[Galaxy Note II General] IceRapture:
What is your attraction to the Vega 6 over the Note 2 or Note 3?

This was the opinion I formulated after looking into it a bit:

Not that I'm against the Vega in any way, but wasn't one of the major attractions to the Note series the pressure sensitive Wacom stylus?

I just can't see the 2 phones as being in the same class due to that.

I feel the Note has far more applications for me in school and it would have been tremendously useful if it were around for a few of my previous jobs namely due to the ability to write on it (accurately).

As for the Vega;

The touchpad on the back is a pretty awesome idea! The camera seems nice, but a bigger number on megapixels doesn't always mean a better quality photo. The 5 or 6 supported simultaneous open windows is ok, but I'm holding my Note 10.1 right now and opened 15 windows just to see if it can do the same, looks like it did better (relevance; if the Note 3 is any bit of an upgrade, which everyone seems to suggest it will be, I'm sure the Note 3 will be able to do the same as my Note 10.1 just did). The keyboard isn't a big deal, the portrait single-hand use is already featured in our Note 2s, the floating and the landscape split keyboard is the same as the Note 10.1, I'm sure the Note 3 and/or next Note 2 firmware upgrade will support a split/floating keyboard. Besides, I've been using a full-sized bluetooth keyboard since my Sii. And its nice to see a move towards better integration of a 1080p display in a device smaller than DVD resolution. I think it's likely the Note 3 will feature a similar 1080p display just to remain as the phone industry's leader. (in principle, better HD capabilities on increasingly smaller screens is something I just don't get but find very amusing... imagine 4k on something the size of your fingernail. useful? lol). By the way, does anyone own a 2TB MicroSD?

I'm not a big fan of Vega's ROM designs, but rooting and a ROM would fix that...

There are 2 more sensors on the Note 2 as it is, than the Vega 6. The s4 has Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gestures sensors... so I guess the Note 3 will have all of that, and isn't the it even going to include an IR transceiver?

Basically, when I try to compare the Note 2 and the Vega 6, forgetting about the stylus, I see no significant differences. Both seem like great devices that make me have to root and install a new ROM for all of my jeans just to fit them in my pocket.

On the other hand, a dream device that I would drop all my money on... would be something with the Wacom stylus, the Vega rear touchpad, TV/Radio/DMB capabilities (I need my Korean dramas 0.o), but most importantly feature a

4k camera designed by RED

. If they make one with a built-in projector (so the HD capabilities can be enjoyed at it's correct size), I'd give up my university tuition for that! Not to mention that with this projector comes the opportunity to add Pranav Mistry's SixthSense technology! It would be amusing to see how David Merrill's Siftables technology could play a role in our phone world. It seems it would not take much to make our phones into full 3D devices as Johnny Lee has done (though not for a phone) using the IR sensors from a Wii remote. Lastly I would love to see a ROM featuring BumpTop.

...plus of course it would have HD screen and all the other stuff that has become typical of our over-powerful-underutilized phones :)

until then, I'll just keep dreaming and leave my GoPro Hero3 duct taped to the back of my Note 2, and attempt to save what little money I have left for food, lol

Just out of my own personal curiosity, what is everyone's motivation for having the phone you use now? or wanting something different? ...what makes a phone stand out amongst the rest, to you?

ps. if you want to see the vega 6 in use, here's a link from the launch day. (as she uses it, it seems a bit slow and glitchy to me, maybe not as smooth as even the Note 1)

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

pps. in reference to SixthSense technology (been around since 2009), see this: http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html

or

http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html