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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
This.

In day-2-day usage, there will be so little noticeable differences between Note 2 and Note 1.

Note 2 is a good buy for newcomers for sure...but not for Note 1 owners.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SayWhat10:
Note 1, 16:10 ratio for the win
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] thelestat:
There is also the spen sensitivity bump. The Note 2 is definately a good upgrade from the Note 1
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
I can draw a better conclusion by comparing Note II with much lower specs but as an Android user I quickly learned to watch the market to make sure I make the best 'investment'. It means the phone is capable to handle the upcoming software technologies during the length of the contact. Note II is a powerful phone but not as powerful as the next generation of CPUs and GPUs including Samsung's 5xxx series which is based on ARM A15. This time around the gap is too narrow to the superphones.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] barondebxl:
You gotta be kidding right? Right now the S3 is the most powerful phone and it's noticeably faster than the Note 1. First impressions from tech sites are saying that the Note 2 almost makes the S3 look like a slow phone...

http://www.techradar.com/us/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-note-2-1093688/review

Yes Jelly bean is a factor but giving the beefy specs that are on the Note 2, it's fair to say that performance will be much faster than the note 1.

---------- Post added at 07:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:57 PM ----------

Yep, but we're comparing the note 1 and 2 here.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
I was mainly referring to the phones that will run on Snapdragon S Pro and hopefully there will be screen options greater than 4.7". Spec wise LG Optimus G is similar to what I'm after but with 5"+ screen size.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] faceless:
can something be RGB *and* Pentile?

because i know that from what i'm looking at, each pixel has a red, green and blue subpixel, they're just not arranged in an RGB stripe. it's definitely RGB in that image, just that it's stacked with B at the left and R and G above and below.

RGB Pentile?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] freedomispopular:
I may get this early on if it's not priced too high. 16:9 really shouldn't be too noticeable. You people complain way too much about stupid little things. Besides, like it or not, 16:9 is where the industry is headed; might as well get used to it. Better software, better S-pen, LED notification, bigger battery -- will definitely be worth it if I can get enough money for my Note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
I will be willing to put money down that it's due to JB more than anything else.

Android is just beginning to efficiently use dual-cores, let alone quad-cores.

Is the quad-core going to somehow make my texting abilities 80% faster? Will my texts reach the other person 50% quicker?

Pages render so quick now on CM9 as it is with the present Note. If anything, right now, the speed at which a webpage renders is bottlenecked by the data-service. A quad-core will not improve this, only the service providers can.

The key word in my argument is that in day-2-day use, the difference is not worth it for present Note owners to ditch their phones and spend more money buying what I consider to be incremental upgrades.

You want to buy the phone? Go ahead. As others have said, after the initial rush of owning the phone, you'll soon realize that it was just a minor upgrade. =) But once JB is working on our phone, you'll see how optimized software can make use of present hardware. I like that Android is finally heading the way of Windows Phone (WP is the epitome of how software can triumph under minimal hardware conditions).

The Note 2 will have ever so impressive benchmarking numbers though. But unfortunately, I don't use my phone to run benchmarking tests all day long.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] barondebxl:
And I totally disagree with you. I believe this is definitely worth the upgrade, but you don't have too. Both the Note 1 and the SGS3 runs on ICS and guess which is significantly smoother and faster? My point exactly. And Yes in day to day use i believe you will notice a difference in performance, giving the fact that the Note 2 is powered with that 1.6 exynos 4 quad, the overclocked Mali GPU all backed up by the 2GB of ram. The result? Smoother and faster response in UI, faster app launch, better multitasking, just overall better performance. That's something you notice on a day to day basis.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
Lol. Your money, spend it however you like.

But we'll agree to disagree. The Note 2 is not a worthy upgrade in my eyes.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LordManhattan:
According to PhoneArena, The Verge and so on, the screen isn't Pentile. Some say it's a little different to Pentile while others say it's RGB. I would take a closer look at this myself, but i'm in bed and on my Note. But it shouldn't be hard to get to the bottom of this rather quick. Google "Galaxy Note 2 rgb" or something.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] faceless:
if i had a Note 1, i probably wouldn't upgrade unless i was getting a sweet deal. I definitely wouldn't pay full price. but i don't, and i can't wait!

