Samsung Galaxy Note 8 64GB

Advantages: The screen is just super, especially after setting the maximum resolution. The camera - there are no words, with a professional mode in which you can set the ISO, excerpt and shoot in the equal format. The stylus is something that other manufacturers have left in the past, in fact
A very handy thing to this day! Convenience of managing such a large smartphone.

Disadvantages: Fingerprint sensor, or rather its location. But due to the excellent work of iris recognition, I do not use it. The location of the speaker, while playing and watching a movie, you hold your hands all the time while you close it with your hand. Especially if the phone is charging. Native headphones do not cause delight. No physical home return button.

Comment: The phone is very pleased, although of course the 70,000 who are asking for it in large networkers are overkill. I took mine for 50

Advantages: I have been photographing and drawing since childhood, so the stylus is a plus for me. Beautiful screen. Not a bad camera. Work time exceeded my expectations. In normal mode, enough for a day and still remains. If you constantly hang around the screen, then of course a lot less. It is possible to lower the resolution, thereby increasing the operation time even more.

Disadvantages: The camera still shoots not like Iphon X or pixel 2. Then I liked the Samsung less. Well, a little expensive for someone who does not need the Noto chips.

Comment: smartphone-if you look at it in general, probably one of the best. Yes, and of course Iphon is not suited for him. But. This is if you are a techie and you like things like notes. If an ordinary person is better buy an iPhone 8 or 10 - they remove the portrait better in auto mode.Many people buy iPhones for the sake of selfies? Attempts to tame Samsung with cameras from Google have failed. In what has become better, but as a pixel to shoot Samsung also did not, alas. Video shoots are also better. Not in terms of dynamic range — for example, 240fps with fullhd, Samsung only at 720p. The video itself is somehow more contrasting. Although it may change something in the updates. Portrait mode on selfie! I did not like the Samsung camera. No, it removes it well, but here’s the color and contrast of the iPhone (starting at 8) as I like it more. Of course, there are manual adjustments in Samsung and you can achieve the same - but not everyone will like to climb there with their hands and not everyone understands what to twist and why. In short, the video and portrait on the selfie camera in auto mode is better than the iPhone (I watched 8plus and iphone 10). Samsung also makes them great, but I like the iPhone closer. His skinton is more beautiful. Everything else I like more in samsung is better in the dark, sharpness is better, brighter than color, the picture is more beautiful. As a result, Samsung is an excellent combine that can do almost everything. And the stylus is a very cool thing. With it, you can not only draw but also select, cut and do a lot of things for any "presentations" or serious cases with pictures, files, etc. When I tried it out, the usual phone already somehow “doesn’t go so well.” The time of work is actually enough for a day with standard use. Charges an hour and a half.
I find this model very cool as a gift to a creative person. Until now, with the phone I'm not bored. At any time you can find what to do in it. Yes, at least draw something. The standard player was replaced by jetaudio and the smart one played very cool (compared to the stock player of course). Headphones are not bad.

Advantages: Clear screen
Stylus
Performance
Water tightness
Pleasant to the touch

Disadvantages: The battery quickly sits down, but never failed,
size (uncomfortable to reach with one hand)
Heavy.
The sensor is generally a hat,
It is not convenient to use, I do not use it.
Price. I will say that a dozen obviously overestimated (took for 47tys)
I want a second speaker
Bixby - an assistant in English - annoying - You can not completely turn off

Comment: Overall satisfied. The stylus is often needed. It is convenient to draw, there are many modes (for a child).
USB type C is an important point when the phone is always charging in the mode of the navigator in the car.


Smooth screen. Sometimes it seems too smooth: I highlight the text with my hands, and my fingers slide.

A good camera, but not perfect, definitely.

A great thing for those who understand why you need a stylus.

Advantages: I will be brief. The screen is out of competition. Especially when watching hdr video.
The cameras are gorgeous, the bokeh effect is like a good DSLR (camera). In the dark, great photos with good detail. Performance for the eyes, friezes and no glitches. 64 gigabytes of memory for my eyes) The stylus is a handy chip, but not everyone will find it useful in practice. It helps me in my work). I switched to it with iphone 6s 64Gb. Back will not be back.
I have no prejudice who is better than Apple or android. I use MacBook air 2015 - a great laptop for everyday use by a business person, and now Samsung note 8 is a powerful and broad functionality (compared to ios) Smartphone.

