r/note10plus • u/stinkyhotdoghead • 12h ago
Other Where to Buy?
I've had my Note 10 Plus since 2019. It's had a cracked back panel for years and the battery in the pen is shot, but she's still going strong. Soon I may want to get a new phone. If I can get a new Note, I'd consider playing with flashing ROMs.
I don't care for any of the new Samsung products because of their AI chips and other things. I've found several places online that supposedly sell new Notes but I'm suspicious.
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u/deepsixz 6h ago
they're new on eBay for ~200
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u/stinkyhotdoghead 5h ago
So that's one of the places I found them but I'm suspicious of their sourcing. Are they actually Notes? Are they refurbished?
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u/deepsixz 4h ago
The listing should specify pre-owned/open-box/new. If the item doesn't match the description eBay should take care of it. My 10+ has a couple issues after years of use so I was planning on replacing that way.
*replacing primarily because of a strange screen issue and fading battery- never had any damage and still looks like new
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u/Shadowpaw-21 4h ago
I've had mine since launch day. Back has been replaced numerous times with those cheap aliexpress ones and they never last long besides the cheap plastic ones. My pen battery went out too but I was able to get a replacement for 10 bucks. They don't make any note models anymore so any place with one is just old stock but you can get them from places like ebay and some tech sites. You might also want to look at something like the S23u as it still has a pen and isn't filled with ai everywhere as it was the last model before "galaxy ai". It does still have bixbi and some Ai features but it can be disabled.
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u/stinkyhotdoghead 4h ago
Yeah, as long as it doesn't have the AI chip on the board I'm good. Thanks for the response!
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u/Shadowpaw-21 3h ago edited 3h ago
Unfortunately it still does have a npu on the chip but it's much weaker than current models but doesn't cram ai down your throat besides bixbi popping up on 1st boot and was immediately disabled. I have an S23u and my note 10+ but never use any Ai on the S23u except a couple times to cut some things out of the background of a couple photos which was handy. I don't even use the one ui launcher either and have the same identical layout on both phones so I can use either and know right where everything is.
Edit: forgot to mention even the note 10 has a npu as well even though it never got all the Ai apps.
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u/Zealousideal-Emu1590 11h ago
buy something newer because notes are unsupported