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[Galaxy Note II General] SithDagger:
Bugs? No bugs that i notice.

Camera is pretty good, better than most phone camera's.

More than 14 hours battery life for me.

Gaming is awesome, will run nova 3, asphalt 7, and others perfectly.

Mine hasnt heated up at all, nice and cool unless i go mad flashing roms, then it gets warm.

Plastic, and i am enjoying the plastic.

Spen depends on what you use it for, most of samsungs functions seem a little gimmicky to me, however 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity with sketchbook pro for tablets makes this an awesome tool for an artist.

This is a very nice phone, i love it.

The only thing that might be considered bad is the lack of updates from samsung; but that can also be a good thing. I have a nexus 7 tablet, 4.1 was good, 4.1.2 was good, 4.2.1 ran poorly, 4.2.2 was good. The nice thing about slow updates is we will likely never see 4.2.1 for this phone, the bad thing is if we get a bad update we get stuck on it for a while.

Tl;dr awesome phone, you will probably love it.
[Galaxy Note II General] aBg_rOnGak:
The only bad thing is, you will have the feeling of wanting to throw away other smaller phone... :P
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
Guess what, there is a guy who used note 2 which came last year, bought s4 and sold it again to get note 2 again. Just shows how cool is this phone.

After using s1-s3, I was very hesitant to get this phone but honestly this has been my best ever experience since last 8 months with note 2. Just close your eyes and buy it.

What I loved most:

0% lag, thanks to quad core ad 2 gig ram.

battery is toooooo good for a smartphone, you will just love it.

Perfect size.

What I disliked:

Poor wifi signal reception, actually signals dropout/fluctuate very frequently.

Poor low light camera performance, just like other galaxy series phone.
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
Ooh, toughie. Will try to be as objective as possible. Mine:

Pros:

Absolute beast - no lags, runs anything that would run on it without any issues or stutters etc.

Wolfston Sound chip, which gives you excellent results with your high quality headphones if you use one.

Battery life - hands down the best battery life I've ever had in a smartphone. Can't seem to kill the battery even with super heavy usage.

Expandable storage - nuff said.

Gorgeous screen - in my personal opinion, it has the best SAMOLED screen of all other phones. Love the 5.5'' RGB amoled, calibrate and you get gorgeous contrast ratio and color reproduction with the screen.

S Pen - underrated, helps me to take notes, and browsing is far better with the S Pen out.

Those are the things I LOVE, there are plenty more I like a lot, which I can't even begin to list here.

Cons:

Camera is top notch, but if you're into taking pictures of moving objects, it's bit of a letdown.

Awkward to use one handed - you can use it, but it's still awkward. That should be obvious though, given how large the phone is. Amazing for two handed though, you'll struggle to type in tiny phones once you get used to it.

Relatively poor daylight visibility - much better than S3, but not on par with S4 or other LCD phones. I can see stuff on bright really bright daylight too, but it isn't terrific. If you're always using your mobile in the sun, that might be something to take into consideration though.

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Mine actually has excellent signal reception :rolleyes: You sure that it's not just an issue with your device?
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
^^

Device is fine, I updated rom and it did help but no as much as expected. I am not the only one with this issue I guess. The problem is that even in a room where I have router, it frequently fluctuate signals.

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy Note II General] gaurav2009:
i love everything of my note 2 but my note 2 got sds insane chip that drives me crazy all the time but you are good to go with a kernel+recovery patched for sds otherwise this is the best thing i have ever had :D
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
Hmm, is it the router? I mean there must be some workaround surely, because mine has excellent wifi reception, better than my Nexus 7, actually.
[Galaxy Note II General] LeaRSi88:
I basically don't like the back cover, for me it's pretty slippery and I can feel myself losing grip on it when using it with one hand...and that's basically it :)

everything else I love about it!
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
I have 2 routers and issue is same. Do check 1 thing for me, stay in the room where the router is and monitor the signal strength from the wifi icon. Does it remain stable, I mean stuck at 4 full bars or fluctuates between 3 and 4 bars.
[Galaxy Note II General] michal_alton:
What I don't like is that you can't move apps to sd card and that's the only issue I have with this phone. I know there is work around but not feeling very confident about using it. What I like best is a row of numbers above keyboard. Using omega Rom and it's fantastic. This phone is blazing fast, very good battery life doesn't heat up like my old sgs2. And it actually feels quicker than my wife Xperia Z for some reason
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
Checked for 1 minute, it seems stable, didn't seem to drop at all? :confused:

Anyways, regardless - if it was a noticeable issue, I would have experienced it surely?
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
Consider yourself lucky then.

check these threads, wifi issue is addressed a lot of times.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1956155

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[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
- Device has no bug. There was this emmc chip bug and sds issue, but it's 'believed' to be fixed by Samsung.

- S Pen useful? Hell yes! I've mainly considered Note for it, and I'm very impressed. I'm not going back to Galaxy S lineup.

- Device heats up? Honestly I've been using Samsung smartphones for 3 years now and I just don't know what this heating up problem is. And I live in a place where real feel temp is 48°C at noon. People saying my device heats up a lot, no offense, but have no idea what is heating up actually.

- Camera? A lot of people will disagree with me I know, but I found the camera to be average, if not below. However I'm a SLR user. Still, iPhone cameras are way better than N2.

- Battery? At first, on 4.1.1, the battery life was awesome, unmatched in comparison to any other phone and unbeatable. Now with 4.1.2, it's not awesome, but still good, and better than any devices released so far. I don't know about S4 though.

- Gaming performance? I don't play games on mobile phone :cool:

- What do I think about the device? If you don't wanna wait for N3, and don't like S lineup then buy it eyes closed.

