There's no doubt the Note II is an extraordinary phone, well known for its battery life and large screen.
Is it too late to get the Note 2 or should I wait off for the S4? The battery life is the greatest concern for me, can anyone share their thoughts regarding their battery life and overall usage with the Note 2?
It less than a week for the S4 to be announced. So wait for it unless you want bigger screen, S Pen.
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Never had that kind of experience with any mobile device. Great performance, amazing battery life. Very good display. And the spen is amazing and I can not imagine my life without it
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ungraph said:
There's no doubt the Note II is an extraordinary phone, well known for its battery life and large screen.
Is it too late to get the Note 2 or should I wait off for the S4? The battery life is the greatest concern for me, can anyone share their thoughts regarding their battery life and overall usage with the Note 2?
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SGS4 Will be announced on 14 march, better wait for it, it will feature Eye Scrolling, you should read more about it
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SGS4 Will be announced on 14 march, better wait for it, it will feature Eye Scrolling, you should read more about it
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Yeah I've read up on it's specs. I'm not that into all that gimmicky crap. I'm mostly concerned with the battery life.
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Yeah I've read up on it's specs. I'm not that into all that gimmicky crap. I'm mostly concerned with the battery life.
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Battery life on Note II with Android 4.1.1 is excellent... so if you decide to get N2, don't upgrade to 4.1.2, becaue it kills the battery.
and get a nice sudden death ... which in a best case scenario will get your phone replaced and you will lose all your Data. .. just for not charging every night
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I doubt the s iv will have better battery life. I just don't think Samsung can fit a battery big enough into the smaller format.
Still may as well wait a few days and see what the spec's are. It could surprise.
Sent from the mighty Note II.
Haven't read to much about the SG4 but the note has an amazing battery. It last 24 or more hours med to heavy use. It has a lot of gemicky stuff its self. I like the facial recognition to unlock the screen. And the fact that it checks the camera to see if you are looking at the screen and stops it from timing out the screen.
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Wondering the same thing myself, actually.
My Verizon contract is done in May. But I have a deal where I can go to AT&T for free. That being said, at $88 a month on vzw, does it really make sense to wait for the new round of galaxy devices? The money I'd save leaving Verizon would pay for the phone in full by that time. I've got nothing to use on AT&T in the meantime.
It makes economic sense to leave vzw as soon as I can. That being said, the HTC one is coming out in a few weeks, right at the end of my billing cycle. My first and only smartphone has been this thunderbolt. I'm accustomed to HTC and sense. But the lack of swappable battery and SD card slot is something I'd consider a drawback. I can also trade in this tbolt for $100 with their trade in incentive program.
But of all the phones out right now, the Note 2 is the one I want. It just seems to be the perfect phone. I'm just worried about getting it so late in the game. I bet AT&T still charges full price for it too, probably $300 on contract, right? If I got a note, I'd probably want to sell it and put the proceeds toward the note 3, when it gets here...if it isn't 6 inches like the rumors say.
I care about rooting and flashing ROMs. I'd have smashed my bolt by now without those things. HTC seems to be locking down their stuff a lot these days, and if not them, then the US carriers. Is sammy any better?
Seems like the cheapest thing to do would be to ditch vzw asap, and score a HTC One and cash in on $100 for my old tbolt. And while I generally like HTC (wife has a HOX), I can't help shaking the feeling that I should get a note instead.
Duely blundered from my thunderdolt.
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So will the Note 2, in a future update.
How much screen time? I get about 6 hours screentime over 30-40 hours
The Note2 has very great battery life, not to mention the gorgeous display. I run alliance rom and have adjusted my DPI so everything is much smaller, allowing me to fit more content on the screen.
Personally, I'd wait to see what the S4 is before making any sort of decision.
The Note 3 will surely be a jacked up S4, just like the Note 2 was a jacked up S3.
Gut feeling though - smaller phone, higher resolution screen/faster cpu.
There's no way it has better battery life than the Note 2.
- Frank
The battery on my 4.1.2 is even better than I had with 4.1.1,besides you get much better and improved web browser, a much higher screen brightness making it awesome for outside visibility etc...I would certainly recommend the Note II.
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Battery life on Note II with Android 4.1.1 is excellent... so if you decide to get N2, don't upgrade to 4.1.2, becaue it kills the battery.
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That's not true, 4.1.2 is on par if not better than 4.1.1 in terms of battery life
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That's not true, 4.1.2 is on par if not better than 4.1.1 in terms of battery life
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Totally wrong! 4.1.1 had way better battery backup than 4.1.2. It's a known fact now.
@OP: Too late? No. But should you get a Note 2 now? No. Because S4 is almost released and then Note 3 will be coming.
You know this is not an used camera or car or watch, this is a damn cellphone, which literally is outdated within a month of release.
So imo either wait for S4, if you don't like, Note 3. Imo, Note series will be placed a little higher than S series, Samsung does that on purpose.
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got mine two days ago, upgraded from the note 1 glad i did battery is awesome .
sometimes you need to ask yourself what do i need and what will be sufficient?
the note 2 is quad core and fast as hell will it slow down in two years? i doubt it.
Yes the s4 is iut soon. But you wont see an s4 note until much later on. And who needs 8cores when most apps dont use 4. And a 5.9 screen is just rediculous
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Battery life on Note II with Android 4.1.1 is excellent... so if you decide to get N2, don't upgrade to 4.1.2, becaue it kills the battery.
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Agreed, an amazing phone over all. Spen works fantastic, screen is far superior to almost all handsets (mainly due to the size, has a lot of wow factor) but yeah upgrading to 4.1.2 has smashed my battery life by half. Not impressed. Still wouldn't swap though, even with its cheap battery life on 4.1.2 it still lasts longer than anything else
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I've been lurking in this forum ever since I got my Nexus 7 and realized what a difference pure Google makes. I love Jellybean and Google Now and really wanted that experience on a phone. I was going back ad forth between the Galaxy S III (better camera) and the Nexus all month. T Mobile wants an insane price for an upgrade to the S III, the lowest price I could get was 229 if I waited until August 24th. I read some more and found out Google Wallet won't work, tethering would probably be blocked and many S III owners are unhappy. I hope I made the right choice.