Disadvantages: Not yet noticed.

Comment: The price is too high -69990. I bought for 49000 european- this money is definitely worth it.

Advantages: Powerful stuffing
Screen,
Design,
Functionality,
Stylus,
Dual camera,
Optical zoom
Waterproof (checked its resistance, kept it under the tap, immersed in the bath for 10 minutes, everything works, you can not control under the water with your fingers, but you can control the stylus under the water without problems. Taking it out of the water, it is easily controlled with wet fingers)
USB Type-C version 3.1,
Photo quality, the ability to save photos with the RAW extension
Wireless charging (this is my first phone with wireless charging)

I was pleased with the adaptive screen settings, you can adjust the display while playing with the RGB parameters (it’s just a pity that the manual saturation doesn’t have the option of reducing the color saturation, you have to switch the screen mode to the AMOLED or Primary movie before watching the video so that the picture is more natural to watch; these modes do not have manual settings)

Unlocking the phone using face recognition or iris is very convenient, given that the fingerprint scanner is now not conveniently located

Samsung Pay application. Terminals that do not support payment using NFC, Samsung phones have a second payment method using MST, although not all Samsung phone models support this function (this is the way when we rolled a card with a magnetic stripe in the terminal), I checked that it works.

Disadvantages: Of course the price
Small battery capacity
Not all WORLD cards support the samsung pay application, although they have my bank listed,
Not conveniently located fingerprint scanner
Marked case
Wacky Bixby (in the future we’ll see if it’s more convenient to manage it when it supports voice commands in Russian)
Praised AKG headphones (honestly, I didn’t see any worse headphones in the series, they absolutely don’t pump bass in the whole range, it simply doesn’t exist if you listen to something melodic from the classics, for example, here the upper frequencies are played cleanly, even very well)
Slippery
Do not read three cards with unlimited trips (here is a strange situation, three cards with limited trips, be it one, two or 60 trips, it reads, but there are no unlimited ones)

Comment: I bought this miracle literally two weeks ago, in blue, it looks just amazing.

Samsung note series has always attracted me past my capabilities, because of the convenient stylus, I always use it. For many, it will seem unnecessary, but I always use it, I write quick notes, it is convenient to play some games, select different objects, take screenshots, draw, it is easier for them to rewind video in YouTube or in a video player than with fingers. And now there is also a function of the ability to translate individual words with the stylus, as well as text recognition by image, just select the text in the photo and it will convert it into editable text and then you can do anything with it.

We were pleased with the function of unlocking the phone in the face and iris. It works very well. Moreover, unlocking on the iris occurs even if you close one eye with your palm, the phone will still be unlocked. Some people write that they cannot unlock the phone with a face or iris in the dark and not only, they try and fail ten times and nothing, etc., complete nonsense, I am calm in the pitch darkness without problems unlocking the phone if your phone has auto-brightness of the screen, then of course the phone is not very bright in total darkness and it will not unlock on your face or iris, increase the brightness of the screen and you will be happy. And already in normal lighting, the phone is unlocked very quickly.

Finally, the Samsung company, made it possible to lower the top curtain with a swipe down and no need to reach out with your fingers, and with the swipe up we get into the menu of installed applications, I waited for this for a very long time, by default this function is disabled in the phone.

To summarize, I liked the phone, it is bright, beautiful and very productive, I advise everyone.

ps Immediately buy a case for it, so that it does not slip out of your hands, it's too slippery.

Advantages: Almost everything =)
The first is the stylus. Subjective dignity, but I personally use it every day)
Good performance, a screen that can be calibrated for yourself, the ability to use memory cards.
Good autonomy. With intensive use lasts for 1.5 days. Fast charging is really fast.
The area under the hidden Home button is sensitive to pressure.In order to minimize any application, it is not necessary to call the button, It is enough just to press hard at the bottom of the screen.

