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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SealsNavie:
For me personally, I think its ludicrous to upgrade to the Note 2 as it will mostly likely be very similar to the Galaxy S3, maybe with a new GPU. I would rather wait for the Note 3 rather than go for something that will only excite me for a week or two, i've had my note for 8 months now and if i'm going to get a new phone every year then I would be handing free cash to these companies who reel us in with slightly better specifications than the predecessor version. Speaking of companies, Samsung are good unlike Apple but the loss hurts my pocket and thats what I have to consider.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] brooon:
Hehe...this is an argument I read a lot the last few days...BUT: It´s exactly THIS what I like to have^^ I used the note for about half a year or so, than I won a galaxy S3 and decided to sell the note (just because the S3 will bring more money when I sell it ;)).

And what are my thoughts? Damn, I miss the Note a lot! The stylus, the big screen...hell, I really miss it! But what would happen when I would go with the Note 1 again? I would miss the speed of the S3. I would miss the damn fast camera. I would miss the colors. I would miss the pretty good front camera. I would miss the speed of many apps I use regularly. And I would miss the design (yeah, I would^^).

So what is it, that I would love to have? I would LOVE to have a Note 2 with the same (or slightly better) specs from the S3. This is it. The perfect phone :cyclops:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Richy99:
im 8 months into a 24 month contract so no i wont be changing, by the time my upgrade is due will be something far superior about anyways
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] FinancialWar:
how can you make a thread like this without giving us the specs of the note ii?d
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LaCroyx:
Not considering upgrading to Note 2, but waiting for galaxy s4 :laugh:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] warfareonly:
Nope, will wait until the Note 3----an increase to just 5.5"(according to most websites) and just quad-core with everything else constant is just too less.And they may even reduce the resolution to 720p (Yes, I know not much different than the current 1280x800---but still !)

Or maybe the S4 or may be

this(The specs,of course, are completely ridiculous---don't except anything near to 8GB of RAM ! But the other specs are pretty doable AND yeah I know its just concept art but I can hope for something similar, can't I ? )
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eug3n91:
I think I will, yes. I'll try to get it on Black Friday, just like I got my Note 1...

I'm hoping for better camera (new sensor, camera's really important to me) and the built-in JellyBean :D

It won't be a leap as giant as to my Note 1, but I think overall it will be an upgrade. And after that, maybe I can...crunch my teeth and find something more useful to do with my money than buy one flagship phone a year later... (stock exchange anyone?)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dr.ketan:
Uhhh i have to go for 2 :mad:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eug3n91:
Go Dr. Ketan :> Already a cool helping hand in the Note 2 forums, I understand :good:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hackerboi:
Although i dont find the Galaxy note lacking in anyway. But in the country i live NOTE will become obsolete within moments of NOTE 2 launching therefore i will be going for a Note 2 ASAP !! :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rosco385:
Depends on a few things. If the price is reasonable, JB is included, the camera is better, and it's quad core then I'll definitely be upgrading to v2 ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] msedek:
Note 2 day 1
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nnick:
Would love to see how a SGN 10.1 works. But I think I would miss the high pixel density of the note/new ipad (yes I had one but I sold it (piece of crap)....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Entropy512:
I'm waiting to see what the next Nexus has to offer. Believe it or not, the stylus is one of the things about the Note that has never been of major interest to me - For me, it's the excellent form factor.

Considering there's mounting evidence the next Nexus phone (or one of them, if the rumors of multiple Nexi in the next generation are true) has an Exynos5, I'm waiting to see whether that pans out.

Exynos5 + Nexus = TAKE MY MONEY. Samsung hardware, but with Google software and configuration management (such as not allowing Samsung to ship with defective eMMC chips) = best of both worlds.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SpyderTracks:
I'm very interested in the note 2 when I'm up for renewal in January's or february. If there isn't any worthy competitor of course!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] CGI_Ram:
I was an early adopter in Nov-2011.

Upgrading feels like a luxury as my Note is incredible.

