I picked up the Note II from BestBuy on Saturday... I got it to replace my Galaxy Nexus. In addition, I've got a Nexus 10. I like the phone, its blazing fast,and of course rated a top device.... But I'm just not completely sold on it after using it for the past couple of days.
It is big, for having hands that are OK on the GN... The GNII is huge. Layout and right handed apps help, but I've had trouble hitting "i" almost every time I "o", etc. I like the concept of the S pen, but don't know how much I'd actually use it, same for multi app running, etc.
I like aftermarket support and cases that the GNII has,a bug plus over the GN... But that's not enough to keep it.
I have not rooted or romed the Note. So maybe I'm missing out on things. Not a huge TouchWiz fan, compared to the stockness of the Nexus. Missing Google Wallet, etc.
Anyways... I'm considering returning the Note until something better comes along? Galaxy S4, next Nexus? Or...can someone give me a reason to keep this?
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This device is not for everyone. I myself having very large hands can't stand smaller devices. I can almost one hand my Nexus 7. It's just a tad too large. The Note 2 on the other hand is the perfect size for me. I have had several people I work with though say that it is ridiculously large and they just couldn't handle it. Try the DNA if you are looking for a new phone or stick with the Galaxy Nexus which is still a fantastic device.
Try Bean's rom with Nova Launcher. Feels like a big GNex to me!
Every phone isnt for everyone. You seem like you'd be happier waiting to me.
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i got rid of the galaxy nexus 2 weeks ago. and didnt think i would be this happy. battery life is amazing. i rooted and put the beans rom on. i hate the home button on this phone and was missing the soft keys on the nexus so i found the way to activate the soft keys on this phone and disable the hard keys. bought a skin from ebay and completely covered the bottom bezel and it looks like there is no dumb home button. loving this phone even more now.
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i got rid of the galaxy nexus 2 weeks ago. and didnt think i would be this happy. battery life is amazing. i rooted and put the beans rom on. i hate the home button on this phone and was missing the soft keys on the nexus so i found the way to activate the soft keys on this phone and disable the hard keys. bought a skin from ebay and completely covered the bottom bezel and it looks like there is no dumb home button. loving this phone even more now.
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I too came from the GNex. At first I loved the softkeys. I thought it was good that there wasnt waisted phone space so i got more screen. But as time went on I thought if they are basically there the whole time whats the difference between that and the physical, or capacitive touch buttons?
I never really modded or changed the layout of my softkeys so that didnt really matter to me. What I didnt like was when it would be full screen, like when watching youtube videos, there was definite burn in.
When coming to the Note 2 I really missed the recent apps softkey. And I hated that I couldn't swipe the home key up for Google Now. But, when I discovered long pressing the menu capacitive button brought up the recent apps, and long pressing the home button brought up Google Now, any remote longing for my GNex was quickly forgotten.
Then if you consider the battery life, it's not even close. The Note 2 easily handles a full day of normal to heavy use. The GNex was lucky to make it to lunch. The battery was my primary driving factor in getting the Note 2.
Lastly I will ad that when I had the GNex I was a little jealous of my girlfriends S3. The screen is only slightly bigger but because of the GNex softkeys it seemed much bigger. Now when I pick up the S3 it seems so small.
Im hooked and will easily keep this phone a while, trust me that is no easy feat for me. iPhone > Droid X > Thunderbolt > Bionic > Razr > Gnex > Note 2
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I was in the same boat. I had a GalaxyS3 prior to owning the Note 2. Definitely not a one-handed phone. At first I was regretting selling my GS3. After 2 weeks of use, I am really warming up to the change. I love the s-pen(I always carried a stylus with me before). The camera & features are great. Web browsing & reading emails is awesome on the big screen. I DO miss one handed operation. But that is the trade-off. Maybe when the S4 comes out...
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i got rid of the galaxy nexus 2 weeks ago. and didnt think i would be this happy. battery life is amazing. i rooted and put the beans rom on. i hate the home button on this phone and was missing the soft keys on the nexus so i found the way to activate the soft keys on this phone and disable the hard keys. bought a skin from ebay and completely covered the bottom bezel and it looks like there is no dumb home button. loving this phone even more now.
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I'm interested in what it looks like with the home button covered. Do you have a link to the skin?
