I have been using note since the original note cane out and people start mocking it's size. And I had this issue since the note.. I am just wondering whether anyone else feels the same..
When you are watching a movie, playing a game, browsing the Web, or taking notes. Thank god for the more then palm size phone.
When you are on the train standing trying to balance and text or browse or even temple run, when you are taking a picture with one hand or trying to text or make a call while holding groceries or shopping stuff. God the big screen is so damn retarded and hard to manoeuvre.. Take note my palm is quite huge. To use the phone one handed it rest on my fingers for my thumb to reach the end of the screen where q is on the keyboard. And this is always frustrating as I feel as though the phone would drop if anyone bangs into me which happens alot in singapore..
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lqrt said:
I have been using note since the original note cane out and people start mocking it's size. And I had this issue since the note.. I am just wondering whether anyone else feels the same..
When you are watching a movie, playing a game, browsing the Web, or taking notes. Thank god for the more then palm size phone.
When you are on the train standing trying to balance and text or browse or even temple run, when you are taking a picture with one hand or trying to text or make a call while holding groceries or shopping stuff. God the big screen is so damn retarded and hard to manoeuvre.. Take note my palm is quite huge. To use the phone one handed it rest on my fingers for my thumb to reach the end of the screen where q is on the keyboard. And this is always frustrating as I feel as though the phone would drop if anyone bangs into me which happens alot in singapore..
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Never had a problem with the Note 2 size. It really fits very good to me, I'm 6'2" and the phone feels really good to me, but when other people use it I realize how big it is in other peoples hands. Sometimes it makes me chuckle hahaha.
Use it for 2 hours. Each and every other phone would look extremely tiny to you.
As for the mobility never had a problem.
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Use it for 2 hours. Each and every other phone would look extremely tiny to you.
As for the mobility never had a problem.
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True story, for example, iPhone 4S and 5, they look so small for me, almost like a cereal box toy. I hardly think I can go back to phones with -5" screens.
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I have small hands and the size is not an issue for me. I need to have a slim case on it to improve the grip but it's fine with that.
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Like many others I do not think about it being large until I pick up my old SGSI or see it in a shop next to other phones. Regarding one handed use I think the problem is caused by pourly designed interfaces than the size of the phone. Developers imo are still stuck in the world of Windows and insist on putting most command icons at the top of the screen when they should all really be at the bottom. This is especially true now that the average phone is 5" It's even a chore to do a lot of browsing with two hands the way things look today. Compare browsing with many tabs on BoatBrowser, with customizable icons on the bottom, to Chrome where everthing is at the top. Tiring!!
One last rant. If you must use it with one hand. Get a good case. Phones are not cheap, nor is insurance.
If you need to type one handed I can warmly recommend "messagease" keyboard which makes writing with the thumb a breeze.
i get greif at work mostly all the time about its size ...BUT ive never had a bad call and when i watch video i can actually see it even if i want to have subtitles
the irony is i remember getting greif when i bought a t28 by erricsson cos it was so small ...times they are a changing!
as a side note ...when i have to borrow the handed down 4s that i gave the wife when i !upgraded! it seems so damn small and almost impossible to use now
There is two kinds of people..
1, people who have a Note 2
2, people who don't have a Note 2 but want a Note 2
Why do you care what other people think? The Galaxy Note 2 is by far, the best handset on the market for my needs. I don't need a tablet anymore, hell; I have a £1350 computer just collecting dust.
Movies, games, music, drawing, browsing the internet etc is significantly better with a larger screen.
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I do not care what others think. I care how I can use my phone more efficiently. By efficient I mean using it without risk of dropping.
I'm outta here. You fan boys who just jumped the bandwagon are too much for me to handle.
Have a nice day
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I do not care what others think. I care how I can use my phone more efficiently. By efficient I mean using it without risk of dropping.
I'm outta here. You fan boys who just jumped the bandwagon are too much for me to handle.
Have a nice day
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Wtf? Why ask for other people's opinions if you're just going to get angry when they disagree with you? Some people.