But I'll probably try to sell and upgrade. Its how I roll.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] aalupatti:
Same boat

Galaxy Note @ mobile
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] panyan:
i dont like the gs3 styling and the note 2 will be a larger gs3 :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigthermalboy:
I think the current version is good enough to continue with. good size and performance the upgrade you dont gain much
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] RollingStar:
This thread could've really done with a poll.

Anyway, I love my note, and so far I haven't found an app or game it struggles to run, so I won't be upgrading just yet. The only things tempting me are the (hopefully) black-crush free screen on the Note 2 and NFC. But real life NFC implementations are few and far between atm, and I think I'll just keep hammering Samsung with angry letters/calls until I get a Note with a screen I'm happy with.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] wonsanim:
I buy the Note 2,but keep my Note as my backup phone. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MAGPC:
My note satisfies me, I think I will never get Note 2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] antique_sonic:
Galaxy Note 1 is indeed a very good phone alrd. It serves me well also.

With the criskeloROM on board, this phone is working very well and smooth.

But so sad to hear the rumor that this Note 1 will not be included on the Jellybean's upgrade (android 4.1).

Regardless true or not, I still love this Note 1.

Future upgrade, I'm actually thinking of Note 10.1". Which is still on the rumor also.

Too much rumor on the next coming out samsung devices. Some said it's Note 2, since the tablet has just came out Galaxy Tab 2 - 10.1".

Some said, it will be Galaxy Note 10.1".

Who knows ? Just wait and see first.

~WJ~

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Galaxy Note N7000 ICS 4.0.4 XXLRK

ROM = CriskeloROM v.11.1

Kernel = Speedmod K3-11

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] watchdog-prime:
I love my note, I don't think I'll buy the new one anytime soon. It'll take a far bigger upgrade for me to spend more money for the newest shiny thing.

I bought my note back in November as a portable sketching machine and it's working very well in that regard (although it does seem to be having some issues at the moment).

I might consider the note 10.1, but only if the developers of Artrage finally develop a version for Android. That's the art program I most use.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kdskamal:
^ this. I need it to quad core too.

Sent from Galaxy Note using xda premium
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SsZzliMm:
Absolutely stay with the first. The Note 2 is just a larger S3. I don't like S3. Plus bigger screen size with lower resolution (1280x800 Note 1 against 1280x720 Note 2)? Same hardware with only 2 more cores? No way, not worth it! I don't care about the camera that much. Note 2 with Cortex A15 and 2GB RAM and minimum the same resolution will be a very good reason to buy it, but we all know it won't happen...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] asusgarb:
I am very interested, but depends on software and hardware. I was a bit interested also on galaxy s3, but the hardware is not so much superior, and the software can often be ported.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DarkShot666:
Signed a 3 year contract and got an SII this month a year ago, bought the Note the month it came out. I've still got two more years on contract and not a lot of free cash in the future, so I don't think I'll upgrade after considering it for a couple weeks.

The drop in resolution might be made up by the fact that it'll have a SAMOLED + display which would be nice, but I see little reason to upgrade for the time being. I'm considering getting a Nexus 7 which will provide any heavy lifting I might need for decoding video and playing games. I do like the design of the S3 as well and can only imagine the Note II would have brilliant battery life which we've all come to know and love, but even so that isn't enough.

That said, should the wrath of whatever-is-deemed-worthy-of-having-omnipotent-wrath cause something unfortunate happen to my Note, I'll most certainly get a Note II to replace it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dzhankijs:
Added a poll due to requests!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] garytube:
^this

but i will wait few month after release because of the price drop...

i remember how i paid 600€ for my note and my girlfriend few month later 480€
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Zhoreb:
I don't really like the S3 styling so I probably will not like the Note 2 looks. It must have amazing specs if I'd consider upgrading my current Note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] NikosPx:
+1
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ipguy:
Getting the new one for NFC

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Or maybe this...