I haven't go mine yet, will get in on the 17th, but on my thunderbolt i used Thumb Keyboard, i lets you do a split keyboard that pushes it towards the outsides so you can reach it, or another way it does a big screen mode that pushes the entire keyboard to one side. I haven't tried it yet but i plan to use the split keyboard on portrait and landscape mode on the phone.
You're not happy. Take it back. Its not for everyone.
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I too came from the GNex. At first I loved the softkeys. I thought it was good that there wasnt waisted phone space so i got more screen. But as time went on I thought if they are basically there the whole time whats the difference between that and the physical, or capacitive touch buttons?
I never really modded or changed the layout of my softkeys so that didnt really matter to me. What I didnt like was when it would be full screen, like when watching youtube videos, there was definite burn in.
When coming to the Note 2 I really missed the recent apps softkey. And I hated that I couldn't swipe the home key up for Google Now. But, when I discovered long pressing the menu capacitive button brought up the recent apps, and long pressing the home button brought up Google Now, any remote longing for my GNex was quickly forgotten.
Then if you consider the battery life, it's not even close. The Note 2 easily handles a full day of normal to heavy use. The GNex was lucky to make it to lunch. The battery was my primary driving factor in getting the Note 2.
Lastly I will ad that when I had the GNex I was a little jealous of my girlfriends S3. The screen is only slightly bigger but because of the GNex softkeys it seemed much bigger. Now when I pick up the S3 it seems so small.
Im hooked and will easily keep this phone a while, trust me that is no easy feat for me. iPhone > Droid X > Thunderbolt > Bionic > Razr > Gnex > Note 2
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You hit a lot of the points that I do like about the Note... Battery life is great, 4G LTE in my little small hometown is blazing fast (I didn't even realize, as I had turned off LTE on the Nexus since it drained my battery when we didn't have it here). I had similar thoughts about the recently accessed apps missing, swipe up for Google Now... and I found those by holding the Home button to the point where that menu was then accessible.
I switched back to the Nexus last night just by swapping my SIM card and I really do enjoy this phone. Like I said - I want to like the Note 2, I'd like to keep it because I think it IS a great device... Just not sure that it's the best for me, at least right now. With some of the news on the S4 and future phones coming out sometime this year, maybe I just hold onto my upgrade until a little later and see what comes out.
I'm going to toy around with it for another few days before I'd return it... I'm a little unsure if I want to go through the unlocking and rooting process before I would return it, but we'll see.
Thanks for the advice.
If you're going through all of this.. It's probably not for you. Nothing wrong with waiting for one that works for you.
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Im hooked and will easily keep this phone a while, trust me that is no easy feat for me. iPhone > Droid X > Thunderbolt > Bionic > Razr > Gnex > Note 2
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I feel the same way, and we went through a lot of the same phones, only reason I didn't get a GNex was lack of sd card. I almost waited to see what the Motorola/Google phone turned out like, glad I didn't. The Motorola/Google phone will need to be at least 5" for me to consider it now, but I think the only thing that'll be able to dethrone the Note 2 for me is a Note 3 or 4.
BlackBerry Storm > Droid X > Thunderbolt > Bionic > Razr Maxx > Note 2
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I haven't go mine yet, will get in on the 17th, but on my thunderbolt i used Thumb Keyboard, i lets you do a split keyboard that pushes it towards the outsides so you can reach it, or another way it does a big screen mode that pushes the entire keyboard to one side. I haven't tried it yet but i plan to use the split keyboard on portrait and landscape mode on the phone.
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Have they changed the predictions like they said they were going to? I love the layouts and customizable options, but hated the predictions. I now use swift key and love the predictions, but the layouts aren't as good.
Since I've got 15~ days to return the device and still keep my upgrade, I figured I'd give it a little bit more of a run for its money. After reading some of the responses here, I decided to unlock, root, and ROM the GNII just to see if that would help it any more. I loaded up the Beans ROM, giving a little more GN feel to it. Loaded up Google Wallet and went through the activation process noted in one of the posts from here... Tested it this evening at the local grocery store and it worked, after a failed attempt at McDonalds (which I think was on the cashier, not the phone).
