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Quality feel (use of materials)

Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 feels in terms of quality. A higher rating indicates that it feels premium and high-quality (attention to detail is high, manufacturing defects don't exist, etc).
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It doesnt feel as good as the Honor 8 in my opinion. The Honor 8 felt much better quality, more substantial in the hand feel.

I liked the design change from S8 to Note 8. I don't mean the screen being more squared but I mean the metal frame wise.
Also have noticed some sort of stain up on the top of the phone where the earpiece and modules go. Not sure if it's the oleophobic layer. It doesn't look good on top of already having usb port charging issues.

whoismikehockney? said:
I liked the design change from S8 to Note 8. I don't mean the screen being more squared but I mean the metal frame wise.
Also have noticed some sort of stain up on the top of the phone where the earpiece and modules go. Not sure if it's the oleophobic layer. It doesn't look good on top of already having usb port charging issues.
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I had 3 really small stains/specks in oleophobic layer on my phone. It was barely visible, but it really bothered me that my new super expensive phone isn't perfect. Took it to the Samsung service center and they replaced it the same day for new one.

Boosik said:
I had 3 really small stains/specks in oleophobic layer on my phone. It was barely visible, but it really bothered me that my new super expensive phone isn't perfect. Took it to the Samsung service center and they replaced it the same day for new one.
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Wow really ? Thank you for telling me. The nearest Samsung customer service center is not that close to me and I read that they don't replace smartphones bought online through Samsung...?
I am thinking of doing the same because of that ugly stain and the usb port charging issues. I'm using the original charger that came in the box and I plug it into the phone and it drops and picks up the charge and doesn't fast charge and it stays on regular charging. Which is getting inconvenient.

I have no idea about online purchases. I bought mine through reseller (alza.cz). But I went directly to Samsung service center. They gave me a paper for my reseller saying that they have to replace it. It went super smooth. I had new phone the same day I went to the service center.

XDA_RealLifeReview said:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 feels in terms of quality. A higher rating indicates that it feels premium and high-quality (attention to detail is high, manufacturing defects don't exist, etc).
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Would love to finally have this.

Samsug

My last note was a 3 and loved the size and feel of that at the time. Despite the plastic build, it still felt very premium to me. Since then I've had Xperia's and Galaxy S devices, which I really enjoyed and told myself their smaller screens were actually more sensible, but now I have the Note8, I definitely prefer the larger display and everything about it just feels quality in the hand. I do use skins, cases and screen protectors for peace of mind, but find myself every now and then taking the phone out "naked" to enjoy it in it's full glory! Compared to the Galaxy devices, I prefer the squarer design also.

I don't mean to revive a stalled thread. But I've got both the note 8 which I just bought this week and an iPhone X I've been using since release. I enjoy both devices quite alot. Tho to me the iPhone feels more premium. It's got a better weight to it and the stainless steel is quite good looking. However the note 8 still feels quite good also. I wish it had more heft to it and used a better metal than just aluminum but aside from that it's very good. Especially the massive screen, which is quite stunning.
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By far the Note8 is the finest device i ever had. Construction and materials are top notch and the screen is something outstanding. I already had a bunch of devices but never had a Note series. My last one was a Pixel XL that died in january 1st. I purchased a S8+ and stay with it for two weeks until i sold to my brother. Bought the Note8 and now i'm fully satisfied.
Device is great, S-pen is great, the feeling in my hand is great. In overall Samsung did a awesome job with Note8

The frame on the note 7 is far better, but everything else besides that is great.
And oh, try sniffing your spen when its freshly removed from the spenhole.

Slick as the glass it was made with. Slightly bland, slightly boring, but solid and heavy feel.

While I do miss the design of the Note 4, which I believe is the best designed Note that Samsung ever put out. The Note 8's construction is not that bad

"Look" of the device (aesthetics)

Is the OnePlus 7 Pro as good-looking as you are (despite your receding hairline, adult-onset acne, and massive weight gain)? Rate this thread to express whether you think the OnePlus 7 Pro is attractive. A higher rating indicates that you would even go as far to say that the OnePlus 7 Pro is a beautiful phone.
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One plus 7 pro seems much better deal than the s10 plus ( even I'm using s10 plus )

Wow, it's like you know me, have you stolen my mirror? Wait...no..

I received the case before the phone. My 7 Pro case fits my OP6 almost perfectly so when people say, "it's huge!". not really.

Has anyone taken the risk of going raw dog with that bad boy? The back of the nubia color I have is dangerously slippery. That coupled with the fact that the phone can be a bit unwieldy for some certainly constitutes a recipe for disaster!
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No case here. Love the nebula blue color it would be a shame to put one on it. It is a bit slippery, but when you keep that in the back of your mind it is ok to handle with one hand even

Such a beautiful phone. Makes any phone with a notch look silly.
Have unfortunately dropped mine a couple times already though and some of the blue finish on the corners has given way to bare metal

best looking and feeling phone I have held to date. Bar none.

