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Well I saw this in another thread so I think it'd be cool to start here!
What device were you using before you purchased your Galaxy s II?
Here's my list:
Some random flip phone
Blackberry curve
iPhone
iPhone 3gs
iPhone 4
Galaxy s II
Galaxy s III (I wish!!)
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Xperia X10
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Captivate.... passed on to my son and its still a badass little phone!
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Samsung Captivate
like the OP I came from the iPhone 3GS. It was my one and only ever Apple product. IMO back in summer 09 nothing matched it even from android. Now things have changed.
I still have to sell my 3GS I keep stalling. I have it rooted (can't unlock it long story) and is a 16GB. Any idea on what I could get for it?
HTC Inspire
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HTC Inspire here too! I still have it as a backup phone, the ICS roms available for it rock, a lot of fun to play around with for sure.
iPhone 3G, i got an x10 mini to replace that but the email client on it sucked pretty bad (got it for cheap and didn't want to spend the $ to buy the unlock code so i could try cm7, no idea why but the latest modem doesn't allow the sim to keep on working)
the SGSII is just great, i'm still unsure if i'll get the iphone5 or stay with android.
Infuse 4G and a Torch 4G
Motorola Atrix 4G
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Atrix. Worst buy I ever did. Tegra 2 is crap.
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Captivate all the way!
Motorola RAZR.
Inspire before that Aria
Captivate.
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iPhone3G
iPhone3GS
Motorola Backflip
HTC Aria
Galaxy S T959
Samsung Focus
Captivate
Iphone 3g
Iphone 3gs
Iphone 4
Captivate
Infuse 4g
Galaxy S II
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A thought!
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I came from the Droid X.
Pretty solid phone. I'd have a Nexus right now, but for better or worse (both, IMO), I had to switch to AT&T So, I opted for the GS2 which I had been drooling over for months anyway.
First iPhone 2G, then 3G, then mytouch 3G, iPhone 3GS, 4, then Inspire 4G, captivate, then galaxy s II.
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Contract coming up soon. Do I wait for note2 or go for s3?
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I think that if you have patience and you prefer a larger screen, wait for that Note II is going to be the world's best instrument.
Wait for note 2 if you can?
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When is note2 out? Any official dates yet??
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Wait for the note 3
The Note 2 wille be introduced begin August, available september/october 2012.
IMO the note is just too huge. Plus I will be honest.. I live in NYC and ride the subways with tons and tons of people everyday.. I notice things about them, what phone they have or what tablet or gadget they are using. And honestly... I mostly see women with the note A LOT more than men. I'm trying to think if I have even seen a guy with a note... yes I have like 3 or 4 times since it was released.. but have seen countless women with them. I have a theory about this too.. I think it's because guys really dont want to carry it in their pocket, and it fits perfectly in a purse. lol
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I think it's because guys really dont want to carry it in their pocket, and it fits perfectly in a purse. lol
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Haha good point.
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Depends if you want a normal phone or not...
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Ima Dude, and i will be getting the Note 2........the note fit in my pocket just fine.
i do agree with the purse statement, its the reason i sold my mom on the LTE Note.
I dont know for you actually, but note is way too big for me....
Note 2 will be slimmer and smaller in size than note 1, though with a slightly larger screen.
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Guess I will try out the original note in store and see if I think its too big.
Out of interest. Those that are saying go for the note. Is that down to any issues you have with s3? Or just that note2 will have a a better spec?
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Bump... What are people's issues with S3? Anything to put me off getting it? Or is it awesome. Would particulary like to hear from people who came from s2 on improvements?
I like the led notification, but what about the speaker, is sound muffled like in s2 when placed flat down?
Sad to say my gf traded her note yesterday after paying retail for it 4 months ago, she traded for an iPhone. :banghead:
But here's the deal. She traded thru craigslist, we all met at att to get new sim cards, i told my gf to drop the ins on the note (I sat in the car) when she was done she said the clerk was trying to reset it because it was used and because its jail broken, the reset was talking forever so they aborted. The clerk than said that they can transfer the ins from the note to the iPhone, I wasn't aware that they could ins a used device not too mention its jailbroken which they're aware of. Secondly, the iPhone was adverticed as a 5 month old 4s, after some research I found out that its an iPhone 4, and it could be years old. She doesn't seem to care but I do...she got ripped off. She thinks he bought it used and was under the impression it was a 4s. Sorry guys, this has been bugging me since last night. I'm still surprised that its covered by ins, but I wonder about the warranty?
