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[Galaxy Note II General] xFrozen:
i thought my mind was playing tricks on me!! :(
[Galaxy Note II General] thomasj5:
Having used android phones and tablets for so many years, if I was to go back to having to use a smaller apple keyboard without haptic feedback this would seriously bug me!
[Galaxy Note II General] SirCanealot:
Apple's keyboard is going to be down to software more than hardware. Their keyboard is fantastic! I work in a second hand retailer that buys in a LOT of phones and I find the apple keyboard is very easy to just pick up and use. There's nothing really special about the touch screens and they feel very similar to all other capacitive touchscreens I have used.

However, Android has swift key. So go get that and good night :p

I'll happily challenge any iphone user to a typing test. Especially once you've used SwiftKey for a few months and it adapts to your typing... :)
[Galaxy Note II General] TingTingin:
True cuz trying to beat android in keyboards ain't gone fly since with android if you hate the one you have you can just download another one from a company whose sole purpose is making keyboards which will always trump stock not to mention some people may like the iPhone's keyboard but if you don't your stock with it (see what I did there) I personally am using Swype which I find superior to other keyboards so much in fact that I can't really see myself going back to a regular keyboard

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[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
I am using iPhones and Androids for last 3-4 years (iPhone, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, Galaxy S, Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note II), both for different reasons. And I can say, yes, iPhone's touch sensitivity is better than any Android's I have used. I don't know who makes the display, I don't think that matters in this case. Just like, right now my iP 5's touch sensitivity is better than my Note 2. Not by a huge margin, but enough to notice.

And there is NO credit in saying I hate iPhone. Don't follow all the kids.
[Galaxy Note II General] slekkas:
I'm a big fan of galaxy series. I love them!!! But as an IT person I must be objective. Better is better and I must agree that iphone's keyboard is easier than any android keyboard I've experienced so far and trust me I have tried a lot since switching from iphone to my first Android galaxy s 2 because it was the only thing bothering me and it still is. I sometimes use my wife's iphone to send an email and I get jealous of how nice the keyboard feels. This has nothing to do with marketing or anything else. It just feels this way. If you guys are using a keyboard that I've missed feel free to share. I believe even if you are a Samsung fan like me you must still point out the weaknesses in order for the next version to improve instead of being in denial.
[Galaxy Note II General] TingTingin:
Corning makes the screens Samsung makes the displays Apple has no part with the touch sensitivity of the phone iDevices aren't any more or less sensitive than any other capacitive touchscreen device out there the only thing that may make a little sense is that there keyboard may be slightly better at times than the stock android 1 but that's where it ends

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[Galaxy Note II General] Pika007:
Actually, capacitive touchscreen vary in quality, some register touch better than others, with shorter delay, in shorter interval, and better precision.

I have an iphone 4s and a Note 2, had an S3, S2, S1, Note 1 before the Note 2.

Objectively, i can say this- As far as software goes, apple's keyboard is fantastic. I still think it's better than samsung's, although i'm not exactly having any trouble with samsung's. They made HUGE progress in all that's related to software during the past 2 years.

As for the hardware....

Taking the iphone 4s as a comparison point, it's definetly better than the S1, a tad better than the S2, and would say on par with the note and S3, which are really similar.

The note 2, however, is a different story. Staying as objective as possible, as far as i noticed the Note 2 has the best touchscreen i ever had the chance to use. I play a lot of games, and some rythem games that require to register 5-7 touches per second at some parts.

There were always some hics, ALWAYS. Even on the mighty S3 and Tegra 3 devices, so it's certainly not a processing power issue. The N2 never misses a point registration, it's an absolute delight to use.

Given the HUGE screen and S-pen as a main feature, i am hardly surprised that samsung are using the best digitizers possible for the note series, it would be a sad joke if a feature they advertise so much wouldn't work properly.
[Galaxy Note II General] kebabs:
Once I install Swype, apples keyboard takes a back seat in usability. Apple need to steal Swype continuous input or just buy them out for iOS 7. It's such a killer feature to have IMO.