I took it out of the case,dropt it on the carpet 30 seconds later ).
I'm going to keep it in the case until i get used to its size.
I hate keeping my phones in cases tough.

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I don't have any major complaints with the look of the device. I would personally prefer the rear cameras be completely flush with the backing but that isn't a deal-breaker. A slightly thicker profile might actually give them a little more room to do that, increase the battery size, and make the device slightly easier to grip on the sides without a case. I would really like an emerald or jade green color option.

mrnovanova said:
Has anyone taken the risk of going raw dog with that bad boy? The back of the nubia color I have is dangerously slippery. That coupled with the fact that the phone can be a bit unwieldy for some certainly constitutes a recipe for disaster!
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Just using a phantomskinz ultra clear back skin. I know one good drop and it's toast, but it's just so Damn Pretty.

DFranch said:
Just using a phantomskinz ultra clear back skin. I know one good drop and it's toast, but it's just so Damn Pretty.
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Does it give it more grip?

mrnovanova said:
Does it give it more grip?
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Yes, it actually wraps around the side of the phone and adds more grip to the sides, but the sides of the phone are thin. so there still isn't much surface area to grab. so you still need to be careful. I find that where I would have grabbed the phone by it sides, I'm handling it more with the front and back of the phone.

Not a fan at all of the curved screen, warps screen and words are harder to read when close to the edges.

Inductive Soul said:
Not a fan at all of the curved screen, warps screen and words are harder to read when close to the edges.
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Yeah, the curved screen isn't my favorite part of the phone. Surprisingly, it hasn't bothered me too much so far. At least it's better than the Galaxy S7 edge I used to own.

Really a nice device. Especially in blue! However, I find that the edges are slightly too rounded.

One has to absolutely LOVE the full view screen. An actually full-screen phone, at last. I've heard people complain that the back cover is glass and that it could have been plastic. Well, then they'd complain that it's mere plastic and doesn't feel premium. I Love the looks.

Rob_1608 said:
One has to absolutely LOVE the full view screen. An actually full-screen phone, at last.
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I totally agree about the full screen. I don't like the looks of the punch hole cameras. I'm sad that OnePlus has abandoned the pop up camera for the 8 pro. I may not upgrade until under screen cameras are finally a thing.

DFranch said:
I totally agree about the full screen. I don't like the looks of the punch hole cameras. I'm sad that OnePlus has abandoned the pop up camera for the 8 pro. I may not upgrade until under screen cameras are finally a thing.
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Yea that's true... I'm happy with my OnePlus 7 Pro right now and I honestly like this design with the pop-up camera better than the new OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro designs

Quality feel (use of materials)

Rate this thread to express how you think the feels in terms of quality. A higher rating indicates that it feels premium and high-quality (attention to detail is high, manufacturing defects don't exist, etc).
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Looks and feels premium. But the display came with a small blip in the side on the glass. Couldn't unsee it after finding it out so ended up with a tempered glass and the ungainly white border.

It feels very high quality especially coming from the Poco. I've used naked for a while but found the back and front glass scratches very easy compared to the metal body (aluminium?).
I suggest using at least the standard case and getting some sort of screen protection.
It's feels very nice in hand and not slippery at all. Overall for, sd855, pop up camera, amoled, fast charge, metal glass sandwich design the list goes on, I'm struggling to find where they cut corners or how they even made profit off this amazing phone.

Finish is good and I used the standard case from the start along with some screen cover. The hard screen cover is not very good as the phone's screen actually has a radius near the bevel and the hard screen cover does not conform to the curve..I will try a soft cover when (if?) I can be bothered.
I have since changed cover as I ordered it before I realised the phone came with one.. my after market cover covers the top and bottom of the phone more than the stock one and is softer.
When I first got the phone it felt heavy but is only about 50 grams heavier than my last phone with almost identical dimensions. But now I have grown to enjoy the extra weight.. it doesn't cause issues in my pocket.. all in all very satisfied with the ergos of this phone

A shame that they used that poor vibration motor that makes it feel as cheap as the redmi note 4x (only thing I could compare it to). They should've chosen haptic feedback motors instead.
The rest seems fine, apart from the design blunder of the camera setup, but it's not as big of a deal compared to an upside down screen (looking at you, oneplus 5).
Software wise, it's completely cr**, full of bugs and broken things, it just doesn't work well (miui 11). Thing is, I don't really want to move to a custom android rom as miui has some neat features, like the scrolling screenshot, the whole applock and apphide with the home page gestures. Most of those custom implementations just don't feel as good as stock, so I'm staying on miui 11 in the hope that the next update will bring a lot of fixes. I tried MiRoom, but that one is even worse, with apps partially being chinese, system launcher FC after a clean install, etc.