You got in right on the money dude ....
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Well I'm always gonna get the dev phone (nexus) upgrades come first and easy to customize. If your not running a jb rom yet I recommend vicious jb for stock experience....looking for more customization take your pick. I have never thought of the gnex camera as bad, sure it only has 5 map instead of 8 but the camera quality to me is pretty good. Tc
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You made a good choice with this and the nexus 7 you will be in great shape, honastly I know other phones have better hardware but this phone is still great.
Don't forget to call T-Mobile once your out of contract to lower your bill
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I just upgraded to a used Galaxy Nexus from a Thunderbolt. Running Jellybean, this phone is amazing. Plus, I feel very confident I will get early updates with the Nexus versus the asinine support of the Thunderbolt. Welcome to the Gnex club!
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I've been lurking in this forum ever since I got my Nexus 7 and realized what a difference pure Google makes. I love Jellybean and Google Now and really wanted that experience on a phone. I was going back ad forth between the Galaxy S III (better camera) and the Nexus all month. T Mobile wants an insane price for an upgrade to the S III, the lowest price I could get was 229 if I waited until August 24th. I read some more and found out Google Wallet won't work, tethering would probably be blocked and many S III owners are unhappy. I hope I made the right choice.
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Wise decision. S3 is a nice camera. GNex is a nice cellphone.
Good choice. I had the same choice about 2 months back. It was between wait a week for the s3 to come out or get the galaxy nexus for a penny on amazon. Guess which one I went with :silly:
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Wise decision. S3 is a nice camera. GNex is a nice cellphone.
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Some months ago I had this question to myself: Galaxy SIII has a good camera and it seems that is a regular phone, since cm is on the way, what do I need? A regular cell with a good camera or an awesome phone with a regular camera? So I have a GN
Im saving for one but i have a minimum wage job so i dont know how long i'd have to wait
You made the right choice.
I was off contract with TMobile and waited for the HTCs to come out and they got the S .....
I then decided to wait for the SG3 and the TMobile price was just stupid.
Now I'm still with TMobile but on the $30 plan. Its great!
I got my phone already, 2 days after I ordered! This is officially the nicest phone I ever owned! None of my worries were reality, the screen is great, the camera is actually quite nice (much better than my MyTouch 4G) and I spent hours setting it up and installing my favorite apps before the battery complained. My only complaint is the volume - it's lower than I'd hoped for but all the pluses outweigh that. Thanks for all the encouragement; you all were right - it's a great phone!
You bought the GN over the GS3? 1. GS3 is light years ahead of the GN. And since it is a galaxy phone, it will get as much attention as the GN when it comes to CM. You are going to be running CM either way, right? 2. When the next Nexus is right around the corner!?
if it was the international version of the S3 vs the GNEX, i would pick the S3 on hardware advantage alone but the US version is neutered:
- dual core instead of quad (not a huge difference in real life but still sucks)
- 1gb ram vs 2gb
also, the display is not a significant upgrade over the GNEX since its the same 720p res on the pentile matrix. those things considered, the US S3 is not worth the price premium over the GNEX
I also got a Nexus about a week ago, upgrading from an HTC Desire... Mind blowing difference. Also, I would pick the Nexus over the SIII seven days a week - who would want physical + capacitive buttons?!
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if it was the international version of the S3 vs the GNEX, i would pick the S3 on hardware advantage alone but the US version is neutered:
- dual core instead of quad (not a huge difference in real life but still sucks)
- 1gb ram vs 2gb
also, the display is not a significant upgrade over the GNEX since its the same 720p res on the pentile matrix. those things considered, the US S3 is not worth the price premium over the GNEX
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Actually the US version has 2gb RAM, international has 1gb.
However I'll stick with nexus, I can actually get timely updates or flash pretty much any ROM I want and have everything working.
Now if the S3 was $350 brand new with factory warranty off contract it might of been a different story since I had never had a nexus device, but now I wouldn't trade it.
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You bought the GN over the GS3? 1. GS3 is light years ahead of the GN. And since it is a galaxy phone, it will get as much attention as the GN when it comes to CM. You are going to be running CM either way, right? 2. When the next Nexus is right around the corner!?
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My sister has the GS3 and compared to the Nexus I don't see much difference except hers runs ICS and probably will for months, she paid more over the long term and is locked into a two year contract, it looks cheap and it has a physical home button (which I hate). The next Nexus is right around the corner; but I'm a student with a budget and it probably will cost much more than $349. I had to decide on the most efficient, and cost efficient, choices for my tech needs this year. I chose a Google Chromebook, a Nexus 7 and the GNex phone. After the price drops I may sell my GNex and upgrade if it's affordable and worth it - but I will never buy another carrier locked phone.
Exactly, the next Nexus will not be $350. Plus will you be able to get it on the $30 TMobile plan?
I'm sure the SG3 is nice but I kinda like the low monthly bill and the GN is more than good enough for me.
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My sister has the GS3 and compared to the Nexus I don't see much difference except hers runs ICS and probably will for months, she paid more over the long term and is locked into a two year contract, it looks cheap and it has a physical home button (which I hate). The next Nexus is right around the corner; but I'm a student with a budget and it probably will cost much more than $349. I had to decide on the most efficient, and cost efficient, choices for my tech needs this year. I chose a Google Chromebook, a Nexus 7 and the GNex phone. After the price drops I may sell my GNex and upgrade if it's affordable and worth it - but I will never buy another carrier locked phone.
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You're absolutely going to love it. You couldn't have made a better choice. At $349 it's an incredible steal.
Hello everyone, I'm just posting about my experience with the iphone 5. I bought a white one on the release date and put my trusty S3 in a drawer for a back up. We'll I didn't even last three days before I ran back to At&t and got my S3 reactivated. The iphone is nice and all that but it's too simple for my taste, I need to be able to do what I want when I want and I felt severely handicapped with the iphone 5. Not saying it's a bad phone but it's definitely not for me. Anyone else had a similar experience?
