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Samsung Galaxy Note 8
Worth it if…Worth it, with caveats.
A fantastic phone he rotates with the Pixel 2 XL and iPhone 8 Plus, held back by fiddly portrait mode, a slow iris scanner and a weak speaker.
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- Price when I covered it
- 930
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- 22 videos · 2017–2022
- Category
- Phones · Flagship
What I liked
- Dual cameras
- Bigger display
- Premium box and AKG earphones
- Very low SAR value
- Charged faster than the S9+
- Really great phone overall
What I didn't
- battery swelled and cracked the glass
- Poor battery endurance
- Fingerprint scanner placed too high
- Expensive
- Fingerprint scanner placement a real stretch
- Only 10W charging
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“my Galaxy Note 8 from 2017 had blown up the battery had expanded so much that it's actually cracked the glass on the back”
“i liked but i didn't love this phone”
“endurance wasn't great plus the fingerprint scanner was way too higher”
“the note 8 was a really great phone but one of the reasons probably the main reason I didn't recommend it to people was battery life”
“I wouldn't swap my 2017 Galaxy Note 8 out for it”
“it's not long before the note 8 finally bottles it and calls it a day”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
0:06Samsung phones are Blowing Up - Here’s Why.His 2017 Note 8 had a swollen battery that cracked the back glass and split the phone in two.
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8:55I bought every Galaxy Note ever.Samsung's first dual-camera phone with a big design shift, but weak battery life, an awkward fingerprint scanner and a high price.
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0:50Smartphone Radiation is Increasing...Used as an example of a low-radiation phone, with a SAR value about a tenth of the Xiaomi Mi A1's.
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1:46These Samsung commercials need to stop.Appears only in a Samsung advert he criticises for implying the iPhone 8 lacks wireless charging.
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0:47Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Unboxing! (Clone)Used as the reference point; its fingerprint scanner placement was a real stretch.
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0:41Why you might want to skip Samsung Note 9.Used as the baseline the Note 9 builds on, with the Note 9 expected to be to it what the S9 was to the S8.
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0:29Samsung S9 / S9+ vs Mate 10 Pro vs iPhone X Charging SPEED TestUsed the same 10W charging as the S9+ but finished sooner, in 2 hours 18.
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0:28Samsung S9/ S9+ vs iPhone X vs Galaxy Note 8 Battery Life DRAIN TESTA great phone, but he did not recommend it because of battery life, and it finished second to last at 5 hours 24.
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2:41THE BEST PHONE HTC EVER MADE?His own phone, which he would not swap for the HTC One M7.
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1:08THE INSANE DUAL BATTERY SMARTPHONE!Was the first to run out of battery in the drain test, losing far more than the other two.
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0:27The Truth about the OnePlus 5T - REAL Review.Compared as a pricier flagship with an S Pen and a better camera than the 5T.
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2:35I used a 2012 Smartphone in 2018 - Here's what happened.Used as the modern comparison for the Note 2, with a far better S Pen eject mechanism and display.
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0:34How Smart is the AI-Powered Huawei Mate 10 - with EMUI 8.0?Arun found the Note 8 struggled badly with image-based translation compared with the Mate 10 Pro.
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1:00A Surprise Smartphone from EE!Used as a side-by-side build comparison; he says both feel great in the hand.
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0:07The Flagship Samsung Smartphone you Never Considered.A better phone in most specs than the Note 3, but at about eight times the price the gap is smaller than you'd expect in daily use.
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1:27Top 20 BEST Smartphones of 2017!Good phone, but battery, fiddly dual camera and high price make it a tough sell over the S8 Plus unless you love the Note line.
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3:33MY NEW CAR?! (Q&A)Appears in his profile picture alongside the iPhone 8 Plus from a camera test with Marcus.
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0:45Samsung Galaxy Note 9 - These features will make it INSANE!A fantastic phone he rotates with the Pixel 2 XL and iPhone 8 Plus, held back by fiddly portrait mode, a slow iris scanner and a weak speaker.
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0:00Oneplus 5T vs Samsung Galaxy Note 8!Far richer in features and display than the 5T, but heavier, pricier and likely worse on battery, software speed and updates.
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2:39Huawei Mate 10 Pro REAL ReviewUsed as a benchmark: its camera and wide-angle plus telephoto setup beat the Mate 10 Pro, while its speakers are worse.
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0:12iPhone X vs Galaxy Note 8 vs iPhone 8 Plus - Battery Charging Speed TestCharged about twice as fast as the iPhones but behind the OnePlus 5, finishing in 1 hour 39 minutes.
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2:43iPhone X vs Galaxy Note 8 vs iPhone 8 Plus- Battery Life Drain TestRespectable but not fantastic battery life, even at its higher QHD+ resolution, finishing third.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Premium tax
“if you're a note enthusiast go for it but if you're not it's a very tough sell over the s8 plus”
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