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The existence of these rumoured handsets along with their processors was found in the kernel source code of two separate Samsung smartphones. Currently, not much is known about Samsung's mysterious "Zodiac" device, however, more information is expected in the upcoming weeks. Starting with Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Fold 2 , the codename of the two rumoured premium smartphones were reportedly found in the kernel source code of Galaxy S20 lineup. The kernel source code was assessed by XDA-Developers. From the code, the codenames of different projects and phone series were further observed.
The other two projects refer to Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Fold 2, the report claimed citing tipsters and older reports. It is speculated that 'Kona' refers to Snapdragon Benchmarks are never the only measure of a phone's performance, but they're an interesting indicator of likely performance in a relative sense.
There's little doubt that the Note 8 is a powerful phone, and at its asking price it should be, but that price is also something of a deterrent, simply because you don't have to cover its asking price to get similar or, in some cases, better performance than the Note 8. If you're keen on the other aspects of the Note 8, that may not matter, but it does mean that the Note 8 isn't quite the must-have premium device that other Notes have been relative to the market in previous years.
Performance isn't just a matter of raw specifications, however. I've been critical in the past of Samsung's "Edge Display" feature, which lets you put common shortcuts onto a slide-out display for quick access. It's not a terrible feature, but it's always been a bit hit and miss for accurately sliding out, and it essentially adds steps to shortcuts you could place on your home screen anyway. It's not a must-have feature, but it does at least make sense of that larger display screen.
I suspect over time, as I've done with the Galaxy S8, I'll disable the Edge Display entirely, but your experience may vary. The Note 8 is launching with Android 7. Samsung has generally toned down TouchWiz as the years have gone by, but in the current climate where many handset makers barely alter stock Android at all, it stands out as still having more of its own in-house software than most.
As with any Android handset, you can customise the experience to suit your own style, whether it's heavy on the widgets or simply app shortcuts. Here the Galaxy Note 8's larger display helps a lot simply because it gives you more space to personalise the Android experience to suit your desires. Samsung had to tread very carefully with the battery in the Galaxy Note 8 simply due to what happened with the Galaxy Note 7 battery.
It's taken the interesting step of walking battery capacity backwards a little, with a sealed 3,mAh battery inside the Note 8. Using Geekbench 3's older battery test showed the Note 8 to be a capable performer for a device with a screen this large, ending up in the top echelon of battery performance for phones we've tested.
Here's how it compares against the leading flagship phones:. The Galaxy Note 8 has a pretty easy claim on all-day battery life, given Geekbench 3's test is a linear test, and my own anecdotal testing backs this up. A Note simply isn't a Note without its stylus.
Years after the original Note's debut, very few competitor brands have even opted for an included stylus with their large screen phones. The S-Pen that comes with the Note 8 has been subtly refined with what Samsung claims is a more responsive and accurate stylus tip as well as with a few software tweaks to make it a better productivity tool.
Note users, in my experience, either fall into the camp of always using the S-Pen or the camp of never even giving it a second thought beyond clicking it out once to make sure it's there when they unpack their shiny new handsets. Obviously, if you're in the latter camp you won't care, but the former should find the new S-Pen quite workable for annotations, sketching and taking multiple notes on the Note 8's always-on display. This includes animated messages, which aren't massively productivity centric, but they're fun for a limited while.
Something tells me the more serious Note users will take a glance once and never return. Samsung has also beefed up the Note 8's translate ability. Where the Note 7 could manage language translations with a tap, this was one word at a time, which is a horribly clumsy way to parse any sentence. You now have the option to capture whole paragraphs at once and have them run through Google Translate into a wide variety of languages.
As always, that needs a present data connection to work, and it's operating as mechanical translation so some nuances of language won't always come through. Still, in a pinch it should suffice to order you a taxi or a meal in foreign climes. It would still be unwise to sign a legally binding contract based on its translation, however. The challenge that the Note 8 has to face isn't, as some may put it, overcoming any issues related to battery fires because Samsung's more or less proven its battery technology with the Galaxy S8, and the Note 8 is essentially a larger, stylus-equipped version of those handsets.
I can offer no personal guarantees, but Samsung appears to have learned its lesson there, at least on surface examination. Firstly, if you're enamoured of the S-Pen and its approach, then it's not only an obvious choice, but your only choice outside of tracking down a now-ageing Galaxy Note 5. While the improvements to the S-Pen aren't immense, this is still the finest stylus-based phone on the market bar none Any of those phones could be in your pocket along with a fair chunk of change against the purchase price of the Note 8 because they're all markedly cheaper.
If you love the whole Note ecosystem with the S-Pen, it's for you, especially as your Note 5 or earlier will easily be eclipsed by its performance.
If you're performance-centric, it's a solid option, especially paired with the DeX dock, but as noted in its review , that's not quite the desktop solution Samsung thinks it is. If you're in the wider market for Android handsets, I'd compare carefully, even if you want to stay within the Samsung family of Galaxy handsets. Read more…. Samsung's Galaxy S20 Ultra is a high-performance phone with a great screen and some of the best battery life we've seen from a Samsung flagship in some years.
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The back camera works beautifully no lag whatsoever but the front camera is very laggy in certain light conditions hard to take a selfie with the lag. Works perfectly for me. My kids take selfies daily Do you have a screen protector covering the lens? XDA Developers was founded by developers, for developers. It is now a valuable resource for people who want to make the most of their mobile devices, from customizing the look and feel to adding new functionality.
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It provides only the recent data that is stored on the device. That being said, you could easily modify the image within the Note 8's Gallery app to adjust for this. Then, I somehow got Xnspy. I nstalled Apps: On a Samsung mobile, you can view the list of installed apps and block any application using Xnspy. The best Android parental-control apps remain more robust than their iOS counterparts in most cases, especially with regard to call and text monitoring. All you need is physical access to the mobile phone you want to monitor. As you know that, using a cell phone spyware to track a target cell phone, you firstly need to have direct physical access to that phone in order to install the software.
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