I also swapped for the 4.2 keyboard instead of the stock Samsung one. I think potentially my biggest complaint, and what I saw all over the forums here, was the lack of an autocorrect feature like the 4.2 KB offers. I still notice that I'm hitting the "B" key instead of the spacebar, a lot... But I'm going to keep going here and see how it goes.
Thanks for the suggestions guys!
One thing, if your missing the quick Google Now shortcut, download Nova Launcher, go into settings, go to the Gesture Layouts, from there you can make certain gestures on the screen or off an app(as in swipe up on youtube, make it launch Google Now). I have it set to where if I swipe up on my screen, launches Google Now. If I double tap on my screen, it launches Falcon Pro, and swipe down lowers the Notification bar.
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SimonTuffGuy said:
I picked up the Note II from BestBuy on Saturday... I got it to replace my Galaxy Nexus. In addition, I've got a Nexus 10. I like the phone, its blazing fast,and of course rated a top device.... But I'm just not completely sold on it after using it for the past couple of days.
It is big, for having hands that are OK on the GN... The GNII is huge. Layout and right handed apps help, but I've had trouble hitting "i" almost every time I "o", etc. I like the concept of the S pen, but don't know how much I'd actually use it, same for multi app running, etc.
I like aftermarket support and cases that the GNII has,a bug plus over the GN... But that's not enough to keep it.
I have not rooted or romed the Note. So maybe I'm missing out on things. Not a huge TouchWiz fan, compared to the stockness of the Nexus. Missing Google Wallet, etc.
Anyways... I'm considering returning the Note until something better comes along? Galaxy S4, next Nexus? Or...can someone give me a reason to keep this?
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U should keep using this phone until something new can replace it!
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I have had several people I work with though say that it is ridiculously large and they just couldn't handle it.
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Girls say the same thing to me all the time, but not regarding my phone
***drum roll + hi hat***
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Girls say the same thing to me all the time, but not regarding my phone
***drum roll + hi hat***
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Damn, I missed you bro! Haha!
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Girls say the same thing to me all the time, but not regarding my phone
***drum roll + hi hat***
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And it begins! Boy I'm glad you got a note!
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I currently have an HTC Desire Z and I really want the Thunderbolt, but all my android phones thus far have had a full slide out keyboard and I'm just not sure if I can do without one. Has anyone else switched from a phone with a keyboard to the Thunderbolt?
What is your experience?
I switched over from the original Droid. The change hasn't been bad at all, with swype or even the stock HTC keyboard, it's about the same. The only thing having to look at your phone to type.
I switched over from the original Droid. But then again I think I used the keyboard on the Droid about twice before realizing the on-screen board was monumentally better and never slid it open again.
I switched over from original Droid, I used to love the physical keyboard. But this screen is so accurate and big I've found the on screen keyboard to be more effecient and even in portrait mode its ridiculously accurate. I never plan on going back to a physical keyboard.
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you wont regret the switch extremely accurate.
My last 5 phones had a slide out keyboard, so I was worried about the switch, but it really isn't bad. It takes some getting used to, and I have to look at the phone to type. I also can't type as fast. I think when I type too fast, it tries to change letters I pressed thinking it was a mistake. Other than that, it isn't bad.
I switched from a tp2 and I love it. The landscape keyboard is almost bigger then the tp2's slider!
Own both Samsung Epic 4G with slide out keyboard and HTC Thunderbolt. I needed the slide out keyboard for the rare times that I'm oncall and need to use the phone as a laptop replacement to VPN and RDP otherwise touch is fine for casual use the rest of the time. HTC Thunderbolt's touch is much more precise than the Samsung Epic 4G.
This is my first ever keypadless phone. I've had the Tilt2 on ATT since it came out, and its predecessor, and several other phones, always with physical keyboards.
Now I'm just thinking what an idiot I've been. Swype is simply AMAZING. After just 3 days using swype, I'm already faster typing than I ever was with physical keys on any phone.
Never going to look back, and I doubt you will either.
I came from the original Droid and was worried I would miss the physical keyboard...which I used often. Honestly...I haven't had any issues. Flipping the phone to landscape gives you a nice sized keyboard. Although I don't know if its me or my screen but I seem to have trouble type the letter Y.