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Are u serious? Fan boys? People are giving their opinions. And, by the way, ergonomics are great on Note 2. I'm 6'2'' and it fits me perfectly. Of course I owned a Note 1 before.
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For my one year of using note 1 I have not seen someone with big enough hands to COMFORTABLY use the phone one handed on the train or even walking. Thus, I call you guys fan boys for claiming size of the phone is just nice.
Of course I live in singapore where the average height is 1. 7metres so there may well really be people who can comfortably use the phone in one hand without risk of dropping. But whenever I use mine one handed it would be quite taxing on the heart as it can easily drop, especially when using cases which are smooth to the touch.
I apologise for coming across as being angered but I assure you I am not.
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I always thought it was ridiculously big for a phone but when the Note 1 became on sale and I needed a tablet anyway I thought wth I'll give it a try. Just of a couple of days with it and I can't imagine going back to anything smaller. I use MessagEase for one-handed texting btw. Now I have a Note 2 and it's great although sometimes I'm thinking of switching to an S3. Size has never been an issue for me but sometimes the weight is.
Coming from Dell streak 5, makes me not an early adaptor, I felt that the Note 2 was perfect for my hand, I had to skip the Note 1 bcs I found it not very comfortable in grip and did not look at it was a real upgrade. Note 2 was very different, I remember the first time I hold it and had the wow effect on me. As for the Note 3 I don't know if it will be a real upgrade compare to this device or not, hope they don't go crazy with this screen size wars, but if 3 will have the same size as 2 but with bigger screen and smaller bezel and no physical button I might go for it, as for 8 core, I don't really care much since for what I use the device even 4 core is overkill for me.
Oh I almost forgot, the only thing that might make me switch from Note 2 to 3 is , battery, if they manage to put a 6500 mA for the same thickness they got my money in advance.
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After more than 1yr with note1, now after 5th day of use of n2 i must say it is not good for me. I hate the aspect ratio - screen is bad. N2 is fluid like water and i wish i could replace n2s motherboard into original n1 body.
I use tablet layout on n1 so swype notifications from bottom right corner is not a problem while holding one hand....ability to press back button while holding in left hand....
So i really need to find quick tablet ui for n2 and give it a try as first impressions from stock are negative - only to aspect ratio and too much over saturated screen. and feels blurry to me.
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I much prefer the note 2 body. Slimmer more manoeuvrable although not by much. Tablet UI how about the famous hybrid rom? Cm10 though.
On note 1 the cm10 was much faster then the stock samsung skinned. However on the note 2 with jellybeans stock skinned.. Cm10 seemed slower to me.
On topic, do you guys who are comfortable with the size use the phone naked?
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On topic, do you guys who are comfortable with the size use the phone naked?
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note1 naked....also looks like that right now...silver finish is worn out.
I have a slim cover for n2 and feels the same as n1 but higher. Without cover it is perfect but i am not sure if i am gonna keep n2. Maybe wait for s4, also xperia z in question only because of ip certification.
Also i feel uncomfortble not having the possibility view s notes from other sources like pc or something. This make spen for notes uselles and have to make notes on catch or evernote.
So spen nice feature but personally stopped using it much. So then s4 is smaller and 0,5 inches diff in screen not much.
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lqrt said:
I have been using note since the original note cane out and people start mocking it's size. And I had this issue since the note.. I am just wondering whether anyone else feels the same..
When you are watching a movie, playing a game, browsing the Web, or taking notes. Thank god for the more then palm size phone.
When you are on the train standing trying to balance and text or browse or even temple run, when you are taking a picture with one hand or trying to text or make a call while holding groceries or shopping stuff. God the big screen is so damn retarded and hard to manoeuvre.. Take note my palm is quite huge. To use the phone one handed it rest on my fingers for my thumb to reach the end of the screen where q is on the keyboard. And this is always frustrating as I feel as though the phone would drop if anyone bangs into me which happens alot in singapore..
