Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 is impressive!

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Samsung has a lot of ground to regain after the Note 7 fiasco last year, but I think they may have done it with the upcoming Note 8. No, they haven't officially announced it yet... but I got the chance to demo a live unit today, and it lives up to the hype. It's a bit larger than the Galaxy S8 Plus, with a 6.3" screen, and it comes with an S Pen in the box. The dual rear cameras are great... it has amazing low light capabilities (f/1.7 apertures in both lenses) and great image stabilization for both still and video shooting. It's super fast, too, with 6 GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 835 processor for US models. The downside is that it's going to be a pricey thing, but if the rumors are to be believed Apple's iPhone 8 is going to be right up there along with it. I'm excited about some of the features and capabilities I saw today, but I don't think I could stomach dropping that much money on a phone even with installment billing.