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hey guys,
so i'm looking to pick up a Galaxy Note in a few hours- done quite a bit of research as i've been very excited.
i just want to hear from people with first hand experience- if you owned a Galaxy S2 prior to the Note, was the leap really worth it? If so, why?
Thanks!
Kibosh3 said:
hey guys,
so i'm looking to pick up a Galaxy Note in a few hours- done quite a bit of research as i've been very excited.
i just want to hear from people with first hand experience- if you owned a Galaxy S2 prior to the Note, was the leap really worth it? If so, why?
Thanks!
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Do a search for S2 in this forum. You will find numerous threads comparing the Note to the S2. I have not read one post where someone was not happy they moved to the Note.
It is worth it. I upgraded today and I am not looking back. The Note is amazing!!! Love the HD screen. I just need to get a copy of the Netflix HD apk from the Razr.
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No its not.
I bought the note and its not compareable to the sgs2...
Its slower, for what reason ever (im using the lighting rom on [email protected],4ghz), if you load the same website on both for ex youtube desktop the note is much lagg a bit but much... even @ quadrant (I know its a bench but my sgs2 scores 4600 after 4months of useage the note 3400 out of the box...).
Maybe someday a custom rom will boost it up, but at the moment its ONLY BIGGER with a higher res bit greeny colorized display...
The pen is not correct
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqnbvnBuLSk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn1spljliH8
Im going back.
^^ that's what i feared... any other opinions or experiences? both positive and negative
i'd like some confirmation on CM7 coming over to the Note, as i've had some good experience with those ROMS on my old devices making them much more responsive.
$500 over my SGS2 just doesn't seem to be justified for a 1" bigger screen and less responsiveness... decisions, decisons...
i don't have GS2 so i can't say that its worth to upgrading or not but my note is great i could not be happier . i don't see any s pen issue (i set on right hand writing ) if i set left hand writing and using right hand with s pen then it will look a bit off like on the youtube video. and lastly i don't notice any greeny colorize .
audino said:
No its not.
I bought the note and its not compareable to the sgs2...
Its slower, for what reason ever (im using the lighting rom on [email protected],4ghz), if you load the same website on both for ex youtube desktop the note is much lagg a bit but much... even @ quadrant (I know its a bench but my sgs2 scores 4600 after 4months of useage the note 3400 out of the box...).
Maybe someday a custom rom will boost it up, but at the moment its ONLY BIGGER with a higher res bit greeny colorized display...
The pen is not correct
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqnbvnBuLSk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn1spljliH8
Im going back.
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Wait did you just compare an overclocked rommed galaxy s2 versus a stock note? okay yeah that didnt make sense
PolishDude said:
Wait did you just compare an overclocked rommed galaxy s2 versus a stock note? okay yeah that didnt make sense
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Yes and as I said in future some custom made rom may boost up the note but at the moment its not faster then the sgs2 and its not sure that many custom made rom will recive for the note...
For the pen I cna only say mine is like the one on youtube...
Im not the only one its german http://www.android-hilfe.de/samsung.../161894-kann-man-den-stift-kalibrieren-8.html but 8 site in few days...
Try drawing a innercircle from a dvd/cd and you will be able to check it.
audino said:
No its not.
I bought the note and its not compareable to the sgs2...
Its slower, for what reason ever (im using the lighting rom on [email protected],4ghz), if you load the same website on both for ex youtube desktop the note is much lagg a bit but much... even @ quadrant (I know its a bench but my sgs2 scores 4600 after 4months of useage the note 3400 out of the box...).
Maybe someday a custom rom will boost it up, but at the moment its ONLY BIGGER with a higher res bit greeny colorized display...
The pen is not correct
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqnbvnBuLSk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn1spljliH8
Im going back.
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Recalibrate your pen...
Use a stock rom NOT overclocked and test both of them...
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Stock rom in SGS2 lol
audino said:
Yes and as I said in future some custom made rom may boost up the note but at the moment its not faster then the sgs2 and its not sure that many custom made rom will recive for the note...
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My tweaked SGSII is faster and smoother then my SGN, stock browser and desktop mainly. Still the SGSII is shelfed since I have my Note. SGSII actually looks to small to be usable.
I have a S2, I think its worth to upgrade. I love the larger screen.
I had to go back to the S2 for a few days because my Note's screen was faulty, and it is surely no torture to use the S2, it feels smooth.
But, the Note gives a dimension to mobile computing not comparable to smaller devices like the S2 or iPhone.
