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Updraded to note from s2 review

After playing for considerable time I came to the conclusion that the note is not huge upgrade from s2 besides having a big screen. The s pen is a big put off for me and note seems much more laggier to me.
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JSAHITA said:
After playing for considerable time I came to the conclusion that the note is not huge upgrade from s2 besides having a big screen. The s pen is a big put off for me and note seems much more laggier to me.
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I receive literally 0% lag and I can play n64 games that I couldn't on my S2. Battery life is better, better GPU, and ICS is gonna make this thing run smooth as butter.
If you are receiving lag, you probably haven't tweaked your system yet.
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But this phone is 100% about the huge, high res screen! That puts it in a class completely above the GSII. I had both and the Note's not an upgrade, it's a completely different and IMHO much more desireable device!

S2 had 0%lag but note has some lag although bearable
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maxh said:
But this phone is 100% about the huge, high res screen! That puts it in a class completely above the GSII. I had both and the Note's not an upgrade, it's a completely different and IMHO much more desireable device!
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I receive literally no lag bro. Maybe you have a defective one? My Note on stock runs faster/smoother than my custom Rom'd S2
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Well I would it use for some more days and see If I could get it replaced
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JSAHITA said:
After playing for considerable time I came to the conclusion that the note is not huge upgrade from s2 besides having a big screen. The s pen is a big put off for me and note seems much more laggier to me.
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Talking specifically about hardware, the main difference from the SGS2 is the screen. So what more did you expect? I'm really curious..
P.S: For me in the mobile tech world, 1" is a huge upgrade. Like going from 3.5" to 4.3" which is 0.8" upgrade. Then imagine going from 4.3" to 5.3"! Now that's an upgrade! Also the "lag" is a software-based fix. So no worries.

Going from a 4.3" 800x480 resolution screen to a 5.3" 1200x800 screen is a HUGE upgrade.

I expected the device to be much more zappier than the S2.
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JSAHITA said:
I expected the device to be much more zappier than the S2.
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I understand you completely. And I do agree with you on the lag because other users report it as well. But is it really fair to compare a 7 months old phone gone throught many updates/optimizations with the Note?
As I said before the SGS2 was not as fast as it is now when launched. Anw it's the Note "fault" for the lag. Nothing a good update/optimization of the Note cannot fix.
So enjoy your great device and optimize it to your needs.

I really think the op bought the device for the wrong reason.
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Reasons why your still with the Nexus S?

Hey guys, I was a older nexus user and after getting many phones(I have a sensation) I'm getting a nexus again. I'm trading my senny for nexus S and a Samsung infuse 4g.
So why are you guys still with the nexus? Reasons?
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Because I can't afford another phone. Lol. Well part of the reason. I actually enjoy the community support and see no other reasons to upgrade. My phone does what I need it to without any problems. My next phone will be a GNex, but I'll probably run this thing into the ground before then. At least I'll have saved up enough by then.
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That's cool. For spem reason, this phone looks amazingly sexy. And in hand it feels the best than any other phone
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I quite like my nexus, but the main reason is, that there is nothing extraordinary about new phones.
My nexus can perform smoothly, any task i need to do( i don't play games).
I'll upgrade at the end of the year,
hopefully till then , they will be able to sort the battery life and use more efficiently front panel,
to fit screen.
I'll would love, to have bigger screen, although not at cost of carrying mini tablet in my pocket.

Because I am not a fool that constantly goes out and buys the latest and greatest phones for a big e-peen.

g1user101 said:
That's cool. For spem reason, this phone looks amazingly sexy. And in hand it feels the best than any other phone
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+1 This phone is smexy! Plus, I really don't see a significantly better speed increase on my friend's GNex... They do everything at roughly the same speed!

guys, what is a good extended battery that is under $20 or $15 that is good and doesnt need a different battery door?

1. cant afford
2. dont want to leave you guys behind (did that twice to others already)
3. it works!!! isn't that all you need?

