Those people probably won't buy a Note 9, they're probably still happy with their Note8.
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Those people probably won't buy a Note 9, they're probably still happy with their Note8.
Got my tracking number for a Wednesday delivery!
Exactly. People do like to forget Snowden.Remember Edward Snowden?
That was the US government and agencies spying on everyone, not the chinese!
Tennessee. Ordered from the Samsung website on 8/15. Unlocked, 128GB, Ocean Blue.
Got my tracking number for my phone overnight. Took Samsung up on the $450 trade in for my Pixel XL2. Haven't used a Note since the 5 and looking forward to it. I love smart watches but am really torn on whether I want to pick up the Galaxy Watch. I love my apple watch and I know with the announcements coming in 2 or so weeks I'll end up picking up a new apple watch, so the galaxy watch would probably be a waste.
Dang you all! I was going to resist pre-ordering... but I caved this morning 
I pre-ordered the unlocked blue 128GB from Samsung.com with pre-order headphones. I did get $75 off through my employer's Samsung discount program, but all that did was save me sales tax... so $1,000 even out the door. Says it'll be here Friday but hoping sooner.
I pre-ordered the unlocked blue 128GB from Samsung.com with pre-order headphones. I did get $75 off through my employer's Samsung discount program, but all that did was save me sales tax... so $1,000 even out the door. Says it'll be here Friday but hoping sooner.Lol, I know. I think my remark is a quote from Groucho Marx but I am not completely sure. I'm past the half century mark now, but even his heyday was before my time. Though a lot of people would no doubt argue that Groucho is timeless.
Actually, I am hoping I will want to keep the Note 9 two years or more. I had hoped the S9+ would be "the one" for awhile, but almost immediately I wanted bigger battery and more onboard storage. Now I'm going to get exactly what I wished for. I didn't even wish for a refinement of the display but Note 9 offers a refined look and feel. I'm really excited!
On the iOS side, which remains important to me, the 8 Plus presented every refinement I had wanted for this form factor. It was the culmination of years of incremental improvements and upgrades to the 6 Plus and I am still excited about my silver and red 8 pluses. The fact that they are "dated" does not concern me in the least. What "tickles" me most is whether or not I believe something is the best iteration of its kind.
The last time I felt such contentment and belief that something was exactly what I believed it should be was my car that I owned (and still drive) for the last 26 years!
My husband is testing his own upgrade paths. He's currently experimenting with Huawei. So there's no shortage of gadget excitement at my house.
Do we think the Note9 will be the last of the Note series? It seems like Samsung is keen on getting the foldable phone out by next year, presumably pushing the industry forward, and the Note9 does feel like the peak smartphone from a hardware standpoint.
Dunno note always gets the best features first...maybe get rid of S plus line
Yea I don’t see that happening with the Samsung line anytime soon
I also read an article last week that quoted Samsung stating the note line isn’t going anywhere in the foreseeable future
It's possible it could be the last Note in name, but a large screen premium phone with stylus will live on.
I think it’s more like an excellent plateau.
I think when the Red Hydrogen One gets released, we will see where the next peak could be. I don’t expect miracles out of a first gen iteration of the 3-D display or 3-D photography. And some will attempt to dismiss it as a gimmick. But I think when you see something depicted as so natural and inevitable in Sci-Fi, yet also comfortable and unthreatening, it’s not unreasonable to think it may be desirable to see that tech come to be used in real life. And we saw a lot of holographic telecommunications in the Star Wars movies. It would take generations of development and refinement to get it to be really good, but when that happens, it could be very lovely and useful to have some form of 3-D holographic communication and preserving memories in such a format.
iPads— I think I first saw something like those in Star Trek The Next Generation. And look how that became a reality. Our iPads seem even nicer than the ones on the show.
Video calls were definitely commonplace in Sci Fi even when I was a baby. I saw that depicted in the original Star Trek. And now we have Face Time and Skype and other forms of video chat keeping people in touch.
What might be tricky to popularize is anything that involves cybernetic implants. A lot of us are wary of such because of prohibitions in our respective religions or some secular philosophies we hold dear. Others like myself have medical conditions which makes the idea scary or downright dangerous. (I can’t even have pierced ears!)
So I think hand held smart devices will remain popular and desirable for a long time to come. With wearables joining them and possibly someday supplanting them.
