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[Galaxy Note II General] mancuk29:
I had the galaxy s3 which I loved and made the silly mistake of buying the iPhone 5

I gave the s3 to my lovely wife and she loves it

Well iPhone 5 arrived on friday wow I thought .. good choice

How sadly wrong was I

The finish is awful - there are loads of reports of paint scratching and chipping

The keyboard is just so unresponsive .. i thought firstly it was because I had come from a large screen .. I would type wrong letters and not put spaces between the words ... on speaking to one of my friends with the same phone .. yep he was having the same issue and he came from the iPhone 4s

The 3g is rubbish on my s3 I would get between 7 and 11 mb .... on the iphone 5 lucky if I got 4mb

Most apps dont fit the screen properly so basically they look like they do on the iphone 4/4s

It regularly crashed on apps .. which didnt like ios 6

Enough is enough .. I have after speaking to Clove UK ordered the Fantastic Galaxy Note 2 .. (I had the Galaxy Note which I loved but then swapped it to the S3)

I have packed up my iPhone 5 and rung apple to come and collect it .. the chap I spoke to didnt seem surprised when I listed the problems I had had ...

I am hoping for delivery on Tuesday as Clove say they should have enough for their pre orders and also my order .. fingers crossed

What a big mistake the iPhone 5 is ... waste of money if you ask me .. whilst I love my ipad 3 ... Apple could have and didnt make a big difference - android all the way you live and learn the hard way :mad: I am now debating to sell my ipad 3 and get the Asus tab with keyboard or the Samsung 10,1 2 .....

Has anyone else made the same mistake ?? I wish in a month of sundays I had never gone back to the dark side :(
[Galaxy Note II General] SchusterIX:
Note 2 will be my first android. I have a feeling I'll be making the same post as yours, just replace iOS with Android. Hope not though!
[Galaxy Note II General] mancuk29:
You won't trust me .. some of the apps may not be as polished as ios but android has fantastic free sat nav in name of google maps most apps are free and you can make your home screen your own .... the only downside about samsung is you can't walk into a high street store and get it sorted however you get free 2yr warranty with samsung and a fantastic 50gb of free drop box storage I will have 110 gb when my note 2 arrives :(:D:eek:
[Galaxy Note II General] SchusterIX:
Hehe, I can do that all already in iOS though. Honestly, I'm just moving for the 5.5" screen. NFC will be fun to play with though, although there are other solutions that do the same thing.

I think the biggest downside is the lack of a central modding place, like cydia. But I've read the CM team is considering implementing a feature like that.

All that said, I can't wait to give Android a try. I have to find the noob area for rooting and flashing haha.
[Galaxy Note II General] gtalum:
Yeah, if only there were a large centralized modding community somewhere on the internet for Android... :silly:
[Galaxy Note II General] DocRambone:
LOL :laugh:
[Galaxy Note II General] barondebxl:
Well I think design wise the iphone 5 looks great but yeah, it looks like it has its own issues, but again every phone has some kinda issue at launch. With that being said, even though the iphone 5 is fact as hell ( yes, it is fast), its software is not only old, but IOS 6 seems like a downgrade from IOS 5 besides the speed. Apple needs a major UI overhaul if they wanna keep their customers. I honestly thought of buying the iphone 5 over the note 2 last week, maybe cause of all the hype and talks, thank God I didn't make that mistake because I played around with my boss`s iphone 5 and again while its fast, it is the same old boring experience and I can't take that. Note 2 all day.
[Galaxy Note II General] KingAmir:
I would recommend getting a nexus 7 if you're still looking for a good tablet. Even though it is only 7" it is a great tablet that will always have tons of support.
[Galaxy Note II General] SchusterIX:
I think what I said flew over your head :p
[Galaxy Note II General] CreepyDroid:
root apps are allowed on the play store, we don't need a cydia-like. For device-specific modding we have the great community of XDA.
[Galaxy Note II General] gtalum:
The kind of stuff you find on Cydia can already be found in the Play store.

Regardless, I was just making a light-hearted joke, not trying to start a fight.
[Galaxy Note II General] stat30fbliss:
Good news

I'm up for upgrade in November in the US and on Sprint. It looks like the Galaxy Note II will be here just in the nick of time for me to not get too impatient! Finally upgrading from my original HTC EVO 4G. I have been on Android for my last three devices (since good 'ol 1.x), and was seriously debating an iPhone 5 for my next device, but thanks to all of the negative reviews I am 100% not going the Apple route.

