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Samsung confirms Galaxy Note 2 release at August 29th event
Galaxy Note 2This coming August 29th, Samsung will be holding an event at IFA in Berlin, Germany, where the South Korean consumer electronics giant intends to rain on Apple’s parade. How do they plan to go about doing that? The answer is simple – there are rumors (which are going around pretty strong) that talk about how Apple might just debut their next generation iPhone sometime in the middle of September, so why not take away a little bit of its edge by announcing their sequel to the celebrated Galaxy Note smartphone (some say phablet) at IFA 2012?
a Samsung spokesman said on Friday, “We plan to unveil the next Galaxy Note at the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event in Berlin on August 29.” That is as much as Samsung or any of their spokespersons are willing to divulge, but since this has come from the horse’s mouth itself, we would take it to be gold. Personally, do you think a release of the Galaxy Note 2 before the iPhone would dampen Apple’s sales figures? I would say that the negative impact, if any, would be minimal as most people have already made up their minds which camp they are on beforehand. Otherwise, we would not have seen Spider-Man released before The Dark Knight Rises, as the latter has still outearned Peter Parker at the box office just two weeks and running, right?
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/08/samsung-confirms-galaxy-note-2-release-at-august-29th-event/
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yeah I just saw this on engadget earlier. Should be interesting I guess. I'm sticking with my OG note for now.
I just hope for an official 4.1 build from samsung for my current note and I be happy. Might be a long wait though.
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Will get the Note 2 on Day ! :good:

It's just announcement not release date.
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That note the release. Thats just the date, when they are going to show it off.

I might hold off on buying the Note 2 (unless it comes to Sprint here in the USA for which I am sitting on an upgrade for my work line), but otherwise I am quite happy using my Note 1 on Straight Talk pre-paid.

Hopefully it preloaded with Jelly Bean.
And then the official announcement from samsung to update it also on original note

One positive thing about samsung is: they seem to have learned that it´s important to ship their products as near as possible to their announcement dates. Take a look at the SGSIII story: Anouncement was in May, shipment started in may as well.

JulyDerek said:
Samsung confirms Galaxy Note 2 release at August 29th event
Galaxy Note 2This coming August 29th, Samsung will be holding an event at IFA in Berlin, Germany, where the South Korean consumer electronics giant intends to rain on Apple’s parade. How do they plan to go about doing that? The answer is simple – there are rumors (which are going around pretty strong) that talk about how Apple might just debut their next generation iPhone sometime in the middle of September, so why not take away a little bit of its edge by announcing their sequel to the celebrated Galaxy Note smartphone (some say phablet) at IFA 2012?
a Samsung spokesman said on Friday, “We plan to unveil the next Galaxy Note at the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event in Berlin on August 29.” That is as much as Samsung or any of their spokespersons are willing to divulge, but since this has come from the horse’s mouth itself, we would take it to be gold. Personally, do you think a release of the Galaxy Note 2 before the iPhone would dampen Apple’s sales figures? I would say that the negative impact, if any, would be minimal as most people have already made up their minds which camp they are on beforehand. Otherwise, we would not have seen Spider-Man released before The Dark Knight Rises, as the latter has still outearned Peter Parker at the box office just two weeks and running, right?
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/08/samsung-confirms-galaxy-note-2-release-at-august-29th-event/
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Galaxy Note - yes
But the tab (10.1)
Not the phone.

brooon said:
One positive thing about samsung is: they seem to have learned that it´s important to ship their products as near as possible to their announcement dates. Take a look at the SGSIII story: Anouncement was in May, shipment started in may as well.
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Well if they announce it in August and still manage to ship it in August than they are my heroes :laugh:
Only time will tell, lets just hope they will give the OG Note users a decent update to JB. From what I saw with the ICS update they just used the same TW and only changed the Android version, while GS III had a new TW and smoothness that we lacked. And I do not believe that its due to the specification difference, as if done properly our GNote would be as shutter free as the GS III.

toxicthunder said:
Galaxy Note - yes
But the tab (10.1)
Not the phone.
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Huh? Why do you think that? It already has been announced months ago, why should this be another announcement?!
Don´t think so. It will be the Note 2, I think.
--> "We plan to unveil the next Galaxy Note... "

How else could Samsung improve on the note 1 and make it worth a $700ish upgrade/purchase?
5.5 inch screen in a smaller body is nice but not irresistible.
Resolving the screen black clipping issue would be nice but there are some fixes/work-arounds already.
Maybe allow the note to self power external USB3.0 drives like the sgs3, also nice, but again not irresistible.
Some cool improvements i think would be realistic but never to be implemented, would be:
- Have a dual battery design, 1 very small under the lid, removable battery to allow for the larger battery to be hot swap-able (external port), thus, you'd never need to plug in ever, just swap and go. (Cant think of why they wouldn't do this).
- Same thing for the sim card design - either allow dual 3G sim and dual active standby ability, or design a hot swapable sim card port. (telecos/carriers would not like this feature at all)
- Waterproof sprayed inside out, equaling IP65 or something to allow peace of mine while boating/fishing (using the 3.5mm audio jack as the co2 spray hole to get rid of water inside after snorkeling ). (maybe costs to much? not reliable?)
- complete phone covered with thin film solar paneling, even on the front bezel. Im all for function over form. The surface area of the note is bigger than my 6v 250ma panel and turning on an app to force 2G mode, low brightness, etc. would allow some form of trickle charging to happen.
Com'on Samsung, take my free non patented ideas, before Apple patents them, only to sue others but never to to actually use/implement!

