Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0

So it was time for Michelle to renew her mobile phone plan after 2 years. So instead of getting a new handphone, we got a Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 for her. The packaging has a nice tan colour probably trying to associate the it with wood and all.

Close up, you can see the environmental "friendliness" aspect of the packaging which will never redeem the environmental destruction caused by making this device...

So someone is quite excited by it all...first new electronic gadget of the year!

Inside you would be first greeted by the phablet itself. The temporary screen protector they provided has those pesky words on it and is actually black in the background. So one cannot use that protector temporarily before going down to a shop to get a permanent one. So that kind of sucks.

Under the phablet, there are the accessories which are pretty standard and no extra goodies inside. Again with the environmental thing in mind, all the cardboard and paper are probably unbleached, giving that nice wood kind of look.

The phablet works well and is quite comfortable to use. I think it is of a just nice size for anyone and works great as something to read the news with before falling asleep on the bed. The extra few inches more than what I have for my Note 2 really makes reading articles great and have no regret getting it for Michelle, except she needs to use it more instead of her iphone!