear them say, well if you don't REALLY need the S Pen, then you should go for the Sxx. Is this line going to be repeated all the time? The Note exists because people want the S Pen. The Note used to be head and shoulders above the S series, but Samsung has done a lot of put them on the same level, so I can get why that statement is made, but it's such a tired line. Yes, no kidding - if you didn't want the S Pen, why are you getting a phone with a S Pen when you can get all your features you want without the pen.
Ok, I wrote so much that I forgot what my point was.
I think the Note series has a lot of room for criticism but much of the criticism that I've seen from these popular YouTubers seem to be from a standpoint from folks that either don't use the Note very much or don't have any use of the S Pen. I think because of that, there is even greater confusion with the Note series.
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