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I have a friend who moved to the EVO from her blackberry and has been loving the move so far. Plus she's using swype, which I think greatly helps the switch once you get the handle on how to use swype. Figured it was worth mentioning as it's effectively the same size phone/platform.
Yes, there is definitely a learning curve, but I have had mine since thursday and I seem to be getting the hang of a slate. I came from the D2 and had the TP2 before that. The speed of the phone definitely makes up for the lack of HW KB.
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This is my first ever keypadless phone. I've had the Tilt2 on ATT since it came out, and its predecessor, and several other phones, always with physical keyboards.
Now I'm just thinking what an idiot I've been. Swype is simply AMAZING. After just 3 days using swype, I'm already faster typing than I ever was with physical keys on any phone.
Never going to look back, and I doubt you will either.
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QFT. There is no reason to use anything but swype.
Also, I cannot for the life of me use a phone with a keyboard after having a touchscreen only phone. Had a friend get the evo shift and he used the keyboard once, and never touched it again.
Wow, wasn't expecting this much response. But thanks for all the input and it sounds like the opinions are all the same across the board. Probably will be making the switch soon, plus it will be nice to be back on Verizon. Thanks so much.
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rajuabju said:
This is my first ever keypadless phone. I've had the Tilt2 on ATT since it came out, and its predecessor, and several other phones, always with physical keyboards.
Now I'm just thinking what an idiot I've been. Swype is simply AMAZING. After just 3 days using swype, I'm already faster typing than I ever was with physical keys on any phone.
Never going to look back, and I doubt you will either.
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So this phone does have swype?
adamhlj said:
So this phone does have swype?
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It doesn't come preinstalled from what I could tell from the in store model I played with. You can always install it yourself. Though apparently some people are having issues w/ spacing from what I read on another thread in this forum, probably worth looking into that to see if there is a fix yet.
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Wow, wasn't expecting this much response. But thanks for all the input and it sounds like the opinions are all the same across the board. Probably will be making the switch soon, plus it will be nice to be back on Verizon. Thanks so much.
(Typed the whole reply with my on screen keyboard lol)
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you just have to try other keyboard phones in the market, at this time theres only the droid 2 thats comparable to my og droid on verizon. the epic 4g is nice but i cant go to sprint. the phone's screen is so large it makes it easy. the only problem is that with my og droid i could type under the the table no problem if i had to send a message out, but with this i have to look at the screen.
My first smart phone was the samsung sch-i760, loved the hw keyboard, that's why I moved on to the tp2 afterwards. To be honest, the tp2 shows absolutely no wear after using swype. As soon a you get used to swype you'll wonder how you ever got along without it.
Bummer the thunderbolt didn't come with swype but the evo version is working fine for me now, but I do like the beta layout more to be honest. In due time I spose
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I switched over from an OG Droid running 2.3, and therefore a Gingerbread keyboard. I really loved my QWERTY, but now, I'm getting the hang of the on screen keyboard. I installed the 2.3 keyboard .apk and typing just kinda flows. It's different, but it's fluid. The switch is worth it in the end.
I came from OG Droid and it was smooth and great. always used touch screen on d1 anyways.
has anyone got a working version of swype yet? my beta copy still has spacing bug. or was beta updated? didnt want to install swype installer and go through all that if someone knows.
Is there anyone that has purchased the galaxy note 2 that is not happy at all and wished that they had never purchased it? Just wandering, I know 4 people that have the phone and they all love it. Hopefully I will get one soon.
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Is there anyone that has purchased the galaxy note 2 that is not happy at all and wished that they had never purchased it? Just wandering, I know 4 people that have the phone and they all love it. Hopefully I will get one soon.
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Heck no I love this thing. Need to get itbrooted but havent had time to sit down and do it.
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Is there anyone that has purchased the galaxy note 2 that is not happy at all and wished that they had never purchased it? Just wandering, I know 4 people that have the phone and they all love it. Hopefully I will get one soon.
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The only major complaint I've heard are people that couldn't get used to the size of the phone, and also having a locked bootloader.
Not even close! Best phone I've ever had. If anyone regrets this phone (except for the size) have no business having an android smart phone! Couldn't have picked out anything better!