A few things apple HAVE nailed is the mail client. Sooooooooooo much better experience with email. And touch is more responsive on iOS due to input prioritization etc.
[Galaxy Note II General] xartic12:
Actually Corning only makes the outer layer glass and not the touch screen. If the outer glass in infused with the touchscreen, then that's because the manufacture licenses out Corning to do so.

Apple doesn't and never have used Corning Gorilla Glass, aluminosilicate glass as announced in the iPhone 4
[Galaxy Note II General] TingTingin:
You are either misinformed or misinterpreted what I said either way let me enlighten u as to what I meant a touchscreen is defined as a electronic display that can respond to touch it has absolutely nothing to do with the glass which is the screen the screen is simply a protector of the underlying display the only correlation to any touch mechanism is that it has to be coated in a conductive material that's it the display is what Samsung makes or the touchscreen not the Screen which is what Corning makes people often think that the touchscreen is the entire entity meaning the glass display and all never realizing that there two separate things so if you read my post over you'll see I said Corning makes the Screens which they do and Samsung makes the displays which they also do and the iPhone has been using gorilla glass since the first iPhone... So your point is?

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[Galaxy Note II General] spycedtx:
Ow. Punctuation is not your enemy.
[Galaxy Note II General] kdskamal:
I have both iPhone 5 and Galaxy Note 2. Typing on Samsung's keyboard is way better. Note 2 or even GS3 feel like a more complete product.
[Galaxy Note II General] cosinav:
I get more accuracy from my iphone 5. I make more typo errors with the Note 2 even with the larger screen/keyboard
[Galaxy Note II General] slekkas:
+1

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Having said all that witch keyboard do you guys think is best for GN2?
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Swype obviously. Using the beta one. Has one or two glitches but better than anything out there. I've purchased SlideIT, and used Touchpal, Android 4.2, all, even Keymonk, but came back to Swype all time. In fact I am sticking with Android because mostly of Swype. I never use both hands to type, those who uses might try SwiftKey X. It's good, but no match for Swype. I'm however waiting for their Flow feature, have high expectations, lets see though.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] thomasj5:
I would say yes the Samsung keyboard is not great especially with the lack of autocorrect and the haptic feedback is not great but remember, this being an android phone, you can download other keyboards. I am using the 4.2 android keyboard on my galaxy note 2 and its miles ahead, even of the iPhone.

I have to admit that I hated both the iPhone and Samsung keyboards but at least in the Samsung case I got to chose another keyboard out there.

I couldn't do that with the iPhone. Their keyboard is ancient and the lack of new and innovative features shows up for how dated their iOS system is. It needs a refresh badly. This was a major factor for me not buying the iPad mini recently. I am going to wait for the 3g version of the nexus 7
[Galaxy Note II General] slekkas:
Where can I find android keyboard?
[Galaxy Note II General] thomasj5:
I got the apk link from this article

http://m.pocketnow.com/2012/10/30/android-4-2-stock-keyboard-now-available-for-download-unofficially
[Galaxy Note II General] bengadget:
I use the Magic Keyboard on my Note 2 and for me, it's better than iOS, Swype, and the stock keyboard.

What I think the one thing is they nailed is Core Audio. I wish SO BADLY that Android would fix the latency so we could get the amazing music production apps the iPhone has. That's what kept me on iOS so long.
[Galaxy Note II General] adytum:
The essence of what you describe with the ios keyboard, is what makes SwiftKey great, too.

The "heatmap" in the stats shows how the keys adjust trigger zone according to how you type. I have tried the ios keyboard also, but to me at least, I make a lot less typos with SwiftKey than with that.
[Galaxy Note II General] Raymun:
i actually enjoyed typing experience on the iphone before. Now that I have note 2 it makes more spelling mistakes.
[Galaxy Note II General] wizlon:
Typing

I find the Note 2 easier than the iPhone for typing. Do you have a screen guard? If so, it's an obvious one to look at, even if you had one on the iPhone? Also, do you have a thick rigid case? It's possible that it is stressing the screen out slightly, which might impact typing. It's a long shot, but it came to mind...

