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[Galaxy Note II General] kramdens:
color?

So WHITE or GREY? Any thoughts? And why?
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
NICE! 550 is quite a good resale price. :)....I said the similar thing to my wife also about upgrading her galaxy S to the new galaxy s3. ...she said no because she doesn't see the needs to spend extra money, even though she did like the s3 in the shop.
[Galaxy Note II General] Tuffcheez:
Now this htc phablet has my attention as an alternative.
[Galaxy Note II General] hagba:
Its just incredible how women have the same mentality everywhere, I just can't make my wife to let me update her galaxy 10.1 tab to ICS, I gave her my iPhone 4 but still insists on using her iPhone 2G ! ! LoL.
[Galaxy Note II General] Dousan:
Yes they ship to 190 countries and AUS being one of them, not sure about shipping costs though. They even ship to Denmark.

Dousan...
[Galaxy Note II General] hagba:
Yes that looks good, I personally like the HTC phones, specially the camera quality,if it has over 5 + inches screen and is released before the new Note II does I might end up getting it.
[Galaxy Note II General] msedek:
Nah 5" display its just not enough and samsung managed to trash the one x with s3... So same will happen with this if this rumor ever becomes true... Not to mention htc's poor battery size (non removable)

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[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
Yeah...I agree...even though HTC phone have good build quality....the 5 inch screen is just not big enough...plus, it don't have a pen. :p
[Galaxy Note II General] rp4k:
Local sellers here are selling the note2 for 4588RMB or 574 Euros. i should have waited but i am really happy with my n7000. but i will check it out once it hits the market floor soon. man i love living in shenzhen.
[Galaxy Note II General] :
What's the point of a 5-inch phone when you already have a 4.7 inch phone? The difference in screen size just won't be enough. Assuming 16:9 form factor, the screen surface area will be just 13% more..

For Note 2, the screen surface area is about 33% more than S3. Along with stylus, this makes it a completely different category to S3.
[Galaxy Note II General] CreepyDroid:
Yeah clearly the htc phablet will compete with the S3 and not with the Note II. The S-Pen, even if I don't use it that often, can be really useful in some situations and puts the note in it's own league. Also, there is a huge difference between 5" and 5.5".

And knowing HTC and their sealed poor batteries, I bet that with a 5" 1080p SLCD2 screen the battery won't last more than 2 hours.
[Galaxy Note II General] James Harrison:
Why All The Negatives?

I guess I was very much like the majority of you guys, didn't dig 16:9, the colour and the design overall (as summed up in this video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKE_l6QUbfg

But I saw a new hands on review of the note 2 from Cnet and I'm starting to fall for it. Everything seemed to work a fair bit better and it was as smooth as anything.

http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-note-2/4505-6452_7-35426722.html

The main things i'm pumped about is the new 4412 processor and 2GB RAM. Benchmarks show that the Note 2 easily outpaces the S3 and destroyes the original Note.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/31/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-early-benchmark-ifa/

And why am I pumped about the processor and RAM? well ladies and gents.... http://www.gizmag.com/ubuntu-for-android/22400/

Bet you didn't see that coming!

Anyway, all that said, the original Note has at least 1 more year in it and the Note 2 will probably get beaten up by the new A 15 SOC's that come knocking next year. But hey, what can you do.

Edit: Not worried about the HTC thing, the battery life will blow. It looks a hell of a lot better though
[Galaxy Note II General] RollingStar:
Agreed. The only thing tempting about HTC phones are their superb LCD screens, but hopefully with the new technology in the Note II's screen, the difference will be negated somewhat. Still, I really wish Samsung would switch to LCDs! AMOLED screens seem to be more hassle than they're worth.
[Galaxy Note II General] Cheater585:
Does anyone know if the Note 2's camera has the zero shutter lag feature?
[Galaxy Note II General] CreepyDroid:
It probabbly does since it has all the S3 features (S Beam, Allshare, smart stay, RGB LED, Burst photo, best photo ...).
[Galaxy Note II General] msedek:
Great device.. Wonder when it's gonna be available or its already? I'd get one of those docks for sure
[Galaxy Note II General] RambJoe:
Anyone else here from the UK really hoping that this has 4G?

