The Mate 8 is pretty much what I'd want. If I had better confirmation on how well the China version worked on T-Mobile radios, it might have swayed me towards taking a leap of faith and just buying from a 3rd party that sold the Chinese version. All the specs on the Mate 8 are exactly what I would want in switching off of the Note 3, and making a provider change to T-Mobile. I'm more hesitant now, since there are a lot of phones that could come out that could match up. I went into a Best Buy and took a look at the LG v10, just to get an idea of the size of the Mate 8. It's slightly smaller than that phone, except a 6 inch screen, which I think I would've been alright with.