Good luck.

I personally liked the iPhone for it's easy way of accessing the camera whilst keeping the iPhone completely locked. I can'd do that on my Note 2 unless I use the App that makes it look like a bloody iPhone (and I can't bring myself to do that). As far as I have found, all other methods essentially leave the phone unlocked. So I have to enter my Pin every time for now instead. It's been a while, but I am toying with the idea of writing some code to create what I want...
[Galaxy Note II General] salmonsushi:
Try SwiftKey. I literally can type blind and u don even need to type space bar, SwiftKey figures it out for u. And of course it has the best word prediction out there.
[Galaxy Note II General] Patosbuddy:
Yes. SwiftKey is the best.

I can't understand how anyone can use anything else. I came from iPone1-4s and don't understand how people can say they are better.

One thing i love is the way it remembers what you wrote.

Lets say you wrote something on Facebook and press send, but something didn't work and you loose everything you wrote.

Then you can start all over and put inn the first letters of the first word, and then every word that you wrote earlier pops up one after the other.

Im so impressed how it find the next word you are thinking of.

Try it for a while, but it's very important to go in to settings and adjust it how you prefer.

I love the arrows at the bottom. That's something Apple really needs. Hopeless to edit words with Apple keyboard.
[Galaxy Note II General] whmcal:
One thing they nailed is....

the technique for poaching and fleecing lemmings.

Aside from this...page flip or scrolling animation on ipad calendars is a nice touch we don't have. But...that's all I would want to change about my note.
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
And I don't understand how anyone uses anything other than Swype! You see, opinion varies.
[Galaxy Note II General] Laynee1:
But when you want to write with your spen, how you do it on swiftkey ?! I havent heard of an option to auto switch to samsungs keyboard when spen is deattached
[Galaxy Note II General] vash_h:
It is the software that makes typing on Iphone nice. Apple predicts what u week press next this the enjoyment.

However androids swype makes my iphone friends envious...

Sent From my Samsung Note 2 GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] EeZeEpEe:
I can. More need to correct words with Swype. And SwiftKey Flow will have the best of both.

As for the iPhone screen, actually my friends had the iPhone 5 for a few days before switching back to Android and getting the Galaxy S III. Screen tapping was one of the issues among the iOS and Android differences.
[Galaxy Note II General] Jamolah:
To whoever is thinking or saying lemming and marketing hype. I don't like apple I don't own any apple products. I don't believe their marketing hype, I'm going based on experience.

Well whatever it is that Apple has done they've perfected the stock keyboard typing experience. Because If I just play around with an iPhone4/Iphone5 even with their smaller screen they have better accuracy.

Yes I use the Samsung "swype" keyboard.
[Galaxy Note II General] CitizenLee:
I HATE typing on my iPod touch... never get's it right first time, and I don't have sausage fingers :laugh:
[Galaxy Note II General] Jamolah:
Update:

OK say i installed the Android 4.2 keyboard and it's way better than the stock Samsung keyboard. It's on par with the iPhone. And all this time (when I had my s2 skyrocket) I thought it was a screen thing. Turns out it was samsung's software.
[Galaxy Note II General] alphasports:
LOL! It's still running, no period...............
[Galaxy Note II General] pakure:
[/QUOTE] personally liked the iPhone for it's easy way of accessing the camera whilst keeping the iPhone completely locked. I can'd do that on my Note 2 unless I use the App that makes it look like a bloody iPhone (and I can't bring myself to do that). As far as I have found, all other methods essentially leave the phone unlocked. So I have to enter my Pin every time for now instead. It's been a while, but I am toying with the idea of writing some code to create what I want...[/QUOTE]

