2 Con: Quirks and Cost
As slim, sexy and feature-packed as the Galaxy Note 8 is, it’s certainly not without its faults, either. Of course, while I wouldn’t bash Samsung too hard for the obvious flaws that Android OS brings to the equation, I personally think the company could’ve done more to avoid the more pronounced design issues — such as that ghastly fingerprint sensor on the rear-side, literally right next to the camera lens.. what were you thinking, Samsung? Just the process of setting it up is infuriating, and so I’m probably not the only Note 8 owner who didn’t even bother with it.
The other downside is the handset’s exorbitant cost, which can run up to as much as $960 (or $40/month through your wireless carrier). Right, the Note 8 is gorgeous, solid, and highly-advanced — and we all know full well that Apple’s iPhone X will cost even more at $999 — but still: it’s a Samsung.. And while that’s not necessarily a bad thing, since the company produces great phones — they also use about 80% of Samsung’s own components to build them. So it’s a little surprising to think that the company wasn’t able to, or simply decided against, pricing the Note 8 more conservatively to undercut the competition.