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My Note makes me hate every other phone.

So I have been replacing my iphones with android devices lately. I got the Galaxy Nexus from Google, the HTC one X on AT&T and the Galaxy Note international version N7000.
Here are my observations.
The Note is perfect.
The screen on the note is by far the best screen on any of these phones. The Galaxy Nexus screen is not bright enough and has a horrible blueish tint. The HTC One x has a yellow tint and is not as bright as the Note. So screen is awesome.
The Note has pinch to zoom in email. WOW. Neither the Nexus or One X has this. Must have feature IMO.
Note has a microSD slot. Perfect.
Note has removable battery. Perfect.
Is note too big? Maybe but its easier on my eyes since I am getting older.
The One x gets way faster download speeds on both the wifi and 4g but it drops all the time. Sucks. The note is middle ground between the nexus and one x. The nexus has horrible reception in parts of my town and the note does not.
Gotta love the home button. The fact I can press that to wake the phone is great. That and the back button being on the right make it very easy to use. The nexus is second best in ease of use and the One x sucks. Have to reach all the way to the top of the phone to wake up. Makes using awkward.
Both the nexus and one x are running ICS but the note still has no update. Hmm, samsung features kind of fill the gap in gingerbread though. Not as big a deal as I thought although I do want to install chrome beta badly.
So in all I think I am keeping the nexus because I love the style of the phone, its speed and ease of use. The drop calls and screen are tough to deal with though but I love having my T-mobile prepaid sim in it on the $30 unlimited internet plan. Makes a good hot spot and and extra phone when in a jam. Example, my wife just took it along with her iphone with an extended battery on a work trip. She can use it for a hotspot if she needs to. Nice.
The One x is going back and I am going to wait for the Galaxy S3 in blue. Could be a while but this one x is not very good. Starting to hate the HTC sense and loving the TouchWiz.
So there you have it, the Note is so far the best phone in my arsenal. I won't even compare it to the iphone as its a no contest.

+1 Note is PERFECT!!!
No need to say anymore

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Very "Note"worthy

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Welcome to the dark side!

Sense destroys touchwiz, there's not comparison at all lol.
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Mt Note does not make me hate other phones but it prevents me dreaming of another one(except Note 2, I guess).
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It's a great phone! I got it just a while ago because I got offered good money for my iPhone. Have had a couple of Android before but always got back to iPhone, this time I am pretty sure I won't. This note I only got Gervase it was a good price on it, used. I was pretty sure I was going for galaxys3 but now I think I am going to keep this one. I can have this almost without lag and i do not play much. So performance of s3 isn't a big selling point 4 me. I think the camera functions is what I would miss the most.
The thing that is the only drawback is that one hand maneuverability is severely limited.
I have used kingDroid but just changed to paranoid 0.2, and both are great! Never written this fast as I do with Swype and the s-pen. This truly is a smart gadget.
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Loving my Note and I cannot feel this attraction I have for the Note with any other phones even if they are more powerful...
I think my next phone will be the Note 2 for sure... I don't care about other phones...

I had a note for four days.....
I swapped my Iphone 4s for it, yesterday the guy wanted to swap back as he couldn't get the Iphone unlocked for free, he kicked up a right fuss and I had to swap back...
Now I am desperately trying to swap my Iphone 4S for another Note...argghh this little thing is rediculous
Nothing else compares to a note

I will change my note only for.......
Note second edition
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gattari said:
I will change my note only for.......
Note second edition
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It is the android Device to everything you want.

The Note is for now the closet to a perfekt phone there is on the market. Its one if the few phones where the next model should be a tweak rather than a whole new phone.
The screen don't come much better than the notes.
Performance wise there is no apps currently on the market that would benefit from faster a CPU.
The funny thing is you you sometimes forget how good the note is. Then you use or have to see something on someone else "normal" phone. The first thing you think is omg its tiny.
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Don't forget that the Note does have official ICS now!