Disadvantages: Not adequate price in Russia.
The Russian and European versions do not read the Troika cards (the American one reads).
For comfortable use it is better to use a rubberized bumper.
The onscreen buttons require some getting used to.
For people with small fingers to use the phone with one hand will not be convenient.
We can say that the size of the phone is extreme.
There is some crookedness in standard applications. For example, there are 2 applications for notes: SNote and SamsungNotes. Close functionality, but in the first one you cannot write a note without tearing it into pages, and in the second there is no scaling. In addition, a number of functions that were in Note2 were removed from SNote.
By default, you can not configure the Bixby button another action - just disable it.

Comment: For the past five years, used Note2. After it, the first impression is space!
Except for minor roughness - the perfect tool. In fact, the only offer on the market with a stylus (which can work regardless of pressing fingers).
Ordered from America. For $ 930, on pre-order, he received an additional wireless charging and a 128 GB SD card, which somewhat compensated for the high cost.

Advantages: 1) super quality and trendy infinity wow display of the future with a diagonal of 6.3 is the ideal size for my pockets and in order to hold with one hand it is convenient to type using large male fingers (I used a tablet with a diagonal of 7.0 before it - it is not convenient to talk on the phone while holding in one hand )
2) stable 4G Internet - works where the previous one did not work
3) The best camera (among smartphones), IMHO, with the possibility of creating a light bokeh (blurring the background during portrait shooting (although a portrait camera with Nikon's ovsky mirror is not enough to take pictures on the fast fix), + stabilizer and zoom
4) all games and online movies "fly"
5) Qualitative Stylus - always a notebook at hand + great opportunities for drawing, editing, fan, etc. (the best styli only in graphics tablets)
Separately mention the possibility of fast translation from a foreign language for travelers +
6) Excellent headphones from AKG, in general, equipment is thought out to the smallest detail (there are spare parts for the stylus, headphones, adapters for charging ..., even a cloth to wipe the screen)
7) Samsung pay, which continues to evolve (at the time of writing this review, the World cards of several banks were added
8) the ability to add all club cards to samsung pay (bonus, with discounts, gift, etc., the barcode scanner recognizes codes at a time), I no longer need a business card
9) Ability to control charging speed!
, convenient docking station (with which smart can be turned into a PC)
10) 2 SIM cards nano format, one slot can be used for a memory card, while I have enough of this memory
11) Bixby, with its help I choose quality wines, set an alarm clock, use a pedometer, heart rate monitor, measure calories, use gifs .... have not yet studied all its possibilities .....
12) Video 4k
13) There is a flashlight
14) High-quality sound, you can watch a movie without headphones
15) Smart switch transferred all data from the previous samsung
16) Waterproof, checked, 0.5 meter deep, time minute

Disadvantages: 1) There is no radio (for wilderness, where there is no Internet, but there are sockets, this is really a minus)
2) The price for Russia is too high, above $ 1000
3) I noticed a small slowdown while working with the list of club cards in samsung pay
4) Does not read the Troika card, for people living in Moscow, minus
5) charging usb - c, the most common usb is not suitable for smart
6) expensive accessories

Comment: Perhaps the best phone I’ve held in my hands (i didn’t like the iPhone x, the Chinese xiomi aren’t finished yet), I prefer the Samsung brand (since the galaxy note2 came out), although I respect the competitors, especially for their advantages
A childhood dream come true ... fingerprint scanner, iris .... bondian))
Battery: even with very active use, I have enough for a day, plus I turn off Wi-Fi, bluetooth, geolocation, etc. when I don’t need it, I also adjust the screen brightness!
I liked the Samsung theme, did not regret it and installed a paid one.
When buying, take a case, I took a black book
In general, enjoy the smartphone

Advantages: I liked absolutely everything. The device is just on top. An excellent screen, an excellent camera, a battery that really holds a whole day of intensive use (for those who are interested, the smartphone quietly gives out 6-7 hours of the on screen - browser, chats, video, games). There are a lot of features in the firmware, I constantly find something new. The button under the screen is excellent, excellent tactile sensations. For the first time, Samsung removed its ugly logo from the front panel and hid it back, respectively, nothing will interfere with the consumption of content. Separately, it is worth noting the stylus. He's just awesome. I did not think that I could write on the phone with my hands and would go out almost like on paper. Appearance on the order of the best that is now on the market, including the new ugly iPhone with ears on the floor of the screen.