Unfortunately Note 2 won't worth it. It will have bigger, but smaller screen (5.5" 720p), same hardware as SGS3, probably with more RAM.
So I will keep my Note till Note 3.

vessk0 said:
Unfortunately Note 2 won't worth it. It will have bigger, but smaller screen (5.5" 720p), same hardware as SGS3, probably with more RAM.
So I will keep my Note till Note 3.
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Faster handling, faster camera, faster pen input, better pics, faster actions and probably a better soundchip.
The Note 1 was the best research object, if such a device fits to my demands. Now I hope that they´ll make it perfect.
Hellyeah, I´ll buy it^^

Not sure I want to upgrade due to the current emmc bug debacle. I've owned android phones before and have never been so scared to flash roms and mods, due to this problem. Every single day I read new "bricked note" posts from users. I see no reason to reward Samsung with more of my money until they at least fix the emmc bug.
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I'm thinking of selling my Galaxy Note and wait for Galaxy Note 2 presentation, then If I won't like the new Galaxy Note 2 I'll buy the first one again (used, of course) paying it less than the one I sold. I just hope that It'll be better than GS2-GS3 switch.

vessk0 said:
Unfortunately Note 2 won't worth it. It will have bigger, but smaller screen (5.5" 720p), same hardware as SGS3, probably with more RAM.
So I will keep my Note till Note 3.
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Actually more RAM would be a real plus for me. Do you have a source for that? Thanks!

Johev said:
Well if they announce it in August and still manage to ship it in August than they are my heroes :laugh:.
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Shipping 2 days after announcement? Highly unlikely. But if they manage to announce in August and ship in September, then hello SGN3! Maybe... We'll see what it's packing!

toxicthunder said:
Galaxy Note - yes
But the tab (10.1)
Not the phone.
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Again an info on that point: a few minutes ago netbooknews.de posted that the Galaxy Note Tab 10.1 will become available from the 9th of august. click
So it will be the Note 2! :laugh::laugh:

Randomwalker said:
Actually more RAM would be a real plus for me. Do you have a source for that? Thanks!
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Same here.
Give me 2gb of ram and I will insta-upgrade even if the other specs are the same of the actual.
Give me 1gb of ram with a octocore Cortex A15, 512gb of free space and super amoled plus ultra hd and I will not upgrade.

Note 3 day one buy features

I've been wondering what, if announced, would make the Note 3 (or any other phone) a day 1 buy for me.
There's always the incremental MORE/LESS stuff - more screen, less weight, blah blah blah
The note 2 is good enough that I don't consider any of that to be a strong selling point.
Has technology/innovation peaked? What features could/would make the Note 3 a 'must buy'
for Note 2 owners (versus the expected 'guess I'll wait for the Note 4)? Or from a business
perspective, would could make people who were uninterested in the Note 3 interested in the Note 2?
I don't think the S4 won over any S3 haters.
The only recent interesting things I've seen are:
wireless charging
unbreakable screen
Metallic body (which I personally don't care about, but it sure is making the HTC One hot stuff)
All of the above I'd love, but nothing I'd sell my Note 2 to get.
- Frank

ChodTheWacko said:
I've been wondering what, if announced, would make the Note 3 (or any other phone) a day 1 buy for me.
There's always the incremental MORE/LESS stuff - more screen, less weight, blah blah blah
The note 2 is good enough that I don't consider any of that to be a strong selling point.
Has technology/innovation peaked? What features could/would make the Note 3 a 'must buy'
for Note 2 owners (versus the expected 'guess I'll wait for the Note 4)? Or from a business
perspective, would could make people who were uninterested in the Note 3 interested in the Note 2?
I don't think the S4 won over any S3 haters.
The only recent interesting things I've seen are:
wireless charging
unbreakable screen
Metallic body (which I personally don't care about, but it sure is making the HTC One hot stuff)
All of the above I'd love, but nothing I'd sell my Note 2 to get.
- Frank
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I want to go mad with power lol.
Octa Core!

