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    S8

    Anybody else got one? I was due for an upgrade thru work, so I went from the S4 to the S8 Thursday.

    Initial impressions are it still sucks to type any lengthy emails on. Camera quality is amazing. Facial recognition is spotty, but maybe it just doesn't like my particular face. The fingerprint scanner is a nice backup for unlocking it when the face reader doesn't work. It works flawlessly every time.

    The edge display makes pictures and video look a little more crisp, almost 3Dish. Much faster at opening apps and switching from one thing to another.

    I definitely wouldn't pay 800 bucks or whatever they are charging for them.

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    I paid a lot more then 800 for my S8


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    My note 4 died (I killed it is more accurate) Just got an S7 Edge.

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    I just got mine delivered on Wednesday. I was bummed out about my dog dying about 10 minutes before they were delivered, so I've been having a hard time getting excited about it. I do like the lock screen.

    I went from the S5, so it's a nice upgrade, the first time I got the newest phone available instead of the oldest. But still, I miss my dog.
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    Sorry to hear aout your dog. I'm rocking the Note 5. Love it.

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    Sorry about your dog GE..
    I wanted to get the S8 but my phone took a fall last month and I had to upgrade early. My wife wanted to downgrade from S7 to iphone so I got her's when I saw the S8 specs - not a big difference. I love the S7 so far except for battery life, so I got a battery case. Paid $650-ish for phone last year unlocked straight from Samsung, got a Gear VR and a 256M card in the price.

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    The battery life is one thing that I do like about the S8. With my S4 I was having to leave it on the charger for a couple hours a day. 15 minutes of GPS would take about 25% of the battery life. Today I was on the phone for about 3 hours and used the phone the same way as the old phone. Finished the day with 49% battery life left. It's nice not having to worry about it making it thru the whole day and carrying a charging cable with me everywhere I go.

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    I've noticed the screen to be the biggest battery killer on the S7, recording video makes it even worse. Putting it into the moderate power saving mode helps a bit, but on some days I would be unable to make it by evening without the battery case.
    At home and work I have replaced cables with wireless charging pads, highly recommended if you don't need to charge at full speed, just put the phone on the pad and it charges at 1A rate. Make sure you get 2A power adapters...

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    Speaking of Samsung, Disconnect Pro was free in the *Samsung* app store last time I checked...

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    Sorry about your dog.

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