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Not too many Android users are willing to sink that kind of coin for a phone to simply try it out. Especially in this forum since we have the latest Samsung phone. Good to see you come back. I personally could never go back to Apple. Just sucks because I own a Apple TV and MacBook Pro. Apples ecosystem is great. Wish Google got with the times when it comes to cross platform support. More specifically I miss air play, ability to control all my home media with my phone etc.
And I know dlna/all cast is available but Google needs to implement something in their next OS that smokes Apples.
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I've done both android and iphone in the past. I got my wife the iPhone 5 and I do like it. I had the 4 and while it's not a huge leap in design and features the improvements are nice and it is a very smooth experience.
And for some reason it's wicked fast on the net. I like my sgs3 but don't see a fault with the iPhone 5. Phones are phones and each one brings something unique to a user
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I'm in the same boat as far as the Apple tv and macbook so I can understand where you're coming from. I might just keep it as a backup phone in case something happens to my S3...
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Not surprised that you came back to the S3
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still using the iphone 5. loving the stellar battery life.
might have to put up the s3 on ebay soon
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still using the iphone 5. loving the stellar battery life.
might have to put up the s3 on ebay soon
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Can you print to a mobile BT printer from it?
expertzero1 said:
still using the iphone 5. loving the stellar battery life.
might have to put up the s3 on ebay soon
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My wife is looking at the iPhone 5, she's worried about battery life though(she works about 10 hours a day with no way to charge her phone).
How has your battery life been so far?
Thanks
only thing i miss about iphone life is the all the accessories.
car integration, sound docs, .....
but, all that goes out the window with the new lighting adapter.
Android gv you more freedom
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At least we know 5 millions new iphone 5 users disagree with you in this week alone
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don't know how anyone can argue that the iphone is not a good phone.
i like the S3 for the flexibility and total control over the phone that it allows.
I've been reading nothing but bad reviews from customers about the battery life of iphone 5. Yeah, all these main sites are comparing the battery life with the RAZOR MAXX but then in the comments section people are always complaining saying the claims aren't true.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/09/20/iphone-5-battery-life-reviews/
I'm guessing the people having the short battery life are running the phone a lot with LTE.
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I've been reading nothing but bad reviews from customers about the battery life of iphone 5. Yeah, all these main sites are comparing the battery life with the RAZOR MAXX but then in the comments section people are always complaining saying the claims aren't true.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/09/20/iphone-5-battery-life-reviews/
I'm guessing the people having the short battery life are running the phone a lot with LTE.
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User error
I have an ATT gs3 and also the iphone 5 im testing out. The iphone 5 has amazing battery life. Was able to get 14 hours of standby and 9 hours 30 min of usage out of it yesterday with 21% remaining for the day. And its suppose to be the same battery life as the chip is the same one powering both.
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Hello everyone, I'm just posting about my experience with the iphone 5. I bought a white one on the release date and put my trusty S3 in a drawer for a back up. We'll I didn't even last three days before I ran back to At&t and got my S3 reactivated. The iphone is nice and all that but it's too simple for my taste, I need to be able to do what I want when I want and I felt severely handicapped with the iphone 5. Not saying it's a bad phone but it's definitely not for me. Anyone else had a similar experience?
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Yes, sort of.
I switched to the GS3 from a 4S about three months ago. Took a bit of adjusting to say the least. I held on to the 4S for almost a month before I sold it, thinking it was enough to wean off of iOS. I now definitely prefer the S3 for general device usage, but I miss the many apps I'd purchased on the Apple app store for the past three years, so I started looking for deals on used 4S. On iPhone 5 launch day I bought a like new 4S from a guy who just upgraded to the 5, for half of what I sold my 4S for couple months back lol. Now I can switch between them as I please.
Other than some of the apps I'm missing, it's kind of hard to go back. I think Apple is too far in the simplicity end of the scale. Just an example, iPhone gives you ZERO ability to change anything on the camera, not even change to a lower resolution. S3, never mind that I can adjust things like metering method and ISO sensitivity, I can put those control shortcuts right on the screen.
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Hello everyone, I'm just posting about my experience with the iphone 5. I bought a white one on the release date and put my trusty S3 in a drawer for a back up. We'll I didn't even last three days before I ran back to At&t and got my S3 reactivated. The iphone is nice and all that but it's too simple for my taste, I need to be able to do what I want when I want and I felt severely handicapped with the iphone 5. Not saying it's a bad phone but it's definitely not for me. Anyone else had a similar experience?
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Do you have an absolutely ridiculous amount of spare money or something?
You could have just given me $700 and I'd have told you the iPhone is poop.
The battery life is far from stellar and it still doesn't have widgets among other things I'm just not impressed with it.the new maps suck I had to create a new account for the App Store just to download YouTube and it forces you to add your credit card info before you can even download free apps ill never get of my s3 for the i5 it's just less of a phone IMHO
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User error
I have an ATT gs3 and also the iphone 5 im testing out. The iphone 5 has amazing battery life. Was able to get 14 hours of standby and 9 hours 30 min of usage out of it yesterday with 21% remaining for the day. And its suppose to be the same battery life as the chip is the same one powering both.
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Sweet good to know, my gf is getting one once her contract is up. Galaxy S3 does a great job with battery life when you consider the much larger/brighter screen as well as the widgets and number of processes it has running compared to the iphone 5. I couldn't leave to switch to the iphone 5, way too many features lost and I'm spoiled with the bigger screen. iPhone 5 is marketed towards simplicity for the older generation transitioning to smart phones and people who don't like to mess around with their phone too much. Multitasking is absolutely terrible with the iphone, but the ios6 Siri is pretty cool I must say. Great improvement there.
I have both s3 and ip5. Been switching between them depending where I go because I don't have a case yet for the ip5 so I have been carefull with it. Both are great phones. My biggest complaint is you can't change the black background menus and white text on the s3. I almost throw my s3 at the pavement everytime I get a call outside in the daylight. I have to cover the screen with both hands just to see who is callng! With the ip5 I can see it easily even with sunglasses because it has white backgrounds and black text. Everyone talks about how customizable android phones are but this simple change to invert the color scheme is near impossible to do. Im just going to keep the s3 around to play with but the ip5 is going to be my daily driver.