Do you know there is a setting on the note 2 by which you can open camera on lock screen by touching the screen and rotating the phone? ;)

handwritten from my note 2 (N7100)
[Galaxy Note II General] simacca:
I find Smart keyboard pro one of the best imo.
[Galaxy Note II General] whmcal:
Jamolah. Honestly, no offence was meant to you by my statement. Maybe I just know too many people who buy iphones for the same reason that most teenaged kids in my area carry adidas bags to school...fashion statement /to be 'part of something' :/ I stand by my previous statement about apple nailing the calendar app though ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] TingTingin:
Samsung Swype keyboard? You do know Swype is made by you guessed it Swype right. The one that comes bundled with Samsung phones can't be upgraded and well it just sucks so I don't really see how saying you used Apple's keyboard and Samsung's horrible Swype keyboard as something making your point make any sense whatsoever. I have used Apple's keyboard and I missed keys like a singer with a sore throat and that's on a 3.5 inch screen whereas with Swype on a 3 inch screen blows out out of the water

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[Galaxy Note II General] joey7415963:
Wow! iPhone is like taboo talk on this forum. True though it may be there are a lot of apple brainwashed people out there, but the same could be said for nokia when it was properly about, blackberry, windows and of course the beloved android. These aren't saints that were talking about, they're not gods! So why does everyone get so het up when someone states their opinion, which was in this case that the iPhone's screen was better for typing on? Actually I agree, I much prefer my old iPhone 4 or my iPad to type on, but I prefer my Note 2 for evrything else.

FFS people, grow up both brands could learn a thing or two from each other
[Galaxy Note II General] pakure:
These kind of posts will get the same response. ..will turn into flame wars. .. if you like the key board on iPhone. .fine. .. but if you are complaining. .you cannot have a solution. .. People will say. .try another keyboard. .at least Android has the option to change keyboards. . If still you are unhappy. What to do. .. you think a developer is going to port the iPhone keyboard onto Android overnight? ..unlikely. ... so there is no solution yet. Accept that

handwritten from my note 2 (N7100)
[Galaxy Note II General] Elvecio:
I've used iphone 4 for two years (But also an ipod touch and an ipad) and i think that the ios keyboard is horrible.

Yeah, it is very accurate, but the autocorrection (for italian language) is simply stupid.

Now i switched to the note 2: there are several bad points here (like the email experience, which is much better on ios) but the only sure thing that i know is that typing experience is a way better. Swiftkey and swype are amazing things. Typing here is much faster, and it's not related to the bigger screen.
[Galaxy Note II General] osgoku:
what i don't like about my note 2 is that it makes noises when you press on the frame under the volume buttons you can hear annoying noises. withe my s3 it was the same, but i never heard that anything like this happend to an iphone. bute of course the iphone has problems too. for example the scratch problem of the iphone 5.
[Galaxy Note II General] MaziarAmiri:
Before getting my note 2,I had iPhone 4 and 4S and honestly I make much less mistakes with note 2's keyboard and I type faster,also the auto correction is much better and
[Galaxy Note II General] osgoku:
i have big buttons keyboard and typing is very accurate with it. so i have no problems with typing, only when i am to lazy to type properly
[Galaxy Note II General] EeZeEpEe:
Are you talking about a very, very faint sound of the volume button moving within area? Now that's something barely even noticeable until I read your reply. Plus I have to tap really hard in that area to get a sound out of it.
[Galaxy Note II General] osgoku:
you don't need to press hard on the volumbutton. the sound is like the sound of a door that is opening in a horror movie, i can't really describe it in another way.

