Like why buy it? Did you not see the button when you looked at the product? Did you not read any reviews?
So many other phones to select from and users are buying a phone with a button they don't want.
Companies continue to get away with these poor design decisions and forcing this system-wide apps because we continue to buy their products.
If it's the best phone otherwise, why not buy it? It's not a deal-breaker; it's just annoying.
Is it? I'm not up to date on the latest models, but in the past when I've compared Samsung's flagships to others, there wasn't a really obvious winner. I always found it a little weird that Samsung got such a large share of the market.
I really wish Apple would ship a phone with a stylus, but we know it's against their religion. His Steveness spake thus: thou shalt not use a stylus with a phone! And it was so in all Appledom.
There are other features, like a button on the stylus that the phone can detect a press of, and a small cursor that appears on the screen when the stylus is near but not touching it, but these are less important. Still, I think it's fair to say that the stylus is more useful when integrated into the design.
Not quite, but I think it's the only flagship with an integrated stylus.
It's also the only one with it's monstrously large screen, and it's aspect ratio, which is a nice combo because it gives you a lot of visible screen content while using the on-screen keyboard.
Not the best for everyone's preferences, but there's no obvious substitute for someone who wants Note 8’s distinct features other than Bixby.
For me there's a ~four-way set of compromises: Stock (or near-stock) Android, Headphone Jack, Excellent Battery Capacity, Quality components.
Unfortunately there's nothing that meets all four of those requirements.
The Google Pixel 2 is probably as close as it gets, but has no headphone jack - which is a deal breaker for me.
After that, it's down to either the Samsung Galaxy range (S8, S8+, Note8) which all have the Bixby button, or LG V30/V30+.
Both of these are unfortunately running heavily modded versions of Android that are well out of date, and the LG V30/V30+ have had issues with screen quality and general availability.
So, I have a Galaxy S8+ - not my first choice, and I'm not really happy with it (too much Samsung crapware on it), but it's better than the alternatives.
Because there's a phone identical to the Note 8 but for the button? Just because the Android ecosystem is more diverse than iOS doesn't mean that there is unlimited variation available in the market. I don't want Bixby, really dislike the button placement (too easy to accidentally activate even if I wanted Bixby), but that's not enough to prefer another phone to the Note 8.