It has Matr1x.
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mathkid95 said:
It has Matr1x.
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Hahaha. I'm actually gunna flash your kernel when I get it in about a couple hours lol
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I use a galaxy tab for my larger screen fix, so I prefer the smaller size and weight of the NS, not to mention the it's superb performance.

mathkid95 said:
It has Matr1x.
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soo true!! Matr1x is awesome!!! NO rom is complete without it

Contact upgrade hasn't come yet lol but the development here is amazing also.
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g1user101 said:
guys, what is a good extended battery that is under $20 or $15 that is good and doesnt need a different battery door?
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Just buy a spare. Those cheap extended ones aren't really that much better in performance from reports I've seen online. You can't bump up the maHs without increasing the size of the batteries just yet.
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I've seen anker on sensation and it bumps up like 40% and I found a anker for nexus. Wonder if it works
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damn, seems like the guy im trading with is flaking out. texted him many times when he told me to and hes not responding.

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It has Matr1x.
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Agree
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1. Awesome development and community support
2. NFC/Wallet. It's cool to pay with your phone.
3. It's beautiful and it works.
4. Contract still not up yet .

The nexus has the best form factor of any phone to date. Its kind of a shame all the manufacturers are moving towards making giant phones.
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s3 costs almost 750-800 usd in my country so i rather stick to this

Anyone happy with their GS3

I got my gs3 and so far everything good not big upgrade compare to what I had, just the network but then again that's one of the major consideration on smartphones, phone is fast, camera great, 64 gb plus 16gb of storage and loving everything even the screen and the color (pebble blue) I see a lot people complaining like always when a phone is release(first is where the f*** is the phone and after they get it, does your phone do this?), anyways anyone else out there happy as well?
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Not a huge upgrade from my S2...but...so far I LOVE the S3!!!

gandalf21502 said:
Not a huge upgrade from my S2...but...so far I LOVE the S3!!!
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Same here...i sold my s2 for $350. I chise not to use my upgrad and just pay the 549.99. If i used an upgrade i think id take it back bc its not much different then the s2. I think the phine was definitely over hyped.
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Complete happy with my G S III. Retired go to phone > the Evo.

If the evo lte battery wasnt so bad id trade for that bc the beats audio on the one i had was niceeee
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bmoreboy02 said:
If the evo lte battery wasnt so bad id trade for that bc the beats audio on the one i had was niceeee
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Can't you just search for the beats audio software mod that's been zipped up and flash it?
Criticism I heard/read about beats audio is that it's mostly software enhanced "gimmicks", E.Q stuff etc, and can be flashed to most phones...
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jgalan14 said:
I got my gs3 and so far everything good not big upgrade compare to what I had, just the network but then again that's one of the major consideration on smartphones, phone is fast, camera great, 64 gb plus 16gb of storage and loving everything even the screen and the color (pebble blue) I see a lot people complaining like always when a phone is release(first is where the f*** is the phone and after they get it, does your phone do this?), anyways anyone else out there happy as well?
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I love my gs3. Traded a my one s plus $390. Yes I might have paid a bit more but whatever. What phone did you have before your gs3?
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LordLugard said:
Can't you just search for the beats audio software mod that's been zipped up and flash it?
Criticism I heard/read about beats audio is that it's mostly software enhanced "gimmicks", E.Q stuff etc, and can be flashed to most phones...
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Im not very good at flashing lol....not gona do something thatvi dont know hiw to fix if i mess up lol. But i think your right
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I love it. It's the fastest phone I've ever held. More responsive than my Note. Screen is perfect size. Beautiful look and feel. Just awesome.

micxploed said:
I love my gs3. Traded a my one s plus $390. Yes I might have paid a bit more but whatever. What phone did you have before your gs3?
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I had the HTC evo lte(sprint data got really bad here so I had to switch) and galaxy nexus
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Love it..
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Definitely an upgrade over my Epic. Outstanding battery life and improved GPS is all I really ask for in a device and I got it.
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Switched from the epic 4G touch and don't think that is is a huge upgrade. Still an awesome phone though but it was over hyped. Jumped from sprint to t-mobile due to data issues and don't regret it at all.
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Love this phone. Came from a Captivate and the difference is like night and day. It's like when i went from ps3 to sli 580s.