I don't care for the s-pen, maybe I'll find some use it besides impressing others...
If however, your main use is calling, maybe a smaller device is more suitable...
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zylor said:
Recalibrate your pen...
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There is no way to calibrate the pen...
I moved from sgs2 and it was very good move
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I love the Note. LOVE it.
That said it is significantly laggy compared to my SGs2.
I figured it would be with no mods initially...but its slower than I thought it'd be.
I compare them both clocked at 1400.
The difference is the lack of exynos processor I think.
You can bridge the gdap with Launcher pro (and loose the cool tW widgets)and put scrolling settings at top speed....along with Rom Manager Pro an XDA dudes app which scripts the OS to optimize memory and speed.
So yeah surprised and dissapointed in the screen responsiveness (specially after Engadgets review (has it faster than SGS2 in all benchmarks).
Whatever...developers should have it all stepped up in a month or two.
thanks for all the replies, fellas
i'm looking forward to what's in store for the Note in the near future...
rockky said:
I love the Note. LOVE it.
That said it is significantly laggy compared to my SGs2.
I figured it would be with no mods initially...but its slower than I thought it'd be.
I compare them both clocked at 1400.
The difference is the lack of exynos processor I think.
You can bridge the gdap with Launcher pro (and loose the cool tW widgets)and put scrolling settings at top speed....along with Rom Manager Pro an XDA dudes app which scripts the OS to optimize memory and speed.
So yeah surprised and dissapointed in the screen responsiveness (specially after Engadgets review (has it faster than SGS2 in all benchmarks).
Whatever...developers should have it all stepped up in a month or two.
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The galaxy note has the exynos processor, why do people think otherwise, i havent seen a single publication post otherwise.
I really like the note so far, those it is slightly laggy as others havee said
Useful video comparing the Note with the S2.
It's in Italian, but the video should still be easy to follow... Possibly a tiny bit more laggy on the Note in parts, but I don't see that being a long term issue. The hardware is definitely good enough. Really want to see ICS run on it. I suspect it'll fly.
An appearance of lagginess doesn't mean it's slower necessarily, right?
Could just be software inefficiencies, if I'm not wrong....
once development catches up, i'm sure it'll be on par at least
in any case, i ordered one today lol
thank you everyone for your input and opinions!
I am not a benchmark testing fan (specially quadrant), but since this comparison was made with 2 devices out-of-the-box, and I was one of those doubting which one to purchase , I dont mind in this case to add also Quadrant benchmarks to help and try to erase my doubts:
EDIT (13 -nov) : I decided to remove that benchmark comparison till another more reliable benchmark test shows up*
Just vote and give your opinion, based on the user-level experience and/or general impression, specs etc....
I thing I am going for the Note which will soon enough get the ICS as well (not as native though)
What about you? Use the Poll, give you opinion, don't be shy
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*- For those who still want to have a look on the quadrant comparison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk0F07LG7mE
Till more reliable benchmark testing shows up........
I'm not the least bit surprised. The Exynos processor absolutely crushes everything out there; just look at how fast the Galaxy Tab 7 Plus is compared to the 10.1.
This is the main reason I'm going with the Note over the Nexus. The latter only has software going for it, and only for so long. The hardware simply doesn't compare, and the lack of a microSD card slot was the finishing blow for me.
Mecha2142 said:
I'm not the least bit surprised. The Exynos processor absolutely crushes everything out there; just look at how fast the Galaxy Tab 7 Plus is compared to the 10.1.
This is the main reason I'm going with the Note over the Nexus. The latter only has software going for it, and only for so long. The hardware simply doesn't compare, and the lack of a microSD card slot was the finishing blow for me.
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Hey..that was fast,,,,I just finished posting this
In the video the speaker points out the Nexus is a pre release version. I'm sure the final device will have a way better performance.
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True, but the Note is still superior in terms of hardware (SGX540 vs Mali is almost unfair), so there will still be some sort of noticeable disparity.
Keep in mind that I just dropped $710 on the Note, so I'll say anything to warp reality to my liking .
What do u expect when u post in galaxy note forum.
Would have a different result in galaxy nexus forum.
The 2 most imp things are
1. the size of the screen
2. how fast android updates will come to each handset.
1. Highly individual choice
2. nexus has upper hand.
The stuttering of the video on the Galaxy Nexus clearly shows in my opinion that this is not a production ready device. I don't think these tests say much.