TheVerge has a pic, it's quoted in this thread. it's RGB, but not arranged in a stripe. it's like ... i dunno, RGB pentile? is such a thing even possible? i mean, technically, pentile is just a description for an arrangement, there's nothing that says Pentile can't be RGB!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] barondebxl:
True, no one can tell you how to feel about it being an upgrade or not. But I think it is in every single way. I think it's the leap some people were hoping for the S3 over the S2. Cheers!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kersh:
Theverge also said that the resolution was the same of the first note.

Some journalist don't know a **** about what they are talking about

Note 1 have a RGBG pentile

Note 2 have a RBGB pentile

They only have modified the green subpixel for one blue, but it is pentile even if samsung marketing want's to hide the pentile word or cheat the consumer.

100% pentile screen as the note 1, or s3, only different pattern that will have a slightly blue screen tint instead of green and with a true resolution of 1045x587
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
They forgot that the resolution of the Note 1 is 16:10 whereas the Note 2 is 16:9. Haha.

But yes, the phone is definitely a Pentile screen...just rearranged.

If it's Pentile....definitely beware for first adopters with having the same black crush issues.

I would not be surprised if the phone shipped with the same eMMc chip as well. Lol.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] inurb:
Here's why I don't think the Note II is a good upgrade if you're already a Note I owner.

-Lower screen resolution than Note I

-Has pratically the same Mali GPU as the Note I

-Note II doesn't have a15 architecture

-Still Pentile

-I forgot to mention...SAME Camera!

If you have the original Note, I would suggest you save your money for the Note III. It will have a15 architecture or better and massaged exynos 5512 with a sick GPU. I mean even the iPhone 5 will have a15 and that will be released later this fall....Just saying.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ChodTheWacko:
It depends, however, on what you do, and what is on your phone.

For example, some people think 1GB of memory is a ton.

My Note, on the other hand, is so loaded up that after startup, I only have 250 free megs left!

And that's before I've even tried to run anything! So I definitely am happy for more.

As with any upgrade, you should think about what you do, and what about your current device you don't like, and how much that is worth to you.

Hell, for some people, having a significantly better stylus might be worth the money alone.

- Frank
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] oka1:
From the Moderator

....Post all note 2 related posts in the note 2 thread.........

This thread is now closed
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ecsjjgg:
+1 for this post!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] indidi:
...well, at this moment i don't want a new Note2. I have also the SIII but don't use it.

The Note ist at the moment fast enough for me

With Rocket ROM v8 and Notecore v10 Std. is there nothing to change.

I think the first time about waiting for the next Generation Note3.

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LoVeRice:
Same screen size but higher res or larger screen but same resolution, Quad core 1.4ghz, & 2gb of RAM - thats all forshu. O and prepare for different U.S variants.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xecut:
i believe the note 2 will be just a fat version of SIII (with a pen).

Even that blue colour :mad:

btw is note 2 really going to have a flexible screen?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] friedje:
So how many times did you actually run out of memory ??

I want 16Gb of ram so i will constantly have 15,5 free for when i might need it someday.....:silly:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Braxos:
You will say you never waited the tw launcher to load icons when you exit a application? The os are starting to have a better multitasking but to make it more user friendly and viable, at least for my eyes, it needs a lot more of ram and cpu, but for that, they need to get better batteries. till then the improvements will be like a speeding turtle!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Bingoig11:
The Note is a fat version of the S2...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] katamari201:
I probably won't be getting the note 2 if it's just a bigger version of the S3. I was not wowed by the S3, not the build nor the speed. It'll slow down like every other android phone, with all the fun random hiccups. The whole flexible display rumor is just a rumor and highly unlikely. If they are gonna use their first flexible display, it's gonna be for something MUCH smaller, on some experimental product.