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Nope, I'm loving this thing more and more. I love the size and the specs. I always thought that 5 inch and over was way too big but damn this thing is nice. My own little tablet. Already rooted it and flashed the Beans Rom and now I gotta unlock the bootloader. Can't wait for more custom roms to come out. The only thing I'm gonna regret is when the Galaxy Note 3 comes out cause I'm gonna have to find money to fork out for that one. Lol
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I actually bought the Note 2 presuming I would be returning it since I had already purchased the DNA at full price(to keep unlimited data). I figured I'd bring it home, check it out and return it. About 6 hours in to using it I knew I was going to keep it. Just something about it grew on me.
My poor brand new DNA has sat unused ever since. I still keep it because I love Sense so I will use it once in awhile but the Note 2 is just so freaking fun and useful.
No regrets.
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I love the size when using the phone or looking at the screen. I miss being able to text one handed. I'm a bigger guy 6'2" with big hands but one handed operation is pretty much impossible unless you got hands like Lebron James. It seems to fit in my pocket fine (I wear Levi's 501's everyday) and the rounded shape makes it slide in and out easily but it has some heft and you do know its there in your pocket. Everything else is a quantum leap ahead of my Droid X (hardware, software, battery life, etc.). I think it will be getting used to the size. I remember when I got my Droid X it seemed huge and now it looks teeny compared to the Note.
My sister took hers back for the iphone 5... She couldn't deal with the size.. Me personally I'm wondering what will come out to make me want to give this device up. So far it's beyond my fav. Phones of the past
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I'm loving this thing, I've had a non-stop chub ever since it arrived I have big hands and it fits in my pocket, so no issues here.
Who wouldn't love this thing ? This is my 4th Android phone and by far it's the best device I've had to date ... Keeper for sure
I love this phone more and more every day! The size of it isn't necessarily a pro nor is it s con. But the only issue I have is the phone is slippery. ..and I don't want a case because I don't want to add any additional size to this already monstrous phone. ..
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It's funny, but I loved it the first few days then began having second thoughts because of the size. But that was also about the time I bought a Speck case for it that added a lot to the thickness. Bought a thinner case a few days ago and now I am back to being a big fan. I was at a meeting all last week and I was using the phone to take notes all day, no need to carry around little notebooks or paper pads. I stopped by the VZW store to look at the DNA and realized there was no way I could go back to just a normal phone, especially when the DNA is not that much smaller than the GN2.
I love my GIANT phone.
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I love my GIANT phone.
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i concur!
It's the Android phone that I've always wanted that I thought would never exist. And more. I never thought I'd use a stylus but the features that this thing has makes it unbelievable in the smartphone arena. I still don't use it enough because I'm always moving around but the stylus would make a good addition to any handheld device as an added option.
And I thought I'd never ever finaly see a build more stable and smooth n buttery as Android 4.0+ they're really and truly giving ios a run for their money. I don't think I'll ever get an iphone.
Right now I'm debating on whether I should root or not. I've rooted in the past with my previous devices because I wanted it to perform better. With this phone there isn't many reasons to. I don't want to flash a rom on this device that would break certain features. But I think I'm gonna root to just be able to utilize certain Mods like having all apps with multi Window support and more grid space. That's it. Lol. So when I get rooted in gonna stick with a rom that's as close to stock as possible.
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I'm petite. Have small hands. But I like the screen size and how the battery life is better than the gs3. Also like the multi window feature. But would this phone be too big for me. Will people look at me weird if I put this phone to my ear? Lol I also like the fact that I don't need a tablet if I get this phone lol I currently have an iPhone 5
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I'm petite. Have small hands. But I like the screen size and how the battery life is better than the gs3. Also like the multi window feature. But would this phone be too big for me. Will people look at me weird if I put this phone to my ear? Lol I also like the fact that I don't need a tablet if I get this phone lol I currently have an iPhone 5
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The best way to tell is go to an Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Best Buy, etc. and try it out for yourself.
I have normal sized hands and when I first got it, it definitely felt on the large size, even coming from an S III but it only took me a couple of days to get used to it.
After a day or two you will not even think about how large your new phone is but how small and toy-like you old phone feels.
