The Note series is unlike any other and Samsung sells millions of them, but, like the article said, the thrill is gone. I had a Note 7 and loved it, but it was nothing more than a stretched out S7 Edge with an S-Pen. Other than the iris scanner, it had nothing over the S series. Not the 821, not more RAM, not its own special Note Edge, but just the S7 Edge, and no camera improvements. Samsung has gotten lazy and maybe this disaster was waiting around the corner, but people are forgiving and I hope they continue the Note series - it is just too unique to do away with it.