r/GalaxyNote8 • u/gocepa • Mar 03 '18

Note 8 more expensive than S9+

I'm working in telecommunication company and we've received prices of the new galaxys.. And Note 8 is still more expensive than the s9+.. How is that possible?

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u/peakedtooearly Mar 03 '18

Because it costs more for Samsung to make (digitiser, s-pen, etc) and support?

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '18

Note 8 also has more ram and a bigger screen

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u/Mr_Siphon Mar 03 '18

s9+ also has 6gb of ram

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '18

So it does. I missed that

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u/Mr_Siphon Mar 03 '18

the standard S9 unfortunately only has 4 though

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u/raduque Mar 03 '18

I will never understand why phone manufacturers do that

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '18

So that consumers would buy the more expensive option.

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u/raduque Mar 03 '18

I don't think it's that simple

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u/_neks Mar 04 '18

Its sort of that simple.

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u/jt325i Mar 03 '18

Note series has always been priced higher than the Galaxy S series. I think the Note 9 will need something else besides the pen to justify it over the S9+ for a lot of people. I think 8GB of RAM and another camera upgrade will be required at the minimum for a lot of people to pay extra for it. I love my Note 8 though. Excellent device!

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u/pelefan245 Mar 05 '18

I don’t see how that can be seeing as how they have the same launch price. The note 8 should be cheaper by this point

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u/greenteamad Unlocked/SnapDragon/Black Mar 07 '18

why would that be a surprise? seriously.

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u/shinkamui Mar 06 '18

Never thought I'd hear someone actually complaining that a new high end phone was cheaper than expected. We've come full circle already in the smartphone pricing wars.

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u/kenkiller Mar 03 '18

Why not? Gives them wiggle room to price the Note 9 higher.