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i could have wrote that. its so annoying with one hand thats why im going to change to htc one
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I have read many reviews on the Note 2 and most say it can’t be easily used with one hand, although there are few that say it can. These reviews do not go into any detail about what kind of activities you can do one handed and which require two hands. For instance; can you scroll through email messages and open them to read with just one hand, but perhaps not easily type a reply? I do understand the size of your hands has a great deal to do with this.
My current phone is an HTC One X, prior to that an iphone 4S, and before that a BB Bold. Moving up in size to the One X prevented me from doing some of the one handed activities I did with my previous 2 phones, but there are many things I still do one handed with the One X. Launch apps, read messages, browse the web, scroll screens, check notifications, etc. The main thing I find myself needing two hands for is typing. I can still send out a very short message one handed, but it’s slow and I usually make a mistake or two. I should point out that I have relatively small hands and a lot of the time I’m using the HTC one handed I have it resting in my palm and I’ll maneuver it up or down slightly to reach the function I want. I know this could cause me to drop the phone, but I haven’t yet and I’m willing to risk it. I’m wondering if the increased size of the Note 2 would eliminate most of the one handed use I currently enjoy on the HTC One X
So, my question is, for those of you that have the Note 2 can you share what some of your experiences have been using it one handed. What kind of activities and functions can you perform on the Note 2 with one hand, what kind of tasks always require two hands?
It’s tough for me to believe you must have two hands on the phone at all times; as some of the reviews have suggested.
I reckon it'll still be the same as the HOX but a bit more fumbling it around. I've played extensively with the original note as my cousin has one and wasn't too much of an issue.
With typing I can use Swiftkey perfectly one handed with my HOX although Swype is useful for one handed operation.
Like you I tend to jiggle the HOX around now and then. With the Note 2 being less wide it shouldn't pose too many problems compared to the original.
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Was tje first tjing i notice when i got my note2, on note1 i sometimes had litle hard witj "A" with my thumb and one hand. But one note2 it feels mutch more easy write all letters on the keyboard..
And i like use my devices witj one hand most of tge time, i dont text like many with 2 hands.
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Well, I imagine that it really depends on how large your hands are. Certainly someone with smaller mits would have a harder time handling the device with one hand than an individual with lager ones. I'd suggest try and get your own hands on one and try it out for yourself, because second hand advice doesn't help too much since hand sizes differ from person to person.
No way note 2 can be use with one hand. For typing one need two hands and so was on my S3 and 4S before so nothing much has changed. One hand use is just a myth. Gone are the days of one handed use. Smart phones are no longer for one handed use. Even iPhone has back button located on top left corner and with one handed use thumb can not reach there comfortable. It is just a myth now and there is no real one handed use on most new smart phones.
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Actually, one-handed use is not a myth.
On the GN2, Samsung added an option in the settings called One-Handed operation. You can have the phone setup to have the keyboard or dial pad on the left or right side of the screen.
Plus, the back button on the iPhone isn't the only way to get out of the program. There's a home button for that too right? And most people can use one hand on the phone to operate it. I've used the Gnexus, Xperia Arc S, Nexus S as well as the EVO 4G with one hand no problem and I have small asian hands
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It seems quite silly to suggest that using a cell phone one handed is a myth. In my original post I asked specifically what kinds of things you could use the Note 2 for with only one hand. It’s clear you can’t do everything one handed, but certainly you can do some things. For instance, you would be able to pick the phone up and unlock it with one hand, right?
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It seems quite silly to suggest that using a cell phone one handed is a myth. In my original post I asked specifically what kinds of things you could use the Note 2 for with only one hand. It’s clear you can’t do everything one handed, but certainly you can do some things. For instance, you would be able to pick the phone up and unlock it with one hand, right?
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Oh yes you can pick it up and unlock it with one hand, no problem. I have small girly hands though and I really don't handle my Note II onehanded like at all. Mostly because it feels very unstable for me to handle it onehanded, I'm afraid I'll drop it.
I'd say if onehanded use IS important to you, you should look at some other phone, that's my view.