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I have both s3 and ip5. Been switching between them depending where I go because I don't have a case yet for the ip5 so I have been carefull with it. Both are great phones. My biggest complaint is you can't change the black background menus and white text on the s3. I almost throw my s3 at the pavement everytime I get a call outside in the daylight. I have to cover the screen with both hands just to see who is callng! With the ip5 I can see it easily even with sunglasses because it has white backgrounds and black text. Everyone talks about how customizable android phones are but this simple change to invert the color scheme is near impossible to do. Im just going to keep the s3 around to play with but the ip5 is going to be my daily driver.
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Yeah, it's a little hard to read. If you have auto brightness enabled, it should make it a lot easier to read. As for white backgrounds, there's got to be a white theme out there you can apply to your GS3 to make it easier to read.
Hello,
I want opinions to help me decide, is not a topic to fight.
I would like the opinion of the staff, I am very sad with my one X, Tegra slow in new games of big producer, low battery life without the possibility of change (forget battery covers), I'm thinking of selling it more add about 150 to 200 dollars and get the galaxy note 2 . I like the large screen, the games are running well and it has great advantages. Like 2 gigs of ram, screen control by looking among other things that everybody knows.
I would like the opinion of you. I would be buying the new phone selling my Onex, I will not buy it all, would you do it?
If I could afford it... Yeah.. But then again I would have to buy a little phone to use as "phone" to have with me with work etc.. Because I think I would get tired of carrying the monster as soon as I want to quick send a text with one hand... I already feel bad in my hand after some one hand texting with my one x :s
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I wouldn't buy anything larger than a one x, im fed up with Android producers, fighting who produces a larger phone :/, anyways i find it a great choice to replace tablets. If you are comfortable with the size then its a good option.
Note 2 is am excellent piece of kit. The battery is on another level. The S-Pen is a joy to use and once you go big you can't go back to a smaller device.
Also consider the Nexus 4 but too early to tell if battery will last as long.
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I really want to see the J butterfly or DNA in the flesh. I wanna see how that form factor is, because its definitely better than the gargantuan note ii. Its a shame its only US and Japan for now.
And I'm not selling my One X for at least another year.
No other 5" device will be unique as the Note simply due to the S-Pen which sets it apart from just a normal 5" phone.
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But I hate touchwiz, and I'm sure I won't use the stylus after a month or so hence HTC makes more sense . The only thing to <3 about the Note II is the INSANE battery life for me.
If you don't mind looking ridiculous whenever you sack you phone to answer a call, go for it...
Trust me, I had seen some, and always looks wrong to had a phone with this size.
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I bought a Note this year in february. I sold it in august because the following: crappy TW, Samsung's software update lies and delays,piece of sh*t samoled pentile display,overheat specially in the summer with only 2 cores. I will never buy Samsung phone ever again, and I don't want a big S3. I bought my One X in september. It was love in the first sight and this love is still exist after 2 months
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I wouldn't buy anything larger than a one x.
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I have a Note 10.1 and was thinking of getting a Note II when they were first released so I could share S-Note's between them. But with a tablet, I really don't need or want a phone as big as the Note II. I can carry my One X easily on a belt clip or slip it in to a pocket which is harder to do with anything larger. I also prefer Sense much more than TW from a productivity perspective. For someone who either doesn't have a tablet or doesn't want to carry it with them around town I could see a 5+" phone as a reasonable splitting of the difference. The Note 10.1 has a dialer so sometimes I'll foward calls and MMS from my One X to it so I only need to carry one device. There really isn't a right or wrong answer once you're past 4.7/4.8" which to me is the cut-off for something to be called a "phone."
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You mean like this?
I have one of these which can also be used with the Note II. It's a little (maybe not much) less rediculous.
Do not mind me going through ridiculous to other people answering the phone, I do not care who they think, I think it's cool to be big screen to access the internet and play, I do not really use the phone to talk, send more messages sms / gtalk / facebook to talk about. The screen from what I read the review of various site is great, much better than the Note1 and also the galaxy s3, the Onex is the best with your IPS, more than Note2 was great. I like the sense, but after almost three years using the same get sick, I'm not supporting the same. I find it slow. The S3's with my friend TW is much faster than my phone with Sense. Clearly when you place an animated wallpaper, the sense drags on, the TW in s3 stays the same.
I am extremely disappointed with the ONEX, the battery is unable to replace it with a larger, has no card slot and TEGRA is disappointing me in games. Okay that has beautiful games running on TEGRA (dead trigger), but they also run on Exynos. And still others run not run on TEGRA, and gameloft most wanted. And I'm sure that will not improve. It left me extremely frustrated, because it is a very expensive phone with a whole "bla bla bla" and suffer to run games that run on soft s2 s3 and even a friend of mine.
The only thing that holds me to Onex is the CM10, which is a spectacle, only the battery that is not with a good length. So I am wanting to use the opportunity that comes from a friend and bring a USA Note2 worth about $ 650, and seeing mine here for about 500-600 dollars and pay the difference.
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Do not mind me going through ridiculous to other people answering the phone, I do not care who they think, I think it's cool to be big screen to access the internet and play, I do not really use the phone to talk, send more messages sms / gtalk / facebook to talk about. The screen from what I read the review of various site is great, much better than the Note1 and also the galaxy s3, the Onex is the best with your IPS, more than Note2 was great. I like the sense, but after almost three years using the same get sick, I'm not supporting the same. I find it slow. The S3's with my friend TW is much faster than my phone with Sense. Clearly when you place an animated wallpaper, the sense drags on, the TW in s3 stays the same.
I am extremely disappointed with the ONEX, the battery is unable to replace it with a larger, has no card slot and TEGRA is disappointing me in games. Okay that has beautiful games running on TEGRA (dead trigger), but they also run on Exynos. And still others run not run on TEGRA, and gameloft most wanted. And I'm sure that will not improve. It left me extremely frustrated, because it is a very expensive phone with a whole "bla bla bla" and suffer to run games that run on soft s2 s3 and even a friend of mine.
