Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100 review: Writing home

3 October 2012
Samsung has produced many great handheld devices in its time, but few have reached iconic status. The company builds its success on great adaptability, an eye for trends and a knack for improving on others’ successful formulas. And yet...

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  • 06 Oct 2012

Anonymous, 05 Oct 2012I saw the display phone today. Ridiculous, ridiculous size.... moreAnd now Nokia is about to declare bankruptcy. So much for solid, long lasting phone. The mobile phone of 90s-00s is expensive, limited in capability so their need to be durable, now, the flagship of 2 years ago is worth peanut.

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    will lee wanta, 05 Oct 2012s3 and note2 are targeted at different user groups. s3 i... moreI do believe Samsung is launching 2 flagships per year, but I don't think that's a bad thing. Notes are pretty much revamped S series with larger displays and added digitalizer capabilities. The thing is these revamped flagships are not intended for the general masses, as the S series are. They're more a niche product due to their size and higher price point.

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      • 05 Oct 2012

      Anonymous, 04 Oct 2012And why is Samsung going backwards. Stylus is so last season.clearly you never use a galaxy note.
      s-pen is not just a stylus. If you work in creative world, it helped a lot.
      If you like you edit pictures, s-pen come really handy.

      I seldom use the s-pen. But hey, that doesn,t stop me from buying and using galaxy note. Let the s-pen sits in its place and i still can use note as a normal smartphone with large screen.

      Personally, i prefer s3. But i'll go for note2. Why? because of the s-pen.

      I once heard this dialogue in a movie (forgot the title):
      "Having a gun is Just like condoms. It's better you have one in your pocket but don't use it. Rather than don't have one when you are in need"

      LoL

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        • 05 Oct 2012

        Anonymous, 05 Oct 2012You know, Samsung releases this few months afterter the s3.... mores3 and note2 are targeted at different user groups.

        s3 is for those who want a good-looking smartphone.
        While note2 is for those who want a smarphone with stylus capability (hence more creative and productive ability), but still possess good look.

        It is a marketing strategy too. You don't want to release more than one flagship phones at the same time.
        Like a chinese saying: there cannot be two gods at the same mountain at the same time

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          • 05 Oct 2012

          Anonymous, 05 Oct 2012I saw the display phone today. Ridiculous, ridiculous size.... moredude, your logic is irrelevant

          I love large screen because i can browse the net better.
          I love large screen because it showed pictures and videos better.
          I love large screen because i can see more when taking pictures.
          I love large screen because i can see texts better when they are large.

          Today, a cellphone is not only about making call and sending sms. But as an advance communication tool.
          Sure, we still need basic cell phone for those who cannot afford fancier phone.

          Cell phone has trends too. Back in 2002-2005 (i guess), people want smaller phone. And then came the "razor thin" trend. Then came the "touchscreen" trend. And now, we have "large display" trend

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            • 05 Oct 2012

            masuod, 05 Oct 2012so,,, where is battery test?There it is. Good guy GSM Arena just cooked it up for you. The results are impressive (73 freakin' hours!)
            http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-battery-life-test-is-complete-here-are-the-results/

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              • 05 Oct 2012

              iphone fun, 05 Oct 2012Yes, the Nokia lumia 920 is a great phone loL! really??!! note 2 is cheaper and far betetr than any smartphone! best smartphone ever! speed smoothness of jellybean and unlimited open os and high high fps rate! wp and ios are useless in front of android!

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                • 05 Oct 2012

                AnonD-5465, 03 Oct 2012how do ppl use these HUGE things ! OMG !!Actually you can use it as a sunshade during sunny days and againts rain during rainy days...

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                  • 05 Oct 2012

                  iphone fun, 05 Oct 2012Yes, the Nokia lumia 920 is a great phone How you lumania is better evev you didnt touch that. What you abt windows 8. Seems u r paid for comments.

                    iphone fan, 05 Oct 2012But Nokia lumia 920 is much better device .Windows phone have a long way to prove worthiness. So far, the Windows 7 phones have been disappointments, with the notion that they will not have upgrades to the new OS. The fixed battery alone is a big turn-off.

                      Anonymous, 05 Oct 2012I saw the display phone today. Ridiculous, ridiculous size.... moreAnd do you really need to be lectured about why screens need to be bigger for mobile units like the Note?

                      You have a choice of going for smaller screens like 3" screens with the old TFT or even LCD types. So, to you 7" to 10" tablets aren't riduculously big because of what, they're tablets? And those have cellphone functions too! Again, stop thinking about the Note as being a regular cellphone.

                      Obviously you see no personal reason for a bigger screen usage. Your personal choice should not be a basis from discouraging what others really want and need. You figure it out what it is that we do with a capacitive-active S Pen integrated 5.5" HD Super AMOLED screen, with a powerful processor and GPU, and the convenience that it gives from what we pay the cellular companies for. Try doing those with a tiny screen!

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                        AnonD-53748, 05 Oct 2012Have you used a lumia 920 yet? No so shut up.Yes, the Nokia lumia 920 is a great phone

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                          • 05 Oct 2012

                          I saw the display phone today. Ridiculous, ridiculous size.

                          Between late 90's to early 00's, every phone manufacturers that I know tried to make smaller(compact) and slimmer.
                          I swear one day I saw the cartoon on the newspaper that mocks those insanity of phone manufacturers by predicting the people will use a magnifying glass to type the text on the phone, because the keyboard is too small!

                          ...and now they are in war which company makes a bigger screen?

                          I mean no one cares about pixel density before the media builds a massive hype about it, because the consumers know that 20' hd(1920x1080) monitors are less than 200 ppi.

                          When LG(I'm sure it was LG) released a full metal phone and I know any critics talk about this ambiguous "premium feeling" of material.

                          Those display size war, build quality war, pixel density war are absolutely beyond me. Why don't companies just focus on what we need - solid, longer lasting phone?

                          Nokia made dull and same looking phones over a decade but they were successful, because they made solid phones.

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                            • 05 Oct 2012

                            so,,,
                            where is battery test?

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                              • 05 Oct 2012

                              iphone fan, 05 Oct 2012But Nokia lumia 920 is much better device .Have you used a lumia 920 yet?
                              No so shut up.

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                                • 05 Oct 2012

                                TheNeighbor, 05 Oct 2012Not unless you find the S Pen functions and bigger screen a... moreBut Nokia lumia 920 is much better device .

                                  Anonymous, 05 Oct 2012You know, Samsung releases this few months afterter the s3.... moreNot unless you find the S Pen functions and bigger screen as advantages and really need the power& RAM, you should just stick to the S3.

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                                    • 05 Oct 2012

                                    You know, Samsung releases this few months afterter the s3. Now that all s3 users already did or upgrade with or survive provider, who is left to buy this, the rich? They should have released s3 and note same time so they target two audiences tithe same time and not one at a time months apart. I state this because I don't know how I will get the note 2 now :( even though I love my s3!!!!

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                                      • 05 Oct 2012

                                      I have already ordered this in india and it will be shipped to me on 6th october with a free bluetooth waiting like crazzy its a nice upgrade from sgs2 to sgn2 for me. Samsung rocks .

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                                        • 05 Oct 2012

                                        I bourgt the note 2 some days ago and the screen is good visseble in sunligt and flashigt is very strong the note 2 takes pretty good pictures in low ligth very good batterylife