I want the Note 8.
In the meantime, I'm to install the latest firmware on my Note 4, root, put Twrp and Xposed, and reinstall everything from nandroid or titanium backup. Should take a few hours.
And, I need to find a Windows computer in order to Odin.

When is the Note 8 being released?

Who knows. Next year is a reasonable guesstimate. I read they're going to sell reconditioned Note 7 devices, so maybe they found the reason it was exploding.
In this very moment I'm burning the new firmware through Flashfire on my Note 4. Will it boot again?

Please let us know how Flashfire works out. Might want to try with my Note Edge. Thanks!

Flashfire? Bootlooped my device
Odin fixed it.

Thanks. So which rom are on? The Note 7 or the Note 4?

Then, after a month, this will happen:



Sorry had to do it..

Still note 4,since I want the fingerprint sensor working.

Upgrading the firmware did no good, still lagging.

This brought me to an uninstalling spree, berserk style.
I also reloaded Greenify and greenified the bulk of remaining apps, first of all Facebook.
This was good, since afterwards my phone is snappy again. I don't know if it's due to uninstalling or greenifying, but that's it.

That was brilliant!

Still I will be looking at next note for sure. Samsung handle the situation great, The devices offers more than most others so it will indeed be interesting so see how Samsung handles this next year.

I think the line is too great for cancellation. or at least I hope so.

Since my Note 2 died in July I have been using regular phones for the past few months and I'm now considering buying a new Note. The only choices for me are the Note 4 and the 5 but the 5 feels like a downgrade. No IR, no MHL, no SD card slot, non-removable battery, what else did I miss? Is there something in the Note 5 that makes up for all these things that they gave up?

Could the LG V10/V20 and a stylus be another option? Pressure sensitivity is not a necessity for me but an accurate stylus that can draw fine lines is.