Here's another gnexus quadrant test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOCletx2OJU
The result here is 3300 and something
drgopoos said:
What do u expect when u post in galaxy note forum.
Would have a different result in galaxy nexus forum.
The 2 most imp things are
1. the size of the screen
2. how fast android updates will come to each handset.
1. Highly individual choice
2. nexus has upper hand.
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+1 Wisely said.
As soon as I can get a T-MO USA friendly Note I will have one, As soon as the Prime is out I will have one of those as well I voted for both.
My guess is for the purely business related side of my life the Note will kill everything out there today, But my dev modding side will be happier with the Prime....... They both should be out by Xmas so I will update as soon as I have both to compare.
oka1 said:
As soon as I can get a T-MO USA friendly Note I will have one, As soon as the Prime is out I will have one of those as well I voted for both.
My guess is for the purely business related side of my life the Note will kill everything out there today, But my dev modding side will be happier with the Prime....... They both should be out by Xmas so I will update as soon as I have both to compare.
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So true... for developing, the gnex should be so exciting. But I don't think it will beat the productivity of the note.
appelflap said:
The stuttering of the video on the Galaxy Nexus clearly shows in my opinion that this is not a production ready device. I don't think these tests say much.
Here's another gnexus quadrant test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOCletx2OJU
The result here is 3300 and something
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I think you are a bit confused my friend.
The video you posted is about the older samsung devices and nothing to do with the Note and the Galaxy Nexus aka nexus prime.
And what the sgs1 is concerned, quadrant benchmarks means nothing...
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drgopoos said:
What do u expect when u post in galaxy note forum.
Would have a different result in galaxy nexus forum.
The 2 most imp things are
1. the size of the screen
2. how fast android updates will come to each handset.
1. Highly individual choice
2. nexus has upper hand.
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Right.....I think the Galaxy Nexus forum is still warming up, but I just started a thread over there, linking to this one.....let's see what happens...
Here in Holland the GNexus didnt hit the showrooms yet...
When it does, I will be testing the sound ( for music) just as I did with the Note and the sgs2...
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I got the Note and i orderd also the Nexus...but im sure that i will sell the Note because i dont want to wait 3 monthsore for ics and i like also that there are no Hardwarebuttons...but the Note ist a nice phone
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betoNL said:
I think you are a bit confused my friend.
The video you posted is about the older samsung devices and nothing to do with the Note and the Galaxy Nexus aka nexus prime.
And what the sgs1 is concerned, quadrant benchmarks means nothing...
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You are absolutely right. My bad! Still can't believe the gnexus has such a low quadrant score
Edit: Quadrant is absolutely not adequate to measure the Galaxy Nexus performance. Ice cream sandwich supports hardware accelaration by the GPU for butter smooth rendering of visual elements. This is turned on by default when a developer writes apps for ICS or higher, but has to be explicitly turned on when a developer targets a lower Android version.
As far as I know, Quadrant doesn't turn on hardware acceleration hence the tests are not relevant at all. (Although it will give an indication how apps will perform that don't make use of the hardware acceleration.
Righty then....
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343734
appelflap said:
You are absolutely right. My bad! Still can't believe the gnexus has such a low quadrant score
Edit: Quadrant is absolutely not adequate to measure the Galaxy Nexus performance. Ice cream sandwich supports hardware accelaration by the GPU for butter smooth rendering of visual elements. This is turned on by default when a developer writes apps for ICS or higher, but has to be explicitly turned on when a developer targets a lower Android version.
As far as I know, Quadrant doesn't turn on hardware acceleration hence the tests are not relevant at all. (Although it will give an indication how apps will perform that don't make use of the hardware acceleration.
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What? Hardware acceleration won't make a difference in any of those tests.
betoNL said:
Righty then....
First post edited, benchmark removed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343734
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Why? I think they are very interesting. It may be that the Galaxy Nexus will perform average on non optimized apps.
Dragooon123 said:
What? Hardware acceleration won't make a difference in any of those tests.
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Of course it will. Quadrant is measuring all kind of graphic performances right? Well if this is accelerated by the GPU on ICS and the test app doesn't use this acceleration it's an uneven fight.
See here for hardware acceleration support in ICS http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/11/android-40-graphics-and-animations.html?
betoNL said:
Right.....I think the Galaxy Nexus forum is still warming up, but I just started a thread over there, linking to this one.....let's see what happens...
Here in Holland the GNexus didnt hit the showrooms yet...
When it does, I will be testing the sound ( for music) just as I did with the Note and the sgs2...
