It is a good review. You kinda get the sense though that the writer does not like large phones. Then you can tell right away that he is not a previous Note user.....never mentions the S-Pen until almost the end of the article. That is the highlight of the Note line. They should had someone else do the write up if he wasn't going to go over all the features....even ones you don't like. He showed a lot of bias against bigger phones.
With Vivo 10GB ram and huawei 4200 mah phone on the horizon, Samsung will be building towards that goal for next Note release. The competition never end, so does buying.
Yeah, I would have rather than seen Nilay do the review (he talked about using the phone for a bit and how he wanted it on the Vergecast). I certainly agree with your points.
It's only an ok review imo. The whole thing has that slightly negative tone to it which is so typical for the Verge, you know when it sounds like they're kind of forced to admit how good a gadget is even though they've already decided to not like it for whatever reason.
dying to get my hands on that thing!!!Really... download showbox.apk from the web, watch any movie plus actual recent ones still in the cinema for free.. in full hd.. then fb video chat your mate, or whatsapp video chat.. the chances of your friend not having both of those apps is next to zero..
Samsung software is excellent these days.. so much more feature rich than stock without being too much..
It's only an ok review imo. The whole thing has that slightly negative tone to it which is so typical for the Verge, you know when it sounds like they're kind of forced to admit how good a gadget is even though they've already decided to not like it for whatever reason.
And yeah he really only touched on the S Pen functionality. "...jot down notes, doodle, or navigate the phone’s interface..." isn't a very comprehensive summary of its functionality tbh. I do a lot of quick photo/screenshot editing as well as marking up documents, maps and stuff on my iPhone, man do I look forward to again having a S Pen for that.
To be fair I think he was actually speaking about it's function as a remote: "The new feature this year is the ability to use the button on it as a remote [...] It’s neat, but as someone who’s never really found much use for the S Pen, it isn’t something that I found very useful."
On that point I do feel the same; currently using an Apple Watch I'm not terribly impressed with a pen that lets me snap a photo when I'm not seeing a preview of how the subject is positioned etc., or skip forward in a playlist or whatever. I wish they'd taken a different route with evolving the S Pen: let the blunt end be an actual digital eraser, or maybe give it a microphone.
More than anything though I wish they'd focused on the S Pen related software. Of course I don't know how it'll work this time around but I suspect I'll still be missing the killer note taking app which trumps all others, something a stylus as good as the S Pen always has begged to have alongside it. And a simple option to "convert everything" on a screen off memo to machine text. Now you probably still have to save as a note, open note, draw lasso & select convert to text...
So I'm with the reviewer in that software is where Samsung need to focus their efforts at this point. The Note 9 doesn't seem to come with almost anything new in this regard, aside from DeX which I personally can't see myself using...maybe ever. Just give me some straight up UX and S Pen related apps polishing though, and I'll bring out the champagne.
Lastly I really don't get the whole schtick of whining about the price. His whole review ends with "And having the most will cost you the most." Well...duh! $1099 is still cheaper than the 256GB iPhone X, right? Not to mention what the X Plus will cost... Bah. Flagship phones cost ~100 bucks and up nowadays, don't we already know that??
The Verge man...I just don't know. I'm looking forward more to the reviews from MKBHD, Tim Schofield, Flossy et al. But most of all from myself of course
The Verge man...I just don't know. I'm looking forward more to the reviews from MKBHD, Tim Schofield, Flossy et al. But most of all from myself of course
They are getting quite aggressive here too. They are offering £200 on top of the trade in value. So for a note 8 they are offering almost £600 off and the phone starts at £899 here.
That's always the case, and yet I jump when released because that "early adopter" gene kicks in. Although I honestly don't even know what I'm adopting early anymore. I already had a Note 9, when it was called the "S9+"
Uh oh. Interest is plummeting.
There is nooooo way the extra 2gb of RAM make much of a difference. If I get the note, of course i'll have to get the 8gb version because...if I get a phone, I want the best possible version of it. But that's a personal flaw not at all based on real world usage.
Did you get a free tv and cash back and bulan(whatever that is) with your note?
No, you could do better.
Whatever deal is offered now, will pale to the discounts Samsung will offer after the iPhone X plus and pixel 3xl get released.
It's a marketing strategy, people feel more inclined to buy if they feel it's on sale. Also, it helps them move more inventory with the included accessories, you can bet they are still making a decent profit even while including the free headset, and the bogos are partially offset by the carriers, that why most require you to open a new line.
Yeah, my S9 has been fantastic, and scaling the power to the Note 9 is what really tempted me too. The S8 and Note 8 we're big disappointments to me.
Don’t forget flossy was also in a Samsung ad. Not saying he is being paid off, but yeah. I used to watch all his videos, but the act got tired. Everything is a “major go” and he uses the same formula for each one. He’s an entertainer first and foremost. If I want an honest phone review my top choices are mr mobile or Erica griffin.
Don’t forget flossy was also in a Samsung ad. Not saying he is being paid off, but yeah. I used to watch all his videos, but the act got tired. Everything is a “major go” and he uses the same formula for each one. He’s an entertainer first and foremost. If I want an honest phone review my top choices are mr mobile or Erica griffin.
