If I could get it for 489 on T-Mobile I would but alas no deals this good for T-Mobile.
T-Mobile's definition of a "good deal" has soured over the last 12-18 months. Add a line and bill credits? Shovel that crap elsewhere, right? It's more or less a contract these days. I am going to go buy another phone outright next time by.
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So you just choose to jump on any post that dares to say anything negative about it? Odd but rock on I suppose..
Apple has nothing to do with this. Samsung runs android with their own skin on top and they are well known for bloat, crapware and duplicate services. There is no reason to bake their apps into the OS so they can't be removed other than to force their use and/or collect info when they are running in the background. If you buy a Pixel 2 can you remove the browser? Yup! Can you remove the email client? Yup! Can you remove? Yup, yup and more yup. It's not an android thing, it's a Samsung thing.
Anyways, it's not a deal breaker for me as I said I dig the phone. I wish Samsung would knock it off though.
Speaking of knocking stuff off, I have one helluva story to mention about Samsung:
FYI, words of advice from a recent iOS to Samsung switcher: Be very prepared for a bumpy start.
Samsung Direct isn't very customer friendly or even semi-useful. They shipped me two phones with their good ole ordering system giving me errors processing orders in the first place. Then they refused to cancel the order and said I had to reject the item once they shipped it. This was before they even processed the shipment (wasting time and dollars). Then they do not want to help you with issues with processing timely refunds.
My old S9+ was sitting in my house for 30+ days just waiting for a return label after I shipped out to Samsung. Samsung promptly sent it back to me after claiming they accepted the device for a return. They processed "return" under the wrong order too. Meanwhile, the S9+ was sent after the rejected old Note 8 duplicate shipment. S9+ return confirmed. Note 8 return? Still not confirmed even though the Note 8 got to their return facility quicker than my old S9+.
I do miss Apple's customer service anyway. WWDC is around the corner, so maybe I may return to the iPhone this fall because I sure do not like Samsung's incompetent customer support. The Note 8 is a fine device, but small battery, curved edges, and problems finding screen protectors make it harder to use the damn device. I think the curved screens do screw up touch sensitivity too.