Is there anything we can do to encourage them to release it with 4G here?
[Galaxy Note II General] SealsNavie:
Can someone explain what the fuss is about regarding 16:10 and 16:9?...its my area of low knowledge :)
[Galaxy Note II General] Bond@007:
Anybody can reply to me ?
[Galaxy Note II General] pikulu:
Basically in 16:10 ratio the width is a bit more than 16:9(hence old note's resolution is 1280x800) and in a 16:9 ratio the length is a bit more(hence new note's resolution is 720p).
[Galaxy Note II General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
The other thing to consider is that, especially when you run the Note in tablet mode, the bottom menu with all the buttons etc, takes up 80 pixels in height by default. 800 - 80 = 720. So, when you use a 1280x800 screen in landscape, you're really using a 16:9 screen, because the bottom portion is only used for menu and buttons.

When you reduce the Note II to a 1280x720 screen instead, that extra 80 pixels of height is gone, so you just waste more screen space.

I'm not a fan of Samsung's decision to reduce the resolution AND increase the screen size.

Now, if only someone would hurry up and port the Note 10.1 to the N7000! I'd do it myself if I knew how :P
[Galaxy Note II General] N4KA:
They said it will be out for sale in October.

But what is the reason for these "delays", are they not finish yet with some stuff e.g. debugging or does it take so long to produce enough devices?

Actually Samsung should have enough capacities?!

Sometimes a company needs just 1-2 weeks to ship their new units but other times it takes 1-2 months.

Or is it just a marketing strategy?

I cannot wait for the note 2! However, would it make sense to wait a bit until first hardware problems are solved? How long do/would you wait?
[Galaxy Note II General] Baozie:
Currently I'm using S2. Undecided to get Note 1 or wait for my local carrier to release Note 2. Not a fan of S-pen, unlikely I will use it often. Most of the time doing browsing and reading. I might do more gaming with such a big screen. I don't view movies, prefer to watch it on my lcd screen. But i would like to root it and use custom roms which I've done on my S2 recently, noticeably better than official roms. What would u get if u were me? =)
[Galaxy Note II General] kersh:
Well, at least the change of ratio have one good thing.

on a 5.3 16:10 when we see a 16:9 movie as we have black lines, the used screen is about 5", with note 2 we will see the full 5.5 and 0.5" increase it is a lot. For multimedia will be a better phone, for browsing, mail or other things worse.

green = note 1 screen

blue = note 2 screen, in video is the same.

pink = 16.9 video in note 1
[Galaxy Note II General] freemini:
I say get Note 2 for sure. You would just be getting a bigger SGS2 if you get note 1. Much better to get a much faster phone than a wider screen or whatever others are complaining about. The fact that it isn't PenTile anymore makes me so happy, I don't mind the aspect ratio at all. 16:9 for videos is absolutely mind-blowing.
[Galaxy Note II General] Sharpshooterrr:
Do you think Samsung has finally solved the Screen Burn In or Image Retention issue with the Note 2? That's one of the primary reasons why I skipped the Note 1 and SGS3.
[Galaxy Note II General] kersh:
No, it is a problem of the amoled techology itself, it will never be solved.
[Galaxy Note II General] Czechnology.cz:
That's a quite strong statement - I would never say never about anything in computer technology :D

But more on topic - are there any real sources on expected availability of N2 ?

So far, everything just seems as wild guesses.

Can I believe this?
[Galaxy Note II General] Hexdecimal:
I have a similar question, but more along the lines of comparing the S3 to the Note 2. Now that the S3 has the Jellybean update, I'm still leaning towards this one because of the size. My concern is that the Note 2 will just be too large for me (I'm small). It looks incredible though!
[Galaxy Note II General] SealsNavie:
Thanks for the 16:10 and 16:9 explanations.

As usual...these phone manufacturing companies are playing us like fools. When the original Note was in development, Samsung could have easily used 2GB of RAM, even a better processor could have made it, instead they chose the base point to start with for the so called phablet. Anyway...the Note 2 specifications are a ploy to reel in more customers for little but significant change, for an electronics company Samsung are implementing changes slightly ahead of their competitors and also the 'Note' brand is unique to its screen size so they don't have to do much in terms of increasing new features and hardware.

Lets say Apple announce a phone to be released in 8 months time with 8GB of RAM, Samsung will most likely match that specification because Samsung can easily do that. I guess companies don't go that far ahead and put 8GB of RAM in these phones purely because the next version will have to be even more improved or when they decide to upgrade that part of the hardware, it makes no sense but to make something unique than its rivals.

