I am very tempted to pick up the Note 8, looks like a great big screen, beautiful design, etc...
But man I have been bitten by the Lagwiz bug on every Samsung Galaxy phone I've had in the past, even the S8+ had micro stutters and slight hiccups, compared to my Nexus 6P which is still buttery smooth. Every Galaxy phone I had was always warp speed fast out of the box, and remained super smooth and very good the first couple of months, but it seems the lag starts creeping in after several months of use, like the 4 to 6 months period, it's not same smoothness as the first month of use. Whereas a Pixel phone, the first month, the sixth month, the 12th month now, it's still a super smooth phone.
And then I hear every year, oh Samsung really optimized Touchwiz this year, it's been overhauled this time to be much smoother, and year after year the lag still pops up again 6 months down the road. Yeah the first month or two it's still gonna be great, but tell me that six months from now. But I do agree, each year the lag seems to take longer to pop up, and the 6GB RAM + Exynos seems to be really be the sweet spot the Galaxy phone needs, it's the Snapdragon that bogs the Galaxy phones down more. So maybe the Note 8 is the very first ever Galaxy phone that won't lag down the road, and be smooth as a Pixel ? Maybe. Only time will tell, it's too early to say the now, the phone is still new.
I would love to see a comparison of the Note 8 vs Pixel 2 XL, not now though, but after six months of real world daily use, then pit the two phones against each other, not freshly wiped new installs, but both phones after months and months of day to day use, lets see how they operate and perform after that time ? I would think the Pixel 2 XL will still be buttery smooth in six months, and the Note 8 doubtfully not anymore.
Too cute.Too cute.