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Trust me I tried. I was floored when I found out that this damn thing is only a regular 4, that sell for $200 or less everywhere. Silver lining (I guess) is that she upgrades in 4 months. I think shes done with android, too much for her...after going andoid, iphones seemed like toys, in my opinion.
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same her i think my fiance is going to iphone as well she isnt happy with her lg thrill though i might talk her into a galaxy s 3
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kornklown69 said:
same her i think my fiance is going to iphone as well she isnt happy with her lg thrill though i might talk her into a galaxy s 3
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She had the trill too, exchanged it for the vivid, sold that and got the note, traded the note for iPhone...all this with in 8 months. Lol
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Trust me I tried. I was floored when I found out that this damn thing is only a regular 4
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You weren't at the store during the trade? If so, why didn't you look at the phone before agreeing to it?
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same her i think my fiance is going to iphone as well she isnt happy with her lg thrill though i might talk her into a galaxy s 3
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The LG Thrill is, in my opinion, the worst android phone I've ever used.
I can't wait for the day when I can get rid of it. I'd sell it for $0.50 if I thought someone would actually buy it.
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You weren't at the store during the trade? If so, why didn't you look at the phone before agreeing to it?
The LG Thrill is, in my opinion, the worst android phone I've ever used.
I can't wait for the day when I can get rid of it. I'd sell it for $0.50 if I thought someone would actually buy it.
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If you really want to get rid of it...I'm looking for a backup phone.
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I bought my wife an S3 to (hopefully) replace her iPhone 3, but she hated it. Didn't make it a week before she happily exchanged it for an iPhone 4.
I don't get it, but obviously none of us do.
That's why we're here.
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baudilus said:
You weren't at the store during the trade? If so, why didn't you look at the phone before agreeing to it?
The LG Thrill is, in my opinion, the worst android phone I've ever used.
I can't wait for the day when I can get rid of it. I'd sell it for $0.50 if I thought someone would actually buy it.
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I'll give you $0.50, will also pay shipping!
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I'll give you $0.50, will also pay shipping!
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Nice!
I didn't notice your second portion on your first reply "why didn't I check it out? Well, I stayed in the car the whole time, figured we could trust this guy since apparently we know each other from years ago and that we have mutual friends. It didn't even cross my mind that it may not be a 4s until we got home. To the untrained iPhone eye you can't tell the 4 apart from the 4s...there is only 2 physical differences that I know of, 1 is that the 4s has 4 black stripes around the edges were as the 4 only had 3. The other one (just learned today) is the volume switch is in a slightly different location.
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All, lets be nice, Gentlemen be nicer...
OP not sure why this thread is alive, but if we all can't be nice, I will be back. Thank You.
So Far dont regret the trade I did this .with S pen Writing pad 2 thumbs UP
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Welcome to the open world of android
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Mmmhuh what they all said...good choice welcome to the light,or the dark side one of the two whichever is better
Awesome choice
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I love this phone. I had been stopped using iphone after 3g.
I want this phone so bad after I tried my wife's at&t note 2.
Finally I got it a few days ago from Sams club.
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I have had iphones since the original 2g I got my iphone 5 on release day I had it for 2 weeks and was board with it I guy traded me a s3 and 300.00 for my iphone 5 I had the s3 for a couple of months and sold it to buy my note 2 I could not be happier this is one of the best phones I have ever had!
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Glad I didnt go with the Iphone 5. A lot of people are doing what you did.
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Yup, I dropped my iPhone 4 for my new Note 2. I am so happy I did.
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I have had iphones since the original 2g I got my iphone 5 on release day I had it for 2 weeks and was board with it I guy traded me a s3 and 300.00 for my iphone 5 I had the s3 for a couple of months and sold it to buy my note 2 I could not be happier this is one of the best phones I have ever had!
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The Note2 is light years ahead of the iPhone 5. Apple has a lot of catching up to do!
Yeah I've been an Android user since the g1 and couldn't think of ever using an iPhone. My wife loves her iPad but was tired of carrying that thing around so she traded her Samsung Alias (old ass flip phone) for the iPhone 5. After two days of use she complained about how small it is and her eyes were hurting from looking at it even with the enlarged font. So she went back to Verizon and got the same phone as me, the white Galaxy Note 2. She's been loving that thing since she entered her gmail address into it. She loves the size because its way bigger than that iPhone yet smaller than her tablet.