In my opinion...you have to be either rich or silly to fall for these tricks.
[Galaxy Note II General] xiskillo:
So all users of the Galaxy range Amoled have that problem?

I only saw the complaints from users galaxy note..
[Galaxy Note II General] osazone:
Yes we all have... Nobody complains because it's to late to complain!:)

My SGS1's notification bar looks ugly when using full screen apps. That's why I hide notification bar on my wife's SGS2 (with Nova Launcher). At least it burns equally!
[Galaxy Note II General] ChodTheWacko:
The official statement was europe - october. US - end of year.

October could be october 31st, of course.

That's the only published date. Retailers get release dates from samsung, though, but they seem to be varying for some strange reason.

- Frank
[Galaxy Note II General] xiskillo:
sorry! I had a mistake, I read wrong ... I thought we talked about the problem of pixelation.

(I also I have the screen burn on S2)
[Galaxy Note II General] pimjai:
I don't notice any problems with the screen on my 7 months old galaxy S2, also not when displaying a fullscreen white picture. That's probably because of the brightness settings, I keep them really low all the time, I'll provably do the same with the note 2, so I guess I'm safe.
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
Yeah...that's why I don't mind the new ratio as I use my note to watch a lot of movies at uni. :)
[Galaxy Note II General] Spinstorm:
I was in Berlin at the unpacked event thanks to my tech site at gazedice.com.

I loved the Note II. It felt great to hold and the screen looked much better. The s-pen was a huge step up as well.

If anyone has any questions for me I'll be happy to answer.
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
Which online shop would be the best for pre- ordering or buying once it's out in terms of customer service ans product quality?

I'm in Australia!

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II General] msedek:
Lol my wife is a shorty... She is 1, 63 and she looks awesome with this monster in her little hands xD

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[Galaxy Note II General] jp.esteban:
Galaxy Note Games

I know we're here to talk about the Note 2, but I felt this little line deserved some attention.

I'm part of the development team behind this app. Before we decided to develop that, we actually tried to make a game that actively uses the S-Pen. It would have been a game truly exclusive to the Samsung Galaxy Note.

The problem was with the S-Pen SDK. Making a game based solely on the official S-Pen SDK was simply not feasible because of 2 points: screen refresh rate and animation support. On the former, there's no way to change the fact that the screen ONLY refreshes when you move the S-Pen on the screen; meaning if you don't move the pen, you can't refresh the screen, and everything just stays completely still. On the latter, there is no animation support at all. In our test demo, we were able to fake animation by redrawing the character sprite every time the screen refreshed. You can see how this was a catch-22 for us.

Back on track for the Galaxy Note 2, I'm not sure how to feel about it. As a consumer, I love how much more powerful it is and the promise of zero shutter lag for the camera is what will make or break it for me. As a developer, ARGH NEW SCREEN RESOLUTION.
[Galaxy Note II General] sandy_thegame:
i use my s pen in fruit ninja i use it as a ninja sword :P
[Galaxy Note II General] kersh:
I use too the spen for all that kind of games, I ****ing hate when I need to use my fingers and I don't see the most of the screen.
[Galaxy Note II General] Strategist:
Is there any hard information about the camera and DAC on the Note 2? I am guessing it will be like the GS3 which will be a solid improvement over the Note but I haven't seen any confirmation of this.
[Galaxy Note II General] freemini:
+1 for this, I hope Note 2 has the same audio chip as the S3.
[Galaxy Note II General] sandy_thegame:
and i think same camera from S3
[Galaxy Note II General] Sebring5:
That would be me and my now somewhat broken glass HTC One X.
[Galaxy Note II General] antique_sonic:
Yeah.

We all do think that Note is too big phone to use, until we use it ourselves and fall in love with it :)

Anyway, flash player is totally not supported on Jellybean ? I read some articles which show that adobe has decided to stop its support on mobile phone starting from Android Jellybean.