Booooo note lol
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I love my Note. And I'm never ditching it for any other device.
The only drawback on my head is, that it heats up faster than the Nexus and the S II. Haven't used the One X. But I don't like the HTC phone design in general, not a fan of unremovable batteries at all .
I hope in Note 2 the heating issue is solved, even if not, I think im buying it LOL

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Note 2 or S4

Hello, I'm upgrading soon and would like to know if anyone has experiences with both the Note 2 and S4. I know the spec differences and I'm leaning towards the Note. I would just like opinions of people the have used both. Thanks
Edit: sorry, needs to be moved to q&a section.
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get the S4, so much better than the Note 2, it's faster, better camera, more pocketable, more pixels, better screen, higher ppi, better software, longer battery life and so on.
The only thing Note 2 has is the stylus.

S4 is definitely a better option while doing a direct comparison. Since the price is almost same for both the phones its a pretty valid question.
The are 2 departments in which note 2 excels:
1. Considerably Huge battery
2. Spen with handwriting recognition and a bunch of other features.
So decide accordingly. If u can live without these 2 features go for S4 without hesitating.

kuromusha38 said:
get the S4, so much better than the Note 2, it's faster, better camera, more pocketable, more pixels, better screen, higher ppi, better software, longer battery life and so on.
The only thing Note 2 has is the stylus.
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Did you say longer battery life? You sir need an intervention.
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Note 2.... Hands down...
10 Months back i was in the same situation as u... but i opted Note 2 and very much satisfied that i made a right choice.
It's been 10 months now but i still don't feel need to upgrade to Note 3 either. This beast really rocks.
Now I've updated it to 4.3 as well, through OTA
S4 is a phone like all other phones, But Note 2 is "Note 2"

Note 2 FOREVER !It's very good
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Used to be a S4 owner but i sold it to buy Note 2 and i don't regret.
S4 over Note 2
- better display quality but not a huge difference , our eyes cannot make such a big difference between their ppi's.
- better camera , here you can see the differences.
- newer software ( but honestly i still prefer android 4.3 instead of 4.4 )
Note 2 over S4
- way much better battery , around 6+ hours of screen on with 1h games + 1h talk + 80% of the day wi-fi on
- better gaming , since the display it's bigger
- nicer design
This is my opinion,i hope it will be helpful for you.

Thanks for the input everyone! I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the Note II. I went with my gut on the Infuse and that was a great phone, now I'm going with my gut again on the Note.
:fingers-crossed:

Forever Samsung Note series (N7100-N8000 10.1):good:

whtsoxfan1 said:
Thanks for the input everyone! I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the Note II. I went with my gut on the Infuse and that was a great phone, now I'm going with my gut again on the Note.
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Welcome in our beloved n7100 forum. Congratulations :victory::victory::victory:

1 year and 3 months, don't regret buying it 1 single day.
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★Note II = True beast, since 2012.
☆S4 = Performance house, since 2013.
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Note 2 = improved usability, you have to spen practically a digital agenda
S4 = A modern smartphone
Now if you can buy, buy a note 3, the newest version of note 2 and much better than the S4

A Samsung Note Series is like a black dude.
Once you go black, you'll never go back mthrfkcr.
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note 2 obviously
CZ of the 2 gb ram ..it's the the ultimate phone till now...i hope you have grabed one...use for 2-3 months and wait kit kat official update after that unlock the potentials in your device by rooting and putting custom rom

Go with Galaxy S4

Seriously? Please add some context. Both phones are good but they're meant for different people. Well, sort of.
S4 is a more "mainstream" phone. A phone nobody will have problem using. A phone that is "compact" and has all the features necessary and more. It is meant to act as a phone suitable for everybody.
Note 2,different story. Bigger screen, stylus and note taking apps etc. Do the math. Note is basically a phone originally meant to replace paper and pencil. Of course it's much more than that. In fact most of us buy it because it has bigger screen. Also it's kind of less "mainstream" if you ask me. Want to differ from the crowd? Lol just joking.
I got Note not because I have particularly large hands but I still enjoy a big screen and like taking notes etc and act all cool by using the stylus. Joking again, I find the stylus rather useful.
So there you go, pick your side. Note(pun not intented) that S4 Is one generation ahead(year older), but the under-the-hood differences aren't too notable if you ask me. Personally I love big screens. Makes power usage easy and fun. Sure the big screen can be a disadvantage sometimes, can't argue with that.
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I would just wait another month and get S5 (almost as big as note 2, much better performance, but no stylus.... )

Almost as big as note 2?
Note 2 is 5.5"

Should I buy a S6?