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120806PD210.html
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zkyevolved:
I will never buy an HTC device. The record of HTC updating their devices is really bad. Then there is also the problem of memory!!! Sense uii while nice, as some think (not me), is really heavy and causes a lot of reloading just to get back to the home screen. Big problem for me. 1.5gb ram minimum for the note 2 for me to upgrade.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LxMxFxD:
I am one of the lucky few without the black screen clipping issue. If i had that problem, id really consider the upgrade. Otherwise im 100% happy after 2 months of ownership. I plan on having this phone for a good 2 years. Once CM is running JB stable, itll be a near perfect device.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
What screen brightness? Easiest way to see if you have the problem is to put your phone on 0% brightness and watch the Ghostrider 2 trailer.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LxMxFxD:
Any brightness. I do not have the issue. My note i believe is relatively new however, i got it in june and i believe a german model as it was in german upon first boot.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] yellowpad:
The current Gnote is more than adequate for a phone. I have no need to upgrade.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Colingajewski:
I'll get the new one, but I'm not in any hurry, as this one does a good job of what I use it for - internet & comms.

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] g.lewarne:
ahhh the beauty of high value phone contracts!

I spend lotsa money with my provider (well, my employers partly do). I have their "top tier" monthly plan, and so far in 7 years of being with them have never failed to get the latest and greatest for free without having to change my terms....but here is the beauty of it....

I wanted the note SO bad i took out a second line at the barest minimum rental to get it (it was still free for me) and that was 2 months ago. So in December when my main contract expires i can get the Note 2 and still use my Note 1 on the other line....and when my second line contract expires i will upgrade that one to Note3 (or whatever).....

so yeah, im gonna get the Note2 :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] N1NJATH3ORY:
its coming up to a year owning the current note its well worth the upgrade roll on 29th August :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] panyan:
that means one of our top developers is leaving by the end of the year :crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shaolin95:
Good...that means good kernel on Note 2 as well..one more reason to get it. :thumbup:

Sent from the Mighty Note International!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] antiochasylum:
Lol, you obviously haven'y played with the nexus 7 yet at 1.6 overclock. Galaxy Note is like the iPhone 2g.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] g.lewarne:
Dont be sad.....you know you want one :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] aalupatti:
Goodthing about getting it early -

show off your new phone a lot.

Enjoy the latest technology.

Enjoy the full life history of the phone. I remember the early days when the user group was small and those lively discussion about shipping and import duties and so on........

Downside

- live with the initial bugs.

Wait for more devs to jump in.

Might take months before u find the right rom and apps ( after nearly 10.5 months of use I can say I found the right rom I need.)

Accessories take time to come.

Of course the premium price.

Still I am going to get the new note the week it's released.

Galaxy Note @ mobile
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ddoma:
my thoughts excactly
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] este548:
Note is my first phone which allows me the luxury by getting rid of that urge of 1 year upgrade because of this or that ... It has everything. Apps are just by now starting to use 1 core, seldom 2 cores ... there is much more importance in content then in frame of 4 cores. So I can eventually get Note 2 under some lucky circumstances, but there is going to be no effort from my side.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Berlino:
+1
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
Regardless of the specification, I am in a contract now with the first Note, so will stick with it till the end of my contract at the very least. But, for me, I personally don't need to have the latest and greatest phone - the Note was an exception as I don't even bother with higher end devices.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Dwinone:
Add to wishlist
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] manjeev:
Can't use up all the powers endowed by SGN. Don't know what will I do with some more. Happy with this for the time being

Cheers!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] THUDUK:
How can you make a decision if your going to change to the Note 2, when we know hardly anything about it or how much...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] chasmodo:
I won't be getting one for all the reasons listed by aalupatti:

+ 2 more:

- I don't trust Samsung. They've given me one phone with a defective chip, how/when would I know about the new one? We needed several

months to have a first brick, remember? And we had to wait some more for Entropy to tell us what's wrong.

