A woman posing for a selfie with the Galaxy Note 8.REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Samsung's new Galaxy Note 8 is the company's most powerful, fully-featured phone to date.
And it can do a lot of things the iPhone can't.
Here's a look at some Galaxy Note 8 features you won't find in the iPhone.
You can use the included stylus to write and doodle on the screen.
Corey Protin/Business Insider There's a new feature in the Galaxy Note 8 called Live Message, which lets you store your doodles as animated GIFs and share them over text message, Facebook, Twitter, and just about any other app.
There are some third-party stylii that work with the iPhone, but they don't have all the features you find in Samsung's S Pen.
The iris scanner lets you unlock the phone just by looking at it.
Corey Protin/Business Insider It's secure, fast, and easy to use. You still have the option to unlock the Note 8 with a fingerprint or passcode, but the iris scanner is a lot easier. You can only use a passcode or your fingerprint with the iPhone.
The Note 8 can charge wirelessly.
The iPhone doesn't have wireless charging, but the upcoming iPhone 8 is rumored to include the feature.
With Samsung's DeX dock, you can turn your Note 8 into a desktop computer.
Corey Protin/Business Insider DeX connects to a standard keyboard, mouse, and monitor and runs a special desktop version of Android.
You can mirror your iPhone's screen to a monitor or television, but you can't connect it to a keyboard and mouse.
Both rear camera lenses on the Note 8 have optical image stabilization.
Corey Protin/Business Insider That means your photos are less likely to turn out blurry. Only one of the lenses on the iPhone 7 Plus has optical image stabilization.
You can adjust the blur effect on portrait photos before or after you take the shot.
Corey Protin/Business Insider The iPhone doesn't let you adjust the blur on portrait photos.
The screen is so big, you can run two apps at once.
Corey Protin/Business Insider You can also program pairs of apps that launch at the same time with one tap. Even the big-screen iPhone 7 Plus only lets you run one app at a time on the screen.
Samsung Pay works with most magnetic credit card readers. You don't need a special payment pad like you do with Apple Pay.
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