For that price it's great. Sandwich made out of glass and aluminium feels good and the screen is pretty good.

Build quality and screen quality when compared to OnePlus 6t?

suvam69 said:
Build quality and screen quality when compared to OnePlus 6t?
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build without any problems, screen is more than ok

I personally like the design and qualitybof this phone

How does the pop-up camera mechanism hold up to long term use? Any problems so far?

CaptainKnox said:
How does the pop-up camera mechanism hold up to long term use? Any problems so far?
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no problems yet.
verybdurable

very good phone, yesterday November 14, 2020 mine was one year old, and it's like the first day, fast, everything super good, excellent phone!

Ergonomics (in-hand feel)

Please, no "that's what she said" jokes. Rate this thread to express how you think the Motorola Edge feels in-hand. A higher rating indicates that it's comfortable to hold for long periods of time, even in one hand. Resist the urge to say "TWSS" just now. Seriously.
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The reviews of the curved screen are dead on. It's pretty, and also it's pretty annoying. Too easy to accidentally push the wrong thing, and not all that useful. The notifications along the sides are cool (I'd like to see more customizability there), but other than that, the screen curve's utility ends at the demo counter at Best Buy.

foobarney said:
The reviews of the curved screen are dead on. It's pretty, and also it's pretty annoying. Too easy to accidentally push the wrong thing, and not all that useful. The notifications along the sides are cool (I'd like to see more customizability there), but other than that, the screen curve's utility ends at the demo counter at Best Buy.
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You can disable that edge curve somewhere in the moto app. Saw video on that.

Just got mine today and it feels great and no issues with touching the edges...have more issues with edge on OnePlus 8!

I've had this phone about 20 hours now, and....
...prerelease reviews were correct, its roundness and smoothness make it not the most grippable.-- and yet has amazing one-handed utility, so I'm not repositioning my fingers unless typing, etc. However, the only issues I've had with the edge wraps is them NOT registering light touches reliably. I've had few, if any, unintended clicks, but it find it difficult to exit apps/go home when in landscape. And impossible if I'm using the phone in a clip (like for gaming).
Would love some more options such as continuous edge lighting when charging, and more shortcuts from the little folder side button (it could ALMOST become my primary app launcher as-is, and has a great config setup). Don't love the motion required to do long inward sideswipes to go "back" over the curved edge and into the screen, but it may just be the unfamiliarity of the motion. (I am used to android 9, nova prime, and the xda navigation capsule bubble on my last 2-3 motos.
That all said, love this hardware like I haven't loved a phone in years. It feels like ridiculous horsepower in a sleek sexy package, and compared it aloud to a muscle car and day g a model. Just dread when I will drop the slippery bugger!

Have had the phone for 4 hours and the single hand use is amazing. The case that you get with it provides a lot of support while allowing to see the back (The case is a god send as a lot of places just have the plus.)

Quality feel (use of materials)

Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE feels in terms of quality. A higher rating indicates that it feels premium and high-quality (attention to detail is high, manufacturing defects don't exist, etc).
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Cal lme crazy but I MUCH prefer plastic over glass. I love the plastic back. the matte finish is amazing. it doesn't break either.
it feels great in the hand, tho the front screen feels a little cheap due to the uneven bezels but eh.

I just upgraded my dead S7 to the S20 FE 5G. Does it feel "different" from my S7? Yes. I've read some reviews (where even the reviewer gave it to his wife to hold without saying anything) where they said it feels "cheap". I do not feel that way at all. It doesn't feel "cheap" to me. To me, that feeling is subjective at best.
But overall, I'm very pleased with this device. Of course, coming from my S7 of 6+ years (which was getting very slow), the S20 feels so much faster and smoother. I'm sure the 120hz refresh helps, but so many of the other features this phone has just renewed my joy in having a smartphone again. The S7 turned into just another device that I had, but now, with the S20 (even though it's been almost 2 years since it was first released), has just made having a mobile phone fun again for me. And coming from an S7 (with the glass back, etc), this new phone does not feel "cheap" to me.
I'm not disparaging those that feel that way, but just makes me wonder if they're used to having high-end devices that many of us refuse to spend over $1K on a phone for. Again, coming from an S7 to this, I do not feel like I've taken a step down. And for the price ($600), I think this is a great deal. Sure, it's only slated to get one more OS upgrade to Android 13, but then, I made my S7 last for 6+ years, and that's how I am. I'm not the type that upgrades my device every 2 to 3 years. I use my devices until they die.

I do miss a glass back, but out of all the plastic "premium" backs, this is the best in both feel and look.
It do make the phone lighter compared to glass though.
The screen touch feels fine, perfect sensitivity (a little too sensitive but just slight), the buttons have a nice feel and the aluminum frame is a nice touch.
All in all, nothing special (all phones with the same specs of material will feel the same) but out of the budget phones, this is the "premium" feel