For example, I find it mighty cumbersome to pull down the notification bar and then slide it back up using one hand. I CAN do it, it's a matter of sliding the whole device up and down in my hand, but it certainly feels unsafe and wobbly.
Actually I am sure I will drop this phone at some point, and usually I don't drop my phones ever. With the Note II I really feel it's inevitable.
I just got the note 2 and I still have my one x.
I can do most of my navigating one handed. I can type one handed but for safety I use two hands.
It doesnt feel like too big of a difference to the hox, but if you foubd the one x to be a bit big in the hand, you may not be able to do a lot one handed on note 2.
But honestly, battery life alone is a reason to upgrade. Plus I love usong the s pen lol
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I just got the note 2 and I still have my one x.
I can do most of my navigating one handed. I can type one handed but for safety I use two hands.
It doesnt feel like too big of a difference to the hox, but if you foubd the one x to be a bit big in the hand, you may not be able to do a lot one handed on note 2.
But honestly, battery life alone is a reason to upgrade. Plus I love usong the s pen lol
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I found it the same as you did it's not that much bigger compared to the HOX when I had a play with it.
As you have both how do you find the Gn2 screen compared to the HOX? For example on websites, general brightness and sharpness of text. I know how AMOLED displays are but generally speaking.
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I found it the same as you did it's not that much bigger compared to the HOX when I had a play with it.
As you have both how do you find the Gn2 screen compared to the HOX? For example on websites, general brightness and sharpness of text. I know how AMOLED displays are but generally speaking.
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The HOX screen is crisper and brighter, but the gn2 screen does really well for an amoled. I find that the difference is only really noticeable when you zoom in on text in the browser for example.
The screen brightness is pretty good on the gn2, havent had any issues so far but I will see today now that the sun is out. Yesterday was a bit cloudy so I couldnt test outdoor screen visibility.
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I use my note 2 with one hand it depends on ur hand size
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Oh bull..ive use ever phone ive owned one handed...but then again ive only got one hand...really your talking if you can hold in one hand and drive/type with same hand thumb..that is dictated by hand size vs phone size ....nothing more..
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I could use my old note and a friend's "Galaxy Note 2" one-handed, but it never felt secure.
....so umm, what's your hand doing? :angel:
I drive and txt on my note 2 with one hand! With ease, Then again I don't have girl hands lol
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I can pretty much do everything with the gn2 one handed except type. But svoice and google voice typing seem to be pretty accurate in recognizing my words so I techically dont have to use my fingers to type. Just hit the send key. Fyi I posted this using google voice typing.
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I don't have particularly big hands. But, I can manage to use the GN2 with one hand on majority of my day-to-day usage of the phone but with some modified gestures, eg. swipe down to bring the notification bar, double-tap to bring apps drawer, and with the already built-in Öne handed Operation mode typying is made easier with the Samsung 'swype-like' keyboard.
But as some of the other posters pointed out already, it really depends on the size of your hand.
First time I saw a 60 year old guy with the Note 2 on the tube today he was using the stylus to play solitaire didn't look that big at all. Usually you'd see the size and be shocked I was quite in awe actually. Looked really good!
I'm comfortable using the HOX one handed, hmm tempted to order off Amazon and give it a test run.
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....so umm, what's your hand doing? :angel:
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Now that we have this super phone with this great 5.5 inch screen, are we now limiting ourselves to phones that are over sized like this one? Will smaller screen phones now be over looked by us?
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Not overlooked. It will be more like the Burger King dwarf effect. I knew going into the Note this would be a problem. Honestly, I love the size and would hate to use something smaller. A couple of inches maybe but anything more than that and I will need a tablet.
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not really sure how i'd actually be limiting myself by not purchasing something i don't want. getting a smaller screen under the 4.5-5.5" range would be a compromise.
Once you go Big, you never go back:
I used an Evo for the last two years and now that I have the Note, Its going to be hard going back to anything that small. a friend at work still has an EVO and I was showing him something on it, the other day and I could not stand how small the screen looked. I wondered how in the world was I able to do anything on such a small screen.
