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Now that the Note is coming to AT$T in a couple weeks, I've been doing some pretty serious window shopping. But, there's also the desire in the back of my head for the ever illusive S3. From those that have had the opportunity to use the Note, would you recommend the upgraded Note being released on the 19th or hold out S3 (with it's specs still in the rumor mill)?
My biggest draw to the Note is the fact that you can easily take notes right on it which is a plus for the office. One of my only worries is portability. Summers coming soon and the thought of carrying around a paperback novel (granted its only 40 pages thick) makes me nervous.
Please help sell me one way or another.

modmyphone said:
Now that the Note is coming to AT$T in a couple weeks, I've been doing some pretty serious window shopping. But, there's also the desire in the back of my head for the ever illusive S3. From those that have had the opportunity to use the Note, would you recommend the upgraded Note being released on the 19th or hold out S3 (with it's specs still in the rumor mill)?
My biggest draw to the Note is the fact that you can easily take notes right on it which is a plus for the office. One of my only worries is portability. Summers coming soon and the thought of carrying around a paperback novel (granted its only 40 pages thick) makes me nervous.
Please help sell me one way or another.
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Ok first of all let me tell you that the phone is not an issue carrying around unless you are a fashion concious person. The phone will fit into major pockets except skinny jeans or any tight fitting clothing but if you carry a bag out then it won't be an issue. Any ways I think you should wait to buy the phone unless your in need of a new one quick. If not wait till the s3 comes out and see if you like it then great get that or else get the note and since you waited the note probably dropped in price
As for my opinions on the note, first I think the specs are fabulous, its pretty good enough for a phone in the year 2012 and I think it's gonna rock the boat when ics comes out. Before I bought the phone I did a specs comparison to the iPad 2 ( you know since this phone is targeted as a tablet phone and best tablet is iPad in my opinion) and the note turns out is more superior to the iPad 2 and at that moment I decided the note is my phone. Overall its a more than decent phone only thing is you might need to buy a memory card if your thinking like videos and music and games, I just bought a 16 gig card off Amazon for like I think less than 20 bucks (its original) and while I couldn't transfer my apps to the sd card I did move all my videos photos and music to the sd card freeing a few gigs.
Any ways it comes down to the owner's needs, I wanted a tablet and phone and then I saw someone showing of his phone at the subway taking pictures and stuff then I asked him and found out about the note, let me say this is not a replacement of a tablet, its an alternative so there is a difference
With that I appologise for the long post and wish you have the most awesomest time and love your phone which ever one you get
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modmyphone said:
Now that the Note is coming to AT$T in a couple weeks, I've been doing some pretty serious window shopping. But, there's also the desire in the back of my head for the ever illusive S3. From those that have had the opportunity to use the Note, would you recommend the upgraded Note being released on the 19th or hold out S3 (with it's specs still in the rumor mill)?
My biggest draw to the Note is the fact that you can easily take notes right on it which is a plus for the office. One of my only worries is portability. Summers coming soon and the thought of carrying around a paperback novel (granted its only 40 pages thick) makes me nervous.
Please help sell me one way or another.
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The at&t Galaxy Note isnt a Galaxy Note. Its just a big skyrocket spec wise. Expect heavy choppiness and lag due to the weak snapdragon SoC.
I got my Intl Note about 3 months ago back when there was no news of the S3. I recommend waiting for the S3.
The S3 is most likely gonna feature the new 1.5ghz Exynos or a quad core Exynos.
Once the quad core phones come out you're gonna regret buying a dual core phone.
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xAnimal5 said:
The at&t Galaxy Note isnt a Galaxy Note. Its just a big skyrocket spec wise. Expect heavy choppiness and lag due to the weak snapdragon SoC.
I got my Intl Note about 3 months ago back when there was no news of the S3. I recommend waiting for the S3.
The S3 is most likely gonna feature the new 1.5ghz Exynos or a quad core Exynos.
Once the quad core phones come out you're gonna regret buying a dual core phone.
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I don't get this obsession with people wanting faster and faster processor, I mean I remeber a time when I was about 10 years old people would buy phones based on their looks or price and now every one just wants specs even if the phones are ugly. I'm not implying the phones now a days are ugly but I'm just saying what's up with wanting a faster processor I mean its just 0.1 more than the note how much faster is it gonna be. I think the current speed on the note is fabulous and I think this phone is perfect if I had one complain it would be the lack of space and the keyboard SUCKS. Other than that its an awesome phone
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fabu09 said:
I don't get this obsession with people wanting faster and faster processor, I mean I remeber a time when I was about 10 years old people would buy phones based on their looks or price and now every one just wants specs even if the phones are ugly. I'm not implying the phones now a days are ugly but I'm just saying what's up with wanting a faster processor I mean its just 0.1 more than the note how much faster is it gonna be. I think the current speed on the note is fabulous and I think this phone is perfect if I had one complain it would be the lack of space and the keyboard SUCKS. Other than that its an awesome phone
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This.
The shift from single-core to dual-core is probably much larger than from dual-core to quad-core. This is because Android in general isn't even properly optimized for dual-core let alone quad-core. You'd probably need to wait for "Jellybean" again to get proper optimized changes that takes advantage of a quad-core SoC. What happens then? You're paying a premium price for the first "quad-core" phone that isn't even properly utilized until the next ANdroid update comes.
Never buy into bleeding tech, always get it around the 50 ~ 70% cycle mark. That's where you get the best longevity, utility, and price to performance ratio. =)