LordLugard said:
Can't you just search for the beats audio software mod that's been zipped up and flash it?
Criticism I heard/read about beats audio is that it's mostly software enhanced "gimmicks", E.Q stuff etc, and can be flashed to most phones...
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I've heard the "Beats" audio, it's mostly enhanced bass and tweaked treble. Was not extremely impressed.
As for my new GSIII, I like it. Came from a flashed GSI. The improvement is alot more than coming from an older laptop to a state of the art one...
Yeah, I rooted it a few hours after getting it.

I came from the Aria, so the difference is pretty significant. I will say that I think the screen is ever so slightly too large. I think 4.3-4.5 inch displays are the perfect size.
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Came from a gs2. Ran aokp and fluxxi kernel and it was smooth.
But the gs3 beats it by a mile.
Gps is faster. Battery life is way better. Data speed (lte) ****s on hspa and I love the screen... Plus the camera is very nice.
So overall the difference for me is pretty big.
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Not A huge update over my Int galaxy note but I love it!
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Happy, mostly... Wish I wouldn't have had the evo to play with first, grr... That camera knocks this one's dingle in the dirt, the display is much nicer, and the devs are killing that thing, lol, I'm sitting here with my rooted phone and thumb up my arse wishing I knew how to dev cause we have not one Damn Rom... On the other hand I do like playing with Samsung as it's a tad different than HTC. It feels maybe a little better than evo in my hands, in a strange way, the phone feels a little cheaper so I'm not as worried to use it like it's intended. This thing gets hot and has performance issues and hopefully all my "issues" are all software related... It does have removable battery which is huge for me as I like to keep a few extra batteries charged and ready to go, HATE to be tethered to a wall. The sound on this thing is really loud and clean, really appreciate that... The digitizer is a bit spastic at times but that might just need tweaked as well... It does have 2GB's of ram:-~ lol, I don't know any Sammy devs either, did they all go to evo??? Lol, Need to flash something, going through withdrawals:-o I also don't have any of the display having the black spots or weird colors so maybe I got lucky for once... Ramble, ramble...
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jr71x said:
lol, I don't know any Sammy devs either, did they all go to evo??? Lol, Need to flash something, going through withdrawals:-o I also don't have any of the display having the black spots or weird colors so maybe I got lucky for once... Ramble, ramble...
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I have an evo lte too and it's screen + camera is beautiful. I just got my s3 in today and I'm sure they will be more devs when everyone is actually able to get the s3. I mean I pre-ordered mine on the 7th and it didn't even come until today with all the shortages.
Give it time, the devs will come here =)

Nexus a 4g now but

I have a chance to get a free S2 I'll probably just keep using my nexus. Just wondering thoughts on theS2
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An E4GT? Personally I'd jump on that, its faster and the camera is way better, BUT you'll miss out on bugless AOSP roms.

stellar said:
An E4GT? Personally I'd jump on that, its faster and the camera is way better, BUT you'll miss out on bugless AOSP roms.
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Not to mention JB.

I love this phone. S2 is free from a friend just wondering if I should hook it up., upgrade not until November
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Wait are you trading for phones or not? It almost sounds like he is just willing to give it to you lol I say trade then sell the GS2 and buy another nexus on Craigslist and have money left to spare! Haha

She is giving it to me, just wanted input on the S2
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If she is giving the phone to you without any strings attached then definitely go for it! Its a no brainer! Lol As far as I know the camera on the E4GT is almost on par with the latest smartphones(one x, sgs3, iphone4s) or even just as good! The phone is a power-house(Exynos & Mali chip set) and the design is sweet! Take it and run!!!!!