- nobody mentions the battery. A bigger one would be nice, wouldn't it?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] androidindian:
i will probably stay with note 1 and hopefully the next nexus is exynos based, might be really good for us note users to get new android versions faster.. right now we are always waiting for samsung blobs and official sources

and other reasons mentioned above! +1
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Kumabjorn:
The specs has to quite spectacular for me to upgrade. My present Note serves me fine for what I do on it. I tend to get every other generation of my devices. Once in a while the upgrade to a new genration makes a tech leap that is just to tilltilating, but mostly the upgrade is of the more evolutionary type, so I can wait. The price drop for my present device is significant when a new generation is introduced, but when the second generation comes along it has stabilized and I get pretty much the same amount I would have if I've sold earlier.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zkyevolved:
I'm actually waiting to see if one of the next Nexus devics will have a 5 inch screen or larger. If not, I might get the S3 or the Note 2. I don't know... I'd really like a nexus device though, just for the guaranteed updates for a few years! Not like my other phones.... The Note has had many updates though, that makes me happy. It also inspires some faith in Samsung (even though it'll take 6-8 months to get me the update). I think JB will be the last update for the Galaxy Note (the original).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] colasante_5:
If we will really get Jelly Bean update on our Note, probably I'll stay with it for some other months...:good:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prankster_dev:
note 10.1 is a tablet, not a phablet.. they are entirely diff catagory:eek:

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same hea mate... overclocked note with notecore v14 oc is just awesome
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Kangal:
From all the rumours, it's really not looking reasonable to upgrade.

A bit like going from an iPhone 4 to (16month) the iPhone 4S. Or going from Omnia 7 to (18month) the Lumia 900. Or going from the HTC Incredible to (12month) the HTC Desire S. Well you get the picture.

Here's the break down (NOTE vs 02):

Equal dimensions

Note2 possibly 0.5mm thinner

Bezel vs Less Bezel

Capacitive buttons vs On-screen buttons

5.3inch vs 5.5inch

16:10 vs 16:9 display

1280x800 vs 1280x720

PenTile VS RGB

1GB RAM vs 2GB RAM (not much difference....so far)

1.6GHz Dual VS 1.5GHz Quad (actually same exact performance, only difference is 32nm HKMG processing allows longer battery life)

4.0.4 vs 4.1 Jelly Bean (not much difference)

By definition, they are equal devices with equal footing. One is simply newer than the other.

If you had the choice of buying a NOTE for $500 vs a NOTE2 for $800, you'd be an idiot to pay $300 excess.

However, where the NOTE-2 really trumps the NOTE1 isn't its performance today, it is the performance tomorrow. 2GB RAM may be "essential" for Android 5. It might make Multitasking (etc) much more effecient or even bring true multitasking. The processor will be able to handle new intense Applications. It's likely to be supported by Samsung for a longer date and offer updates. And in 10 months time, it would likely hold more of its value than a NOTE 1. And the most important aspect = developers may target the NOTE2 and stick to its development for a longer period, and some devs will jump away from the NOTE forums (eg/ i9000 to i91000 development, and now the S3).

My Professional advice:

-If you have the NOTE, and you are very pleased, skip the NOTE2 and wait for the new Nexus (Superior?) and the HTC competitor, and (hate to say it) but the iPhone 5 (6th gen).

-If you have the NOTE, and are getting impatient with it, stick with it for another 4 months. This will ensure the bad quality issues are resolved for the NOTE 2. Custom Recovery, Root and AOSP projects underway (and at least beta). And also CHEAPER.

-If you JUST bought the NOTE (this week), return it !

Wait it out for another 4-6 weeks. Then get the NOTE 2, otherwise get the NOTE1 (with plummeted prices).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dzhankijs:
I totally agree with Kangal,i used to buy the newest phone and sell a barely bought one all the time,but now i have learned that my money isnt worth the minor upgrades that i cant even feel while using,i can save up for something much better after a year or a year and half!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xdapao3:
I disagree with most of what you say.. :o

Not much difference??

1. If these were the actual specs the Note 2 would have a SMALLER SCREEN (16:9 aspect ratio plus virtual on-screen buttons mean smaller usable screen than Note 1)!

2. 2GB RAM make a heck of a difference for heavy multitaskers such as myself

Android already is the ONLY mobile OS to have REAL, USABLE multitasking.

More RAM would simply allow you to keep *more* active apps in background (and to me this one is a biggie).