The hardware technology is close to peaking, I think. Flexible screens are just a marketing gimmick for me, and better radios aren't really new tech but refinements of what we already have. Screens are either unbreakable but not unscratchable, or unscratchable but not unbreakable. As for power -- every week we read about how this or that development will give us vastly more powerful batteries (rechargeable in 30 seconds, no less) but the problem is, they've been saying that for the past six or seven years and we're still stuck with the same old Li-Ion technology. Wireless charging still means leaving the phone on some device or other to charge -- only you don't plug it in. Now if my phone's battery would start charging as soon as I walked in the door, I might sit up and take notice.
The only innovations that would give me an incentive to buy a new device (the Note 99, maybe?) on day 1 would be either 128GB or more of storage without a huge increase in price, or a change in Android specs to allow apps to be stored and run from external cards. Not allowing apps to run from external storage has got to be one of Google's more short-sighted ideas, given that each Android iteration, not to mention manufacturer and carrier overlays, seems to eat more and more of available storage space for its own use.
mudge
Galaxy Nexus
Galaxy Note 2
Galaxy Note 8.0

in my country, note 2 now is about 30% cheaper compared to when it was launched. if thats the case in your area and since you are still satisfied with your note2, id wait for a few months until it gets cheaper before buying. as a bonus the official rom you buy might be more stable the the 1st release.

For me, personally, it would have to be a huge increase in onboard storage (I'm thinking 128GB minimum). Also, I would prefer a dedicated micro-HDMI port, instead of crappy MHL. These two things would make me get the GN3 on release day, but if not, I'll stick with my GN2 for the time being.

1080p, Exynos Octa w/LTE, more storage...yeah, I'm probably going to get it at launch. Those are enough to excite me.
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Frontal stereo speakers, Adreno 330, Snapdragon 800, metal body, 1080p 64 GB storage... these things are desirable, but still probably wouldn't buy it... and definately not on day one. Just recently got my Note 2
More likely when I switch, it will be to the Note 4... or perhaps some nice HTC/Sony. Maybe even a Nokia EOS, if such a thing ever breaks free from the rumorland....

I want a note 3 with all s4 features minus lag, screen tint and smearing issues (realistic wish list). It would be enough for a year at least. I would prefer a screen of 5.7 inch max, but it should never go beyond 6.0. The battery should be around 4000MAh. I don't care about body but design at least should not be carbon copy of note 2/s4. The minimum storage should be 32gig.

Larger screen without increasing the body size.
Larger battery, and I don't mind making the body slightly thicker either. For me battery life is more important than have it be under 11mm. I think 12mm is fine.
HD display, without a doubt.
SPen upgrade. I love the current generation, but if they can't make it any better then that'll be fine by me.
Next generation processor which I'm sure will be in there.
An awesome camera This one is good, but not that good. I'd much prefer something better.
I think that's it! If they add on a capacitive home button and an extra gig of ram I'm sold.

Thinner, lighter, better battery, full hd and 13mpix camera at least (or better if they can squeeze it). Battery life is fine with me. Processing power I don't care about anymore (it's plenty enough already).

richadorsey4 said:
Do we need to uninstall the stock app to flash this
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Nice spam. Reported.

Ill be keeping note 2 if note 3 is just a s4 with a pen and 5.99 inch full hd screen.
Maybe 3 gig of ram?
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dazza7111 said:
Ill be keeping note 2 if note 3 is just a s4 with a pen and 5.99 inch full hd screen.
Maybe 3 gig of ram?
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I am afraid its going to be like this, better not to keep your hopes high, you should follow the prior trend if u want to stay realistic. I dont mind an s4 type phone but it must be morw fluid and minus all the bugs.
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I hope I I'm not that bothered about it. Only had note 2 a few weeks and love it! Want it to last till s5 or note 4!
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Note 3?
Do you guys really want to struggle with Samsung's rooting/custom kernel issues, flash counters, root trackers, CyanogenMod incompatibilities?

Definitely a phone I will buy, sadly I dont have the money right now and selling somo old phones is not on my plans, so if the note 3 went out today I will have to buy it in October 2014.
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sohebq said:
The minimum storage should be 32gig.
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Samsung will never set 32gb as minimum storage. They rather will cut it even more (like in galaxy s4).

Have to say I am impressed with my Note2 so far the best Android phone Ive had. Its the only phone I have not had to tamper with to make it faster. I did root it but no custom rom. Never had it die on me, been using it close to a year now and it still amazes me. Awesome device. The Note 3 would have to be significantly better to justify an upgrade. I agree with with what someone hasmentioned already, i believe we have reached a peak now....and only encremental changes will come. Else if they do decide to go all out with the Note 3...we will all be guinea pigs....like with the first samsung galaxy s.with the note 2 we have the perfect balance between battery life and performance. I still carry a spare battery around...just incase.
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It needs to have a new design. I won't buy it if it looks too much like my Note 2. Something like the GS4 Active would be awesome.

