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    October 26, 2018
    Indiana, United States

    Too many bugs with it

    I had the Galaxy note 5 before purchasing the Note 8, and had the note 3 before that. I normally love the Note phones, and to be honest I have to have one because I have a small home business making shirts and decals, and the S pen and other features come in very handy when working on many of the designs people request. I upgraded to the 8 just about 2-3 months ago now and I honestly wish my 5 had held out a little longer until the 9 came out because this phone is horrible and unreliable. After spending nearly $1,000 for a pone I would expect it to work better than this. The touch screen is not very well calibrated and will often be as much as 1/4 off from where you are trying to hit on the screen, while other days it will be just fine. But sadly my 5 had gotten to the point where I could not send texts at all and only received about half of what was sent to me and then quit calling out as well and kept shutting its self down all of the time. I will say that the biggest complaint most people seem to have about it is the battery life and so far (knock on wood) that is one issue I do not have. I will sometimes go 2-3 days before i need to charge it again, and the camera has great color and focus. However, it will randomly say google has stopped working and needs shut down, or gallery is not responding and needs closed, or messaging is not responding, and my personal favorites are netflix and youtube are not working, but I have never even added or opened the netflix on it and only used youtube once or twice. So why do apps I have never used need shut down??? I do always go in and shut down all apps that might be running in the back ground multiple times a day so no that is not the issue. I do like the new placement of the fingerprint scanner, it makes it much easier to use one handed but makes it more difficult when using handsfree in the car. The "live" feature of the S pen is new and fun but you can only put one or two small words on it, for instance I <3 U will work but I love you will not. And it is my experience that anyone that does not have a samsung phone can not receive and messages you try to send using the live feature as well, making it a cute but mostly nonfunctional app. And plan to spend 45-60 minutes setting it up the first time as well. It also does not seem to get as good of a signal as the 5 did in the same places. For instance with my 5 I never had an issue using it at the store, but the 8 will not have a signal in the same store and will not open the internet either, making it very hard to compare prices while shopping. So I would say go with a different model because this one is not worth the price.

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