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Once you go Big, you never go back:
I used an Evo for the last two years and now that I have the Note, Its going to be hard going back to anything that small. a friend at work still has an EVO and I was showing him something on it, the other day and I could not stand how small the screen looked. I wondered how in the world was I able to do anything on such a small screen.
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Likewise, I had Evo for 2yrs before upgrading to S3, and after 3months, i just got the Note 2 yesterday. Even the S3 feels small now lol.
I work for sprint and was drooling over the S3 for months, but the Note II was finally what got me to switch over from ATT. Putting it side by side with the S3 just makes the S3 look tiny. Putting it next to a iPhone 4S makes me lol. Now that I've watched a few videos on it I can't say I'd ever by a device with a smaller screen again...
4.0 screens will always be liked. Not everyone likes to walk around with a tablet as a phone. Even myself use my Nexus when in bed laying down. But love this phone as my daily phone.
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I'm ready for a 6..
I'll say it now, the longer you go with a bigger screen the harder it gets to go back.
For a tv and monitor I use a projector with a 120" screen for about a year and a half now. I now uncontrollably scoff at puny tv screens. My brother has a 50" plasma, I scoffed at it and told him to get such trifle out my presence.
Having a bigger screen really gives one a complex.
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I'll say it now, the longer you go with a bigger screen the harder it gets to go back.
For a tv and monitor I use a projector with a 120" screen for about a year and a half now. I now uncontrollably scoff at puny tv screens. My brother has a 50" plasma, I scoffed at it and told him to get such trifle out my presence.
Having a bigger screen really gives one a complex.
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You must go through bulbs on that projector like butter. I'd love to do convert to projector, but basement setup does not allow.
Yeah I agree about the screen size. I gave my wife my S3 and now when I mess with it the display just seems so small... That is crazy since just 3 months ago I upgraded from my epic that was an upgrade from a pre...Crazy stuff. I probably will only get phones in the phablet style from here on.
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You must go through bulbs on that projector like butter. I'd love to do convert to projector, but basement setup does not allow.
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I'm still on my original bulb. close to 3000 hrs on it, standard usage is spec'd at 3000hrs and eco mode is spec'd 4000hrs. my current bulb is getting a tad weak I know I'm due here for a new one pretty soon.
also you dont need much room for a set up. a 10ft throw distance and about a 7ft vertical clearance will get you 100" screen.
I dont want to thread jack any more than I have, if you got any questions shoot my a pm. I'd be glad to help out.
I'd still go back to a 4.3" slider if it had an HD screen and removable battery. I hate on screen typing.
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I'd still go back to a 4.3" slider if it had an HD screen and removable battery. I hate on screen typing.
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A slider!!! Do you still write your papers on a type writer too?
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A slider!!! Do you still write your papers on a type writer too?
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I wondered who would write the first ahole reply. There's always one or two. Not even worth the banter.
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Better yet most other phones now seem extremely small. Friend of mine has an iPhone 4s and I realized last night how much smaller the screen really is. I feel spoiled now and and do not feel like I would want to go back to a smaller phone. I use this thing as my Netflix device all the time too simply because of the enormous screen size. Truly a phone of its own kind in the marketplace today. Even better it's already picking up steam with support. I am now running the cmenard ROM with multi-window functionality among all the apps. Buttery smooth and battery life is awesome as expected. Sorry, just expressing my happiness with this phone. I paid full price like most everyone else but I feel it is totally worth it!! :good:
i noticed that too after about a week of having it. when i had a vibrant the sgs 2 and 3 seemed huge compared to it, but after having the note 2 you are completely right that it feels like a normal sized phone and just makes others seem overly small in comparison.
It's funny you say that cause when I first got it I was thinking about taking it back cause I thought it was too big. But now when I hold an S3 or something similar, which I thought was the perfect size now feels so small. Go figure. Next step I'll be holding a Nexus 7 to my ear. Lol.