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Note 3?
Do you guys really want to struggle with Samsung's rooting/custom kernel issues, flash counters, root trackers, CyanogenMod incompatibilities?
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Yes. Don't really care, to be honest.
Oh - I'm rooted, and happily running a custom rom.
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Your call on note3

Design - 5.7inch(5.68 to be specific)
leather back with stiched design ,while samsung has been able to keep the width same as NoteII but its more lighter,slimmer and faster.
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Camera - It has 13 megapixel camera supporting 1080p at 60fps (4k recording supported)
1.9 front camera
A better led flash with smart stabilizer for low light photo capture.
Ram - 3gb confirmed
Cpu - 2 variants
2.3 Quad core LTE version
1.9 OCta core 3g version
Audio - 24bit 192 Khz support
Battery - 3200 mAh battery
As per samsung 40% more battery compared to NoteII (Around 4Hrs more)
S Pen - Samsung has confirmed that the s pen features has a lot more to do this time with Dart feature where you get the option for
Air Command
SCrap Book
S finder
S note- new interface- with free evernote premium service for 1 year
Pen video
Multiwindows - new features have been implemeneted as this seem to the best part of the note3, where we can open two windows of the same app at the same time in multwindows and share simultaneously.
All said and written
Yes ! Samsung has confirmed update for NoteII,S3 and S4 to 4.3 coming this October so we get all the features implemented in our beloved NoteII.
For me I am happy with my NoteII , whats your call

shhbz said:
Design - 5.7inch(5.68 to be specific)
leather back with stiched design ,while samsung has been able to keep the width same as NoteII but its more lighter,slimmer and faster.
Camera - It has 13 megapixel camera supporting 1080p at 60fps (4k recording supported)
1.9 front camera
A better led flash with smart stabilizer for low light photo capture.
Ram - 3gb confirmed
Cpu - 2 variants
2.3 Quad core LTE version
1.9 OCta core 3g version
Audio - 24bit 192 Khz support
Battery - 3200 mAh battery
As per samsung 40% more battery compared to NoteII (Around 4Hrs more)
S Pen - Samsung has confirmed that the s pen features has a lot more to do this time with Dart feature where you get the option for
Air Command
SCrap Book
S finder
S note- new interface- with free evernote premium service for 1 year
Pen video
Multiwindows - new features have been implemeneted as this seem to the best part of the note3, where we can open two windows of the same app at the same time in multwindows and share simultaneously.
All said and written
Yes ! Samsung has confirmed update for NoteII,S3 and S4 to 4.3 coming this October so we get all the features implemented in our beloved NoteII.
For me I am happy with my NoteII , whats your call
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I just want a battery cover like that.

Well. .I will be happy enough as long as I get most of the note 3 s pen and multi Window features and galaxy gear support for my note 2
I have already spent a lot of money on gadgets this year. ..bought 2 nexus 4 as gifts to wife and brother, got a note 8 n5100 and nexus 7 2013 already. ..lol
Save some money for Google glass late this year
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pakure said:
Well. .I will be happy enough as long as I get most of the note 3 s pen and multi Window features and galaxy gear support for my note 2
I have already spent a lot of money on gadgets this year. ..bought 2 nexus 4 as gifts to wife and brother, got a note 8 n5100 and nexus 7 2013 already. ..lol
Save some money for Google glass late this year
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well in my case I did not found the galaxy gear to be great innovation rather samsung should provide the gadget free to all note III buyers

I call bullsh*t on battery life.
Sent from my SGNote 2!

Though call for me , probably I want be there in queue on the first day this time around.

ubigred said:
I call bullsh*t on battery life.
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+1

IMO the design is borderline kitsch.
The 24bit/92 Khz is totally irrelevant, since no one can hear the difference, 3200 mhA is below expectations (4 hours more is, more likely than not, BS), 3 GB RAM is standard nowadays in top of the line phones, 13 MP camera unneeded and probably detrimental to low light image quality and 4k video recording irrelevant to 99% of users since 4k TVs and monitors still cost an arm and a leg.
Oh, and moving from 5.5" to 5.7" doesn't make a difference in real life use.
As for software, thank you for bringing it to the Note II also, which I intend to keep until the note IV is released.

shhbz said:
Yes ! Samsung has confirmed update for NoteII,S3 and S4 to 4.3 coming this October so we get all the features implemented in our beloved Note II
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You said that, not Samsung. The only thing Samsung said is that the three devices you mentioned will receive an update in October that will let them support the Galaxy Gear. What's in the update is pure speculation at this point. I'd also highly doubt that Exynos Quad and 2GB of RAM will be able to run all the new multitasking features shown on the S-800/Octa 3GB N3 and Note 10.1 2014. I'm also concerned about S Pen compatibility between the "old" S Pen and the "new" S Pen they were talking about at the launch. I also wonder if the new S Note app will be backwardly compatible.
Just more to speculate about and a reason for people to open another dozen new “update” threads.

Honami here I come.

Alexei Volkoff said:
3 GB RAM is standard nowadays in top of the line phones
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COMPLETELY WRONG. Note III is the first to implement a 3 GB RAM.

