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it is the Battle of the eighths we've got the iPhone 8 plus and the note 8 to buy he myths going head-to-head for your phone buying dollar I want to do this versus with five categories and no cop-out at the end whatever is best for you we are going to declare a winner let's jump right in so as I run through these categories you'll notice one category is not going to be there and that is performance I could talk about the a11 the Snapdragon 835 and six gigs of ram but they are different operating systems all kinds of different experiences so it's not a fair comparison to go head-to-head on the performance of both but both are incredibly fast both can handle games with Kendall anything you throw at it so performance for two different operating systems it's not apples to apples so to speak so the five categories that we've chosen for this versus battle are design screen camera battery and intangibles so the first category let's start with design and this one should be as no-brainer category as we've got and I think even those diehard Apple fans would even give the design award to the Galaxy Note 8 this is a fourth generation of the same design that we initially saw with the iPhone 6 plus it's not ugly it just hasn't modernized like we've seen on the Samsung side of things you've got an infinity display almost edge to edge the phone looks and feels incredibly premium and if you're gonna buy a phone based solely on design I'm going for the one without the gigantic bezels Galaxy Note 8 easily takes this category alright so next let's jump it to high perhaps the most important category the screen since the book pretty much all screen and what you're staring at you might think at least on paper this is going to be blowout favorite the Samsung but Apple has quietly and I think under the radar refined their screen technology culminating in the screen on the iPhone 8 plus so a bit of a weird aspect ratio I think on the note it's 18 and a half by 9 it works to make a thinner phone with a larger display I kind of prefer the 16 by 9 on the iPhone what's new here on the Apple front is a true tone display wasn't that high on it in the review tomorrow I used it I think the more I started to appreciate what it can do both decent viewability outdoors and that's a big one for me on the note side it's got an incredible brightness of 1,200 nits it's like 20% brighter than the galaxy s 8 plus you gotta outer brightness turned on if you want to see it in direct sunlight so leaves bear that in mind despite how bright the screen gets you turn their brightness all the way up to see it when you are outdoors I love the way the screen looks on the Galaxy Note 8 it looks like a sticker to me I'm looking at pictures looking at movies watching movies playing games the screen is absolutely gorgeous and I've in the past been very mad on Apple's 1080p screens on their Plus devices this one looks better it looks almost higher resolution text looked crisper your calvess lead can't see any pixelation and Apple has definitely improved the display on the A+ I think the plus size display is something Apple was really far behind but it's much better here and much closer when it comes to screen hundred of hundred times I'm still picking the Galaxy Note 8 all right so next let's jump into camera both these flagship feature dual sensors on the back and both take incredible pictures and take very similar approaches to what they do both offer portrait modes which will so reviews technology to blur the background apples got portrait lighting in beta that'll sort of simulate different lighting effects they both have live photos it'll take sort of bit of movies beforehand they do a lot of the same things here but one does it a bit better the iPhone 8 plus I think takes better shots in low light I personally prefer the higher contrast shots that come out of the note in direct sunlight but that's gonna be up to you the iPhones camera looks a little more true to color I like sort of the poppy processing that Samsung does but it's a lot on the processing side portrait shots on the note eights look much more like normal portrait shots and they do on the A+ A+ sometimes blur the wrong stuff portrait lighting though is damn cool even though it's still in beta it doesn't work all the time but when it does work you look really well and presumably it will only get better as time progresses video looks incredible coming out of both of these but if I had to pick one of these to take and use as my camera going I'm gonna pick the iPhone eight plus I think it's a better overall camera in every environment if I want to get those low-light shots gonna be great if I want to get those portrait shots and my kids are gonna look beautiful I have the option dad portrait lighting in here it's an awesome camera on both devices and it was tight but no cop out of a tie if I have to pick one I'm going to camera on the iPhone eight plus all right so let's talk about battery and this would have been a blowout win for Apple if it had been like 2016 or even 2015 but not the case any more symptoms of an incredible job with software and battery management on the galaxy note 18 you might think it's not fair we talked about specs that no day is pushing way more pixel that's got a brighter screen it's got a bigger screen in the iPhone but we're gonna pick up one of these phones you're gonna want it to last and I want to give you one gigantic caveat if you use snapchat that's not even going to be close snapchat on Android is there horrible notorious battery drain so the difference for me with auto brightness turned on on both devices throughout a full day's usage was about 7% and 7% better on the iPhone that is an incredible victory I think for Samsung despite having a power way bigger screen way brighter screen and way more pixels but if you want a phone it's going to last you longer throughout the day you're gonna want to go for the iPhone even with battery saving modes on both I can still eat out a longer life on the iPhone then I can on the Samsung and the fact this is close is an incredible testament to what sampling has done maximizing battle aid because the past years this would have been a complete blowout when it comes to battery I'm sticking with Apple so if you were keeping track at home we are tied 2-2 heading into the final category design went to the note screen stayed with the note camera when the iPhone battery stuck with Apple our last category here's intangibles what makes the phone the phone what separates it from the pack what makes it not a rectangle in your pocket what it brings to the table in the entire package and Apple has brought a lot to the table this Jen we now have wireless charge apples ecosystem is huge for a lot of people things that live inside of it like iMessage and FaceTime Apple pay is almost becoming ubiquitous for mobile payments you've got water resistance with ip67 we're getting a nice display you're getting a good camera and you're getting quick charging capability now built into an apple device on the Samsung side you've got wireless charging you've got fast charging we've got a little better water resistant with ip68 got a headphone jack on board you've got expandable storage you've got the s-pen and you've got Samsung pay and for those reasons be able to use a pen and being able to expand storage being able to plug in any headphones you choose I am giving this category to the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 so I mentioned expandable storage is a big reason to get the Galaxy Note 8 if you want to narrow that gap a little bit you want have expandable storage with the iPhone the folks at Kingston have you covered with the data traveler bolt duo this plugs right into your lighting port there's an app that you download and does one thing and one thing only that is store your pictures and you can do it a couple different ways you can take pictures and video directly to the bulk duo you can backup certain folders in your backup your whole library anything you want to take storage off of your phone so how to hold off on upgrading your phone and maybe the only reason you were gonna upgrade to an iPhone 8 plus or an iPhone tennis for more storage size it's an awesome way to hold out available you the 32 64 128 you can backup everything you need it's really thin too so it'll stay flush with the table whether using it on an iPhone or an iPad it's not gonna give you a weird balance it's put it in your pocket kit in your backpack it's an awesome way to backup whatever you want to suit your needs I want to thank our friends at Kingston for making this video possible with their data traveler bolt duo if you want to check it out go into it down below so this is one of the most hotly-contested verses we have ever done and that was not the case in recent years I was harping on things like Apple missing wireless charging Apple missing quick charging those things are here now the gap has narrowed quite a bit based on all five of these categories I pick the new eight if one of these categories of what's important to you if it's camera but screen if it's intangible as a battery life you know where I stand on those and perhaps that might sway your purchase decision but if you want one based on the breadth of phones that are all fast they're all going to work well the Galaxy Note 8 still reign supreme you