Disadvantages: For many years, used the flagships of Google, and to tell the truth, the interface in them is much more nimble and concise. Another of the drawbacks can be noted the presence of only one speaker (although it sounds much better than in the same Nexus 6p).

Comment: This is the best Android flagship at the moment. I strongly recommend.

Advantages: + Build quality!
+ Awesome screen!
+ Stunning dual camera!
+ Comfortable memory and processor speed of the phone!
+ Stylus and related applications!
+ Fast and convenient "shell"!
+ Convenient and comfortable size for hands 18.5: 9!
+ Availability of various sensors: blood pressure, heart rate, etc.

Disadvantages: - Case material: glass (I will comment below).
- Marky, slippery, heavy.
- Dear accessories.
- Weak battery.

Comment: I was in the front row who ordered this unique device one of the first. Received with a gift (Dock) and a good cashback. I pointed out the undoubted advantages of the phone above, the dual camera with stabilization of both lenses is simply amazing, the screen is unreal, the speed and comfort, but ... Immediately I ran into an unexpected problem: the glued glass begins to lift with the case clamps - the books had to be replaced with a simpler plastic case, leaving the glass. Comparing with my previous flagship of 2014, the Lenovo Z2 Pro, I was surprised to note the absence of many convenient features: for example, integrated call recording, tactile response to picking up the phone during a call, etc. I had to get used to the new "chips". Marky phone, quickly slapped, slippery, especially after installing glass and plastic case, he still strives to "emerge" from his hand or pocket. In addition, he found another unpleasant feature of the glass case: it was cold and it “cools” the ear area more strongly. My previous flagships were more comfortable in this. Maybe these are my subjective feelings, but the fact that the phone does not transfer the usual fall to the floor is just obvious. Would I recommend to buy? Yes and no. This is actually a tool for professionals, people of a certain direction, who need a stylus (a thing is very cool) and a sea of ​​specific features of this miracle. Otherwise, this expensive thing will quickly turn into an expensive toy - entertaining. If you just need a good dual camera, just a good phone, then all the competitors already have, calmly pay attention to these models, and they cost half the price. In addition, if you really really want only Samsung, on the approach of S9 and S9 Plus on which a similar dual camera will be installed, well, some other innovations.As for me, I am very pleased with the device, only it requires a super-careful attitude.

Advantages: Camera, screen, stylus, appearance.

Disadvantages: Battery, case (beautiful, but fragile).

Comment: Before that there were only iPhones (4,5,6). Three months ago, took the S8 + and walked with it until it broke the screen. Sold and bought this miracle.

The differences between Note8 and S8 + are minimal. S Pen, 6 gigs of RAM and a weak battery ...
If S8 + has 40% in the evening .. It's closer to 25-30 ..
The dual camera is luxurious .. The display is mind-blowing! I've never seen anything like this.
The fingerprint scanner is more convenient than in S8 +, because in Note8 the flash separates the scanner and camera.
But from the global, huge difference between S8 + and Note8 - no.
The whole new line does not slow down, is not buggy, and there is no need to conceal, in appearance (I will not consider the iPhone X) these are the most beautiful smartphones today.

Sadness is glass on both sides. For 15 years, none of the phones have broken the screen, but alas, with the S8 +, no luck. Meter height. Tile. Kick the corner. It is unlikely that everyone can boast that they will survive such a fall with minimal consequences, but a case with a film (or protective glass) is highly recommended. Replacing the display costs half the smartphone.

I can not name a single minus except the glass case and the battery (which is generally ok, but damn! The S8 + has more). Oh, and the price. But probably discuss it here is incorrect. Because there are a huge number of smartphones at half the cost, which will be a worthy replacement. And if you take such a phone, you just want everything to work as cool as possible.

By the way, my wife waited for the iPhone X (also comes with a six) and went exclusively with iPhones before. Having felt for S8 + and Note8 in the end, I wanted S8 for myself (for a small hand, what you need). Difficult decision, but damn it - they are awesome! =) Grab, do not drop and will not regret)