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I'm petite. Have small hands. But I like the screen size and how the battery life is better than the gs3. Also like the multi window feature. But would this phone be too big for me. Will people look at me weird if I put this phone to my ear? Lol I also like the fact that I don't need a tablet if I get this phone lol I currently have an iPhone 5
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Will people look at you funny? Yes they will. In 6'3" 220lbs and people look at me funny. As others said though is probably best to give it a shot in store and see if you like it. My wife is 5'2" and tiny and after playing with my note now wants one
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Yes people will look at you funny. But does it really matter when you have the best phone available right now? I would'nt trade mine for anything and i came from having a gs3 to the note 2.
Hi,
I came from a thunderbolt and so happy I decided on the note 2. I was thinking of the gs3 and let me tell you the screen size makes doing everything so much nicer. Plus no lag at all.
This is on stock I will make the jump to beans 7 once he releases it.
This is the way you can really see 4g in its full glory.
Thanks,
Bryan
You get used to the size of the note after a few days, its normal to me now and every other phoneni use feels too small lol
And when it comes to using it, I mainly use it with two hands. I don't text or use the phone while driving so I never need to use it with only one hand.
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I had the s3 before this too. I was absolutely blown away by how much longer the battery life lasts over the s3. That's the best way to tell considering I do everything in did with the S3, even have my home screens set up the same.
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After a day or two you will not even think about how large your new phone is but how small and toy-like you old phone feels.
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Funny and so true. I cant believe it but the display no longer seems all that big!
Just like everyone else says its big for about a day then everthing seems tiny any other phone I touch im like wth this thing is soo tiny dont know how we all lived withoyt this perfect phone....but its just like my tv also got a 52" when they first came out n was like wiw this thang is soo big now im like my tv is tiny I need the 81" mmmhuh....but ye go try one in the store or be like me and just order one youll love it especially coming from an iphone
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.but its just like my tv also got a 52" when they first came out n was like wiw this thang is soo big now im like my tv is tiny I need the 81" mmmhuh....
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LOL, no kidding.
We bought a 60" rear projection Sony Wega about 9 years ago (I was in the TV/stereo business for years and still got everything wholesale at that time) and everybody who saw it was dumbfounded.
Now, it still looks pretty big but my Son and I where looking at a 90" Samsung at BestBuy recently and thinking ours looks kinda small........
My friends make fun of me by holding ridiculously sized rectangle objects (like books) to their ear and acting like they are on the phone Lol....however the ooohs and ahhhhs follow with the capabilities of this phone....its hard to gauge in the store especially if they have a security cord attached. Just grab one... There is a return policy if you dont like it...also stop worrying about what people think of you...I've been providing haters with job security since 1980... I'm an equal opportunity employer. Ha
I need an extra push, I'm hoping to find it here.
I'm coming from a Galaxy S2. There are two things I will have to live without, can anyone tell me if I should be worried?
1. The lack of a menu and search button.
2. Not having the ability to take out the battery.
On another note, I was wondering if someone could confirm if it's possible to remove the HTC Sense? The first thing I plan on doing is rooting it and removing basically any software HTC and AT&T add. One other question.. does anyone know if the IR can be setup to use custom commands, or if that's something we have to wait for developers?
I don't have much to add on here except the search button is so two years ago. No need to have that button there with the advent of long pressing and double tapping.
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The one is probably awesome, but since you have a s2,you might check out the s4
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WindroidApps said:
The one is probably awesome, but since you have a s2,you might check out the s4
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Most people that cry about batteries are usually closet Samsung fanboys. The ability to "take out the battery" is a bit overrated. Sorry but I don't have any need to add a brick to the back of my phone just so I can show off some "amazing battery stats"
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shook187 said:
I don't have much to add on here except the search button is so two years ago. No need to have that button there with the advent of long pressing and double tapping
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Actually it's nice to have a search button where if I'm in the app drawer I can tap that and search for an app. Or if I'm on the home screen it opens google now. Or on a browser, it's a quick search button. You get the idea. What's the alternative now? How do you open Google Now or search for apps quickly?