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Hmmm.....Since I linked this thread to the GNexus forum, I see the Nexus is catching up...
Anyway since my experience with the sgs, I am not impressed with benchmarks, specially Quadrant...
I am probably going for the Note, but I will be testing the sound of the GNexus, the minute it hits the showrooms here in Holland.....and if its sound is as good as or even better than my sgs's (wolfson dac) ....that could change my mind....
But, man, I like the size of the note....as somebody wrote, it's not a smartphone, it;s not a tab, it's a super smartphone
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appelflap said:
Of course it will. Quadrant is measuring all kind of graphic performances right? Well if this is accelerated by the GPU on ICS and the test app doesn't use this acceleration it's an uneven fight.
See here for hardware acceleration support in ICS http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/11/android-40-graphics-and-animations.html?
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Hardware acceleration is acceleration of 2D ui by rendering through GPU, all the 3d games and tests are already running through the GPU.
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Guys I want to buy a new android device !!
Maybe a Galaxy SII or Galaxy Nexus
So can you guys SUGGEST me which to buy!!
Also please give me some REVIEWS and their PROS & CONS
Please help me i am really confused !!!
S2: better camera, better battery, slightly better processor and gpu, durability (the last two are not major)
Gnex: better screen, nfc, direct update from Google..
Also, you can try jelly bean right now if you had gnex.. and looking at the people interest I'd say you should get the nexus
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S2: better camera, better battery, slightly better processor and gpu, durability (the last two are not major)
Gnex: better screen, nfc, direct update from Google..
Also, you can try jelly bean right now if you had but the gnex.. and looking at the people interest I'd say you should get the nexus
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Thanks
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Previous posted specs, so I won't.
I was in the same situation one month ago. I had had both of them in my hands and the Nexus was too big (although you get used to it with time).
Of course right now I would like to have a Nexus to test Jelly Bean, but I think I made the right choice for me. Bot are beasts and I love squared designed, which the Nexus isn't.
You won't be disappointed with any of these 2!
But Gnex is not officially launcher in india so its a big disaapointment
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KevinXI said:
But Gnex is not officially launcher in india so its a big disaapointment
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So if you can't get a GNex, your decision is easy, get a S2 :laugh:
You know the specs of both phones, and you can't make a decision on your own ? (Yes, using ridiculously formatted posts is naff & reeks of 'Look at moi !)
antonio1475 said:
So if you can't get a GNex, your decision is easy, get a S2 :laugh:
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It's not that easy dude, not everyone prefer the s2 over the nexus although both are pretty much the same.. with nexus you'll get jelly bean right away (which everyone been after now) and an overall better screen..
Why note smuggle it?
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It's not that easy dude, not everyone prefer the s2 over the nexus although both are pretty much the same.. with nexus you'll get jelly bean right away (which everyone been after now) and an overall better screen..
Why note smuggle it?
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Of course. I was saying "if you cannot get a GNex", it leaves him only his other option (S2). I don't how how easy is buying a phone over the internet in India. I can get any phone in my country, but I can't tell about others.
I'm not trying to convince him or anybody. I don't care what phone he buys. Just trying to help with questions.
I been thinking of switching to gnex mainly due to updates and no touch wiz but im afraid new nex is just around corner especially with recent apple law suit.
Is sgs2 processor and gpu really that much better?
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This exynos is still very very powerful even now
In terms of CPU (or maybe the frequency)- I've read (cannot remember the source though) that TI-OMAP on GNEX was originally clocked to 1,5 ghz but it was underclocked to 1,2 ghz in order to save the battery. So I suppose OC Ti-OMAP may perform better than OC Exynos. (Mine is quite stable on 1.5 ghz but freezes immediately on 1.6 ghz) So if somebody consider overclocking in future this can be useful information.
In terms of GPU - Mali 400MP kicks PowerVR SGX540's (it was considered obsolete right after release of GNex) ass. It was only iphone's 4S PowerVR SGX543MP2 (and Apple A5 chipset )that performed slightly better in tests than MAli 400MP and Exynos chipset.
This + screen size + SD slot made me buy S2 and I don't regret at all!
If I was you I would definitely buy the nexus as it has a better quality screen (hd), it is pure Google phone (direct updates), I like the design and, of course, Jelly Bean.
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S2 because Gal Nexus lacks of external sd card.
KevinXI said:
Guys I want to buy a new android device !!
Maybe a Galaxy SII or Galaxy Nexus
So can you guys SUGGEST me which to buy!!