If you really like the idea of note taking, there's really no reason not to get a note.. Make a prototype out of cardboard if you want to check portability. It's bout twice a thick as cardboard.
Big screen, stylus - that's what you want. What would you trade that for, in the s3?

ChodTheWacko said:
If you really like the idea of note taking, there's really no reason not to get a note.. Make a prototype out of cardboard if you want to check portability. It's bout twice a thick as cardboard.
Big screen, stylus - that's what you want. What would you trade that for, in the s3?
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Something you cannot see, 2 additional cpu-cores.
I'm going to guess that the S3 is going to have a 4.65" display as well or at most 4.7". They're not going to cannibalize the Note for no apparent reason. On that grounds alone if screen size matters, it's pointless to wait for the S3. If anything, wait for the Note 2 in October.

PoisonWolf said:
This.
The shift from single-core to dual-core is probably much larger than from dual-core to quad-core. This is because Android in general isn't even properly optimized for dual-core let alone quad-core. You'd probably need to wait for "Jellybean" again to get proper optimized changes that takes advantage of a quad-core SoC. What happens then? You're paying a premium price for the first "quad-core" phone that isn't even properly utilized until the next ANdroid update comes.
Never buy into bleeding tech, always get it around the 50 ~ 70% cycle mark. That's where you get the best longevity, utility, and price to performance ratio. =)
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+1 on that. Well said!
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As i think people and correct me if i am wrong, but the quadcores will not be quadcores but 2x dualcores on different speeds so you will have max battery from it with a improved speed. Lets say 2x500 and 2x1500(2000) the 2 high end cores will fire if they needed.
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All of the things a smart phone is used for is improved by a larger screen except portability, so the largest screen that is comfortably mobile is best. The Note is narrow enough to fit almost any pocket but is uncomfortable in trousers/jeans pockets and an alternative such as a deep shirt pocket or jacket pockets is needed. If you can live with that then get the Note for it will give you the best experience.

PoisonWolf said:
Something you cannot see, 2 additional cpu-cores.
I'm going to guess that the S3 is going to have a 4.65" display as well or at most 4.7". They're not going to cannibalize the Note for no apparent reason. On that grounds alone if screen size matters, it's pointless to wait for the S3. If anything, wait for the Note 2 in October.
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I think it's silly to suggest waiting nine months for the purpose of buying something with longevity. That's nearly half of a phone's lifecycle assuming you get a new phone every two years. This phone isn't even out in the US yet!
My advice: go buy your Note and enjoy it. There's no sense in waiting for a product that hasn't been announced, and something better is always around the corner. The best we can do is try to get something that's future-proof and enjoy it, and since the Note is one of the highest-end phones available today and Samsung has announced ICS for the it by the end of Q1, I think it's a smart choice.