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Check mate.
Welcome aboard. This phone is a mini computer that does everything I want.
Screen is such a good size. I couldn't adjust to it for the first week or two, I thought the screen was too big.
Welcome aboard. My wife had the iphone crap 4. And I traded that thing in asap. Bought her a Samsung s3. Which I do run note 2. Iphone is over priced and crap. The hole time she had that phone. She had nothing but problems.
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i guess lots of people having issues with iphone 5... all you get is an extra row of icons on home screen, bhwahahahaha, jokes aside, i can't imagine using anything else but my note 2
I myself am using a note 2. Don't go with my username. I no longer am an iPhone fan boy.
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Check mate.
Welcome aboard. This phone is a mini computer that does everything I want.
Screen is such a good size. I couldn't adjust to it for the first week or two, I thought the screen was too big.
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Same here, bro. At first I was like, what did I do, this thing is too big, can't use it one handed, but after 1 solid week of use, I was in love. Now after 3 months of use, I can't imagine using anything else. The "bigness" goes away very quickly. It looks normal size to me now. Anytime someone says,Damn that's a big phone, I am like, whaaa?
This phone seems small to me now that ive been using it for 2 months lol
I've had this phone for 2 weeks now and finally got used to the size (but I just picked up a UAG case and it feels big again). Switched from an iphone 5, but iOS is crap. Loving all of the customization with pacman rom.
I guess you ALL once an idiot?? LOL, I'm head of my household and my last name is "GALAXY", my wife and 2 daughters are named Galaxy S3, my son named Galaxy Note2 and myself...well still Samsung Droid Charge! hey at least I still with Samsung generation...at least!
Any indications? I have only seen a few people out and about with the N2, much more s3s. Verizon is so picky about picking up phones, I don't want any problems with them getting the Note 3. Now only if they weren't the last one to get it like the Note 2.....
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Any indications? I have only seen a few people out and about with the N2, much more s3s. Verizon is so picky about picking up phones, I don't want any problems with them getting the Note 3. Now only if they weren't the last one to get it like the Note 2.....
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I think they sold great. I saw many many people in my daily commute trains with Note 2. Surprisingly, many are girls with verizon white version.
I see people with N2s all the time. Might be areas had less advertising? I do see people with more S3s than n2s though. I would say I actually see more samsung phones than iphones now a days.
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I see people with N2s all the time. Might be areas had less advertising? I do see people with more S3s than n2s though. I would say I actually see more samsung phones than iphones now a days.
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Mostly based on area for that it's the other way around for me only seeing iPhones everywhere I go but see maybe 2 Android phones.
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I see people with N2s all the time. Might be areas had less advertising? I do see people with more S3s than n2s though. I would say I actually see more samsung phones than iphones now a days.
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Exactly, I see more Sammy phones in my area than iPhones now. Before the release of the S3 and Note 2 it was the other way around. I predominantly see people with AT&T and VZW Note 2's, a few S3's, and maybe 1 iPhone on my trips to town. In fact my local VZW store only keeps 2 iPhones of each size/color in store because they sell so slowly.
Honestly I think the N2 on VZW sold like hotcakes. Possibly as good or, hopefully, better than the S3.
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Check Craigslist. Used GN2's STILL sell for $500+. I like to bounce around phones and try them all. What's the point when the N2 does everything? I'll probably switch to the S4 soon but that's not to say I wont get the N3 when it comes out. Samsung is doing it right.
Apple is losing market share, HTC is barely hanging on (sealed battery doors and no expandable memory - WTF??), and Motorola is doing it's thing. They build great phones but the locked bootloader is a NO for me...although Google is in bed with them now and recently someone "cracked" the HD/M military grade bootloader so we need to watch out for new stuff from Moto. But my money is still on Sammy. Same for my Allshare Cast, GN10.1, laptop, and TV.
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I don't think that well. Two months after the release VZW knocked down the price $100. doesn't seem like they would do that if it was selling really well.
Every verizon store I went to in greater Orlando area never had some left. The flipcases for white were always also sold out but they had plenty of the itanium or whatever flips and 1-3 of those in stock.
Also on swappa theyre selling fast...and on ebay too so! Its doing well. Maybe some like me ordered oem parts and did a part switch to remove branding or its just hidden behind the flip/case.