I'm probably gonna downgrade to a 4.3-4.7" phone. Even with the Note the web is still uncomfortable and slow to work with, and downsizing doesn't make as big of a difference as i would've thought. Gonna see how WP8 works out, see what Nokia might come out with. I also really like the Xperia phone builds as they feel tough, so see what the new Xperia T and 13MP camera have to offer. The 5" HTC phone is also intriguing. I'm quite jaded with Samsung now, and have readjusted my priorities to where it's much further down the list. Am even psyched for the new iPhone. My next purchase will probably be a platform shift to something less hackable but way more smooth and consistent. WP8 or iOS. I haven't tried Jelly Bean, but from the videos it still lacks the sort of smoothness and aesthetics I'm looking for on a phone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tauhida:
new leaked picture of Note II

I just saw this on engadget. isn't it a beauty. all of the sudden my note I doesn't sparkle anymore... I need to get in queue!!

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/08/samsung-galaxy-note-2-strange-pic/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] RavenY2K3:
At first I thought hell yeah, I'll order one as soon as I can, but now I'm going to wait until everything in terms of spec has been confirmed, the 16:9 rumour is putting me off all on it's own, losing the width is a big put off for me, if it was offset by a higher resolution perhaps I'd change my mind, but I've decided to wait until everything had been CONFIRMED BY SAMSUNG, so I can make an "informed" decision on whether to buy it or not.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] newb4ev3r:
+1. What a beauty... Dang... :eek:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LordManhattan:
http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-note-2-reportedly-uses-flexible-superamoled-panel
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Dwinone:
Add to wishlist. Ty
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] anonymous572:
engadget.com are idiots. I saw this stupid fan concept picture at december 2011!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] beestee:
They do explain that the render is nothing new if you cared to actually read what they were saying. What is new here is that it was put up by Samsung and listed as a GSIII, taken down, and put back up but this time listed as a Galaxy Note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LordManhattan:
Conclusion: Somebody is trolling us.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Entropy512:
Yup. Unveil date != release date

Wasn't original Note unveiled 2-3 months before release? In fact I think it was unveiled at IFA 2011.

Yup - "unveiled" at IFA, not released for nearly 2 months after that, and initial release was limited until 2.5 months after "unveil".
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LordManhattan:
Correct. The Note was unveild at IFA, and got released in late november/early december.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] aalupatti:
Just a correction.

IFA 2011 was in the first week of september

Galaxy note started shipping around the 20th of October 2011

So i guess within 2 months. Though this means nothing as this changes with every phone.

The best guess should be - it would released at least a few days before iphone 5 announcement as samsung would like to steal some iphone thunder
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shaolin95:
So sad when people comment so bluntly showing a complete lack of knowledge about the topic. :rolleyes:

Sent from the Mighty Note International!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] JulyDerek:
Beautiful phone! I hope it's true.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Gaugerer:
I think the one area where Android phones and tablets need to improve significantly is screen resolution. Apple realise how important screen resolution is and prominently advertise their Retina Display on their phones and tablets which I'm sure attracts many people. If the Note 2 comes with a full 1080 HD display then I'll definitely get one for the combination of an accurate S-Pen and full 1080 HD on a 5.5 inch display would be awesome.

I have an application that is vital to me which needs full 1080 HD screen resolution and I run it on my laptop. The screen resolution of the iPad3 would also be able to cope with my application, but is not much more portable than a laptop which is why the Note is so good.

Of course, more memory, better battery performance, faster CPU and better Android software are always welcome, but those are not the areas that are limiting for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zkyevolved:
Really? I'd be happy if they were to keep the same display (maybe make the tech a little better, black crush as it's called). I NEED more RAM and I'd also like a better camera. I have no use for a 1080p display on a phone... Why? Most apps that you're talking about will never run on your phone as it has a completely different architecture, instead, a company might come out with a mobile version of the app. Apple does that with some of their apps, I think.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Gaugerer:
My vital application which I run on my laptop is not a stand alone application and is available on any Web browser, but without the necessary 1080 HD screen resolution it is not able to be used properly.