So I guess some of you got a S6 by now so that is why I thought I should ask if you miss any of the features the Note 4 has or better put, what advantages you feel you got by running the S6 as a daily phone.

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So I guess some of you got a S6 by now so that is why I thought I should ask if you miss any of the features the Note 4 has or better put, what advantages you feel you got by running the S6 as a daily phone.
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Yes, you should

Yep, go ahead...

gwolfu said:
So I guess some of you got a S6 by now so that is why I thought I should ask if you miss any of the features the Note 4 has or better put, what advantages you feel you got by running the S6 as a daily phone.
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Aiiie!
You'd best get used to running around with a charger!
i tried the down-switch, it doesn't work. It's no faster than the Note 4, the pictures are no better, you can't save work to an sdCard and just carry the sdCard to whatever other machine you're using, you have to carry your entire phone and marry it to whatever other machine and that causes problems, you lose the S-pen and the big screen.... There's nothing there, trust me.
If you'd gone S6 first, you'd be fine but going backward, you. Will. Hate. It.
Trust me.
The very first time you find yourself looking for an outlet before noon and realizing you don't have your fast charger.....
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I personally don't see the appeal. It looks nice, sure, but I don't think it's a huge step up from the Note 4. Plus, again personally, I bought the Note mainly for the big screen and the S-Pen, so I don't see me giving that up. But that's just me. If you feel the S6 would suit you better, then, by all means, go for it!

Why you don't try S6port

Gizmundo said:
Why you don't try S6port
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already on it

i have been using s6 edge and exynos note 4 for months here is my small review;
screen they are almost same for me.
camera both are even on daylight , at night s6 is better
with same apps and almost identical usage i get 3.5 hour sot on s6 , 6 hours on note 4
for me they are pretty much same on speed too whenever you check side by side app opening and browser speed etc. they are both faster than my s805 note edge.
general performance and stablity is abit different. note 4 is definetly more stable for me atleast you can know where it slows down( like camera to gallery switch and multitasking button) s6 is weird multitasking is totaly dead 1 app at a time, its slow on camera to gallery aswell but multitasking button is generally fast but it can slow down sometimes too.
ui looking is almost same also small differences here and there in addition to that there is themes.
finally, if you are s805 note 4 user maybe you can switch for abit better performance but other than that just go for note 5 or stick with note 4 if the size is ok for you.

Not sure why anyone with a Note 4 would want to upgrade to the S6. Still no AOSP for it, so you're doomed to slow Touchwiz so it will perform worse than a note 4 running AOSP. And like pointed out, who would want to give up the bigger screen ? That's probably the reason most people bought the Note 4 in the first place.
The s-pen, I never use myself, wouldnt care much about losing that though, but the screen would be a downgrade for me. And running Touchwiz of course too

Yeah i kind of agree... @gekkehenkie11 your support on cm12 is highly appreciated

no more samsung phone again.
they dont care about android updates.

I just swapped my S6 Edge (I use for 1 month) with my wife Note 4 Exynos.
The s6 E body is great and handy but screen is very small compare to Note 4.

S6 or S6 Edge + worth waiting? :fingers-crossed:

No not buy!! Bad battery!!!

Are you gonna upgrade Note 5 to Galaxy S7?

Just a quick survey to find out if and why

No. Only things better on S7 is IP68 and microSD slot. It will be great to see this in N6.
For the moment for me N5 is better than S7

Nope, none of the new features are a must have for me
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I just switched to Note5 and can attest that , for me, it's way better because of :
- Better screen (size, quality and power consumption)
- Faster and better battery life
- I definitely prefer samsung bloarware

googy_anas said:
I just switched to Note5 and can attest that , for me, it's way better because of :
- Better screen (size, quality and power consumption)
- Faster and better battery life
- I definitely prefer samsung bloarware
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How is Marshmellow treating you?