WindroidApps said:
The one is probably awesome, but since you have a s2,you might check out the s4
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I hate the way the S4 looks, and the S3. The huge rounded corners are a big turn off. I would end up getting that if I can't put up with the limitations the one has to offer.
shook187 said:
Most people that cry about batteries are usually closet Samsung fanboys. The ability to "take out the battery" is a bit overrated. Sorry but I don't have any need to add a brick to the back of my phone just so I can show off some "amazing battery stats"
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Actually, I don't care about that.. I can optimize android to get what I need out of it. But I do like the ability to replace it if it dies or degrades in performance in a year from now, or say.. my phone is frozen, taking out the battery is often the fastest way to turn the damn thing off. Most of my stuff is in the cloud now, so I don't see me needing to replace my SD card. But it has occationally come in handy when I want to just pop it into my laptop to transfer some large files. I'm going to miss that.
I'm usually a Samsung guy but the one is amazing. We complain about the battery being no good over time and needing the ability to swap out. However, we get the next best thing after a year or so of use then sell the current device. The one is good. I haven't even rooted yet. I can wait until we get a stock RUU.
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XGhozt said:
Actually, I don't care about that.. I can optimize android to get what I need out of it. But I do like the ability to replace it if it dies or degrades in performance in a year from now, or say.. my phone is frozen, taking out the battery is often the fastest way to turn the damn thing off. Most of my stuff is in the cloud now, so I don't see me needing to replace my SD card. But it has occationally come in handy when I want to just pop it into my laptop to transfer some large files. I'm going to miss that.
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If I have any issues with the battery I am calling Squaretrade and getting a replacement. That's the great thing about having insurance even though I am not even sure If I will be using this device for the full 2 years. Also, if you hold the power button down for 10 seconds its just like pulling the battery, but much faster.
I came from having a Galaxy SIII on Verizon, switched to ATT with a Galaxy SII Skyrocket and am now a happy camper with my One. The biggest hurdle was getting over not having the same capacitive buttons and how much faster the One is.
By no means am I a heavy user but I am sitting here with 60% battery going on just over 8 hours.
Lol I love being to put a beastly 7000 mah battery in my phone to get 3 days of battery. But if I can't, it isn't that big of a deal. Btw I'm not a Samsung fan boy, I'm a fan of whatever is the best.
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XGhozt said:
I need an extra push, I'm hoping to find it here.
I'm coming from a Galaxy S2. There are two things I will have to live without, can anyone tell me if I should be worried?
1. The lack of a menu and search button.
2. Not having the ability to take out the battery.
On another note, I was wondering if someone could confirm if it's possible to remove the HTC Sense? The first thing I plan on doing is rooting it and removing basically any software HTC and AT&T add. One other question.. does anyone know if the IR can be setup to use custom commands, or if that's something we have to wait for developers?
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On a custom rom you can map the other buttons to do a menu and maybe even a search (I'm not sure)
Holding power+vol up and down simulates pulling the battery
Right now there is not a way to remove sense, you can use 3rd party launchers for now. They are working on pure android ROMs and development will be GREAT on this device. I have owned a S2 and played with the One and the One is SWEET. (I'm still waiting for my black to arrive). I have a HTC One XL and think it is MUCH better than my S2. Just get it, You will love it. Or wait for development to grow a little to give you all those features
basically as the title says... I dropped my phone and shattered the screen at the top and bottom corners... it's still operable at the moment but it'll get worse over time. I have an upgrade available on my account that I can use or I could enter the Verizon edge program... I really don't know what i should do. it's obvious the edge program is only useful if I upgrade every ~12 months and I have a tendency to switch phones quite often but with a newborn son I may lose interest in upgrading/getting new phones so much... I'm mostly looking at the HTC M8 only because ive had the galaxy for a while and im ready for something other than touchwiz. use upgrade, pay 250 and sign another 2 year contract or enter Verizon edge program and pay nothing now and be able to upgrade again in a year... opinions?
Go m8 for the unlockable boot loader. Imo
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TTLayland said:
Go m8 for the unlockable boot loader. Imo
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any opinion on edge vs upgrade on 2 year contract? I was fortunate enough to keep my bootloader unlocked on my s4 too but it's still restricted development.
There's a ton of ROMs for an MDK s4. With all the unified AOSP ROMs now and the TW patches that allow for almost any Int'l ROMs I don't think there's ever been as many options as now. Just saying that's all. The M8 is cool too though
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any opinion on edge vs upgrade on 2 year contract? I was fortunate enough to keep my bootloader unlocked on my s4 too but it's still restricted development.