BarryH_GEG;45296707You said that said:
Well definately its speculation but atleast we get the 4.3 and as far as your feelings are voncetned about the note2 not being able to use the multiwindows feature shown, there was nothing new just that u can launch the same app in two windows so it comes to same as launching two diftrent app just they implemented some add feautures .
And if u are so bored of threads being updated stop your speculation too that it wont support as we are keeping are hopes positive and you are on the negative end
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shhbz said:
Battery - 3200 mAh battery
As per samsung 40% more battery compared to NoteII (Around 4Hrs more)
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I think they said it will have 4 more hours of video playback not 40% better battery.
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For me note 3 seems to be a well worthy upgrade.
Larger screen while thinner and lighter and maintaining same size.
Better camera.
Better material used (the back cover does not have the glare and fingerprint problems as the glossy plastic used in all previous phones and according to most reviews it feels better)
A little bit bigger battery
Much better screen (higher resolution, looks like the gs4 screen which received very good praise)
It will have an IR blaster? (not sure about this point, but I assume it does since gas4 has it)
Better software (that launching application in a floating box looks awesome, and they can be minimized)
It has USB 3.0? Isn't that like 10x faster transfer rate?
3gb ram and better processor (not sure if that will make a difference though in practical use)
The standard space is 32GB now, that means coupled with 64gb sd card, you will have a total of 96GB, which i enough for any person I imagine.
S-pen seems to be improved, although to be fair I was never a big s-pen user.
Only thing is missing is front speakers like the htc one, then it might have been the perfect phone.

MohJee said:
I think they said it will have 4 more hours of video playback not 40% better battery
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Well I can vow on that they said 40% better battery and yes that 4 more hours of video playbackg
@all the thread to get feedback of what you people think about note 3 after it unviels so we can share whats the pro and negative of the device note3 or rather ppl will expect more from samsung and choose another from over note3

Alexei Volkoff said:
IMO the design is borderline kitsch.
The 24bit/92 Khz is totally irrelevant, since no one can hear the difference, 3200 mhA is below expectations (4 hours more is, more likely than not, BS), 3 GB RAM is standard nowadays in top of the line phones, 13 MP camera unneeded and probably detrimental to low light image quality and 4k video recording irrelevant to 99% of users since 4k TVs and monitors still cost an arm and a leg.
Oh, and moving from 5.5" to 5.7" doesn't make a difference in real life use.
As for software, thank you for bringing it to the Note II also, which I intend to keep until the note IV is released.
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Don't generalize, many people actually can hear the difference in audio, 3gb ATM is not a standard as many of the rumored or just announced smartphone are 2gb, the 13mpx camera is a big improvement as seen in the sgs4(one of the best android camera in a phone), and 4k recording gives you a "lossless" zoom quality plus probably 4k will become a standard in some years and early support is nice, plus it have the microusb 3.0 and best display and HW announced.
I think it's a great device, probably my next one.
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Playstore & Gapps?
My Honor 7 came with Gapps out of the box, but if you for some reason should loose the Play Store and Gapps after a factory reset, go into the Chinese App Store and search for "Google", find the "Play Store" and install that, search also for Google "Contacts" and install that, after a reboot, you will again have the Play Store and contacts will be able to sync just fine.
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How is battery life..? Share screenshots..

What carrier could I use with this .....I would love tmobile or metro pcs....

mlock420 said:
What carrier could I use with this .....I would love tmobile or metro pcs....
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International version release is tomorrow

Ok
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mlock420 said:
What carrier could I use with this .....I would love tmobile or metro pcs....
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You can check on http://www.willmyphonework.net with your carrier, really depends on what version of the Honor 7 you are getting.

grengo said:
How is battery life..? Share screenshots..
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The batterylife is good, even for powerusers. I would say it is enough for 1 whole day.
But there are also different modes to choose from, like Performance mode, Smart mode etc.

Reviews:
http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-honor-7-review-636032/
http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-honor-7-vs-honor-6-plus-636836/
http://www.androidcentral.com/honor-7-review
http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/135024-honor-7-review-brilliance-on-a-budget
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2015/08/27/huawei-honor-7-review/
http://www.theguardian.com/technolo...range-with-lightning-fast-fingerprint-scanner
http://www.slashgear.com/huawei-honor-7-review-27399494/
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Honor-7-Smartphone-Review.149296.0.html
http://www.androidauthority.com/honor-7-arm-mali-gpu-image-processing-627997/
and official Huawei online store for EU launched: https://www.vmall.eu

I'd love to buy one, but I cannot imagine using the default OS, or anything that is not Android 5.1.
The track record (with Honor 6) for the availability of quasi-stock or CyanogenMod based ROMs is pretty bad, from what I could find.
Am I wrong?

signaleleven said:
I'd love to buy one, but I cannot imagine using the default OS, or anything that is not Android 5.1.
The track record (with Honor 6) for the availability of quasi-stock or CyanogenMod based ROMs is pretty bad, from what I could find.
Am I wrong?
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Most of China based phone are a no go for those wanting pure Android. Only exception is One Plus now offering Oxygen OS, ZTE also offering another pure android skin for their new international devices, and i think Lenovo as well with their ZUK.
If you want pure android on Honor 7, you options are either to hope for vibrant developers using this phone, or using other launchers, or creating an Android theme which can basically skin nearly everything about the UI using Huawei's stock theme engine.