Any other player to replace this one on Jellybean ? Or is there any tricks to install flash player on Jellybean ?
[Galaxy Note II General] TML1504:
you can install the apk without problems. just search the forum for it, it's here numerous times!
[Galaxy Note II General] x10man:
I've read a few times that the note 2 has a notification LED, is this true? Its something I've always had on my current phone and I'd like it on a new one. Does the original note have something like that? I'm leaning towards the original due to price but it sounds stupid, a LED could decide which one I get

X10man
[Galaxy Note II General] vanpopel:
Note 1 doesn't have led notification.
[Galaxy Note II General] CreepyDroid:
No LED for the Note I, but :
[Galaxy Note II General] :
Even though my Note is a monster on my wife's hands she loves it more then her sgs2! Two Note 2 to the table in the corner please :D
[Galaxy Note II General] TML1504:
note1: no led

note2: RGB led (same as S3)
[Galaxy Note II General] x10man:
Thanks, guess its price and if its even out on upgrade day that decides which one I get :)

X10man
[Galaxy Note II General] stesteste:
everyday waiting for release date got the note one but all the feature looks great and great hardware specs and more spen features. will the note one have some features with the jelly bean update
[Galaxy Note II General] SealsNavie:
I am going to be LOLing all the way with the original Note until the Note 3 is out :)
[Galaxy Note II General] Funk2641:
According to GSM Arena, the Note II has LTE support:

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note_ii_n7100-review-806.php

700/2100...At&t uses 700, correct?
[Galaxy Note II General] @home:
How come?

N1 has inferior music quality & no notification light...Not much to lol about there
[Galaxy Note II General] wonsanim:
AT&T use for LTE 700 MHz class 4 and 17
[Galaxy Note II General] Preordained:
Just so that Myself and Everyone in here is clear...

Are you saying,

The NOTE II will be compatible with AT&T's 4G LTE network ?

(I am about to spend $700. You understand.)
[Galaxy Note II General] inurb:
Yup, same here. ALL Amoled Pixels will wear out burn out. Especially the blue LED's. It's a flaw of amoled. That is why I would prefer an SLCD on my next Note.
[Galaxy Note II General] Funk2641:
I'm not 100% sure. I need to see the OFFICIAL specs first
[Galaxy Note II General] wonsanim:
I think is an AT&T LTE compatible device but is better have confirmation from Samsung :good:
[Galaxy Note II General] aalupatti:
Even if it has LTE i think you might need LTE data plan to get the full data capability..
[Galaxy Note II General] wonsanim:
+1:crying:
[Galaxy Note II General] Preordained:
- Spoke to a rep a while back, says that

(with a 4G LTE phone) my throttle will be at 5Gigs

instead of the current 3Gigs.

- Besides, I never really noticed throttling of data on

my Note. I think they throttle ones speed when they

need to.(you know, area specific)

There is no 4G LTE where I live & I've only noticed maybe 2 other Notes since I've had mine.
[Galaxy Note II General] brooon:
Just because I´ve nothing to do atm, therefore writing unnecessary stuff on the board...

...preordered!

;)
[Galaxy Note II General] lexi250:
Where did you pre-order yours? How much?
[Galaxy Note II General] psycho1:
Just saw t mobile is getting this..:)
[Galaxy Note II General] sanghaviraj:
For all those who think how useful s pen is, just get yourself "Photoshop touch“from the market, the only reason it's not popular because it's paid,n there is no trail, using the s pen for cropping n other editing tools in Photoshop is much easier, more simpler n faster than using a mouse in pc,no wonder the new note 2 is bundled with this app as a free gift
[Galaxy Note II General] jbounours:
First time I read PS Touch is bundled with Note 2. Great news, if I ever update xD
[Galaxy Note II General] brooon:
Hey mate! I ordered it from an online mailorder in Germany called "Cyberport" for 699 Euros...but it´s for sure that the price will drop until the Notes arrive, I think it will be around 630 € for early adopters.
[Galaxy Note II General] freemini:
Availability seems to vary a lot. 2 shops here say 25.09, one says 12.09 and the last one 1.10. I'm quite confused, the probable release seems to be mid to late September but Samsung said October. I'm not complaining, it means me getting it faster but it's weird.
[Galaxy Note II General] kersh:
It will be in october.

not even the S3 doesn't have a final JB rom and the note it is the same, so probably the phones aren't even manufactured yet. Expect if for mid october.
[Galaxy Note II General] Beards:
Clove Technology are taking pre-orders on the two SIM-Free 16GB models (Marble White & Titanium Grey).

As there is no news on any of the other models I'm assuming Samsung will be playing their typical dirty trick in handing out the lower 16GB to SIM-Free Online sellers, the 32GB going to contractors and the 64GB coming when rocking horse poo is invented.
[Galaxy Note II General] kersh:
wow 550 pounds, is it me or samsung is becoming ****ing expensive?