But it is the frame that makes this noise, the frame under the volumebuttons.
[Galaxy Note II General] jordanishere:
The iPhone 5 is awesome. It just works.
[Galaxy Note II General] EeZeEpEe:
Oh so it's when you press the volume button? Yeah then that's not happening on my GSIII or girl's Note II. It's just a regular click.
[Galaxy Note II General] TingTingin:
Lol

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[Galaxy Note II General] kryptoner:
People should just enjoy their devices which they own. .. proving that something is bad won't take anyone anywhere.
[Galaxy Note II General] osgoku:
don't get me wrong guys, the note 2 is the best device on the market. i realy love it, it is genius. the huge battery, the s-pen, the beautiful screen, 2gb ram and of course it is very fast and fluid. and let's not forget costumization. i would never buy another device.
[Galaxy Note II General] TingTingin:
Nobody's trying to prove anything is bad if you read the fist post it says that IOSs keyboard is good then people said that their keyboard is good that's all

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[Galaxy Note II General] EeZeEpEe:
Yup. Basically.
[Galaxy Note II General] Livebyte:
Its not the touch screen. Its the responsiveness of the OS.
[Galaxy Note II General] EeZeEpEe:
Well kind of both. I've heard in some reviews the response for the iPhone 5 doesn't seem to be quite as sensitive as it was on previous models. I would think it's the hardware because the screen is different. People who have used older ones might notice but if it's their first iPhone then they might not. My friends came from Android and tried the iPhone 5 for about a week. Other than not liking iOS, the screen response for both wasn't as good as they had experience with Android so they exchanged the phones for the GSIII.
[Galaxy Note II General] egorre:
I kinda agree. they don't have that touchscreen lag we have on Android. like a few milliseconds. not much but it's still noticable.
[Galaxy Note II General] TingTingin:
Milliseconds do you really think humans can actually feel milliseconds of difference

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[Galaxy Note II General] EeZeEpEe:
Actually yes. That's why long press duration is adjustable in keyboards like Swiftkey. Default is 450 ms but I prefer 250 ms. I tried 200 and it was too short for me. And another example is console video games and input lag (Time of pressing a button or direction to what you see on the screen) with a TV or monitor. You want 16 ms (1000 ms/60 frames) or less for lag to be nearly unnoticeable. Very important to people who play fighting games or first person shooters.
[Galaxy Note II General] egorre:
I do.
[Galaxy Note II General] TingTingin:
He said a few I.e 1 millisecond as apposed to 2 or 3 milliseconds you don't use a keyboard and say AHHH! this takes and extra 2 milliseconds to respond u addressed wide margins also what u say is that apparently android keyboards timing is adjustable so to the guy who said that higher up just adjust the timing of your keyboard

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[Galaxy Note II General] Anlyx2:
Use SwiftKey and say bye bye to anything else.
[Galaxy Note II General] EeZeEpEe:
True a few doesn't mean 50 ms or 16 ms like I mentioned in my reply. But anyway, the adjustable timing is actually for long pressing to get to the secondary key. For example, press and hold "q" gets "1" or "h" gets "+". It's quicker than having to switch back and forth from the numbers/characters keyboard. Of course, if you gotta put somethign like "335465135", switching is definitely quicker.
[Galaxy Note II General] TingTingin:
Okay lol :)

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[Galaxy Note II General] joey7415963:
Well they can both see and hear it so no reason they shouldn't
[Galaxy Note II General] TingTingin:
We've already addressed that Joey

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[Galaxy Note II General] rockky:
Don't hate the iphone ....you wouldn't have the Samsung Galaxy Note without it....Samsung ripped off that phone U hate..(and bettered it of course)....

There's a part of the touch tech on the Iphone the pinpoints the target better. Its called a name and I cant recall it.
[Galaxy Note II General] system.img:
Well....Samsung didn't rip off the small iPhone screen, did they? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note II General] TingTingin:
Wait is this seriously devolving into am android vs iPhone argument no one's hating on the iPhone their hating on the iPhone's keyboard big difference I also hate on the stock keyboard I got with my phone so don't identify arguments that aren't there also to address your comment really galaxy note would not have come into existence if it wasn't for the iPhone do you really believe that if anything it would have come into existence faster (no red tape to go through) so name 1 thing that Samsung ripped off from Apple that Apple didn't rip off from someone else (hint it's not the notification center)

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[Galaxy Note II General] @rbiter:
That period and grammar must be in that galaxy. Damn dude. Your posts are like apple advertising. They make my head hurt.