Recently bought this phone in Hong Kong and upgraded to PLK-UL00 C17B162 – Emotion UI 3.1 (the latest OTA) and google apps gets corrupted every few hours. The EMUI is "okay" as far as customizations go. Especially after you switch to using the google now launcher, which also dies when the google play services break down.
It's an expensive paperweight until some very nice developers port stock android for this device.

nicktc said:
Recently bought this phone in Hong Kong and upgraded to PLK-UL00 C17B162 – Emotion UI 3.1 (the latest OTA) and google apps gets corrupted every few hours. The EMUI is "okay" as far as customizations go. Especially after you switch to using the google now launcher, which also dies when the google play services break down.
It's an expensive paperweight until some very nice developers port stock android for this device.
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Hmmm Google apps should not get corrupted. I say this because I and many other have been using China version Huawei phones for years. So either there is no problem or something uniquely wrong with that one rom. Ill give it a try and see though.
For google apps, its a matter of going to Huawei app center and downloading google play store and then you have to also download the google contacts and sync app from the Huawei app center in order to get the google syncs to work.
Edit: We have a new dedicated forum for Honor 7

I'm pretty sure its this specific rom related, various chinese threads talk about rooting and downgrading so I'll try that later. Maybe see if I can get my hands on the intl version of the rom now that the honor 7 has launched.
Apps installed as you mentioned, and all apps work/sync fine, even after reboot. But after you lock the screen for a while gapps complain 'google play services are not supported', then any google app crashes on start, account is missing from accounts page, until data clear on google play services, after which you can re-add the account and things work fine again. In a failed state adb logcat complains 'no accounts configured on this device' but it tries to access some huawei app to get account type which gives NPE and crashes the app. Feels like something in the rom corrupts it.
/will start dedicated thread after this post

Would like to understand (cuz I'm interested in it): which are the perspective of Modding for this phone?
Is honor giving sources and so on (if i'm right it has huawei property CPU), or will user be stuck over EMUI forever? I'm not that sure of that UI, it seems to me to much an adapted MIUI.. or too much "Chinese style" (anything against that, but it's a different perception of the UI).
Thanks in advance, I'm very curious about this phone (and it's price)
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I have no problems with Gapps on mine, working just fine since day 1.
But can someone that actually has the Honor 7 (or true knowledge about it) please clarify if it has NFC or not?
I have the Chinese 16GB version with Dual SIM, but I don't see NFC anywhere in the Settings, so I believe I don't have NFC.
But several pages says the Honor 7 has NFC?! or is it just the 64GB that has that or how?

s7yler said:
I have no problems with Gapps on mine, working just fine since day 1.
But can someone that actually has the Honor 7 (or true knowledge about it) please clarify if it has NFC or not?
I have the Chinese 16GB version with Dual SIM, but I don't see NFC anywhere in the Settings, so I believe I don't have NFC.
But several pages says the Honor 7 has NFC?! or is it just the 64GB that has that or how?
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Yes only 64gb comes with NFC. Plus it comes with the fast charger and dual LTE.

warea said:
Yes only 64gb comes with NFC. Plus it comes with the fast charger and dual LTE.
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Ok thanks, but I also see and can enable the "Battery>Fast charging" option in my settings, so the 16GB also has fast charging or?
Also I noticed that in this video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWeMmtgwpHU
The ROM looks (looks almost like Stock Android 5?) a lot different from mine, he has an App Drawer, while I don't have any App Drawer on mine. What ROM is he using? or it that the EU version? Can the EU ROM be flashed on the Chinese phone?
EDIT: nevermind, I noticed now that he is using another launcher than the stock one! that's why.

I've used a few Huawei phones in the past, but they can't compare to the Note 5, which I have been using for about a week now. The Honor 7 looks pretty good, but I'm moving forward with the best there is.
http://www.ritetechservices.net/galaxy-note-5-cases/
Sent from my SM-N920T

bhagiratha said:
I've used a few Huawei phones in the past, but they can't compare to the Note 5, which I have been using for about a week now. The Honor 7 looks pretty good, but I'm moving forward with the best there is.
http://www.ritetechservices.net/galaxy-note-5-cases/
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A Note 5 also costs MUCH more, pretty unfair comparison I would say.... and for me the Note 5 is way to big, I don't like phones that big.

s7yler said:
A Note 5 also costs MUCH more, pretty unfair comparison I would say.... and for me the Note 5 is way to big, I don't like phones that big.
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It's really not that big. I'm coming from a OnePlus One, and haven't had any regrets. The OnePlus feels heavier and slightly bigger. I can use the Note 5 easily with one hand.
Yes, it cost much more, but it's a personal choice. I like the best of premium devices.
Sent from my SM-N920T

Note FE to Note 8?