Quick question, will the unlocked version of the gnote work on att's lte network?
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Thanks for everyones insight. I'm gonna go with the Note for a multitude of reasons. The quetion for about 39 seconds was n7000 or the I717. Exynos or snapdragon.....
Survey says......
I787. Sorry to burst some bubbles, but a 1.5 dual core snapdragon is not going to be noticeably inferior to the exynos. Plus, the snapdragons are compatible with the LTE network unlike the exynos chipset which gives the major advantage to the I787 in network speed.

fabu09 said:
I don't get this obsession with people wanting faster and faster processor
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If you watch/use flash content you absolutely need the power. My Note SMOKES my Transformer tablet with flash. The Note is silky smooth with no freezing while flash on the Transformer is a jerky freezing mess.
No way would I give up the Notes Exynos processor. It flies.
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modmyphone said:
Thanks for everyones insight. I'm gonna go with the Note for a multitude of reasons. The quetion for about 39 seconds was n7000 or the I717. Exynos or snapdragon.....
Survey says......
I787. Sorry to burst some bubbles, but a 1.5 dual core snapdragon is not going to be noticeably inferior to the exynos. Plus, the snapdragons are compatible with the LTE network unlike the exynos chipset which gives the major advantage to the I787 in network speed.
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I really urge you to reconsider. You're basically buying a big Skyrocket if you get that. Even if the speed difference is negligible to you, dev support will be way lower for a Snapdragon chip.

modmyphone said:
Thanks for everyones insight. I'm gonna go with the Note for a multitude of reasons. The quetion for about 39 seconds was n7000 or the I717. Exynos or snapdragon.....
Survey says......
I787. Sorry to burst some bubbles, but a 1.5 dual core snapdragon is not going to be noticeably inferior to the exynos. Plus, the snapdragons are compatible with the LTE network unlike the exynos chipset which gives the major advantage to the I787 in network speed.
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Go read reviews from people who traded their OG SGSII's for Skyrockets.
I personally went to go check out the skyrocket on release day and there was so much lag compared to the OG SGSII model.
But, the snapdragon barely keeps the skyrocket running, the note is a lot bigger, so it requires more processor power, something that the snapdragon can't give

xAnimal5 said:
Go read reviews from people who traded their OG SGSII's for Skyrockets.
I personally went to go check out the skyrocket on release day and there was so much lag compared to the OG SGSII model.
But, the snapdragon barely keeps the skyrocket running, the note is a lot bigger, so it requires more processor power, something that the snapdragon can't give
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I agree partially with this statement. I have both the Note and Skyrocket now and had the SGS2 as well.
In terms of day to day speed SGS2 > Skyrocket > Note
The Note isn't slow, but imagine the difference in pixels it's pushing. I can't imagine the ATT Note on that snapdragon (which in all reality is not that bad, just not an exynos)

I actually was lucky enough to be in the right spot at he right time today and place the AT&T Note in my hands. Was at my local company store today dropping off a freshly rooted and cleaned SGS2 to an aquatintance there and joking asked if he has a store unit yet. To my surprise he said "Yup" and walked over to a corporate guy who was there on business who happened to be carrying one.
Contrary to speculations...even in it's stock and bloated form, it was VERY responsive. I noticed next to no lag and can only imagine what the thing can do when overclocked. Every web page I went to, opened pretty much at desktop speeds and jumping from app to app was fluid and seemless.
Now am I gonna be listening to Pandora, watching Netflix, tethering 4 devices and setting up a Webex? Probably not. I actually have to work while at work and my daughter gets my home time. PDF's, business uses, and making calls.... that about sums it up these days.

Do you regret buying a Galaxy Note?

So, with all of the fuss around the Galaxy S3, potentially a new iPhone and other quad-core phones bustling out onto the market, I have had one or two people ask me as to whether or not I regret purchasing a Galaxy Note considering that it only features a dual-core processor and may not even get Jelly Bean unlike S3 which is almost guaranteed to. So, do you regret purchasing the Note and wished you'd gotten an S3/other device instead or not? I, personally, love my Galaxy Note. I couldn't afford both a tablet and phone, so this fills that gap perfectly. The S3 has admittedly got better processing power, but the Note is still the only phone which has true 1080P resolution screen (as far as I am aware).

Brad387 said:
So, with all of the fuss around the Galaxy S3, potentially a new iPhone and other quad-core phones bustling out onto the market, I have had one or two people ask me as to whether or not I regret purchasing a Galaxy Note considering that it only features a dual-core processor and may not even get Jelly Bean unlike S3 which is almost guaranteed to. So, do you regret purchasing the Note and wished you'd gotten an S3/other device instead or not? I, personally, love my Galaxy Note. I couldn't afford both a tablet and phone, so this fills that gap perfectly. The S3 has admittedly got better processing power, but the Note is still the only phone which has true 1080P resolution screen (as far as I am aware).
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Not a bit. I came from a SGS2, and haven't looked back. And what's this rubbish about not getting JB? We'll have JB quite soon; have you seen the news about CM10?
Note is not 1080p (1920x1080), it's 1280x800, which is still great. It has a higher pixel density than the iPad3.