I have been a devout Android supporter for some time, and felt it might be time to at least test the waters on the other side, but too bad for Apple, they still won't receive $1 of my money. The list of issues with the iPhone 5 is rather large thus far. Reports of screen light leeks, scratches & scuffs out of the box, easily scratched back, the failing Maps app, and sub-par SIRI. I even just read a Gizmodo post regarding tons of people 'complaining' the phone is 'too light'. Kind of a strange complaint, but the only positive I have heard thus far is in regards to the phones hardware speed, and blistering fast LTE data speeds on Verizon on the US.

Unless the rumored next version of Google's Nexus hits shelves in time and the specs are worthy enough, Samsung Galaxy Note II all the way baby! I cant wait!!!
[Galaxy Note II General] CrimzonEyed:
Apple, proof the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.
[Galaxy Note II General] mancuk29:
Your definately right there the only thing apple is good for is sending the crappy iphone back to them
[Galaxy Note II General] android_master:
good choice
[Galaxy Note II General] joe_sun:
I actually know 2 iphone users that just went to the S3 over the iphone 5. The larger screen was the main reason given so you're not alone.

The Note 2 looks awesome!
[Galaxy Note II General] rahularora1:
Op I'm in EXACTLY the same situation - got the iPhone 5 last week came from a s3 to that and had a 4s as well. Man the iPhone 5 is such a major let down from the 4s! There is no difference to warrant an upgrade from that. On top of that I broke my s3's sim holder trying to use a nano sim with an adapter! Returning my iPhone 5 next week as soon as I get my gn2
[Galaxy Note II General] adampa1006:
I don't understand why anyone would get the iPhone over the S3 or Note 2. You didn't realize right when it was announced it was such a minor upgrade? I'm not knocking apple too much I mean all cell phone companies are doing just minor upgrades now. But ignorant people still think iPhone is so incredible. More people need to see the light.
[Galaxy Note II General] rahularora1:
Tbh I get a lot of new phones, just didn't expect it to be such a minor upgrade on the 4s.. I think what really put me off was upgrading the4s to ios6 and using it for 2days b4 the ip5.. Had I gone straight from the s3 to the 5 then might have been different. As is, I can't really justify £600 on the 5 so returning it now..
[Galaxy Note II General] mancuk29:
When u look at it ... and I fell into the trap so don't call me :'( apple knows loads of their apple fan boys who have to have the latest product will buy no matter what so they released a sub standard product who's paints chips off or scratches with little use and they say its normal ... sorry £529 for 16gb or £600 for 32gb for a phone they know will look like a pile of crap after a few days use is not on. I went into the carphone warehouse last night to look at the galaxy 10.1 as I'm thinking f sacking apple off completely I got talking to a member of staff and he showd me his 5 he had had for a week it looked years old but he was happy with it cos its the latest gadget

If apple released a block .of poo with a phone facility people would buy it cos its a apple product

I have learnt the hard way but my iphone crap is on its way back and on Monday / Tuesday ill have a shiny new galaxy note 2 and my wife has my old s3 so we will be able to stand either side of a piece of glass and touch to send each other pictures :D
[Galaxy Note II General] autophone:
Another iPhone bashing thread, nothing to see here
[Galaxy Note II General] lawtq:
You're free to leave
[Galaxy Note II General] RavenY2K3:
I'm noticing a growing trend in the swap from iOS to Android, I know at least 7 people in the last 2 weeks changing their phones and/or iPads for Android devices, funnily enough all except one, all bought Samsung devices to be specific (no wonder Apple are going after Sammy all the time), and that one person changed to an Galaxy S3 phone and, an Asus tab.

What's even more interesting is, all the above people, have been Apple fans since the 3G version. Either something about Apples' products are starting to annoy, bore or just grind the nerves of even the most loyal fans, for them to now start switching. Or, even with all the legal issues, Samsung is doing a bloody good job at showing the world, that all those things Apple called innovation, has been around in the Android (and other Os') for years.