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It's funny you say that cause when I first got it I was thinking about taking it back cause I thought it was too big. But now when I hold an S3 or something similar, which I thought was the perfect size now feels so small. Go figure. Next step I'll be holding a Nexus 7 to my ear. Lol.
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Yeah, me too, when I hold my GSIII it feels like a different phone lol like the mini version or something...
Funny thing is just last night I told my brother the phone does not feel so big anymore. When I held his S3 it felt like a tiny toy, and my girls iphone4 felt like my ipod touch.
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Agreed, it doesn't really feel that big... until i step back and realize how large it is in my hands, but the screen is so stunning... I don't even care
This makes my old samsung precedent look like a wristwatch lol
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I've been saying the same thing myself. The Note II feels normal to me now and every other phone seems tiny. I don't think I could go back to a smaller phone at this point honestly.
I do also like that the Note II is still somewhat slim in the width and (to me) shaped like a phone. The Note I looks a bit wider and more like a small tablet to me.
I ended up in a few Apple stores last week during a business trip to DC. In each store, my friend and I asked an Apple Genius to take our picture next to the iPhone 5. Both of the genius' were happy to snap the pics. My buddy and I both held our Note 2s next to the iPhone 5 and smiled... and watched the Genius grumble as he snapped the pic. *snicker*
Just wanna jump on the bandwagon and say that after playing with my Note 2 for a couple of week it now feels natural. The other day I went to open the casket of my GS 4G and I thought that the phone shrank, but it was actually still the same size as it was before. Haha! There is now way I'm going back to anything that is below 5.5.
Hell yea. I'll contribute. All I've ever had are relatively big phones. It started with the Motorola Droid. That was big for it's time. Then the Droid x which everyone knows was one of the first 4.3 inches of android. Then the galaxy nexus which I thought was big as hell opening the box. But now the note 2 is the biggest jump yet. 5.5 inches is a night and day difference to anything out there. I honestly feel like it's perfection. Watching movies, Playing 3d games, Drawing pictures, Browsing the web, and anything else is so much better on this phone. When the note 3 comes out I'm dropping 700 easy on the damn thing
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My stepson was amazed when he put his old att smartphone up to it and his whole phone fit inside my screen. It was great. Lol
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Phone feels completely normal now and my old HTC HD2 feels like a childs toy.
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Phone feels completely normal now and my old HTC HD2 feels like a childs toy.
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I'm using an HD2 right now, and thinking of going to the Note 2 (need the bigger screen for these aging eyes!). If you don't mind me asking, how did you move your telephone contacts, text messages and browser bookmarks from your HD2 to your Note 2? I'm using the stock HD2 ROM and the Opera browser. Thanks in advance for your reply!
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I'm using an HD2 right now, and thinking of going to the Note 2 (need the bigger screen for these aging eyes!). If you don't mind me asking, how did you move your telephone contacts, text messages and browser bookmarks from your HD2 to your Note 2? I'm using the stock HD2 ROM and the Opera browser. Thanks in advance for your reply!
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Stock as in WM6.5? Holy WOW...my HD2 was on Android since it was available...i use Gmail to backup all the contacts but that's the only thing i'm ever worried about, i never backup texts or bookmarks, sorry...
Haha, I thought this thread was "pointless" until I picked up my Sensation last night... it literally feels like a toy now... so cute compared to my Note II
I'm on the bandwagon too, I was initially worried about the size but liked the idea of not having to carry around two devices and a sketchbook. I did a review of a case* earlier and I was taking pictures with my old Amaze...let's just say my Amaze felt tiny, I mean really tiny. My Nexus One feels even smaller. lol
*if you're interested in taking a look at the Seidio Surface case check the link below out
Seidio Surface Mini Review
I can agree. Went from my Moto Photon to this and now it seems small. I compared it to my Samsung moment which was my first android device and I can't even use the screen on it anymore because it's so tiny.
I've been using Galaxy Nexus for 1 year and really loved its size and weight wich is just perfect for me. But I was dissappointed with the battery life and performance, so I read a lot of articles and bought Note II 1 week ago. First two days I really enjoyed it but now I feel that my right arm hurts because of many tries of using Note II with one hand. So disappointed with that Even now thinking about getting Nexus 4 or Ativ S, their size and weight are much better....