Will they have a display at least 5.3"? If not, why should a Note owner ever consider them??

You're kidding, right..?

Apart from the obvious fact that the next iPhone will most probably have just a 4" display (hence not even on the radar for any Note owner), the current crop of iPhones' hardware is utter crap: heavy, fragile bricks (ugly too but that's subjective) with design flaws like external antennas and, above all, with tiny displays which make them USELESS and fraking *integrated* batteries which make them completely WORTHLESS. At least the latter 2 "features" are going to be replicated in the next iPhone so that POS is one of the WORST possible purchases anyone can do.

And that's just the HW, iOS is a crippled, limited, toy-like joke compared to Android.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Octhellion:
I probably won't upgrade. The only thing that sort of bothers me about the Note 1 is the black crush and I'm not spending €500+ just to get rid of that.

The performance is good enough, it plays all my 720p movies which is important to me, and the big screen is nice to read my emails on. I'm probably going to keep using this phone until it breaks down in a few years. Right now I'd rather spend my money on a netbook/ultrabook to complement my Note 1.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Kangal:
That's because you're not experienced in this field like me.

No aspect ratio does not equal screen size.

The NOTE2 will have a slightly larger display, and the virtual buttons will make it smaller, roughly the same size as the NOTE1. You see some of the bezel space will get converted into the screen space. The difference here, is that the virtual buttons can be mapped to our liking (AOKP). And they disappear while watching videos (etc) so you get a larger screen. Its the best of both worlds. ...oh and S PEN actually works on them.

Don't be ignorant. 2GB doesn't make the difference. Do you know how much RAM 1 GB really is? It's huge... and its untapped potential. The bottleneck is Androids implmentation by having everything run on top layers instead of closer to the hardware.

Until Google gives Android an overhaul, adding better specs isn't going to correlate to direct improvement. This is why the Nexus is so damn successful.

If you are a heavy multitasker you would stay clear of Android, but it seems you don't know the difference.

Omg. Did you really say that?

Symbian, Maemo, MeeGo. These have true multitasking.

QNX, WebOS. Also have true multitasking.

iOS and Android both have pseudo-multitasking. Do some studying, or go get some hands on with devices with different operating systems.

The industry doesn't care for your rants. It cares for real world products.

The iPhone IS the BENCHMARK. When I say wait for the next iPhone it doesn't mean wait to buy it, but wait to see the industries response. Same applies to the next Nexus. And the rumoured NOTE-phone from HTC.

Oh, by the way. The iPhone is a premium device, its beautiful (not ugly, its not even subjective), its not heavy (its solid). The problem with it is the Rear glass body. And the front glass (it's not Gorilla Glass). I've had my fair share of devices to know that buying an iPhone isn't the worst possible purchase you can make. I think you've proven yourself quite the fanboy here with baseless ideals.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ChodTheWacko:
I don't think, though, that the niche for supersized phones really cares that much about the iphone.

If the S3, with all its hardware upgrades, wasn't enough to get current note owners to give up half an inch and the s-pen.

I can't imagine what the iphone 5 would have to offer to get Note owners to give up 1.3 inches.

According to aspect ratio calculators 5.5 inches at 16:9 is only a tiny bit more area than 5.3 at 16:10.

- Frank
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] recursion1209:
I just bought my Galaxy Note last month. So, I'd be using this for quite a while before I get my money's worth.

Compared to my HTC Incredible S, I am much more satisfied with the performance of this phone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ChodTheWacko:
I was playing with some numbers, and I think the following may happen:

assume a 5.5" 16:9 screen - that's 4.8" by 2.7".

let's assume the resolution is 1422x800

That kinda devices the screen into two parts:

4.32" x2.7 - That's a 5.1" 1280x800 16:10 'screen'

.48 x 2.7 - 142x800 pixel row for onscreen buttons.

That feels very very plausable to me.

That would kinda imply the onscreen buttons don't rotate when the screen rotates.

Hardware buttons don't, so no biggee. Except for nasty burn-in.

- Frank