The only thing that holds me to Onex is the CM10, which is a spectacle, only the battery that is not with a good length. So I am wanting to use the opportunity that comes from a friend and bring a USA Note2 worth about $ 650, and seeing mine here for about 500-600 dollars and pay the difference.
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Are you kidding me? You're saying about the lack of sd slot and unchangable battery. How come you bought it and get dissapointed with these thing? Don't you look on specs when you buy sometnhing that costs over 500 bucks?
And than, 4,7 is still ok to use it with one hand (ok, I have big hands, but I can't complain at all). With 5,5 it is problematical. Even if you dont call to much, you still have to use it in emergancy situations with one hand.
Although both note phones a really nice devices, I can't call them phones any more, they are phablets, smartlets but not phones.
Nevertheless my first choice in smartphones for next 4 month is nexus 4, it blows every phone away costing only 350 bucks. Its up to you, if you can afford it go on, but I just morally can't spend over 600, when some phone with same features plus with newest updates in next to years costs the half of it
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Are you kidding me? You're saying about the lack of sd slot and unchangable battery. How come you bought it and get dissapointed with these thing? Don't you look on specs when you buy sometnhing that costs over 500 bucks?
And than, 4,7 is still ok to use it with one hand (ok, I have big hands, but I can't complain at all). With 5,5 it is problematical. Even if you dont call to much, you still have to use it in emergancy situations with one hand.
Although both note phones a really nice devices, I can't call them phones any more, they are phablets, smartlets but not phones.
Nevertheless my first choice in smartphones for next 4 month is nexus 4, it blows every phone away costing only 350 bucks. Its up to you, if you can afford it go on, but I just morally can't spend over 600, when some phone with same features plus with newest updates in next to years costs the half of it
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My first option was the nexus 4, I found it wonderful, but it has two problems: 1. 16 gigas very little space. So music videos and photos I have almost 10 gigs, so do not serve. 2nd. The first battery of tests it turned out very badly, even worse than Onex. When I told another battery was to have the option to do this. Example, my sensation had a battery of 1580mha, put one of the mugen 1950mha using the same original back door, the phone was perfect, with an optimal duration of battery. In the case of Onex has no way to do anything, because I could have a mugen battery 2300mha without replacing the original back door. But this is not possible since the Onex has no way to replace the battery, that's what I meant.
I thought 1800mha to Onex would be great, but that is not what showed. I might have the solution of another battery but I have not. Not to mention the problems with the tegra 3 games.
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My first option was the nexus 4, I found it wonderful, but it has two problems: 1. 16 gigas very little space. So music videos and photos I have almost 10 gigs, so do not serve. 2nd. The first battery of tests it turned out very badly, even worse than Onex. When I told another battery was to have the option to do this. Example, my sensation had a battery of 1580mha, put one of the mugen 1950mha using the same original back door, the phone was perfect, with an optimal duration of battery. In the case of Onex has no way to do anything, because I could have a mugen battery 2300mha without replacing the original back door. But this is not possible since the Onex has no way to replace the battery, that's what I meant.
I thought 1800mha to Onex would be great, but that is not what showed. I might have the solution of another battery but I have not. Not to mention the problems with the tegra 3 games.
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The Nexus 4 will probably end up performing the same as the Galaxy s 3. Now while the nexus 4 is sealed, if you have followed the new closely, it shouldn't take much effort to have the battery exchange. So in this case i find it can still be changed.
Better than the One X it is.
Well, my personal opinion is that no samsung device deserves what it costs.
TW, material quality etc.
I won't say a thing about the size, though it is really bad for me but not for you.
I would actually go for a One S sized ONe X, if it existed.
Yes browsing can be better with big screens but, it will never ever be like a laptop experience, so no need to push the limits for something that will never replace the old habit.
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I want opinions to help me decide, is not a topic to fight.
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I am extremely disappointed with the ONEX, the battery is unable to replace it with a larger, has no card slot and TEGRA is disappointing me in games.
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So you're either Schizophrenic or already have decided to get a Note II and are picking the fight that you originally said you're not looking for. I'm out.
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So you're either Schizophrenic or already have decided to get a Note II and are picking the fight that you originally said you're not looking for. I'm out.
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I'm asking for opinions because it is an opportunity to buy cheap Note2 because in my country it costs $ 1100. And you have to agree with me that this price is surreal. I wanted to take my friend who is coming. I like ONEX, but he's disappointing me is sad to see my friend's S3 ending my Onex in several respects. Be the TW with its interesting features is the speed. I want other people's opinions, because I might as well give up and wait for the next generation, because someone can say, "look I know a guy who has the same Note2 and sucks this or that."
Now one thing that is undeniable is his lack of education. Instead of giving a constructive opinion insult me saying I'm Schizophrenic. But from what I know of your culture, you do not have the same education. Sorry if your Republican candidate did not win and thank you for leaving.
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I apologize if you're tired of hearing this, just want to weight my options and get some feedback before I dive in.
So my upgrade is in and I'm looking to move on from my 4S (Love the little bastard but Ill still have him around as my dev phone). I'm pretty dead set on a Note (The One looks gorgeous, but the screen size, battery and pen make it for me), but I'm wavering back and forth here on getting a Note 2 or waiting for the Note 3.
So my question, knowing what you guys currently do about your device, if you were in my position would you wait for the Note 3 or pickup a Note 2?
I plan to rid my phone of touchwiz (Minus some of the niftier features) if it makes any difference.
Eitherway, my first Android phone since my Nexus One. Excited.
Have you played with note 2 yet? If you haven't make sure you do,then you will know if its for you or not.
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Have you played with note 2 yet? If you haven't make sure you do,then you will know if its for you or not.
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I've gotten a chance to mess around with it in an AT&T store and a friends for a few minutes during lecture. I'm fully convinced it's what I want. I'm just trying to mull over if I want to get it now or wait it out. Hell even the rumors of the Note3 being 6.3 inches doesn't put me off too much long as it fits in my pocket.
In fact I'm quite looking forward from going from this tiny 3.5 inch screen to this behemoth.
I love the note 2. It does everything I need it to do. Except fold my laundry. I just wish there was a way to run custom roms with out increasing the flash counter. Triangle away works great but as soon as you reboot it detects that custom recovery and raises the counter again.