I hope you get your extra RAM that you "NEED" and I get my 1080 HD screen resolution on the Note 2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zkyevolved:
Amen!!! Let's ask Sammy to knockm dead!!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Randomwalker:
Actually I find browser based applications that require a certain resolution somewhat bad style... But it may of course be such ahighly specialised application that this prerequisite is unavoidable. But in that case you probably really NEED the full HD resolution, which wolud make interacting with a 5.5" screen very tedious at best. If you are talking about off-screen resolution, I agree completely: 1080p should be supported.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rockky:
Why exactly would this alone make your deal?

2Gb Ram that is?

QUOTE=ecsjjgg;29752065]+1 for this post![/QUOTE]
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] taufikkusdinar:
Not sure what note 2 will come up with I love my note so far except for the black crush or whatever that is called.

I love the vividness of sgIII hope they will bring that to note 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
Im not too pushed for the note 2. Might trade my note for a s3
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] awesome-member:
Engadget just conformed that Mali t605 demo was done in exynos 5 :thumbup:

We might see dual core exynos 5 in the note 2.:D I am defiantly tempted NOW. First cortex A15 phone :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] msedek:
My Samsung provider is taking pre orders for 10 notes 2 already and called me this morning and I took 1 so ill have note 2 on day 1 here in my country xD at least 1 out of 10 lucky guys with it around south America
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TML1504:
i'm almost sure note2 will be based on exynos 4 quad, not exynos 5 dual (although the latter would be the far better, obviously)!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] inurb:
Just began seeing a flood of exynos 5512 articles being covered by all the tech blog sites. Here's hoping that the note II will come with the new exynos.....but I'm not holding my breath. That Would make me upgrade.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Revolver95:
I Prefer this concept more than the one on Engadget

http://cdn.pocketnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Note2Mock-Up3.jpg
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Braxos:
Who wouldn't upgrade? Just point someone who can afford it and will not if it has 5512 the note 2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] awesome-member:
Although the chances are slim to none, on can wish. :fingers-crossed:

I think(hope) Samsung might just pull this one off, . With soc design done in house and with ample engineers working on android it is not too unrealistic. remember TI omap5 should already be in production , A15 is not really that far off and it Mali t6XX was announced quite a while ago. besides with iphone 5 on the horizon it needs to steal the thunder by releasing THE MOST POWERFUL PHONE....designed for humans:cyclops:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] KaranKapoor:
I'll only switch over to the Note 2 if it comes with with Exynos 5512. Otherwise it's still pretty much the same device.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] msedek:
Lol I got out of my office today and went to the mall... Was talking with my Samsung provider for long and turned out that he's gonna get 3 note 2 some days before official release so I can have it for show off the release date.. As he is my friend and I'm he's old client he will let me have 1 of the 3 devices so ill have it pre oficial release xD.. The other 2 are 1 for him and 1 for show in the store until he gets the proper load of phones after launch..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kirana01:
i prefer to hold on my first note and i'l pairing it with galaxy nexus..dual core is more than enough for me
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] JulyDerek:
More details :-

Rumour: Samsung GALAXY Note 2 Will Have 5.5" Flexible Display

A report in Korea IT Times has stated that the next Samsung GALAXY Note, or the Note 2 (as it is popularly known) will feature a flexible screen. Hold on to your horses though, as this does not mean you can bend the display literally. Rather, it will be made out of flexible material that can withstand more stress than the glass screens on current devices. Thus, this screen is less likely to crack in case you accidentally drop your smartphone. The report further mentions that the Note 2 will come with a 5.5" Super AMOLED display made of unbreakable plane (UBP) and plastic substrate that reduces the screen's thickness by 0.4 mm, thereby increasing the device's battery life by reduced power consumption.