It's a marketing strategy game, nothing is so that amazing with the S7/edge just few upgrades to the S6 which were on the S5, they are bringing back the old features to attract customers, and thats gonna happen to the note 6, micro sd, bigger battery capacity and maybe IP68

Nope. S pen and screen size. Will wait for Note 6
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No problem keeping my Note 5 till we see what's new with the Note 6.

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How is Marshmellow treating you?
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It's a better experience and no problems so far.
I wonder how it will evolve with googymax goodness

That's a downgrade to me, bigger screen, S-Pen, possibly better battery life and such. Sticking with N5 until N6.
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Just a quick survey to find out if and why
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You call it 'upgrade'.
I call it 'downgrade' tbh...

I will stay with note 5, upgarded from s6 edge... nothing new in s7 only sd and waterproof that exist already in sony devices. You will say camera? Camera in my note 5 is great and i dont need a new one.

Badre88 said:
I will stay with note 5, upgarded from s6 edge... nothing new in s7 only sd and waterproof that exist already in sony devices. You will say camera? Camera in my note 5 is great and i dont need a new one.
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Yep Note 5 camera stand tall, nothing to be ashamed off. i would like to test the S7 Edge personally to see how camera perform in low light, then probably wait for Note 6 as it will have 4000mah at least.

No

I ordered an S7 edge, but keeping my note 5 too.
I am looking forward to the smaller screen in the S7 - I am not a huge fan of large phones though. Water resistance is also something I will use, so that's welcome.
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Do you guys have any guess as to how battery of s7 edge will compare to note 5 (aside from saying it's 20% bigger)? Coming from s6 they did some black magic to note 5 battery
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Going to the S7 Edge because of the change to the Snapdragon processor. Should mean universal Rom support with AOSP & Cyanogen based development.
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Yep switching to the S7 Edge for the snapdragon and hopes for asop and roms.

I absolutely love my Note 5 but that S7 edge is damn sexy. I'm really tempted but I think I'll try and wait for the Note 6.

Unfair poll, if it was a note 6 vs our beloved note 5 with outstanding features built in the upcoming note, our votes would be mixed then. I don't see much added value in switching to a lower powered version of my phone. Without a pen.
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why is it that there's little interest in our beloved NOTE 5?

Note 5 is really a great phone, I'm wondering why is it that there's no love when it comes to the development section? Most if not all of the developer either stopped or discontinued all their ROMS for our note 5.

There is a simple reason...
Only half of the world was able to buy the Note 5 instead for example the Note 4 which indeed has a bis developer community as of now. You only develop on device you have or at least know very well. Furthermore several people switched to a Note 7 when it was released but had to return it, most of them sold their Note 5 and due to Samsung's returnment offers, people possibly switched to an S-series phone.
Development on this phone never was that big...

That's hardly the reason. It's also because of exynos. So it's going to be stock Roms.. Or n7 ports and they are all going to be very much alike... There's a cm port on here by some guy that has school exams but it's not very good

Hmmm. I want to switch to s7 edge by the s-pen is holding me back.

I am surprised nobody has ported the s7e nougat ROM to the note 5 yet
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Note 4 development was a mess most of roms drained my battery. This one needs no rom it only misses noughat and edge screen.