With all the latest reports about the amount of sales the iPhone 5 has had, it'll be interesting to get the figures of the returns rate, but I very much doubt we'll ever see those.

Swyped from my finger to your face, on my Samsung Galaxy Note.
[Galaxy Note II General] mancuk29:
Tbh I'm thinking of trading in my 64gb 4g new ipad for the note 10.1 just wanna make sure I can get the apps I need no messin with itunes just simple drag and drop

I canm get £350 recycle cos I can't be assed with ebay and the 16gb note 10.1 is £399

Just not sure

What do u guys (and any galls) think ? Anyone gone this route what's the 10.1 like does it compare ?
[Galaxy Note II General] itismadhan:
After all this is said, I feel sad to say that the note 2 won't even come close to the sales records set by iPhone 5 :(
[Galaxy Note II General] RavenY2K3:
Indeed it won't, but I personally don't think it would ever come close to those sorts of sales figures and Samsung already knows this too, it's still a niche market, albeit they'll probably sell more of the 2 than the original, but that is just a guess.

Just the sheer size of this thing has put the Note at a disadvantage from the off, your average sized woman for example would look like they were holding a 10" tablet to their head, when making a call and, I don't know about you guys, but all the the people I know who own a note, are all pretty large blokes, 6" plus.

For sheer sales volume, they have the S3, the note is to fill a gap that only really Dell before it, tried and failed to fill. But the fact they've sold enough of the original to warrant making a sequel, shows how there is definitely market for it, that they are currently, in complete control of.
[Galaxy Note II General] CGI_Ram:
The iphone is a great device for those with no tech skill.

Anyone with a little knowledge would NOT pick a leap frog.... I mean Iphone.
[Galaxy Note II General] blackhand1001:
You don't need cydia as you can download root apps right from the play store.
[Galaxy Note II General] CrimzonEyed:
Didn't the original Note sell 10Million units in 9 months? Now it's been almost 12 months since the release of the first note. And how much have not Sammy grown the last year?
[Galaxy Note II General] backtrap:
Hey you know how apple is. The first first mistake with ip4 was radically solved with that update.. the "CASE".

Cant wait to see what this one will be hah.
[Galaxy Note II General] barondebxl:
Who cares, its not like youre gonna make comission off of the note 2 sales.....
[Galaxy Note II General] Coffinfeeder:
My dad who has been using iphones for years has just recently switched to an HTC One X. He said he couldn't deal with the small screen on the iphone anymore. Really, just making it slightly taller isn't really a huge change in the first place.

Needless to say I'm ready to root his phone and see what xda holds in store for the HOX.
[Galaxy Note II General] edwinpang:
Just keep the iPad 3 :D
[Galaxy Note II General] fozzir:
You should give your Iphone to your wife. Why would a man buy a Iphone? Totally not cool. Keep your manhood and your S3.
[Galaxy Note II General] AjunNg:
I used to be an iPhone addict.

I would bash my fellow Android buddies and ridicule their S2's and Desires.

I would only check iPhone related websites and laugh at Android commenters.

After iPhone 4S was released, I started seeing Apple going downhill. The OS was the same, boring ****.

By spring of this year, I met a friend who had a Note, and we would banter about iOS vs Android.

Everytime he whipped out his phone, I would envy his screen. I thought to myself, I hope Apple would come up with a solution to the miniscule screen on their phone products. I hoped this Sept would be the saving grace. A larger screen.

Surprised, I was. A whopping 0.5inch upgrade. And only vertically altered.

By this time I had already dwelled into Android in spite of not ever owning one. I saw their screens and their OSes. This was exactly what I was looking for.

The keynote speech in Berlin IFA 2012 had already stirred up ny interest in the Note 2. The keynote by Apple in Sept had sealed the deal. Note 2 it will be.

The rest is history ;)

Innovation is what attracted me to jump ship. I doubt I'll ever preach which OS is the superior one, having tasted life from both sides of the fence. All I can say is that Samsung won me over with their innovative device, and for that, this moment of my life, I can truthfully say that Samsung and Android are on top of the game.

Whether that changes in the future is hard to say, so guys, live your life according to what attracts you.

I had a small glimmer of hope for the iPhone 5. Multiscreen, SPen, 5.55inch HD screen and Jelly Bean have certainly set the norm for me. Whoever supercedes those in one device will definitely grab my attention.