Unconfirmed specifications on GSMArena.com mention that the GALAXY Note 2 is a large-sized quad-band GSM smartphone, powered by a quad-core Exynos 5250 CPU with 1.5 GB of RAM. It will run Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with Samsung's TouchWiz UI on top of it, and will be available with internal storage options of 16 GB and 32 GB that can be expanded to an additional 32 GB via microSD card. A 13 mp autofocus camera with LED flash and 1080p capture will be present, in addition to a front camera for video chat. The gadget which has been dubbed as a phablet (something between a smartphone and tablet because of its screen size), will launch on 29th August, so we'll have to wait for just a little over two weeks to find out what lies in store.

http://www.techtree.com/content/news/1675/rumour-samsung-galaxy-note-2-55-flexible-display.html
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bidboy:
Lucky guy :). Looking forward to your review.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Kangal:
You believe everything on the internet?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sprintuser1977:
Why would he lie about it? If so, who cares
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Kangal:
Who cares?

For one, bidboy. There's likely more people that are interested.

Why would he lie?

Because it is human nature.

Either wait for a "respectable leak" or wait until the official unveiling.

Samsung's beginning to hide their flagships until the official revealing like Apple does.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] aalupatti:
Could be about note 2

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/0...irgin-unveiling-something-big-on-august-22nd/

Galaxy Note @ mobile
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
Doubt it :silly:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dsmas:
Possible. Samsung known for surprises.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TML1504:
I think now it's definitely that the Note II will have Exynos 4:

http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-exynos-5-dual-specs-features-106609/

..."The Exynos 5 Dual will be the world’s first Cortex A15-based chip, when it will ship later this year, presumably inside the 11.8-inch tablet Samsung is going to launch later this year. Samsung had to wait for this A15-based chip to support the very high WQXGA (2560×1600) resolution of the Galaxy Tab 11.6.

Some of the most important features of the newly unveiled Exynos 5250 are:

Dual-core 1.7 Ghz Cortex A15 CPU

Mali T604 GPU

OpenGL ES 3.0

OpenCL 1.1 full profile

Support for WXQGA displays

Wi-Fi display support

12.8 GB/s memory bandwidth with 2 port 800 Mhz LPDDR3 RAM support

1080p 60 FPS video performance and VP8 codec decoder

USB 3.0 support"
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] aalupatti:
All the features are so aweome... but the usb 3 support seems to be really nice. .
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zedan2001:
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 release needs more thinking,,

Sorry i can`t add outside links, Because i am a new user.. :crying:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Spo0f:
Alleged Samsung N7100 Galaxy Note II official photo surfaces

By me:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] CreepyDroid:
GSMArena published a mockup and some rumored specs : 5.5' screen, resolution of 800 * 1200, RGB matrix (no pentile), 8 mpx camera, 1.5 Ghz quad (same processor as SGS3), ICS and no LED.

http://www.gsmarena.com/alleged_samsung_n7100_galaxy_note_ii_official_photo_surfaces-news-4647.php
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zkyevolved:
I just saw that. This does NOT warrant an upgrade. What am I really getting? Faster CPU and from 5.3-->5.5" screen? Really? no thanks! I mean, if I didn't have a Note NOW then I'd go for it. But I'm going to skip this incremental update. This is iphone 4 --> 4s upgrade, not 3GS --> 4. Pass.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] panyan:
completely agree

and if the screen size increases but the res is the same that means out PPI is lower :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Spo0f:
With 2GB of ram it is a crime not to have one touch button for multitasking ...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Kangal:
If the device is anything like the render, then I'll tell you straight up:

It's not going to be 5.5".

Going from 5.3 to 5.5 affects the width, and we can see equal bezel on the mock up and our n7000. Secondly, height hasn't changed... which is sort of impossible if the aspect changes to 16:9

It could "look" like that, obviously not entirely.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] inurb:
This is Note 1.5.

I don't want an old Mali gpu. Guess I'm waiting for the Galaxy Note III
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Scorbion:
RGB is enough for me to upgrade.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sstanton86:
This is clearly bollocks!!! Anyone who believes this is so gullible!

I think samsung are fully aware that to compete with the iPhone they will need to step it up!