If I had known 'bout the emmc brick bug, I may have bought a nexus.
I mean it does get updates super fast and all.
But weather I regret it or not,
well I don't.

Nope, best phone I've ever owned. Imported from Germany as soon as available for way too much.
Fast, beautiful screen and great size. I actually wouldn't mind a bit bigger. I hope they don't muck up version 2 too much.

My only regret on the Note is the EMMC bug. I mean, what the heck! we paid the phone more than 700usd when it was released and we get a bug in the official firmware that can brick this expensive phone for good!! This is completely unacceptable....but I will still get the Note 2 just because of the large screen!

The Note can be compared ONLY to another Galaxy Note, which does not exist.
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Not at all. No other phone has 5,3" amoled screen - i dont really care about quad-core, dual core is enough at the moment for me.

Brick bug is the only flaw with this entire device.

Dungeon47 said:
Not a bit. I came from a SGS2, and haven't looked back. And what's this rubbish about not getting JB? We'll have JB quite soon; have you seen the news about CM10?
Note is not 1080p (1920x1080), it's 1280x800, which is still great. It has a higher pixel density than the iPad3.
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Don´t regret it one bit,all this rubbish that its to big and won´t fit in your pocket is just bul***it,had it in ever paar of jeans I own with no probs.Used to own a HTC HD2(r.i.p:cryingwhen that came out it was the biggest phone on the market at that time and now.....its standard with the size and now when I get a phone that size I think...hmmm...a bit small Software,ok a few problems to begin with but now with 4.0.4,TOP :good: Played with an S3 for a while but it didn´t turn me on a bit were as with the Note...100% pure sex
The Note has a resolution from 1280x800 but records at 1920x1080 and has a max. video output of 1920x1080 full HD.

Da mOnKeY said:
Don´t regret it one bit,all this rubbish that its to big and won´t fit in your pocket is just bul***it,had it in ever paar of jeans I own with no probs.Used to own a HTC HD2(r.i.p:cryingwhen that came out it was the biggest phone on the market at that time and now.....its standard with the size and now when I get a phone that size I think...hmmm...a bit small Software,ok a few problems to begin with but now with 4.0.4,TOP :good: Played with an S3 for a while but it didn´t turn me on a bit were as with the Note...100% pure sex
The Note has a resolution from 1280x800 but records at 1920x1080 and has a max. video output of 1920x1080 full HD.
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I never have a problem putting it into my pockets (normal fitting jeans) and sometimes carry 2 phones in the same pocket at the same time (Note plus either the Epic 4G/Nexus S 4G).
LOVE my Note. I've been owning it for over 4 months now and it still runs just as good as the day I bought it and I'm still on GB (stock but rooted). Heck it has been so good even while stock, I still run TW launcher! I also own a Nexus S 4G and Epic 4G (on Sprint, work phones) and I still default to my Note for just about anything that I don't do on my laptop. I also own an HP Touchpad (bought during the firesale has WebOS and CM on it) and ever since I've had the Note, I rarely use it, now mainly my kids play with it. The Note truly is the best all-in-one device. The only thing is the eMMC bug which I've hesitated updating to ICS, but even on GB it does everything I need it to do. If/when Sprint carries the Note 2, then I'll upgrade then. Heck I am already upgrade eligible on Sprint, but rumors of a Note 2 announcement on August 30 is making me sit on my upgrade until a Note 2 is released on Sprint.

Nope. Best device I've ever owned.
Never going back to CDMA, either. Love the flexibility GSM affords me.
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If you're going to regret buying something because something (arguably) better gets released 8 months later,
then you might as well not buy anything at all.
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You kind of had to know before hand that purchasing this would be outdated slightly since the s3 was due out for five months down the line. Plus Samsung treats the galaxy note line as if it were a [email protected]@rd orphan child that gets it hand me down.
It's a bigger phone so give me better specs dammit.
The firmware update mishaps , crappy battery ... need I say more?
It would be hilarious if the owners of xda launched a public service announcement national commercial listing evening wrong with the galaxy note.
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.... If I were to change the note.... Longer battery life, maybe, more accurate pen in horizontal position, camera button, less mega pixel camera with bigger photo receptors, pen out light, more ram, and steel case to attach a chain to it so people can't ever steal my awesome awesome phone/star trek Data pad.
I'm future proof until 3d ar glasses come out.

