Note perfect?

Remember the time Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 was Stuff ’s cover star? We do. It was not a fun month, but time forgives all sins and here we are one year later with a new Note to contend with. Having been burnt before by a very similar-looking mega-phone, we weren’t initially sure what to make of this phoenix-like rise from the ashes. Then we picked up the Note 8’s S Pen stylus, conjured up a juvenile stick-man drawing and remembered what it was that we loved about these phones in the first place: they’re built to do absolutely anything. In practice, this means everything the Galaxy S8 is capable of and a little bit more. An added dual-lens camera serves up far superior zoom capabilities and hands you the chance to take fancy portrait shots with artfully blurred backgrounds. Aside from that camera-and-stylus combo, there isn’t all that much to distinguish this new Note from the S8. But do you know what? We loved that phone, and it didn’t explode at random. Here’s hoping Samsung has learnt its oh-so-explosive lesson this time around. As hot as… a phone that literally caught fire (minus the flammable bit) £tba / stuff.tv/note8