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I love the note 2. It does everything I need it to do. Except fold my laundry. I just wish there was a way to run custom roms with out increasing the flash counter. Triangle away works great but as soon as you reboot it detects that custom recovery and raises the counter again.
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So, If you were in my position, you would upgrade now and to hell with the Note 3?
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So, If you were in my position, you would upgrade now and to hell with the Note 3?
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The Note 3 may not be out for another 6 or 7 months...
I'd get the Note 2 now and enjoy the crap out of it.. Unless you can stand the pain of waiting that long for the Note 3..
I upgraded 2 weeks ago from the Skyrocket to the Note II. So far, I've been really pleased with it. It's fast, the screen is gorgeous without being too big, and it has more functionality than I'll ever use.
I bought it mainly for the bigger screen (older guy here) and I can't tell you how nice it is to read email without my glasses on. The battery easily lasts me all day, even on LTE, with 4+ hours of screen on time and 17+ hours between charges. Since I travel a lot for my job, battery life is crucial.
I can't imagine you having any regrets over the Note II, but everyone's different. I'll watch the Note III come and not have any regrets about the II at all.
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So, If you were in my position, you would upgrade now and to hell with the Note 3?
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Yes. I just upgraded last week. was very glad I did after the dissapointment of the gs4
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I'm MORE than satisfied with the note 2,at first I was put off by the price and size, but i was able to swing it from att for 199!
That would be about the same price I'd pay for another new release phone so why not.
I'm a big root/rom guy and I've had this device since February and have not touché it, it's amazing stock, fast as ever, nothing slows it down, battery is INCREDIBLE. I've never had a device so good on battery. Take the picture I'm posting below, I fell asleep without charging it and it's still at 24% battery with heavy usage and being off the charger since 530am Friday morning.
Just get it, if you don't love it you can return it, hell why wait around for note 3 or s4 when u have no idea when it will get released, atleast if the s4 or note 3 is what you want later on you can easily sell the note 2 because they keep their resale value nicely like your 4s does.
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I apologize if you're tired of hearing this, just want to weight my options and get some feedback before I dive in.
So my upgrade is in and I'm looking to move on from my 4S (Love the little bastard but Ill still have him around as my dev phone). I'm pretty dead set on a Note (The One looks gorgeous, but the screen size, battery and pen make it for me), but I'm wavering back and forth here on getting a Note 2 or waiting for the Note 3.
So my question, knowing what you guys currently do about your device, if you were in my position would you wait for the Note 3 or pickup a Note 2?
I plan to rid my phone of touchwiz (Minus some of the niftier features) if it makes any difference.
Eitherway, my first Android phone since my Nexus One. Excited.
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Yes...it's still a good time to pick up a Note II...regardless what is going to come out in a month or 2. You can wait around till your old and gray and still be waiting on the next new phone to be pushed to market...lol...lol.
There will always be something on the drawing boards waiting to be brought out or rumored to be...so you might as well buy one..root it..load a custom rom & theme and be happy for a year...This phone will be updated to KLP soon..so you have the option and can use it stock configuration for a while and see just how far Touch Wiz has grown up..or try one of the other flavors readily available to you..or..do as many of us do and switch between them all seeing what & how they work.
I recommend rooting it right away..load a custom launcher like Nova or Apex & Jedi roms myself..allowing you to keep the full functionality of TW and all of it's neat features..removing all of the unneeded bloat and making it way more user freindly..just make sure you try out the Perseus kernel as well...It has some very nice features to be able to adjust the sound quality using our Wolfson DAC the phone comes with and also our picture quality to a higher level than ever before and better than anything else on the market if you have a desire to get into doing that so be sure to check out the thread over in the Original Andoid Developers forum for our AT&T phone...btw...I have nothing against the Saber kernel that comes with the Jedi rom..it is a great kernel in it's own right very fast...very stable.. and I switch between them often...but I do love having the ability to tweak my phone..and the Perseus kernel allows greater lattitude doing so.
Lastly...just because you have a Touch Wiz base rom..don't think for a minute it lags behind anything else..Our developers know how to tweak them to make them preform to their max capabilities sooo much better than what comes from the AT&T store as stock..While stock roms are nice and work really well..a custom rom like Jedi..will take your phone to a completely new level..I normally get 8-9 hours of screen time on a day & 1/2 normal to heavy useage..and am over clocked to either 1.8 or 1.92 mhz and have my gpu running at 800 mhz...so mine is very fast and fluid with any app or movie I choose to use/watch...but YMMV with yours.
Good luck with what ever you choose
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Yes...it's still a good time to pick up a Note II...regardless what is going to come out in a month or 2. You can wait around till your old and gray and still be waiting on the next new phone to be pushed to market...lol...lol.
There will always be something on the drawing boards waiting to be brought out or rumored to be...so you might as well buy one..root it..load a custom rom & theme and be happy for a year...This phone will be updated to KLP soon..so you have the option and can use it stock configuration for a while and see just how far Touch Wiz has grown up..or try one of the other flavors readily available to you..or..do as many of us do and switch between them all seeing what & how they work.
I recommend rooting it right away..load a custom launcher like Nova or Apex & Jedi roms myself..allowing you to keep the full functionality of TW and all of it's neat features..removing all of the unneeded bloat and making it way more user freindly..just make sure you try out the Perseus kernel as well...It has some very nice features to be able to adjust the sound quality using our Wolfson DAC the phone comes with and also our picture quality to a higher level than ever before and better than anything else on the market if you have a desire to get into doing that so be sure to check out the thread over in the Original Andoid Developers forum for our AT&T phone...btw...I have nothing against the Saber kernel that comes with the Jedi rom..it is a great kernel in it's own right very fast...very stable.. and I switch between them often...but I do love having the ability to tweak my phone..and the Perseus kernel allows greater lattitude doing so.