Not even for a second, quad core phones are useless really, im glad things are moving forward and eventually quadcore will be utilized, but the only thing that could possible use al that processing power on phones is games, and there isn't asingle game out there tha exclusively for the power of quadcore, all the high spec games run fine on dualcore phones. So im not in any rush to upgrade ill upgrade after 12 months of having the note which is december. Hopefully the note 2 :-D

Alexanderbooth said:
Not even for a second, quad core phones are useless really, im glad things are moving forward and eventually quadcore will be utilized, but the only thing that could possible use al that processing power on phones is games, and there isn't asingle game out there tha exclusively for the power of quadcore, all the high spec games run fine on dualcore phones. So im not in any rush to upgrade ill upgrade after 12 months of having the note which is december. Hopefully the note 2 :-D
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I won't be upgrading the Note till mid-2013 roughly, but I love my Note too so no worries.

I regret reading and replying to this thread.

Yes I do, for the simple reason that as soon as I went an bought mine, Samsung announced its successor, thereby making me spend more on the older model than I need have, and preventing me from buying the new one as soon as it comes out.:crying:
But then that's just how my luck runs.
C'est la vie....

I bought the note three weeks ago, so way after the s3 announcement. Had the s2 up to then. Made the choice because the s3 does not feel or look so nice (imo) and does not feel like a decent upgrade (don't get me wrong I do think it's the best phone out there, just not a huge upgrade to the s2).
The Note feels like a true upgrade, despite being basically the same specs, because screeeeeeen
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I bought it since over 7 months now was my first android handset,but still did not grow on me this is at best one laggy OS most probably will get the next iphone but will surely miss both the big screen and the Flash support in the browser.However it was a very interesting experience.

The one bad thing about having a NOTE 2 is..

It doesn't make me lust after any other phone on the market. It's already the pinacle of smartphone innovation.
With specs that our phone has: quad core 1.6Ghz, 2G RAM, 5.5" inch screen, LTE, S-pen and a microSD card I won't need a new smartphone for at least 4 years (if not longer). Because I don't see anything coming up that can trump this phone.

note 3. which will come soon.
samsung ist releasing new phones like changing underware

Jamolah said:
It doesn't make me lust after any other phone on the market. It's already the pinacle of smartphone innovation.
With specs that our phone has quad core 1.6Ghz, 2G RAM, 5.5" inch screen, LTE, S-pen and a microSD card I won't need a new smartphone for at 4 years (if not longer). Because I don't see anything coming up that can trump this phone.
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I also intend to use my phone for a long time, though not 4 years lol. Im afraid my lust for a new device won't make 4 years possible. 2 years is good enough for me. But I agree after a certain point of tech progression, a product is able to last a very long time. Heck my Q6600 and GeForce9600GT is still going strong, (2 gig of ram lol) I built that in 2008

It's too good. Can't complain. Can't really get up the energy to flash anything except to get as close as possible to 4.2 as quick as possible.

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note 3. which will come soon.
samsung ist releasing new phones like changing underware
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I know technology moves at break-neck speeds, but what more can they cram into a device that fits into your hand.
The Note 2 is already way more powerful than my laptop and on par with my desktop at work.

Note 3 in the 4th quarter of 2013

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Note 3 in the 4th quarter of 2013
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LOL... I doubt it. What more can they add?

Was thinking the same thing.
Now I cant see myself using any other phone.
Note 3 would probably be an evolutionary upgrade:
New exynos +2gb ram
1080p screen + bigger battery = same battery life as note 2
Maybe same dimensions as note 2, but larger screen and smaller bezel
Probably a new s-pen
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Better camera, note 2 was supposed to get 12 or 13mp but there was some kind of issue with supply of parts. In a couple of years we'll be using samsungs flexible screen tech
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At least on the Note 3, they have a mountain load of new improvements to make. Their new generation of OLED screens will consume much less power as they still consume considerably more than LCDs. The new generation will have additional subpixels (phosphorous green) to improve the consumption on bright images.
The GPU on the Note 2, is, let's face it, outdated. If the Note 3 comes with the Exynos 5450 then it'll include a T658 which is twice as fast as the T604 in the Nexus 10, and you can already look those benchmarks up.
If the 5450 is big.LITTLE, then it'll bring unprecedented battery efficiency along with performance akin to the Nexus 10 but with double the cores.
We will have phones who run dual OS along with Ubuntu and act as a desktop when docked.
There is a lot of innovation going on in the mobile space. You'd be naïve to think that a phone will last longer than its intended product cycle.