Anyone jumping to the note 8 following launch this weds?
I think for the first time since the note series was launched, I for one will not be jumping in feet first for the following reasons:
My S8+ was worth £240 less after 6 weeks of ownership.
The cost of the note 8 will be ridiculous (almost £1000 going by reports) and based on the above I should be able to pick one up at 40% off in 2 months time!
Loving my note 7 mk3....err note FE.
Samsung are not indicating any discounts for note 7 victims therefore my loyalty is waning.
Anyone else think phones are starting to cost too much?

I will never get rid of my FE...never lol.
Im with you on the 8 though for once I wont pre-order etc etc...
Ive got a few issues with it:
Fingerprint reader still in a stupid spot...my nexus 6p had it in a perfect spot.
Dual camera assembly/bump appearance absolutely ruins the asthetics of the rear of the phone.
Not a huge fan of the screen aspect ratio
And sammy should be discounting the 8 for those of us that went through that train wreck of a recall.. i bought my FE full price bought my S8 plus full price...ive stayed loyal to sammy after all the BS last year. They owe former note 7 people a break.
The colour selection stinks black, dark blue or maple gold only? Wtf?
My s8 is maple gold and its okay but I wouldnt buy it again.
Wheres silver? Silver is what i want.
So yeah i may go another route this year. V30, pixel XL 2, mate 10, HTC U11 hell maybe even the iPhone 8 plus version lol..
sent from my Note FE, S8 plus, or S6

With all the "hands-on" videos coming out I admit it looks very pretty. But I feel like I made the right decision with the Note FE. Like some have said before I just don't like the aspect ratio, I get that its more space for reading and multi-window but for me I watch alot of videos.... and from having the s8+ I didnt like the crop to fit option.
The only major "pro" I see is the Camera, but I dont feel its worth selling my FE and picking up the Note 8
The battery in the Note 8 seems to be lacking a bit, but im sure with the 835 it is power efficient.
This is all just my opinion, If i was given one I would use it, but for now Im enjoying my Note FE with the option to root, no AT&T bloatware, and super cheap accessories.... plus it a phone that no one else will have (I doubt I will run into any of you in public lol)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axzhygPO3bE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVup8cO7rPQ&t=0s

I've got my Note FE on the way, but, despite my preferences for it vs the Note 8,part of me is a sucker for new hardware.
T-Mobile US has a $0 down lease w/option to buy (JOD), it's tempting, especially since I can "Jump" to another phone in as little as 30 days.
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One WTF I do wish Samsung would stop, once & for all:
The fragmentation of storage capacity & color choices.
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will be playing with wifey's (ATT corporate issue) Note8 after it arrives. i'll know afterwards how soon i will/will not go for the N8. hopefully someone will port the N8 firmware soon.

Unfortunately the Note 7 recall discount for the Note 8 is not availble outside the USA otherwise the Note 8 would be a compelling buy.

jah said:
Unfortunately the Note 7 recall discount for the Note 8 is not availble outside the USA otherwise the Note 8 would be a compelling buy.
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agree with this so its a no for me especially as I bought from CPW and they certainly won't discount given their profit warning today! The FE is a fine machine and I'll wait until prices drop and I've physically had a play.

jah said:
Unfortunately the Note 7 recall discount for the Note 8 is not availble outside the USA otherwise the Note 8 would be a compelling buy.
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It will be offered in Canada shortly...not sure where your located
sent from my Note FE, S8 plus, or S6

force70 said:
It will be offered in Canada shortly...not sure where your located
sent from my Note FE, S8 plus, or S6
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Wow! Me and other Note fans are from the UK.

KOLIOSIS said:
I've got my Note FE on the way
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Mind if I ask what made you go back to the FE? I saw your original listing on Swappa (and am still kicking myself for not buying it when I saw it) and just noticed you re-bought one yesterday.
I've been on the fence about getting one for awhile now... I've been using an S8+ for about 2 weeks now and it's too flippin' tall for me to use one-handed (without the one-handed mode). And I hate that #[email protected]%# Bixby button (work phone so not customizing it for myself). It's just... hard for me to justify spending $700+ on this thing, even though it ticks all my boxes and I prefer its design over the N8.