Lastly...just because you have a Touch Wiz base rom..don't think for a minute it lags behind anything else..Our developers know how to tweak them to make them preform to their max capabilities sooo much better than what comes from the AT&T store as stock..While stock roms are nice and work really well..a custom rom like Jedi..will take your phone to a completely new level..I normally get 8-9 hours of screen time on a day & 1/2 normal to heavy useage..and am over clocked to either 1.8 or 1.92 mhz and have my gpu running at 800 mhz...so mine is very fast and fluid with any app or movie I choose to use/watch...but YMMV with yours.
Good luck with what ever you choose
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+1 :thumbup: Well said!
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Well im the opposite lol im going back to the my iphone 5 there are problems on the note 2 retina display is truly amazing. Wait on the note 3 itll have 1080P screen with higher ppi and itll look better to when playing 1080 videos .note 2 has the wifi and data bug so in my opinion just hold on to your upgrade and wait for something worth getting in the future since the note 2 is pretty cheap now to get off contract used even the 4s value is worth more than the note right now.thats my 2 cents
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Iphone 5s just around the corner just sayin.
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Well im the opposite lol im going back to the my iphone 5 there are problems on the note 2 retina display is truly amazing. Wait on the note 3 itll have 1080P screen with higher ppi and itll look better to when playing 1080 videos .note 2 has the wifi and data bug so in my opinion just hold on to your upgrade and wait for something worth getting in the future since the note 2 is pretty cheap now to get off contract used even the 4s value is worth more than the note right now.thats my 2 cents
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Iphone 5s just around the corner just sayin.
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Um what note 2s sell for more than $500
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Um what note 2s sell for more than $500
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Well really cause than your getting ripped off its being sild here for 350 I bought a couple on craigslist.
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Factory unlock 4s goes for 450 lol
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Its all about personal preference. I have both phones and I havent charged my iphone for 3 months. I dont know about the wifi/data bug, it has never affected me. In my opinion the only advantage iphone has over samsung is iphone does not allow carriers to modify software and add bloat. In new jersey you can get a g note 2 for $350 but it will have a cracked screen, good conditioned ones are 500-600.
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Its all about personal preference. I have both phones and I havent charged my iphone for 3 months. I dont know about the wifi/data bug, it has never affected me. In my opinion the only advantage iphone has over samsung is iphone does not allow carriers to modify software and add bloat. In new jersey you can get a g note 2 for $350 but it will have a cracked screen, good conditioned ones are 500-600.
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Well im in California and all android phones are dirt cheap here.one thing u fogot to mention is that iphone has better resell value than any android device .I recently sold my unlock 4s for 450 .my note one 1 unlock for 275 obviously the note 1 was more expensive and lost the resell value very fast.
samsung wishes it was an iphone
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Well im in California and all android phones are dirt cheap here.one thing u fogot to mention is that iphone has better resell value than any android device .I recently sold my unlock 4s for 450 .my note one 1 unlock for 275 obviously the note 1 was more expensive and lost the resell value very fast.
samsung wishes it was an iphone
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Not hardly.. IMHO...Apples IPhone line pales by comparison to the Note II..I know to many folks who have taken advantage of the IPhones over inflated prices and sold their outdated tiny screened closed sourced devices... and are glad they did.
But hey...run don't walk back to Coppertino...they'll be glad to have you back..they need all the sheeple they can get these days
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rootyourphones said:
Well im in California and all android phones are dirt cheap here.one thing u fogot to mention is that iphone has better resell value than any android device .I recently sold my unlock 4s for 450 .my note one 1 unlock for 275 obviously the note 1 was more expensive and lost the resell value very fast.
samsung wishes it was an iphone
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Thats only because apple does not lower the price of the phone until a new model comes out a year later. Galaxy s3 started at 199 , 3 months later you could get it for 149 , black friday I bought 2 of them for 99 cents each. Which greatly lowers the resell price.
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Well im in California and all android phones are dirt cheap here
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Really?????
I'm in the LA area and the Note 2 sells for $500-$600 here on Craigslist..
iPhone 5 sells for about the same as the Note 2.. The iPhone 4S goes for about $300-$350 and the iPhone 4 goes for about $200-$240. The Note 1 still sells for about $300.
No clue where you are in California but I found your statement as very odd!
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Not hardly.. IMHO...Apples IPhone line pales by comparison to the Note II..I know to many folks who have taken advantage of the IPhones over inflated prices and sold their outdated tiny screened closed sourced devices... and are glad they did.
But hey...run don't walk back to Coppertino...they'll be glad to have you back..they need all the sheeple they can get these days
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++++++100
Its funny Mac he's going back to Crapple because he bricked his previous GN2, because like he said he's a 20% android user.
Just my 2¢
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Really?????
I'm in the LA area and the Note 2 sells for $500-$600 here on Craigslist..
iPhone 5 sells for about the same as the Note 2.. The iPhone 4S goes for about $300-$350 and the iPhone 4 goes for about $200-$240. The Note 1 still sells for about $300.
No clue where you are in California but I found your statement as very odd!
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I bought mine in Palm Springs, for $149 on contract first day of release. Well we got a deal because my friend also got a tablet. On the same purchase. So we both got hooked up that day.
I would say if your trying to get one off of Craigslist then check different areas. You'll find one cheap, or someone willing to trade for something else. I personally like to get all my products brand new. Because I'm the only owner of it!!
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28th the LG g4 being 2months old and how empty it seems to be on the forum ,is anyone else thinking of getting the samsung note 5. Being that o got my phone the verizon edge program. H can still return it before 30 days and h could just wait for note 5. Note sure if i should.
Any opinions?
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Also hate autocorrect on this thing. Keyboard is harder to type on. I had no problems on the lg g3
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The Verizon G4 section is quiet, but the general G4 forums are much more active.
I bought mine on Edge as well (albeit from Best Buy). This is the first I recall hearing of a 30 day return period, vs 14 days. If so, that's pretty nice.
What are your priorities in a phone? I chose the G4 largely based on the SD card and removable battery, along with the camera.
The rumors I've heard seem to imply no SD card on the Note 5, IIRC. And possibly no removable battery. Do you want a stylus?
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The Verizon G4 section is quiet, but the general G4 forums are much more active.
I bought mine on Edge as well (albeit from Best Buy). This is the first I recall hearing of a 30 day return period, vs 14 days. If so, that's pretty nice.
