Ha ha. The Note looks futuristic. And quite breathtaking. I find people who disagree have never physically held one and have not intention of doing.
The iPhone 8 looks like the iPhone 6. I saw one being used yesterday and had no idea it was a new phone. Amazing.
Looking at most any modern laptop will see similar design to the PowerBooks and Sony Viao laptops looked in the early 2000s. Like the mature nature of the Laptop market, Phones have reached the same point of balance with regards to design and usability.
At the end of the day phones are small rectangular slabs with screens on them.
So. Stand back and think on. Will a slightly "better" video quality impress your friends enough for them to say "Hey. Isn't that the immediately recognisable iPhone 8 with the improved video performance?"
Or is it more likely they'll say "That's one beautiful looking phone man" when you pull out the Note?
(It was A rhetorical question the correct answer is the latter one).
And for many of us a phone is a tool, not a status symbol. Why is it so important that someone knows you, or anyone else has the newest model?
On that subject, I put a black dot on my new LTE watch, simply because I am not interested in that type of attention.
It's all down to brand loyalty and ecosystem lock-in factor. Will old fashioned styling still be enough to make you stay. (Chances are very likely that it will be and that's a shame because the monopoly Apple once had is not there now and there's no shame in admitting it)
I think it is down to what system or features you like and need, more than it is loyalty. People switch between systems more often than you think, and both Google and Apple make it relatively easy to migrate over.
However. Although Samsung clearly is a much better release being a completely new design (as opposed to the 8 which is another rehash of old models) - this cannot be said of the iPhone X.
The iPhone X is a proper redesign (like the Samsungs) are so it is likely if improvements of video quality AND looks are important to you it is best you hang on a couple months. It then it will be up to you to ask if Samsung Note looks with an Apple logo are worth an extra £200 as you ask the bank manager for a £1000 loan to achieve it. Only he can tell you.
Most people outside of tech savvy folks that follow sites like this won’t be able to see the differences on the Samsung side either. Clearly the top and bottom are different, but the Note 8 doesn’t really look much different than any other samsung Edge phone.
Regarding changes, Honestly I am glad Apple focused on the internals, as the camera improvements, increased graphics / processor speed and other added features are worth more to some people than a design. In fact, since most people run cases on their phones, it is nice having a phone design that allows people to protect their device from side damage.
On prices, if you are worried about 100 or 200 more (Pounds or dollars), you likely shouldn’t be in the market for a device like these anyway.
Cheers!
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