chubbyfatazn said:
Mind if I ask what made you go back to the FE? I saw your original listing on Swappa (and am still kicking myself for not buying it when I saw it) and just noticed you re-bought one yesterday.
I've been on the fence about getting one for awhile now... I've been using an S8+ for about 2 weeks now and it's too flippin' tall for me to use one-handed (without the one-handed mode). And I hate that #[email protected]%# Bixby button (work phone so not customizing it for myself). It's just... hard for me to justify spending $700+ on this thing, even though it ticks all my boxes and I prefer its design over the N8.
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I sold the 1st one,anticipating a DualSIM version coming out & thought it'd be a good time to sell it,while there's still interest.
Took that $$$ & bought an Asus ZenFone AR on eBay,sent it right back after discovering this particular model only had Band 2 support (Amazon's has better North American support,but a 2-4 week wait,too impatient).
Thennnn,turned right back to the Note FE,everything else after the original Note 7 paled in comparison.
One of the major draws for me to the Note 7/FE is the overall dimensions & feel-in-hand.
The performance & battery life are right up there.
Not a heavy S-Pen user,but,same as with the now MIA I-R Blaster,it's nice to have when you want/need it.
The Note 8 is likely not much more than a curiosity,but,who knows,it may grow on me. (Just as you,I I didn't care much for the S8+,ditched mine after about six weeks)
If it ends up sitting unused for days at a time,I'll JOD that much sooner to the V30.....
Pricing on the FE in the future,that's a tough call,but,current pricing seems to indicate that if you wait just a bit,the Gold version could soon dip below $700.
The Onyx Black FE is fetching top dollar,if that's what you want,I'd keep watching Swappa..............

KOLIOSIS said:
I sold the 1st one,anticipating a DualSIM version coming out & thought it'd be a good time to sell it,while there's still interest.
Took that $$$ & bought an Asus ZenFone AR on eBay,sent it right back after discovering this particular model only had Band 2 support (Amazon's has better North American support,but a 2-4 week wait,too impatient).
Thennnn,turned right back to the Note FE,everything else after the original Note 7 paled in comparison.
One of the major draws for me to the Note 7/FE is the overall dimensions & feel-in-hand.
The performance & battery life are right up there.
Not a heavy S-Pen user,but,same as with the now MIA I-R Blaster,it's nice to have when you want/need it.
The Note 8 is likely not much more than a curiosity,but,who knows,it may grow on me. (Just as you,I I didn't care much for the S8+,ditched mine after about six weeks)
If it ends up sitting unused for days at a time,I'll JOD that much sooner to the V30.....
Pricing on the FE in the future,that's a tough call,but,current pricing seems to indicate that if you wait just a bit,the Gold version could soon dip below $700.
The Onyx Black FE is fetching top dollar,if that's what you want,I'd keep watching Swappa..............
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Sweet, thanks for the reply.
I always buy my phones outright (I'm prepaid) and usually use a phone until it dies, hence struggling with the decision. I just want my physical buttons and front-facing fingerprint reader...
Only thing really keeping the N8 in consideration right now for me is the dual camera... been trying to figure out what differences there are between the main N8 camera and the S7/N7 camera (since they're using the same sensor). The secondary lens just doesn't seem that useful to me.
And yeah, I'm after the black one, which seems to be the only one going up in price on ebay. There are a lot fewer listings now than a month ago, not sure if that means no more stock for the distributors/resellers to buy and then flip.

chubbyfatazn said:
Sweet, thanks for the reply.
I always buy my phones outright (I'm prepaid) and usually use a phone until it dies, hence struggling with the decision. I just want my physical buttons and front-facing fingerprint reader...
Only thing really keeping the N8 in consideration right now for me is the dual camera... been trying to figure out what differences there are between the main N8 camera and the S7/N7 camera (since they're using the same sensor). The secondary lens just doesn't seem that useful to me.
And yeah, I'm after the black one, which seems to be the only one going up in price on ebay. There are a lot fewer listings now than a month ago, not sure if that means no more stock for the distributors/resellers to buy and then flip.
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Keep an eye on Newegg as well:
Pricing is currently on the high end, but, another source nevertheless :
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...ung+Galaxy+Note+FE&ignorear=0&N=-1&isNodeId=1
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force70 said:
I will never get rid of my FE...never lol.
Im with you on the 8 though for once I wont pre-order etc etc...
Ive got a few issues with it:
Fingerprint reader still in a stupid spot...my nexus 6p had it in a perfect spot.
Dual camera assembly/bump appearance absolutely ruins the asthetics of the rear of the phone.
Not a huge fan of the screen aspect ratio
And sammy should be discounting the 8 for those of us that went through that train wreck of a recall.. i bought my FE full price bought my S8 plus full price...ive stayed loyal to sammy after all the BS last year. They owe former note 7 people a break.
The colour selection stinks black, dark blue or maple gold only? Wtf?
My s8 is maple gold and its okay but I wouldnt buy it again.
Wheres silver? Silver is what i want.
So yeah i may go another route this year. V30, pixel XL 2, mate 10, HTC U11 hell maybe even the iPhone 8 plus version lol..
sent from my Note FE, S8 plus, or S6
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Does samsung pay work with your FE on Rogers?

asifnana said:
Does samsung pay work with your FE on Rogers?
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I dont know sorry i have never and will never use it.
But from reading about others who do use it no it wont work.
sent from my Note FE, S8 plus, or S6

asifnana said:
Does samsung pay work with your FE on Rogers?
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Not on Rogers, but Samsung pay doesn't work unless you have a korean sim card (you might need a korean credit card if you want to use it)