What are your priorities in a phone? I chose the G4 largely based on the SD card and removable battery, along with the camera.
The rumors I've heard seem to imply no SD card on the Note 5, IIRC. And possibly no removable battery. Do you want a stylus?
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I think youre right, its probably 14days.
I chose this phone because of camera and because i had the lg g3 before this. This phone seems a little slower than the g3. Ive had so many problems with the keyboard. Im a fast texter but this phone has me make so many typos. Sometimes the space bar won't even insert space after touching it. Seems as if it isnt very responsive to touch as the g3 was. Battery life is also very bad, Not that bad but i had more hours on the g3. The stylus wouldn't be bad i just like the bigger screen. I dont like the fact that the note 5 might not have a removable battery or support sd cards. The note 4 seems to be my best choice and suits more needs more but i just love the lg g3 and i figured that this one would be amazing. But the way the touch screen response is annoying me.
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The only reason I am sticking with my G4 for now is because of the camera, it's amazing. I'm leaning more towards the Moto X Pure though.
You're going to return it.. Why? You're talking about switching to the note 5... The note 4 doesn't even have permanent root. Won't exactly get much better.
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28th the LG g4 being 2months old and how empty it seems to be on the forum ,is anyone else thinking of getting the samsung note 5. Being that o got my phone the verizon edge program. H can still return it before 30 days and h could just wait for note 5. Note sure if i should.
Any opinions?
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Yeah you're going to switch to a phone that doesn't even have root and will never have an unlocked BL whereas the G4 has a chance to be unlocked?
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28th the LG g4 being 2months old and how empty it seems to be on the forum ,is anyone else thinking of getting the samsung note 5. Being that o got my phone the verizon edge program. H can still return it before 30 days and h could just wait for note 5. Note sure if i should.
Any opinions?
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I do agree that it makes me nervous that we are 2 months in and still not much activity, especially compared to the G2 and G3, it just shows that LG phones are becoming less popular it seems.
Going to the Note 5 because of this though is completely idiotic, look at the Note 4. It still doesn't have root.
As an admitted flashaholic, I am a bit frustrated with the current state of our devices. However, the camera is so good, and I really like the leather back, that I may be satiated if Xposed starts working. I am also keeping my eyes on news of the LG built Nexus 5 (2015). I have seen conflicting reports about the camera it will be using. If it's the same, or close to the G4, I will be all over it, as long as it's supported on the Verizon network.
I used to love Samsung phones but they've finally killed everything I loved about them (sd card, removable battery, and hackability). My next phone will be the Moto X Style Pure Edition. It should be released soon and it will have a sd card slot, run pure debloated Android, likely be hackable, and only cost $400-450 without contract. It's supposed to have the best battery of any phone currently on the market.
joshw0000 said:
I used to love Samsung phones but they've finally killed everything I loved about them (sd card, removable battery, and hackability). My next phone will be the Moto X Style Pure Edition. It should be released soon and it will have a sd card slot, run pure debloated Android, likely be hackable, and only cost $400-450 without contract. It's supposed to have the best battery of any phone currently on the market.
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Not exactly. The battery is about the same on the Style (Pure, whatever). The Play edition is getting the crazy big battery. Honestly, I wouldn't have my G4 if not for the fact that the 1) Play is not available in the US and 2) the Style mysteriously has the smaller battery of the two devices.
Otherwise,... I'm really quite happy with my G4. It's definitely got bloat... but it's nowhere near the nastiness that was TouchWiz (my last phone was an S5), and I've been pleasantly surprised at how little it has, and how much of it is easily disabled. Woohoo! no more baby detector!!
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Not exactly. The battery is about the same on the Style (Pure, whatever). The Play edition is getting the crazy big battery. Honestly, I wouldn't have my G4 if not for the fact that the 1) Play is not available in the US and 2) the Style mysteriously has the smaller battery of the two devices.
Otherwise,... I'm really quite happy with my G4. It's definitely got bloat... but it's nowhere near the nastiness that was TouchWiz (my last phone was an S5), and I've been pleasantly surprised at how little it has, and how much of it is easily disabled. Woohoo! no more baby detector!!
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Oops, crossed my facts. 3000 mah should be plenty with Turbo charging. The phone is a beast (in terms of specs). Add in Pure Android and (hopefully) and unlockable bootloader and its the right phone for me.
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joshw0000 said:
I used to love Samsung phones but they've finally killed everything I loved about them (sd card, removable battery, and hackability). My next phone will be the Moto X Style Pure Edition. It should be released soon and it will have a sd card slot, run pure debloated Android, likely be hackable, and only cost $400-450 without contract. It's supposed to have the best battery of any phone currently on the market.
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but will likely not have as good of a camera =/. and probably wont be on verizon, for the same price.
To be honest, I dont care about 4k display, I still think the G2 had a better display than the G4. I wonder would a 1080p screen give us 10-20% more battery life or have they really optimized our display.
I wouldnt have mind the same phone crammed into G2 body just with cpu/gpu/chipset upgrade with camera upgrade. 100 dollars less too. I guess that is asking for a lot =P.
Thanks.
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but will likely not have as good of a camera =/. and probably wont be on verizon, for the same price.
To be honest, I dont care about 4k display, I still think the G2 had a better display than the G4. I wonder would a 1080p screen give us 10-20% more battery life or have they really optimized our display.
I wouldnt have mind the same phone crammed into G2 body just with cpu/gpu/chipset upgrade with camera upgrade. 100 dollars less too. I guess that is asking for a lot =P.
Thanks.
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I'm thinking it'll be a true unlocked phone like the i6 and Nexus 6.
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but will likely not have as good of a camera =/. and probably wont be on verizon, for the same price.
To be honest, I dont care about 4k display, I still think the G2 had a better display than the G4. I wonder would a 1080p screen give us 10-20% more battery life or have they really optimized our display.
I wouldnt have mind the same phone crammed into G2 body just with cpu/gpu/chipset upgrade with camera upgrade. 100 dollars less too. I guess that is asking for a lot =P.
Thanks.
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Oh, it will be available on Verizon, just not FROM Verizon, if you know what I mean.