AndreiLux said:
There is a lot of innovation going on in the mobile space. You'd be naïve to think that a phone will last longer than its intended product cycle.
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The thing is that every product reaches a point where it is fairly mature. Can they add new stuff? Of course. Will the new stuff be enough to entice you away from a device who's shelf life is still young? That's the question. Up to now I've sold or handed down my current phone to move onto something with the new killer spec eventhough my current device was still going strong and would last for at least a couple more years. Im not sure the next device cycles will do that for me anymore.
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Jamolah said:
It doesn't make me lust after any other phone on the market. It's already the pinacle of smartphone innovation.
With specs that our phone has: quad core 1.6Ghz, 2G RAM, 5.5" inch screen, LTE, S-pen and a microSD card I won't need a new smartphone for at least 4 years (if not longer). Because I don't see anything coming up that can trump this phone.
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Nah!
I really doubt it!
Hardware specs alone don't make better phones... With those mega-cheap-o materials Samsung is using, it will barely made it to it's first year if not less!!!
Samsung should up the ante and use better materials if they want to keep on the top!
Just saying....
Cheers and happy holidays!!!

If they release a note 3 anytime next year with a 1080p screen. Im sold.
Although the battery would need to be increased to power that screen.
I wouldn't want them to make the screen any bigger though
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...nothing...
All my friends mock my note 2 cause of its size.
But I could never go back to 4" screen of the iphone 5

jimsey said:
Better camera, note 2 was supposed to get 12 or 13mp but there was some kind of issue with supply of parts. In a couple of years we'll be using samsungs flexible screen tech
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Yeah Note 2 was supposed to have the Sony 13mp camera. However LG had a large order in first and Sony couldn't supply the numbers required . So rumour has it anyway.
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I'll say this device is a kind of flawlessness. The battery suites for it's hardware such as CPU, GPU, screen.
I don't know whether new sgn3 will utilize same screen size with 1080p or not. plus higher CPU and GPU
these will drain more power. the phone body would be thicker to support bigger battery.
I'm looking forward to seeing the new innovations coming in next year.

I got the LTE Note 2 last night and been playing with it since. One of my friends has the Galaxy S3 and was thinking of getting the Note 2 also but wanted to see mine 1st. He came to see me at work today and as soon as I handed him the phone he fell in love with it. One thing he asked me which I've just managed to answer....He asked if the was any bad points about the phone. Honestly the only thing I can think of is the size issue. Of course nothing is perfect and i can live with the minor annoyances. I'd give this Phone a solid 9 out of 10.
BUT having said that, it works both ways. A big phone means a GLORIOUS, BIG, HIGH-RES screen. I remember picking up my Nokia N8 last night after just half an hour playing with the Note and thing ''damn, has this phone shrunk?'' How will we ever go back to anything will a sub 5.5 inch screen
As for staying with it for years? Hmm that's a tough one. If they keep the same size but manage to put a bigger higher res screen (which is pretty much guaranteed-1080p) Then i might be persuaded to upgrade. I think the Galaxy S4 will be released some time in may and that'll give us a pretty good idea about what tech to expect in the Note 3.

The one bad thing about having a NOTE 2 is..
that i dropped it off my deska and cracked the screen

AndreiLux said:
At least on the Note 3, they have a mountain load of new improvements to make. Their new generation of OLED screens will consume much less power as they still consume considerably more than LCDs. The new generation will have additional subpixels (phosphorous green) to improve the consumption on bright images.
The GPU on the Note 2, is, let's face it, outdated. If the Note 3 comes with the Exynos 5450 then it'll include a T658 which is twice as fast as the T604 in the Nexus 10, and you can already look those benchmarks up.
If the 5450 is big.LITTLE, then it'll bring unprecedented battery efficiency along with performance akin to the Nexus 10 but with double the cores.
We will have phones who run dual OS along with Ubuntu and act as a desktop when docked.
There is a lot of innovation going on in the mobile space. You'd be naïve to think that a phone will last longer than its intended product cycle.
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Yeah, the GPU is outdated, but honestly, we can always see its age in games. In overall UI experience it'll perfectly last another 4 years. CPU side as well.
Honestly, the Note 2 is more than capable of surviving 2 or 2 and a half years because the components it has are pretty damn good. The only thing that the Note 3 will be MUCH better at is at the 1080p screen, but if it's Pentile, perhaps it won't be that much better,

The only bad thing about having the note 2 is that My GPS won't work at times until I turn the phone off and back on again. ANNNOYYING !

