[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rlaw:
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I can absolutely tell that this is a Pentile screen.

I do not have super vision. I wear contacts and my eyesight is no better than 20/20 but it is very obvious to me that this is a Pentile screen.

Even from about a foot away, the telltale sense of something being "off" is noticeable. Most obvious when looking at app icons and text. Text is not nearly as crisp as I am used to. It is possible to see the individual "grains" that images consist of starting from about 12" onwards.

At lower brightness settings, whites are rather washed out. Not very vibrant, even when compared to the low brightness settings on an IPS LCD screen.

The phone is deceptively heavy, and I don't mean that in a bad way. I was positively certain that my EVO 3D was at least 60 grams heavier than this device.. Until I looked up the official specs and saw that the N7000 is actually 8 grams heavier than the E3D.

Even with the case on, this phone feels super lightweight. Mass is distributed very, very evenly throughout the device. It's really neat, actually. At first, the lack of heft did give me the impression that this is a bit of a fragile device but I do find myself liking the fact that it's very evenly distributed. E3D weight was unevenly distributed towards the camera casing. I like that the casing in the Note is flush.

This next bit may be because I have a screen protector overlaid the display, but I do feel like the digitizer is more.. discerning. Not sure if that's the right word. But what I mean is that whereas I'm used to being able to give a screen the slightest bit of touch using the angled bit of skin that's just slightly more than flush with my fingernail, I find I have to make sure I present a good bit of skin to register a touch.

I do miss having a dedicated camera button.

I'm also not a fan of having the lock button on the side.

I'm actually not a fan of hard button placement, period. Due to the way I hold the phone, I find myself accidentally hitting the volume slider when unlocking my phone one-handedly.

It's a slick device and very beautiful. I'm not a fan of TouchWiz, less intrusive than Sense but also marginally less useful and coherent in design language. I find the aesthetic very kitschy and gaudy as well.

The TouchWiz lockscreen is beautiful but offers little in the way of utility. I immediately installed ADW Ex and WidgetLocker.

Performance is very good. Very smooth. Although I did also immediately decide to root and flash some stuff. My ROM is based on stock though, just adds some tweaks and doodads.

The 1.4Ghz Exynos/Mali combo offers good performance. I don't feel that it is particularly too much faster, more powerful than the 1.5Ghz Scorpion/Adreno 220 combo in my E3D but it is a helluva lot smoother, even considering it's powering something like twice as many pixels.

Battery life is very good, battery drain seems very balanced. Nice.

I love the size, my E3D seems like a plaything in comparison. But here's the thing, I have MAN HANDS. I'm far from what anyone would call a big guy, but I have big, clumsy and awkward fingers and thumbs. I can operate the Note one handed and can type one handed. The size is, for me, a big plus. I can't type with one hand as I could on my E3D due to the further travel but I still gots it baby.

Is this phone for everyone? No.

Even if one ignores the size issue, the Pentile display may be a BIG turn-off. I myself would prefer an IPS LCD of this size but I understand the concerns of battery efficiency and the simple constraints of technology at this time.

That is honestly, in my opinion, the more important question surrounding your decision to get this device or not. If you're ok with both the size and the display, have at 'em!