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Edge is a huge waste of money. Over 2 years you spend approximately $1,100 more than you would by just using your one subsidized upgrade and buying/selling your phones off contract. I can find a breakdown I did with somebody else on here to explain the BS that is Edge.
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lol I'd just order a new glass off Amazon for $20.00 but that's just me.
I've done it like 3 times on the S4 and 5-6 times on the S3.
I'm the IT guy for my company so I fix a lot of phones.
It takes patience but there are really good youtube videos out there showing how it's done.
I've got it down to about 45 minutes now.
If you have the skill, you can get new screen and digitizer for $150. That's what I did. There a lot of Youtube videos that shows how.
Yeah I thought about replacing it myself, I know I can... I think I'm just using it as an excuse to change phones ?
I do have the gpe ROM installed, actually love it. I'm just really intrigued by the build quality of the m8.
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Powell730 said:
Yeah I thought about replacing it myself, I know I can... I think I'm just using it as an excuse to change phones ?
I do have the gpe ROM installed, actually love it. I'm just really intrigued by the build quality of the m8.
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The new crop of phones are only incremental upgrades over the S4.
I'd say, fix your phone. Wait. Get something later toward the end of the year maybe.
For me, it's all full price anyway.
I have unlimited that I'm not giving it up until they take it.
I am about to replace a Galaxy S4's outer glass, just as many others have. The replacement parts are very cheap and atop of that you can take the phone from beat to mint if you put the time in. The outer trim (chrome) is what I want to replace as well but thats a tad more difficult I imagine. Anyway my advice on screen removal is to use a piece of clear tape on the cracked glass before using the heat gun. This will make removal easier and helps to prevent scratches or broken LCD/Digitizer.
last 2 that broke in my house I made profit fixing
I broke mine don't know how but I got a used one off of craigslist its easy to talk people down in price, I just swapped my mobo iin to that and put the new phones mobo in the broken one and sold the broken but still working one for 200 made a 50 dollar profit.
did the same when my sons friend broke my sons s4..
Powell730 said:
basically as the title says... I dropped my phone and shattered the screen at the top and bottom corners... it's still operable at the moment but it'll get worse over time. I have an upgrade available on my account that I can use or I could enter the Verizon edge program... I really don't know what i should do. it's obvious the edge program is only useful if I upgrade every ~12 months and I have a tendency to switch phones quite often but with a newborn son I may lose interest in upgrading/getting new phones so much... I'm mostly looking at the HTC M8 only because ive had the galaxy for a while and im ready for something other than touchwiz. use upgrade, pay 250 and sign another 2 year contract or enter Verizon edge program and pay nothing now and be able to upgrade again in a year... opinions?
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What ever phone you get, use a downloaded interface... such as Nova Prime. Yeah, it'll cost a few bucks to get into it, but you buy it once and then you use it on every phone you have after that. Why?
A> You learn one interface really really well. This means that over the years you become more comfortable and familiar with it.
B> It is heavily customizable so if you get tired of it, just change the way it looks. This can be kind of daunting if you want to completely customize it the moment you install it, but you don't have to. For me, the most important things were being able to change font sizes, icon sizes and icon spacing. This means I can see more of my background and less of my icons in the way. I make the screen fit me, not the other way around.
C> Once you have it set the way you love it, you wind up upgrading to a new phone... no big deal, you pop in your micro sd card or copy over a directory and you can restore your backed up launcher settings to the new phone. Pretty easy. Then the new phone looks and works much like the old phone did.
D> The customizations on something like Nova Launcher Prime are sick. You can change all the effects and it runs really smooth on my phones over the years. There are other really great launchers out there. I've tried a bunch of them, but nowhere near all of the big ones... so try something different. I stopped trying them when I got Nova Launcher Prime on a "Deal of the day" and I don't regret it.
I've tried using the stock launcher on the last three phones I've had and in 10 minutes I'm downloading Nova and putting it back on when I upgrade. Stock launchers have gotten better, but they are far behind the best custom launchers out there.
Thumbstarrepair.com fixed my wife's S4 for $50. Does it the correct way using LOCA and not cheap tape.
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