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I've been using Galaxy Nexus for 1 year and really loved its size and weight wich is just perfect for me. But I was dissappointed with the battery life and performance, so I read a lot of articles and bought Note II 1 week ago. First two days I really enjoyed it but now I feel that my right arm hurts because of many tries of using Note II with one hand. So disappointed with that Even now thinking about getting Nexus 4 or Ativ S, their size and weight are much better....
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Maybe you should change phones. If your arm is hurting due to the size and weight then you won't last.
Especially seeing as the note 2 is by no means a heavy phone. I don't think the note 2 is designed to be used one handed (I can, but I have large-ish hands).
I adapted to the size straight away with no issues
kylec said:
Maybe you should change phones. If your arm is hurting due to the size and weight then you won't last.
Especially seeing as the note 2 is by no means a heavy phone. I don't think the note 2 is designed to be used one handed (I can, but I have large-ish hands).
I adapted to the size straight away with no issues
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I had the same issue when I bought HTC Desire HD 2 years ago. It felt heavy for me, so my arm started hurting. Probably there is something wrong with my arm becasue of years of playing court tennis so it hurts because of heavy phones...
DarkVasyaK said:
I had the same issue when I bought HTC Desire HD 2 years ago. It felt heavy for me, so my arm started hurting. Probably there is something wrong with my arm becasue of years of playing court tennis so it hurts because of heavy phones...
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Sounds like it because I just asked my brother who is an exercise physiologist and he says that the weight of a phone shouldnt cause pain in the arm. Most likely an underlying problem. Is it in both arms or one in particular?
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If you try to reach across the whole screen with your thumb one handed, of course there could be some muscle strain unless you have giant hands.
I found that I put shortcuts I need one handed on the right side of the screen and lock screen, so I can make calls and simple tasks this way, and write messages with the one handed Samsung keyboard if I need to.
That said, I got used to the size the second day, seriously, my wife's galaxy s2 seems so incredibly tiny now!
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kylec said:
Sounds like it because I just asked my brother who is an exercise physiologist and he says that the weight of a phone shouldnt cause pain in the arm. Most likely an underlying problem. Is it in both arms or one in particular?
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It might also happen not because of the weight but because the screen is wide. I don't have such problem with the left hand holding it for a long time. By the way, I have arms much bigger than average, so it is quite possible for me to use Note II with one hand but the result is the hurt :crying:
So probably the injury from the past causes the problem and wide phone phones are not for me
Ive had my Note 2 for about a month and a half now. I got it for the screen size. Is it just me or is the phone starting to look smaller like a regular phone? Every other phone looks like a mini phone. Ive been thinking lately that in the future I might want a phone....thats a little bigger. Any of you have one of these thoughts anytime?
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Nellyinda803 said:
Ive had my Note 2 for about a month and a half now. I got it for the screen size. Is it just me or is the phone starting to look smaller like a regular phone? Every other phone looks like a mini phone. Ive been thinking lately that in the future I might want a phone....thats a little bigger. Any of you have one of these thoughts anytime?
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I know mayne. I was fixing some issues on my old Mytouch 4g slide and it was like handling a toy . the screen looked like it coulda been a watch face or something.
As I had the note for a month I feel like its rather small too.. kinda weird
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Same here. Maybe because they made the width smaller? We have been spoiled "/
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My wife has an iPhone 4S and I used it the other day and caught myself squinting holding it up to my face.
I could go for a 6 inch screen. This one doesn't seem so big anymore. That's what she said.
Haha I think I will be in agreement once I get mine.
Just going into the T-Mobile store and messing around with it today I thought "damn I swear this phone was bigger than this last time I saw it"
I think 6" will be the max though.. my Nexus 7 is just too big to use as a phone. Though it does have some excessive bezel..