TLDR; Get what suits your requirements ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] qckuthbutt:
Does iPhone bashing really make you guys feel that good? Telling each other bulls**t stories about owning the iPhone 5 for a week to make yourself feel good.... I just don't get it.

There aren't even any apple fanbois here to hear it. Lol

Sent from my Desire HD
[Galaxy Note II General] predator21:
Well bro u will not be disappointed i swap fone every month mostly.... But note 2 made me stick to it...got first piece frm my frnd 4 days bk.... N its awsome
[Galaxy Note II General] Rafaeldkt:
Good decision:good:
[Galaxy Note II General] sahilarora2003:
Love the Topic Title. :D
[Galaxy Note II General] whmcal:
Iphone is an okay phone with first class marketing.

Note 2 is a first class phone with okay marketing

Sent from my 32GB Galaxy Note
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
That's good....makes me feel more special since less people will have it. ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] toofank:
I wouldnt change my note2 for iphone5 even if they gave me 200bux extra
[Galaxy Note II General] barondebxl:
true that!
[Galaxy Note II General] ithehappy:
How can even people compare iPhone 5 and Note II when they are addressed to completely different set of users?

Jeez guys!

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy Note II General] eroracing:
They seem to be in the same smartphone category to me... But then again maybe there's some other smartphone category I've never heard of?! (sarcasm)!
[Galaxy Note II General] CGI_Ram:
The iphone used to lead the way. Now they are chasing the pack.

Iphone 5 brought what new to the table?

Not much.

The specs, while good are not leading edge. Not even close.
[Galaxy Note II General] DaMan90:
Agreed I used to like apple till the 4 dropped and I realized it was always gonna be the same. Still it kills me to see everyone with an overpriced lower end device when there's so many other choices. Android has been putting them selves out there. Don't you guys see so many more android ads out today than you did last year? Its really not the os's fault as its doing fine compared to other mobile OS's its just that the consumers are IMPOSSIBLE to please once there hooked on iOS. They'll find one little flaw in an android device and call the iPhone "superior" to all other android devices.
[Galaxy Note II General] Guccimane337:
The note 2 is a beast but i always go back to iphone tbey have the best email clients there ios is so smooth u gotta admit that
[Galaxy Note II General] Jamal Ahmed:
I dont think youve used note 2 yet :p

sent from underwater
[Galaxy Note II General] kylec:
I admit iOS is smooth yes, but then so is the app drawer in Android :P, but I never liked the email client lol. I always felt it was lacking. The inability to simply attach a file from the app itself was always PITA. I honestly find the stock one on my One X to be far superior to the iphones email app.
[Galaxy Note II General] dk206:
IF you REALLY need the stylus and its functionality go for the Note 10.1

however if you don't, stick with the iPad. Apple's got it spot on in its tablets. Still king of the hill and probably for years to come. I own a iPad 3 and will never leave the iPad cycle unless Android has enough decent apps for Tablets which I'm sure they will...but not right now...
[Galaxy Note II General] kevinchen1102:
well,since this is an android forum,its quite normal that people here love iphone less.
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Lol, right.

3 years and I still haven't seen a good email client for Android. They all sucks imho.

And smoothness/fluidity too.
[Galaxy Note II General] JeramyEggs:
Really, the iPhone is like a rocket on a roller coaster. It is super fast, stable as hell, and smooth a greased lightning. The only problem is when you want to venture somewhere other than where the apple train goes. Android is like a dirt bike, it may sputter here, or there, but it will take you places that an iPhone can never go. As Sly said so eloquently "Different strokes for different folks". Can't wait until I get this phone, and get bashed for having a big screen tv for a phone. I"ll just tell them that is better than having a watch to watch tv on....
[Galaxy Note II General] johnhkhk:
In terms of hardware iPhones are without a doubt very well designed. Sadly iOS is enormously frustrating even if you jailbreak. I certainly won't mine having an iPhone 5 running android, one could only dream
[Galaxy Note II General] 3kgt:
Well Icrap is a sinking ship no doubt!

I Sold my Note 1 when i bought the N2.. And guess what..