Also please give me some REVIEWS and their PROS & CONS
Please help me i am really confused !!!
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You are on a SGS2 forum so almost everybody will recommend you a SGS2...
If I had to buy one right now I'd choose the GN
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I will lock this thread. Most of your feedback will be pro SGSII as this is the SGSII forum.
Cheers
I went ahead and updated my dad's old Note I to the 4.1.2 official leak, and then rooted it to use Tegra Overclock. I put the CPU at 1.6Ghz, and made sure Tegra Overclock saw it as stable. I then downloaded Benchmark Pi on both his Note and Note II. After several attempts, both the Note I and Note II averaged around 500+ on their scores.
The Note II is still at stock.
Heatshiver said:
I went ahead and updated my dad's old Note I to the 4.1.2 official leak, and then rooted it to use Tegra Overclock. I put the CPU at 1.6Ghz, and made sure Tegra Overclock saw it as stable. I then downloaded Benchmark Pi on both his Note and Note II. After several attempts, both the Note I and Note II averaged around 500+ on their scores.
The Note II is still at stock.
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Heatshiver said:
I went ahead and updated my dad's old Note I to the 4.1.2 official leak, and then rooted it to use Tegra Overclock. I put the CPU at 1.6Ghz, and made sure Tegra Overclock saw it as stable. I then downloaded Benchmark Pi on both his Note and Note II. After several attempts, both the Note I and Note II averaged around 500+ on their scores.
The Note II is still at stock.
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Comparing with the old Note1, the Note2 has the same gpu, also the same cpu family, only overclocked.
This is most likely both has almost the same results.
Samsung just recycled old technologies to produce the Note2 and S3, which I did not like.
BTW, u said u used Tegrak Overclock on Note1 JB 4.1.2.
Details of the app says it only supports GB & ICS roms for Note1. Thx for letting us know it works on JB.
I should try this myself.
A quad core and a dual core makes quite a big difference imho - I may be wrong though.
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Comparing with the old Note1, the Note2 has the same gpu, also the same cpu family, only overclocked.
This is most likely both has almost the same results.
Samsung just recycled old technologies to produce the Note2 and S3, which I did not like.
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Note 2 is a next gen phone. Definitely its better than previous. The thing here is our note is still fighting with the newer gen, but i wont agree that both can have same performance.
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A quad core and a dual core makes quite a big difference imho - I may be wrong though.
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If I'm not mistaken, BenchmarkPi only tests the speed of one core. (Correct me if I'm wrong)
The last update of BenchmarkPi was 2009. I'm pretty sure most android devices only single core processors at that time.
So if both have the same processor and clock speed, the number of cores doesn't matter.
My GF has the S3 (also quad core) and too be honest it isnt much better than my note, sure its obviously more powerful, but it still lags now and then, games on my note run just as smooth as they do on the S3, although 3d cpu intensive games will probably out perform my Note, but hey, thats why i have a ps3 and xbox.
all in all the note will be slightly better, but it most definitely isnt a worthy upgrade from the note 1.
the note 3 is the phone to look out for !
display
display wise, i will definitely choose galaxy note 2, but for the design, i will always choose note 1 anyday
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My GF has the S3 (also quad core) and too be honest it isnt much better than my note, sure its obviously more powerful, but it still lags now and then, games on my note run just as smooth as they do on the S3, although 3d cpu intensive games will probably out perform my Note, but hey, thats why i have a ps3 and xbox.
all in all the note will be slightly better, but it most definitely isnt a worthy upgrade from the note 1.
the note 3 is the phone to look out for !
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Thats a true comment....i have somewhat same observations....plus note 1 display looks much more better than s3
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Seriously? I went to AT&T store to check out Note 2, and taking photo's were even very fast compared to Note 1. I would call that a huge difference. Opening web browser and typing something in, then when done loading, try open another tab, go back to your original tab, zoom in, zoom out, pan, task switching, going into different menus in system settings, and go back and fourth. I immediately felt the difference in speed and responsiveness. The dialer is at least twice faster than the Note 1 too. (Note 1 takes about 2-4 seconds to load which is slower than any dumb phone.)
My Note 1 is ICS XXLRT (latest ICS) with most junk (social stuff) removed. I feel my Note is slow, but I'll try to use it for one more year.
I agree but most things you say are long known problems of ICS, present in every device with that version no matter the hardware (especially the dialer/contacts one). I tell you this cause my previous - now, app testing - phone was a Nexus S and even it is faster than the Note opening those phone functions.