I think key next steps would be to make our phones more durable, more energy efficient, more safe (eliminating all concerns of any potential negative health effects), easier to use for all ages, more reliable, and more pleasant and easy to carry AND interact with.
Right now you can choose to carry a small phone but you lose some of the pleasure of interacting with it. That’s why foldable tech is the next frontier, in my opinion.
Probably should have clarified, I didn't mean the Note9 was the peak of smartphones and we'll never see anything better, but I meant more of this era of smartphone. Feels like we are on the precipice of the next truly revolutionary idea put into reality that will direct the next ten years of smartphone.
Seems BB this year is screwing people.
They don't typically ship early so I wouldn't say that, they can still make release day.
Actually they shipped a week early last year for the Note 8s. The S9 was all over the place, some got it early, and some got it late.
Wow, I just spent the evening watching my husband test out his Huawei P20 Pro. It’s really impressive. And when you consider how much less it costs than an iPhone X and a S9+ or Note 9, it’s REALLY impressive. Samsung had better take note! Eh, bad pun. Could not resist. But yeah, Samsung should keep a look over their shoulder.
So should Apple. Apple has iOS and all the perceived benefits it offers. But the P20 Pro hardware is sweet. It is just good enough that it could steal Apple’s market share in pretty much any country outside the US, especially where exchange rates and taxes make iPhones painfully expensive and where iMessage isn’t the tie that binds customers to Apple.
It does not look, feel, or perform like a cheap Chinese knock off. At least not so far. And the notch on it is very minimal and graceful looking...for a notch. I still bleeping hate notches. The Huawei one can be made to blend, fortunately.
Samsung and Huawei act like they are hungry for business. Apple is kind of plodding along—they let the camera fall sadly behind. I really hope to see Apple knock my socks off in a couple of weeks. No, I am not buying an iPhone even if they do. I think I’ll want what they offer in 2020. But I want to see that they’re still making the effort to go out for our business. I do still like iOS, especially since it seems better than it had been early in the year.
Eh, bad pun. Could not resist. But yeah, Samsung should keep a look over their shoulder. So should Apple. Apple has iOS and all the perceived benefits it offers. But the P20 Pro hardware is sweet. It is just good enough that it could steal Apple’s market share in pretty much any country outside the US, especially where exchange rates and taxes make iPhones painfully expensive and where iMessage isn’t the tie that binds customers to Apple.
It does not look, feel, or perform like a cheap Chinese knock off. At least not so far. And the notch on it is very minimal and graceful looking...for a notch.
I still bleeping hate notches. The Huawei one can be made to blend, fortunately. Samsung and Huawei act like they are hungry for business. Apple is kind of plodding along—they let the camera fall sadly behind. I really hope to see Apple knock my socks off in a couple of weeks. No, I am not buying an iPhone even if they do. I think I’ll want what they offer in 2020. But I want to see that they’re still making the effort to go out for our business. I do still like iOS, especially since it seems better than it had been early in the year.
Apple used to be leaders, but they're now drunk on power. I'm referring to their power over their users. Apple know their users are accepting of anything they do (and I mean ANYTHING), and because of that, they'll keep offering the bare minimum until they start losing customers. There's not a single Android OEM that would get away with selling a phone that looks as dated as the iPhone 8/8 Plus. Then there's the notch. Let's not forget, it was an Android phone that had the notch first, and it wasn't even as big as the X's notch. Nonetheless, the tech world made fun of it like it was a cheap Chinese knock off design. And now, the tech media (including Android sites) are saying Android phones are copying the X and it's notch. What? lol. These so called tech sites, especially the Android ones, should know better than to spew such garbage. So, when a company holds this kind of influence, they won't be anywhere near the front leading the industry. Nope, they'll be somewhere in the middle, in cruise control, with no care or desire to accelerate to the front.
Indeed I have, and they above all, prove the point I was making. Again, I said, there is not a single Android OEM that would get away with selling a phone that looks as dated as the iPhone 8/8 Plus.
Google sold less than 4 million Pixels in 2017. In an industry of 1.5 billion phones, that sales number would clearly fall under, not getting away with it. Good thing Google isn't dependent on the Pixel the way Apple is dependent on the iPhone. Nonetheless, my statement stands true.