Everytime I pull out the phone people comment about it, so I decided to stop bieng vzws free advertising.
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I mean they don't sell as well as the galaxy s3 but we still sell around 10 per week. We sell more note 2's than htc DNAs or Motorola RAZR HDs.
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Obviously sold well, I purchased one!
I do see the note and note II everywhere. Makes me happy.
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I don't think that well. Two months after the release VZW knocked down the price $100. doesn't seem like they would do that if it was selling really well.
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Not sure where you're getting your info, but it's still selling at the release price of $299.99 and it's 5 months out. They might have run a sale or special on it at some point, but the website still lists it at $299.99 right now. It's more expensive than the S4.
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Not sure where you're getting your info, but it's still selling at the release price of $299.99 and it's 5 months out. They might have run a sale or special on it at some point, but the website still lists it at $299.99 right now. It's more expensive than the S4.
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I think that price is the only thing keeping it from retail bliss. Everyone who doesn't want the note to begin with thinks its an oversized S3. So....they would go for the s3 at 50 bucks versus 4x as much for what they think is nearly identical....when its not.
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Obviously sold well, I purchased one!
I do see the note and note II everywhere. Makes me happy.
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I purchased one also, and at full damned price! My main reason for that was because VZW and Sammy refused to acknowledge the radio issues, which made the S3 unusable at my house while the Note 2 gets as good if not better service than the Motorola phones I have used, and when I asked if they would send a different S3 out for me to test and see if it was just an issue with my phone they refused and offered to send me an original Razr...... I decided that I wanted to keep my unlimited, I had an upgrade, and actually be able to use my phone to make calls so I gave in and bought the Note 2.
I must say that this is the first phone I have been 100% happy with after using it for 3 or 4 months, usually something better has come out and I get fed up with the bugs but with the N2 I can fix the bugs myself, what few there are, and it is the first phone that has actually fit my hands perfectly.
This phone sold like hotcakes when it first came out in my town, for the first 6 months they would sell out the day they got their shipment of them in the store. They sold so fast here that the store had a list of people wanting it and they would call when they got a shipment, it takes me ten minutes to get to the stores and by the time I would get there they were all gone. Walmart and Radioshack were also always sold out so I finally just had to give in and order it off Verizons website. They still sell extremely quick here but now they usually have at least 1 by the time their next shipment I comes in.
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That's awesome. I'm glad so many people are seeing the light over Iphones. My gf wants a new phone she has the iPhone 4 I think I convinced her to get a S4
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My grandmother had a iphone 4s and now the iphone5 that she loves. however when i pulled out my note 2, she put the iphone away and kept saying how nice the n2 is LOL.
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My grandmother had a iphone 4s and now the iphone5 that she loves. however when i pulled out my note 2, she put the iphone away and kept saying how nice the n2 is LOL.
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The typical font size on the Note is definitely easier on the eyes than the iPhone or even 4.3"screens for me. My vision isn't bad to the point where I need reading glasses, but when I switch between phones the size of the Note is really easy to like.
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My grandmother had a iphone 4s and now the iphone5 that she loves. however when i pulled out my note 2, she put the iphone away and kept saying how nice the n2 is LOL.
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I was at the vet the other day and this old man was there talking about how he was turning 85. Then he pulls out his iphone and starts showing me pictures. I pull my n2 out and he's like "is that the Galaxy note 2 or the S4?!?" He said he was so tired of how simple his iphone was and wanted to switch. Was so surprised someone his age new so much about phones. This guy was a true techie. Lol
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The typical font size on the Note is definitely easier on the eyes than the iPhone or even 4.3"screens for me. My vision isn't bad to the point where I need reading glasses, but when I switch between phones the size of the Note is really easy to like.
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Ya I agree, but I was running 240dpi.
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chrisjz said:
I was at the vet the other day and this old man was there talking about how he was turning 85. Then he pulls out his iphone and starts showing me pictures. I pull my n2 out and he's like "is that the Galaxy note 2 or the S4?!?" He said he was so tired of how simple his iphone was and wanted to switch. Was so surprised someone his age new so much about phones. This guy was a true techie. Lol
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He sounds like my grandfather... the man is a genius with windows, especially for being 72. Its funny how many people start looking out of the corner of their eyes when the note 2 comes out to play lol.