The Next Big Thing Is Several Months Away! (Note 3 Wishlist) / Post Feedback!

What do you want in the Note 3? Eventually, a new product comes out every year; and it doesn't necessarily mean it is better; and it doesn't necessarily mean it is a success, lol
The Note 3 will very likely feature the following:
Obviously, the Note 2 is under scrutiny by Apple; will Note 3 be out later next year, only the outcomes of the case between Apple and Samsung will tell
Obviously, the design of the Note 3 will be quite different; perhaps Flexible AMOLED Unbreakable Display (maybe not)--possibly same SuperAMOLED like Note 2 but with more pixels squeezed into one display?
Obviously, 5.5" screen display will be the same; Samsung Nailed It!
Obviously, 2GB RAM, 1080p Resolution with a ppi of ~440
Obviously, Samsung Exynos 5 5450 Quad-core (2 GHz or more)
Obviously, 13mp Camera
Obviously, A better battery will be there as seen between the Note 1 and Note 2 with wireless charging
Lastly, Obviously, Further Enhancements to S-Pen (Hardware and Software Enhancements)
Not to forget, The next iteration of Android OS and Samsung's Touchwiz 6.0
*Final Add to Rumorville Korea*
Agree or Disagree?
What do you want in the Note 3?
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After CES 2013
SuperAMOLED HD similar to Note 2; but 1080p resolution with ~440ppi; 6.3"
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (Forget Samsung's Plastic)
Exynos 5 Octa (1.8 GHz A15 & 1.2GHz A7 Quad-core Chips); More power-efficient
Mali-658
2GB RAM
13mp Camera
Obviously, slightly larger battery
Android's Lime OS
In a Alternate Universe; Flexible 5.5" AMOLED Display with Corning's Flexible Glass (Very unlikely in my opinion; will start appearing in early-2014)
So, what do you think?

1.crApple has nothing on samsung and will lose the case
2.nope unbreakable plastic screen like the one in the S4
3.With the S4 having 5" screen i doubt it i think they will try to set it further away maybe 5.7" not sure
4.yup
5. 1.9ghz? why? the current chips is crazy fast and the coming quad core A15 one is the bleeding edge of technology why need such high frequency to drain battery?
6.yup
7. (from me) this thread is kinda useless right now unless you are looking for "wish list" then it will be ok, other than that i see no use for this

The Note 99 will have a teleporter function, to beam you from one location to another

***Final***
I'm confident with the following,
Obviously, the Note 2 is under scrutiny by Apple; will Note 3 be out later next year, only the outcomes of the case between Apple and Samsung will tell
Obviously, the design of the Note 3 will be quite different; perhaps Flexible AMOLED Unbreakable Display (maybe not)--possibly same SuperAMOLED like Note 2 but with more pixels squeezed into one display?
Obviously, 5.5" screen display will be the same; Samsung Nailed It!
Obviously, 2GB RAM, 1080p Resolution with a ppi of ~440
Obviously, Samsung Exynos 5 5450 Quad-core (2 GHz or more)
Obviously, 13mp Camera
Obviously, A better battery will be there as seen between the Note 1 and Note 2 with wireless charging
Lastly, Obviously, Further Enhancements to S-Pen (Hardware and Software Enhancements)
Not to forget, The next iteration of Android OS and Samsung's Touchwiz 6.0
*Final Add to Rumorville Korea*
Who wants to bet? Lol. :cyclops:

5.7" screen
128gb build in
Build in HD proghector
4200 mlh battry
The same gps card as the N2
And .... I dont see a way to avoid a very hard rooting and modig change
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Something more in the lines of the following,
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iv-5125.php

Unbreakable Screen / Display? Looks Assuring,
Dai Nippon Printing’s new screen cover plastic

So even Samsung realizes a 700/800$ mobile phone should have an unbreakable display, but some idiots here don't!
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Explains why Samsung encourages their customers to buy flip covers and protective covers for the Note 2; comes in a variety of 'pretty' colors, lol
Not like Apple is any better, lol

I like how you keep using the word "obviously" when all you did was speculate. You obviously don't know what the word obviously means.