This things will surely improve with official JB. Other than that, Note2 will always be slightly smoother but won't see much differences (and forget the benchmarks: quad cores are not a huge improvement over dual, another common mistake)
cjayceguerra said:
display wise, i will definitely choose galaxy note 2, but for the design, i will always choose note 1 anyday
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Actually I find the Note's screen better than the Note 2...
Resolution wise... Just a bit larger resolution on the Note compared to the Note 2, but hey, the more pixels the better!!! :laugh:
I will definitely wait for the Note 3, which has been rumored on CES by the way!
Here: http://androids.ac/W0EFVH
I finally decided to upgrade to the Note 2 after being on the fence for a long time, just as many of you may have been. In fact, I just received the Note 2 (international unlocked version) yesterday night, and played around with it for about 2 hours.
In my mind, the upgrade is completely worth it, assuming you have the money, of course. If not, then the Note I is still a very serviceable phone, but I decided that the larger battery, LED notification light, better CPU, ability to take out the microSD card without removing the battery, no EMMC bug, and double the RAM all make it worth the money to upgrade, for me. YMMV, of course. I admit that I do prefer the physical build of the Note 1 over the Note 2, but to be honest, that is just a matter of personal aesthetics, and I doubt I will really care about that after a few months of using the Note 2.
I primarily had some reservations about the slightly lower resolution and the 16:9 aspect ratio of the GN2 compared to the original Note, but after having compared them side-to-side, the extremely small size I'm losing width-wise is more than made up for the rather significant increase length-wise. The only thing that I'm sort of disappointed about is the fact that I'll have to buy a new MHL adapter, since the Note 1 adapter does not work with the GN2.
+1 still on note1
waiting for note3 or s4
I don't know who is lying to themselves but after installing the leak and coming from a gs3 the note 1 lags way to much on JB!!!
Now its back on ICS and seems fine. The extra two cores and higher clocked GPU make the difference.
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My note 1 will afford me the ability to wait for the note 3. And even then I'll wait for it to go down in price first.
AW: Note I vs. Note II
If you own the Not1 you need not necessarily the Note2. I'm also on the Note3.
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DPMAce said:
My note 1 will afford me the ability to wait for the note 3. And even then I'll wait for it to go down in price first.
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+1
I just compared note and note 2 in my local tech store. My note is running leaked LSA 4.1.2 and the note 2 at the store, was running jb 4.1.1.
I have to say, that there isn't that much difference, when both are running official JB, imo. Note 2 is snappier, but only little. Also my note's JB is still a leaked version.There might come improvements, when the official JB comes out for our note.
That said, I can easily wait for note 3, 'cause Samsung gives this great update for older note too and at the same time, it's packed with all the neat features, that note 2 has.
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Even then the only real HOLY sh!t factor I think is the camera at 13mp
the real catch I want from samsung is to innovate the god dam battery , somehow include a screen that can re-capture light energy ala solar panel
Right now I'm rocking the note1 with an extended brick battery from seidio to get through one day of work.
FYI I'm on Governor restricted cpu of 1ghz , and it's conservative mode
Sorry for bad english
Hi guys!I gotta one question about performance for games on SGS 2 and SGS 3 for those people who had both phones.
Is Samsung Galaxy S 3 so much better and faster when running new and HD games?
Which phone uses more RAM?
I gotta feeling that SGS 2 is more stable because of RAM...Is that true?
P.S I am going to buy one of those 2 phones and I love playing games,so that is the reason I posted this question.
Hey there.I'm not a HD Games player but I'm a former S2 user and actual S3 user and I can say the S3 is much better. Even with 4.3 update ram ussage is good,no lag.
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Agree with poster above.
Btw 4.3 update made even bigger difference between those two. SGS3 got 50% bump in performance and know one thing: unused RAM is wasted RAM. That means,no matter how full your RAM is,phone should be always stable. I always have to 100 mb free when multitasking and phone is as fast as it should be (+6 and more apps).
Galaxy S3 all the ways.
One question though, why do you and buy a phone which is kind of dead already? I don't deny the fact that s2 was a great phone but it's too old now. Go for a s3, it has better dev support
I hav got both S2 and S3..but ill say one thing abt hd gaming, if u planning for playing games then go for s3 as because it has more better config than s2..but on s2, asphalt 8 runs smooth as butter and better than s3.. but with other games such as gta san andreas, zero hour, dead trigger, etc, s3 performs much better..so go for s3.
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