Last year note day 1 was 530€ now 695? And the galaxy siii is expensive too, a lot of more than S2 and now more than the iphone too? an iphone that likes or not it is the market reference for the people.

I hope thats not the final price because 700€ for products that last 12 months and with the actual economy isn't a good idea.
[Galaxy Note II General] PoisonWolf:
These phones were built to last years. If you keep it only a year....then there's the issue with the price lol.
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
I thought the price is ok since I paid about the same price from hantec about a month after the release date to australia....

Anyways...that is not the set price yet as the price can go up or down once the phone is in stock
[Galaxy Note II General] vansmuk:
c'mon guys. money have to come from somewhere to pay off that billion $ to apple;) i would personally pay even 800 and feel good about it, if only they didn't make it an s3 with a pen and some fancy software spoils. At least an extra speaker would do the job. It's not that they lacked the room for it. .
[Galaxy Note II General] freemini:
I'm sorry but I think that's BS. Samsung don't need any extra money to pay that billion, it's a huge company in case you didn't notice already. Note 2 isn't any more expensive than 1 in Norway. It was 5000kr, this one is too.
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
Agree....1 billion is probably like $10 for samsung. :p
[Galaxy Note II General] @home:
Pre-ordered mine - 16GB Grey
[Galaxy Note II General] anonymous572:
Pre-ordered titanium at clove too.
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
I have pre-ordered the WHITE one....It's time to own a WHITE phone :)
[Galaxy Note II General] don2012:
Just got a review unit.....got to say ...so un impressive its laggy ...
[Galaxy Note II General] brooon:
Seriously? That´s strange, as it didn´t look laggy on the IFA at all...I would love to read more about your experiences, go on please! ;) ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] jeux_1:
Could you provide more info, and proof etc...

Probably this is not the final build.
[Galaxy Note II General] Beards:
Has anyone heard if the Note 2 will be using a microSIM card, as in the Galaxy S3?

Samsung moved from a standard size SIM to micro from the S3. With that I am assuming this will now be their trend and we will see it in the Note 2.
[Galaxy Note II General] stesteste:
seen loads of reviews ...no laggg
[Galaxy Note II General] carlsbad28:
What ROM and Kernel are you using?

I was wondering what you guys have as a kernel and ROM on your Notes. I'm new and I've been playing around flashing ROMs. Very addicting I must say. :good:
[Galaxy Note II General] N4KA:
If you aren't even able to post in the right thread, let it better be with flashing ROMs...

BTW, I will wait for the amber brown version...:cyclops:
[Galaxy Note II General] dahmmy:
i think

i will wait to see HTCs 5" lets see what they bring to the table..
[Galaxy Note II General] msedek:
Considered BS until you provide YouTube videos and reviews..

Been discussed enough.. 5" just not enough for note lovers and htc poor battery (non removable) are the biggest flaws
[Galaxy Note II General] Tuffcheez:
Waiting to see also, the leaks are intriguing. Not long to wait now anyway.
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
Htc is not very smart of they only introduce a 5 inch if they really want to compete with the note
[Galaxy Note II General] hagba:
Gotta get out of here and fast....any non smoking rooms around...
[Galaxy Note II General] brooon:
I wrote it yesterday on another board and I´m writing it again: In my opinion, the new HTC isn´t a competitor to the Note, it´s more a competitor to the S3. The most special thing about the note is the stylus, a device without a stylus can´t compete in any way, for me such a big device gets senseless. Not as big as the Note, no stylus...no phablet :)

And when it comes to the S3vsnewHTC-dogfight: The S3 wins (at least for me ;))!
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
Lol...sounds like you really like the s3. If their goal is to compete with the s3 then it will be interesting to see what they can come up with. I don't mind htc. I think they make good phones, plus I don't mind sense ui either. :)
[Galaxy Note II General] brooon:
hehe, yeah I like the S3 as well as I love the Note! ;) That´s why I´m so much looking forward for the Note II - my love for the S3´s speed and design copied on the Note---the perfect phone for me ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] itsmeharsh:
is there any feature of S3 which is not in the Note 2? is there any way to know that?
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
Lol...I do like the shape of the s3 now as well (o hated it when it was first out) I kinda wish the note ii can be more rounded like the s3. :p

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don't think we can really find out the details until the phones are actually released , but I do hope so
[Galaxy Note II General] itsmeharsh:
fair enough... i was expecting that...