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Samsung Galaxy Note 8: 10 Killer tips and tricks

Samsung has come back from last year’s Note 7 disaster with the Galaxy Note 8, a phone so jam-packed with features, you might still be learning things about it when the time comes for your next upgrade. The Note 8 includes all the cool stuff Samsung bakes into all its phones, and then adds all the S Pen stuff.

So why not accelerate your learning process? Here are 10 tips that will guide you to the very best features the Note 8 offers.

The Galaxy Note 8 affords granular control over exactly how its AMOLED display will look.

1. NOTE 8 DISPLAY ADJUSTMENTS

The Galaxy Note 8 has one of the best displays available on a smartphone, and you can make a few adjustments to tweak it just right for your eyes. Head into settings and find Display > Screen mode.

There are four different modes from which to choose, including Adaptive, AMOLED cinema, AMOLED photo, and basic. There’s a demo picture at the top of the screen so you can see how each one will look. Adaptive mode gives

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