Epic4g to gs3.....

Hey well ive had my gs3 for about a week coming from two years on the epic....and just wanted to chime in my humble .02 for those skeptics that are undecided wether to jump ship or not. Ill start off by saying im a die_hard physical user and I couldn't be happier with my new fone. It takes a lil to get used to the onscreen keyboard but since the screen is bigger its extremely accurate. My second biggest concern was the lack of lte in my area (los angeles).... but with the awesome help of xda developers, a couple of tweaks here and there and my speeds are not bad at all. The battery on this fone is awesome....also with tweaks here and there. Overall this fone is a beast....camera is awesome with no lag and bluetooth sound streaming on my car is clearer and louder. I got the otter carriying case which is extremely sturdy and helps the fone not feel so light. Two spare batteries oem and a battery charger, a new bluetooth motorola elite silver with awesome sound and battery through which i can stream music and a hdmi dock audio for my tv and i couldnt be happier. If anyone is interested ill report my current rom/setup and tweaks and if u have any reasonable questions or concerns ill keep an eye on this thread. Hope it helps!!!
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Fone
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Ehh ok...
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What's really funny is that I like to pronounce phone phonetically. As in p-hone
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I got my s3 on Friday.. had the epic for almost 2 years.. the screen is crazy.. I don't really miss the keyboard.. I'm rooted stock and it's crazily smooth.. if u have the means I highly suggest picking one up
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Yeeeeeah, uhh, Ill pass on your gs3 "fone...... " Your 2 cents definitely weren't needed. 2013 will mark quad core LTE goodness.
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DrKaotica said:
I got my s3 on Friday.. had the epic for almost 2 years.. the screen is crazy.. I don't really miss the keyboard.. I'm rooted stock and it's crazily smooth.. if u have the means I highly suggest picking one up
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1) LTE? 2) KB: do miss it, no way is on screen KB replacing a physical one 3) Screen is huge but I honestly can't tell much of an improvement over Epic quality wise, 4) it is smooth, with these specs - but hate TW in any iteration and S3 AOSP development isn't there yet AFAIK.
When LTE will show up and AOSP roms catch up S3 will be a much more attractive choice.

dohturdima said:
1) LTE? 2) KB: do miss it, no way is on screen KB replacing a physical one 3) Screen is huge but I honestly can't tell much of an improvement over Epic quality wise, 4) it is smooth, with these specs - but hate TW in any iteration and S3 AOSP development isn't there yet AFAIK.
When LTE will show up and AOSP roms catch up S3 will be a much more attractive choice.
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And while your AOSP catches up (and never really "fully" gets there) I'm already enjoying pure, bug free AOSP 4.1.1 on my Galaxy Nexus.
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Its amazing how a couple of sentences can demonstrate a lot about someone's character.....
If memory serves me correctly two years ago we had the same discussion between evo 4g and epic 4g only now its the gnex vs the gs3. Time will tell....but im pretty confident ill be on the winning side once again
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I guess that the evolte is a failure then
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Zeinzu said:
And while your AOSP catches up (and never really "fully" gets there) I'm already enjoying pure, bug free AOSP 4.1.1 on my Galaxy Nexus.
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Different strokes for different folks. I was contemplating a VZW GNex while the 2ble data promo was still running. Came away unimpressed, less so with G3 but still. For me, having a hardware KB, a few AOSP bugs but none that bother me, avoiding a contract x 2 years on a network with a big ? in my area, OG Epic doing everything I need it to do and having all the accessories I want is just fine.

This really belongs in the new phone discussion
And the whole Nexus vs. S3 argument has been beaten to death
If you want the quickest software updates and lowest upgrade cost get a Nexus
If you want the best hardware and have a few more upgrade bucks get the S3
There, the whole discussion reader digested!
FNM
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