Flashback: the Samsung Galaxy Note II writes an even better story than the first one

09 August 2020
Bigger, faster and just plain better - the sequel improved on every aspect of the original and outsold it three-fold.

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  • Anonymous
  • L1V
  • 10 Aug 2020

And we could buy those for around 500€, now they ask 1400

And that's the reason I moved from a note 3 running android 10 through custom roms to a f2 pro.

the value they offer for the price they ask, is just not worth it.

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    • Anonymous
    • pT@
    • 10 Aug 2020

    AnonD-558092, 09 Aug 2020If this was branded as a Note20 Lite, released for the pric... moreWhy can’t there have been a Note 20 & Note 20 Ultra, Priced at £599 & £1199, Respectively?

    Under the Note banner? In terms of marketing using monikers like “e” or “lite” certainly makes them less appealing to consumers, leave those out and simply adjust the price and not the name, this does away with the need for more than 2 different models, which should do fine, Samsung having completely saturated the market is became a big problem, the process of buying a phone shouldn’t be convoluted and therefore confusing.

      Anonymous, 09 Aug 2020S10 Lite has RGB screen. No, it hasn't.

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        • Anonymous
        • jZ@
        • 09 Aug 2020

        Anonymous, 09 Aug 2020So awesome! I'm still using my Note 3 as my daily driv... moreIt's cool to see a lot of people still using the classic Notes from almost 10 years ago. I'm still using the Note 3 like you too, and that other guy has us both beat with the Note 2 lol. This is why Samsung has the best quality.

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          • Anonymous
          • jZ@
          • 09 Aug 2020

          Spec wise, the gap between the S line and the Note might not be as big as it used to be, but that's OK since the Note is still the best smartphone every year in terms of the whole package. The display, the speed, the camera, the storage, the memory, the functionality, the build quality, the ecosystem. It's all at or near the top.

          Nothing else comes close to replicating it all in one package. For a given feature, maaaaaaybe you can occasionally find one phone that might be better than the Note for that one feature, but the whole package of that competitor would fall short. That's the magic of the Note (and to a slightly lesser extent the S line too), which is offering the top of the line quality across the whole package.

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            • AnonD-558092
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            • 09 Aug 2020

            Anonymous, 09 Aug 2020If Samsung as a business is to attempt in gaining more cons... moreIf this was branded as a Note20 Lite, released for the price you gave, nobody would complain. The issue at hand is that this is supposed to be a successor to the Note10, which it frankly isn't.

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              • Anonymous
              • pT@
              • 09 Aug 2020

              talha5007, 09 Aug 2020from such a history, Samsung is now removing features inste... moreIf Samsung as a business is to attempt in gaining more consumers it has to offer a wide a range as possible(even if Samsung goes over board with its full Galaxy range of phones).

              Many people may want the S-Pen experience and usability of the Note-Series but those people certainly may not be able to afford it within the flagship price tier.

              There is no good reason that Note-elitists should be seeing the vanilla Note 20 as a poor thing, if anything I think it could’ve lost a few more features, like the wireless charging and telephoto cam etc but kept the S-Pen and perhaps got a 90Hz display of course and it could’ve been a much more palatable phone at a lower price perhaps around £550-£750, this reflecting a “lite” variant through handset price and not the actual device name.

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                • Anonymous
                • I8m
                • 09 Aug 2020

                MrDong, 09 Aug 2020Actually still, the S Pen provided you use it a lot, is goi... morethey don't really offer any degree of notable better performance.
                While the galaxy offers better software, features, and for gaming better display, battery, audio, etc.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • I8m
                  • 09 Aug 2020

                  zonich, 09 Aug 2020ahhh the good old Galaxy Note 2, my first and last ever Sam... moreyeah....used it for 3 1/2 but it didn't have quality....and its not like at least one handset of each model and brand out there dont suffer motherboard issues...not at all. Not a single one plus ever had motherboard issues....

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                    • Anonymous
                    • I8m
                    • 09 Aug 2020

                    The note 2 was a special area for the notes and phones. And was one of the best buys you could get second probably until about 2016.
                    And the level of custom support made it even greater.

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                      • ToddyGamer
                      • iAE
                      • 09 Aug 2020

                      What a great flashback ! It was my 1st ever Note device. Great specs for his season. The S-Pen of Note 2 can still do things that 2019 devices can't.
                      Now I have the 2nd Note I ever had : Note 10+. I love them both. I had many phones from Xiaomi,OnePlus but I have to admit that Note devices is a high-end device with more interest and fun...thanks for this flashback...it brought great memories

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Ibx
                        • 09 Aug 2020

                        NOTE2DO, 09 Aug 2020I still use Note 2 as a daily driver, on nougat by custom R... moreSo awesome! I'm still using my Note 3 as my daily driver. The quality is amazing. It still works great and has some killer features that even newer phones don't have. I'm hoping I can squeeze at least 3 more years from it and then finally get a new Note or a Fold that hopefully has an S-pen.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • pN4
                          • 09 Aug 2020

                          NOTE2DO, 09 Aug 2020I still use Note 2 as a daily driver, on nougat by custom R... moreRespect

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                            • Anonymous
                            • JT5
                            • 09 Aug 2020

                            Nicolas F, 09 Aug 2020Does somebody know why exactly did Samsung ditch the "... moreS10 Lite has RGB screen.

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                              • zonich
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                              • 09 Aug 2020

                              ahhh the good old Galaxy Note 2, my first and last ever Samsung used for 3 and a half years before the whole thing couldn't be turn on (spoilt mainboard). switched to Oneplus after that and never again purchase any Samsung. its a shame, such a fun phone to use but lack of quality.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • JT5
                                • 09 Aug 2020

                                Now it has become S + Pen.

                                Note should have better than S: CPU (overclocked version), cameras, screen and construction.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vry
                                  • 09 Aug 2020

                                  Now we're having 2 generations with a variant that has no reason to exist.

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                                    • dZs
                                    • 09 Aug 2020

                                    I still use Note 2 as a daily driver, on nougat by custom ROM. Why still use it? you might ask. It's a challenge between me and my cousin who could live with his phone the most. I'm now 8 years and he is 7 years with and iPhone 5s. Life goes on, and the challenge stays on.

                                      bhairavp, 09 Aug 2020The Europe and Asia version the of Note 20 Ultra has the sa... moreI just wanted to say that xD

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                                        • 09 Aug 2020

                                        AnonD-762416, 09 Aug 2020Fact Check: The flagship Note is called Ultra these days. I... moreThe Europe and Asia version the of Note 20 Ultra has the same Exynos 990 as the S20 series.