Maybe 6" having edge to edge display. That would be something
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Coming from the S II on t-mobile, I thought this phone was huge on week 1. Now on week 2 it doesn't seem that big until I hold the S II up to it and realize the entire phone fits inside the screen of the note 2.
My tab 2 will not fit in my pocket no matter how big the pants. Well maybe if I dig out some of my 90's raver pants from JNCO it would fit. I knew I should have gotten the one with the sim card slot while I was in Malaysia. I saw people using the 7 inch tablets as phones all the time while I was there.
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limpysmalls said:
Coming from the S II on t-m9bile I thought this phone was huge on week 1. Now on week 2 it doesn't seem that big until I hold the S II up to it and resize the entire phone fits inside the screen of the note 2.
My tab 2 will not fit in my pocket no matter how big the pants. Well maybe if I dig out some of my 90's raver pants from JNCO it would fit. I knew I should have gotten the one with the sim card slot while I was in Malaysia. I saw people using the 7 inch tablets as phones all the time while I was there.
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Hella raver pants lol I rave
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I have medium size hands, and I think the size is perfect. I will probably never go smaller, but any bigger really would make it un-pocketable.
I totally agree about other phones being dinky and almost useless to me now. My old Captivate feels like an imitation phone. The screen buttons are so small, I get instantly annoyed with it.
Swyped from the closest Galaxy.
Got it the day it came out for Tmobile, and for a while now I been complaining that it feels to small and want something bigger.
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it does feel smaller after using for awhile but compared to my wife3's gs3 it's huge.
It feels normal to me, too! And I thought I was the only one... When my friends or co-workers ask me how I can use such a big phone, I hold it in front of me like I'm pissing and say, "I'm used to it." Haha. Never gets old.
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Id go for a 6 inch. Tho I would have to move the phone to the front pocket.
I feel the same way guys, the phone feels normal to me now. As of right now I thinks it's perfect but I wouldn't mind going 6"edge to edge hehe. Today I used my Co workers 4s,and I was really saddened with the experience lol. It felt like a toy, screen looked like crap compared to my Note2, I don't see myself ever going smaller again.
Coming from an iPhone 4 this phone is simply mind blowing. I'm 6'3'' with very large hands and do everything one-handed. I was looking at my 4 today, it's like a kid's crackerjack box toy. The screen is a joke.
I for one can never go back to anything less than a SGN2. I feel like Capt. Kirk 500 years in the future.
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I'm at the point where my Note 2 feels very much the way my SIII used to feel and my Droid DNA just feels like a normal size phone. I also get confused when people say "How can you use that thing??" I'm like "What? It's normal. . . "
Just yesterday I was comparing it to a friends iPhone 4 and the first thing I said when I grabbed the iPhone 4 was "awww it's so cute!!". Later on my friend kept being amazed at the things I could do with my phone. Things like multiwindow, being able to select a part of the screen and copy it, writing with the SPen, writing notes on the back of pictures and a few other things, oddly enough he was much more impressed about the fact that there was a little dot that would follow the stylus around on the screen even though the stylus was not touching the screen.
By the end of the night I ended up selling him my Nexus 7 which I no longer needed because of the Note 2. I already have a Note 10.1 and the Note 2... oh yea and that droid DNA that I hardly use now.
I'm surprised how small every other phone feels after using the GN2 for just a few weeks. Maybe Huawei 6.1in screen will be my next device :cyclops:
http://bgr.com/2012/12/06/huawei-galaxy-note-ii-competitor/
It took a week, tops, for me to feel like all my other "big" phones (HTC One X, Galaxy S3, Galaxy Nexus) were small. The One X feels downright tiny to me, and the S3, which always felt big, now feels like the minimal size I'd be happy with.
I don't feel like the Note II is small, though. It's certainly the ideal size for me right now, 90% of the time, anyways. It does seem a little large in the hand to be using the device while driving, not that I ever do that...
I'm interested to play with a Droid DNA to see how it feels and looks.
How about a 6.3in Galaxy Note 3?
http://www.slashgear.com/6-3-inch-samsung-galaxy-note-3-tipped-for-2013-13260736/