4 av 5 mails i got for my phone (N1) was (U wanna change ur phone to Iphone 4 or 4s and give u Bla bla money over it)? One of them actually gave me 2000 Swe kr + and iphone 4s! and i put my N1 for 3000 kr .

Now for the ipad.. i would choise a Nexus 7, or Note 10 ? or a W8 tablet Pro..

I got a win 8 tab and love it.. and i have orderd the Nexus 7 ..

And excatly as u others say more and more of my freinds are buying android phones.. Not 1 single i know did go from android to ios!
[Galaxy Note II General] mancuk29:
I have just sold my iPad 3 64gbp 4g for £420 and got the 10.1 do it ... yes some of the apps aren't as good as ios but the benefits out weigh the negatives and I've only one app on android u can't find

But more opportunities on android plus you can shape your device how you want

£399 in the UK for the best device there is .... plus you best two year warranty apple don't give you that !

Do it you won't regret it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gabeloooooo:
The female voice when using google now is AWESOME. Clear crisp and sounds very natural.

Is there a way, or hope, to use this as overall TTS for the entire phone?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terranoid:
Doubt it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trein91:
bump

http://translate.google.com.mx/?hl=en
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gabeloooooo:
I assume it is not really TTS, but pre-recorded messages for common situations. Whenever they have something not pre-recorded, it falls back to the horrible TTS voice.

They should at the very least buy Ivona voice, those are the best sounding on the market for pure TTS
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trein91:
http://translate.google.com.mx/?hl=en

It's (almost, close to 90%) the same voice in the google translate english female version.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trein91:
Just to update, the Google now voice is indeed a TTS as the Google now voice version can be enabled as an option in Utter!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] salils:
Using the official SGS3 Samsung charger & micro usb cable that came with my SGS3, I plugged a male to female USB cable that I had spliced so I could check current, voltage, etc of various usb devices. Anyway, I put my ammeter in series with the + power (red) line and I'm only seeing around 200-250ma on my meter! What is going on here? I've tried this with another meter (with the same result) so it doesn't seem to be anything wrong with my ammeters. Also, my phone was at 37% battery last time I tried this.

Here's a picture of how I have it setup...charger on the left, usb cable going to phone on right, ammeter is attached to the alligator clips.

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Geordie Lad:
I had same problem and it was just the longer USB cable I used that couldn't handle the full 1A current, so just try another.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] scarrmrcc:
your setup is wrong.

you are seeing what the charger is supplying, MINUS what the phone is taking.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] salils:
Huh? How so? My ammeter is in series between the charger and the phone. Any current drawn from the charger would pass through the ammeter, no? The phone is drawing the current from the charger, if the phone isn't "taking" all the current, then what could possibly be drawing this additional current you speak of, from the charger?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] salils:
I'm using a pretty short cable already, but I've also tried it with another set of plugs with no change in result.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] garyd9:
umm.. please pardon my outrage, but did you spend the few milliseconds required to read his post before replying?

If he's running his meter inline on the USB +5v wire, it's only measuring the current flowing across that wire - regardless of what that current is being used for.

On the other hand, I do think there's a typo in his message: probably should be 200-250mA - not maH... maH would be a capacity, not a current.

To the OP:

You should be seeing around 900-950mA in the case of the stock wall charger. Can you try the same test using a standard computer USB port? Does your kernel support showing charging current either in kmsg or via a sysfs interface? If so, it'd be interesting to see that. I have seen cases where the kernel THINKS it's charging at one rate, but it's actually pulling quite a bit less current from the wire (on other devices.)

It's possible that the USB cable your using is flawed. I realize that your post claims to be using the stock USB cable, but your photo is showing a white USB plug when the stock cable is black.

If the kernel can show charging current, it'd be useful to log that, and then try a different USB cable and see if the kernel see's a different current then. If so, it'd point to a USB cable flaw.

Another thought: When your charging, go into settings->battery. It should show that it's charging... does it dispaly charging via (USB) or (AC)?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] themadproducer:
You may need to short the white and green data wires together which should tell the S3 to charge at FAST rate. I am guessing the S3 thinks it is seeing a PC USB rate. I know this for a fact with my HD2 but probably our S3's are the same. Good you mentioned 37% because we also know that the charge rate will slow down the closer the battery gets to full charge...which means we cannot do these tests once battery is over 80% or so.