I'd assume it's an Exynos 64GB, the only variant (aside from colour) I'm aware of within Europe is the dual sim models but I think those are Samsung direct only.

I didn't think that was official policy or have they brought it back again? I had it refused last time I tried.

On a different note, anyone know how quickly you can get a Clarity card? They've £20 cashback before the end of September which would make this cheaper in addition to the no foreign transaction fee but I can't see the card coming that quickly.

That is not their policy. They usually only refund differences on pre orders on dispatch and not after. They will more than likely now tell you to send the item back and purchase it at the new price.Gone are the good ol days of outstanding after service. Its very medioka now.

It's a European phone so as far as I'm aware, Samsung UK should cover the warranty otherwise you'd need to send it back to Amazon Italy. I bought the Note 1 and 4 from Amazon.de but neither had to go back so I've no experience of returns with them.

I bought a note 4 from amazon.it. Samsung had no problems collecting in the UK on the 5 occasions it went back. Two year warranty also.

You get the same handset as you would if bought in the UK. So you get the same standard 2 year warranty with Samsung if anything is wrong with it.

I have the note 8 and I personally don't have any issues with being able to reach the fingerprint reader on the back,and neither does my Mrs,but we are both tallish so have decent sized hands i suppose lol

i personally use the face recognition and it works very well and the fingerprint reader as a back up,as you have the option to have more than one way to unlock the phone at one time,so mine is set that i can use a pin,my face or my finger,and there is the option to use the retina scanner instead of the face,but i find that a little slow.

I'm in the same boat.



You can disable Bixby.

With you all the way there. My Note 4 was the first phone I'd kept for more than 2 years, but seems to have become painfully slow of late despite a reset a few months ago. Conspiracy! Anyway, I was holding off upgrading as I'd enjoyed having a ridiculously low monthly rate for the past year, but bit on the O2 deal on here for the Note 8 for just £7 a month more than I'm paying at the moment (plus upfront cost, but that's almost covered by the sale of my Note 4).

Still feeling my way around the Note 8 after a few days and so far really pleased with it. Going back to the note 4 after just a few hours of playing with it, the 4 suddenly felt pretty old. But hey, it's been a good servant!

Only negative with the Note 8 so far for me is, as mentioned elsewhere, Bixby :rage: I don't mind the button etc, and I know you can disable it, but the voice recognition when compared to the built in 'OK Google' or things like Alexa / Amazon Echo is absolutely horrendous. If 'Hello Bixby' works 1 out of 10 times it's a miracle.

Either way, I think I'll get my money's worth from the Note 8. The Note 4 made my laptop all but redundant, and the Note 8's power will see me through another couple of years without needing any other portable productivity tech I recon :grin:

I think screen size has become tricky issue as displays are narrower and longer yet manufacturers keep giving us diagonal figure and not real display area in square inches or centimetres.