kumuyi said:
Hmmm. I want to switch to s7 edge by the s-pen is holding me back.
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Yep price was not the issue when I was about to pick the s7 edge
while the s7 edge has more storage and water proof the Note 5 just has the s pen.
I am one of the people who think using the pen and writes his diaries and "notes" A LOT
And don't Find paper in most of the time or store paper / text books properly or all the time and I like writing stories.
Having those in my device solves all my problems.
and i know its weird but I write my dreams in the S Note when I wake up haha
I pin all my notes at the Home screen it would be kind of awkard to get the s7 edge without having notes or scrap book.
its way too basic for my taste.
Scrap book is way too much fun to take all your favorite and interesting things like quotes or so
I also play Nintendo DS Games using The S Pen.
The note 5 is not perfect by any mean but its a large screen Phone that acts like an infinite number of note books (thanks to the s notes) and quick notes (thanks to scrap book) with a real looking pen (premium s pen) inside it thats whole a lot features packed into a small device (thanks to the small bezel) in hand much better than an edgey screen that although looks nice but does not make a single sense or any logical use.. only worthy upgrade for note users is the note 8 (and previously was the note 7 which had died). Ofcourse if you do not care for the S Pen and you care for slightly better camera and water proof (which can be added with a case ofcourse) and about 1 hour more of battery life under 100% brightness then S7 Edge would be the perfect choice..

I lost my Note 4 over the weekend, my carrier only had Note 5 replacements. Some of these comments are disheartening I miss my Note 4!

Liquid602 said:
I lost my Note 4 over the weekend, my carrier only had Note 5 replacements. Some of these comments are disheartening I miss my Note 4!
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Yeah, Note 5 development is pretty disappointing. We have two Nougat roms atm but for mine the call audio doesn't work. We also have a CM13 alpha build that's pretty good for what it is. Oh and a Miui rom.
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kumuyi said:
Hmmm. I want to switch to s7 edge by the s-pen is holding me back.
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Just make the switch well worth it
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Cool Person said:
Yep price was not the issue when I was about to pick the s7 edge
while the s7 edge has more storage and water proof the Note 5 just has the s pen.
I am one of the people who think using the pen and writes his diaries and "notes" A LOT
And don't Find paper in most of the time or store paper / text books properly or all the time and I like writing stories.
Having those in my device solves all my problems.
and i know its weird but I write my dreams in the S Note when I wake up haha
I pin all my notes at the Home screen it would be kind of awkard to get the s7 edge without having notes or scrap book.
its way too basic for my taste.
Scrap book is way too much fun to take all your favorite and interesting things like quotes or so
I also play Nintendo DS Games using The S Pen.
The note 5 is not perfect by any mean but its a large screen Phone that acts like an infinite number of note books (thanks to the s notes) and quick notes (thanks to scrap book) with a real looking pen (premium s pen) inside it thats whole a lot features packed into a small device (thanks to the small bezel) in hand much better than an edgey screen that although looks nice but does not make a single sense or any logical use.. only worthy upgrade for note users is the note 8 (and previously was the note 7 which had died). Ofcourse if you do not care for the S Pen and you care for slightly better camera and water proof (which can be added with a case ofcourse) and about 1 hour more of battery life under 100% brightness then S7 Edge would be the perfect choice..
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I never got more than 5 hours screen on time on my note 5 but with my S7 edge I'm getting nothing under 7 hours

or the battery life upgrading might be pretty much worth it. If you love the s pen so much you really would stick to the note 5. The Problem is Really Me not the S7 edge I am a very big S Pen addict I had note 4 and 3. getting red Of the abbility to Write on screen is too MUCH. like I said price Was not my issue.
I Just don't see my self using S7 edge For 7 hours like I Use my Note 5 For 4:30 to 5. Actually I Used the s Pen to Answer this thread.
The number of features is what bugs me the most. S7 Edge looks like a really great phone while the Note 5 looks like a Good Phone with a note book in your pocket .

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Just make the switch well worth it
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I never got more than 5 hours screen on time on my note 5 but with my S7 edge I'm getting nothing under 7 hours
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7 what!!!!!?

No question the s7e gets much better battery life then the note 5 it was almost double at one point not sure anymore both my note 5's and s7e's are now running Android 7 will have to test it again
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I can confirm the big differnce of battery life between Note5 and S7e bc me and my wife are using them.
The battery of Note 5 is really painful

lilrice said:
I can confirm the big differnce of battery life between Note5 and S7e bc me and my wife are using them.
The battery of Note 5 is really painful
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I was looking into the S7 Edge. It's a very nice looking phone.