The front looks ok, the back looks like they let an "intern" design it. 

I think that's what happened. 

My Note8 honestly looks more thought out. 

odd looking fingerprint sensor

Looks a lot like something that they didn't put much of a thought into. 

The S9 actually looked like they put some thought into making it look flush. This one looks.....odd

The Note line kinda seems redundant. 

Rumor has it that the Note line will be merged with the S line with the S10. 

If true, that's actually not a bad move. The Note line hasn't seen much evolution compared to the S line equivalent since the Note5

I know Note fans like myself will be a little sad but I think this is a logical move. 

I'm not surprised. I think they intended of the stylus to be used to draw and whatever. And as big as the Note is compared to other phones, it's still a tad too small to be doing any serious drawing with a pen. I suppose people in Asian regions can use the pen to write their dialect better, though I've haven't had much of an issue with just using my fat finger for that either. 

I don't really use it for serious drawing. 

But it has come in handy for highlighting stuff 

Just use Markup with the new screenshot tool on iOS 11 

I use both but I don't take my iPad Pro with me all the time.

Then upgrade your phone 

Inb4 I get an iPhone X+ to supplement the Note

Oh boy - the stylus users are here. I better run b4 I get run over