It's called Figure-of-Speech. :victory: Based on the Release Pattern of Samsung's New Products, obviously, the specifications mentioned above are very likely.
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I like how you keep using the word "obviously" when all you did was speculate. You obviously don't know what the word obviously means.
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Camera should be kept at 8MP!!
More megapixels is not the problem. It is the ability of the sensor to perform better harsher or dim light conditions. Even currently, we are nowhere close to getting all that we can out of a 8MP sensor. Higher megapixels just makes this worse. If the technology would improve for low light or better dynamic range, losing more photons, having less light information per pixel, or having more megapixels to process would just negate any technology gained if they put a 13 megapixel camera.
Take for example LG Optimus G. 13 megapixels, and the quality is just stunningly bad. This is the same sensor that Samsung tried to buy from Sony, but said Sony couldn't provide enough for production demands of the Note II. We seriously dodged a bullet. More like a shotgun blast.

Too soon for unbreakable glass.. there is a big market for cases and accessories. For example look at the iphone 5. Scratches easy. Almost everyone has a case lol...
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These replies are too funny. I agree with the OP on everything. Unbreakable glass would be great considering all of these freak accidents but I doubt it'll happen. Considering how expensive this phone is it should've already had unbreakable glass. 1080p screen will definitely be added, I think we're all sure of that.

I wonder when they will add the successor to Wireless N

At least 3GB of RAM, I highly doubt they'll leave it at 2 when there's already been rumors about 3GB phones in the Samsung labs.
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I would estimate no 3GB phones until '2' years from now
Battery life and battery capacity has been improved a lot since the Galaxy S1 and S2; I wouldn't be surprised to a see progress in battery technology by the time the next Note releases in the market
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At least 3GB of RAM, I highly doubt they'll leave it at 2 when there's already been rumors about 3GB phones in the Samsung labs.
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No 3GB iPhones maybe, but I'd bet anything the GS4 is coming this spring with at the very least 3GB of RAM.
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S4 will tell us better what Samsung will put on note 3
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planning to buy note 2 but....!

Hey guyz so I was planning. To buy note 2 this month but then I found. Note 3 neo and it is very impressive although most of the specs may be same as note 2 but leathery back cover. And new hexa core processor. Is future proof. And better then Mali 4412. So what you guyz suggest? Camera is also an important. Factor for.me.

Get N3 then. Price should be even lower than Neo.

Either go for the Note 2 or Note 3.
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go with the note 3, it's amazing

i dont have much idea about the price in pakistan. But note 2 sells for around 27000 in india. Note 3 neo is around 37000 and note 3 41000.
Since there's a huge difference in price you have to make the decision accordingly.

I just replaced my Note 2 with the LTE version today, its on its 1st charge.. It has one of the best, if not the best, 8MP cameras in any smart phone capable of 1080p video, just dont fall for the 13MP has to be better than 8MP because its higher, moron thinking.. 8MP is better due to the lesser density of pixels . The battery life is brilliant and its not a Pentile display.
From what I can see, 4,3 runs lovely on it, its half the price of the Note 3 and probably all of the bugs will have been ironed out of the OS by now, because you can be sure as eggs are eggs, Samsung never release an amazing phone on day 1, theres always something with it.
Did I also mention they are cheap now
Enjoy

Note 3. If you're going to buy something, might as well get the best you can get.
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If there isn't a large price difference, I'd go with the Note 3 Neo. The screen is the same, the body is smaller, the hardware is newer (Samsung improves the OLED technology with every generation, especially in power consumption and white balance), the battery should last just as long, if not a bit longer, and the CPU and GPU are more powerful. The only disadvantages I see are the price and the smaller developer community.

Ive been though practically every phone available
but keep Coming back to the Note 2
HTC ONE, S4, Xperia Z, iPhone 5, nexus 5, even tried the note 3. Just haven't managed to get on with any other phone. Even the note 3 was so similar except didn't like the nasty plastic feel to the phone. The note 2 feels so much nicer and the weight is more suited to my use. For some reason the note 2 weight is lower and doesn't topple forward in use. The note 3 I kept dropping. Not that much faster for everyday use I guess if it's gaming your after then it probably is.
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I would say go with Note 2 it has better battery life than note 3 and its cheaper, i don't think there is any difference in real life performance between those two phones.

Happy with my Note 2
Go for it, You won't regret anything