[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Muscleboy:
Simultaneous voice and data missing on the Galaxy Note 2

Update to below(important to note that the the one reviewer to test for talk and web at the same time on the Verizon Note 2, showed that 4G/LTE turned itself off when talking on the phone- indicating even 4G talk and web may not work on Verizon Note 2 - will verify this asap.) talk and internet/web access at the same time purportedly works whilst under Verizon LTE (4G)(not 100% certain of this) which they claim will be everywhere by the end of 2013... still having full voice and internet at the same time in 3G mode has become the norm in high end devices. The US version of the Galaxy S3 has full simultaneous talk and web in 3G and 4G modes in Verizon. Exynos chipset is the issue as it is used in the Note 2 and Galaxy S3 European version neither of which have the ability to do talk and web at the same time in 3G mode. Must check when Verizon intends to roll out LTE in your areas of work and play.. when they roll it out it is just suddenly there in a flash of light albeit with occasional glitches for a few weeks or so.... and if the lack of SVDO (3G talk and web at the same time) can be fixed in the near future for the Note 2. I have called Verizon and no one seems to know a thing in tech support or sales.

It really is a fact that they couldn't get the quad core chipset available on the Galaxy S3 to work with the US LTE system so they defaulted to the dual core-- still a fast phone. In all the reviews the camera is said to be the same as the amazing Galaxy s3 it makes no sense that now I find out that the LED video/camera lamp on the Note 2 is half the brightness as the S3. Completely idiotic. In one of the many reviews I've watched on the Galaxy Note 2, using Verizon's Note 2, the reviewer noticed that the cellular web internet connection disconnected itself when using the telephone. That really is terrible. What appears to be the problem is that they have not actually fixed the problem with the quad core Exynos cpu chipset and the US version of LTE-- that is really bad news. To have such a powerful device as the Note 2 and not to be able to talk and use the internet at the same time destructive of much of the potential of what could have been a truly amazing device. I just hope there is some way they are going to fix it --- I will try everything should I decide to go ahead with getting one on the Verizon network. However I am seriously thinking of not bothering with the Note 2 at all after finding these things out-- I want to get a total top flight user experience for what will be thousands spent on phone and usage fees over 2 years-- why do we continue to have to accept this garbage? A lot of it has to do with them locking us into 2 year contracts- or over pricing the phones if we don't.

Another idiotic thing Samsung did was to release this phone without having the 32 and 64 gig internal ram versions available on the launch date in the US. I think of this as a powerful business tool not just a goofy over priced gadget-- 64 gig plus a 64 gig external would really expand it's utility. Also is Verizon going to lock the boot loader again? This stuff is getting to be so anti-consumer, anti-tech people - we are not only a very large percentage of those who reach out to buy the latest technology but many people turn to us to make buying decisions and yet we have anti- tech actions like Verizon locking the bootloaders-- this is totally nuts. Verizon has a great network, why can't they improve the speed of offering new phones and stop control freak activities like locking the bootloaders and fighting against net neutrality- so vital to a free, innovative and wealthy internet...

I would just love to be totally happy about the damn Galaxy Note 2... It's almost like they have to inject a certain amount of misery into everything... control freaks. Sorry to go on and on but I also wanted a post that would make it clear to people that the Galaxy Note 2 will not have the ability to talk and use the internet/web at the same time... SVDO and other codes don't help many people to find such things on Google searches. Consider also this does not just effect simple Web surfing-- it prevents cloud-based internet-based programs like calendars and other critical business tools from being available when you are talking to a client or colleague.

I'm still hopeful the bootloader will not be locked or we get it unlocked quickly and their will be a rapid fix for the voice and web not working at the same time and maybe the LED brightness problem fixed.