- What I hate most? Only one thing, PLASTIC.

'Swyped' from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.m0x:
This device has some kind of bug?

The only thing that irritates me is that the Samsung sms app converts > 320 character sms messages into mms ones. Not really a bug, just an irritating feature which can easily be bypassed by using a third party sms app.

The camera is good?

Amazing. Only the s4 can really top it so far as phone cameras go, imo.

The battery lasts about how long?

Easily lasts a day of heavy use or as much as 2-3 days of light-moderate use. One day I was bored as all hell, used it for eight hours (screen on time) while connected to wifi and it still had 30% left when I plugged it in.

How is the performance of this device for gaming?

I'm not a heavy gamer but I doubt there is a single game on the play store which can make this thing lag.

This unit heats up a lot?

Gets warm if you're gaming or something, I'm ordinarily use like emails, Web, etc it is cool to the touch. Never felt it get uncomfortably warm.

The completion of this unit is painted or is it metal?

It's coloured polycarbonate with a painted silver plastic trim.

The function of the S-Pen is useful?

I use it to take quick notes all the time, in the same way I used to use a small notebook. Tbh the pen is just icing on the cake. Even if it had no pen it would be a great phone. The pen just sets it head and shoulders above all other phones on the market right now, even the gs4.

What do you think about this device?

I love it. At first I thought it might be too big, after 30 minutes of using it my Nexus 4 and gs3 just looked pathetically tiny - like toys in fact - and I knew I could never go back to a small phone like those ones. People still laugh at my phone because of its size. When I see them squinting to read emails on their lesser phones I laugh at them.

Be honest, what you like and what you hate most on your Samsung Galaxy Note 2?

I love everything about it - it's fast, big high quality, high res screen, good camera, good sound quality and volume, huge removable battery (becoming rare these days), micro sd slot, and even though it's big it's thin so the size isn't that much of an issue.

What I hate most is that I can't put the phone down. My Nexus 4 and 7, gs3, even my note 10.1 haven't been touched on the 6 weeks or so I've had this phone. In fact I'm selling all of them because this phone fulfils all my needs.

Sent from the mighty Note II
[Galaxy Note II General] DubelBoom:
Like:

- Screen size!!

- Performance

- Battery

- Camera

- Smart Stay/Rotation

- Multiview

- More special Samsung features and gestures

- S Pen (I don't use it alot, but its nice..)

- Micro SD slot

Hate:

- Samsung not releasing whatever CM team needs (didn't really understand what they need..)

- AMOLED screen, I just don't really like it. You might will. Its personal :)

- Plastic build
[Galaxy Note II General] WindRegalia:
Like:

- Screen size!!

- Performance

- Battery

- Multiview

- More special Samsung features and gestures

- Micro SD slot

Hate:

- Plastic build

- and the price.. :D

Sent From My Galaxy Note II
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
This can be undone with either Xposed and Long sms mod or a simple CSC code addition. Absolutely no need to use a third party app. So it can't be considered as a hatred/dislike factor ;)

'Swyped' from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
I seriously hope they don't switch to metal. I'm no fan of the design, but if Note 3 has metal (which is highly unlikely tbf) it would be a terrible disappointment. I hate that cold feel of metal and the sweaty palms it give me (my palms sweat quite fast though) - and worse, how inconvenient it would be overall.

Don't know about 4.1.2 having worse battery life since I'm on 4.1.2 since the day I got my Note 2, but what kind of screen on time are you getting/did you get on average? Because I get 6+ hours on heavy use (as subjective as the term is) on average and sometimes that goes well beyond 7 (with wifi, sync always on and everything, no gaming).
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
I get around 7 hours on average, sometimes 7½ hours. On 4.1.1 I got 9+ hours screen on several times.

Good for you that you like plastic. Well I hate it. If Note 3 comes in metal, Note 2 will be last Samsung.
[Galaxy Note II General] R27:
Likes:

use the s pen a lot for work. Its really handy to make notes on pictures and point things out.

Battery life. (Coming from sgs3 battery life is unbelievable)

Big screen. Can't go back to anything smaller

Dislikes:

None, next phone probably the note 3
[Galaxy Note II General] Simone:
The only thing that I arguably hate about the Note 2 is TouchWiz. Lacks customization and organization on my part.
[Galaxy Note II General] poope:
Touchwiz is indeed ugly, i wish they just left it pure android.

Sometimes i hate the size...
[Galaxy Note II General] rmsa786:
The only issue I have is the soft buttons. I always tend to press them unwontedly.
[Galaxy Note II General] hagba:
I must consider myself one lucky person as well since this device have better wifi than my laptop and never once I've experienced any drop in signal.

To the OP I say, this is a wonderful device the best I've used so far I rarely use the Spen, but I won't buy a phone without it any more.The one area that could be improved though is the camera.
[Galaxy Note II General] matzone:
The only complaint I have is for it not being available in pure black color. Apart from that not a single complaint.
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
I could get around 9 hours if I tried (as in not emulating real time usage and putting in an effort), but yeah that still sounds awesome.

You mean if Note 3 comes in plastic, right? Do you generally hate plastic or is it just the Samsung design that's off putting? I don't like the design either mind, but plastic comes with plenty of advantages - as in easier to have removable battery, switch cases etc. And the worst, I know I would put on a case on it anyways, hence my preference to plastic. Good to show off your mates though, the gorgeous metal phone :)

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I don't hate touchwiz, but yeah, out of the box touchwiz interface/launcher and all that is really poor. Still, since touchwiz means the whole package, I don't think I'd be able to hate touchwiz for the great functionality it offers tbh. What sort of customization are you missing out on touchwiz based roms, out of interest?
[Galaxy Note II General] xavierleonelbr:
Hey fellas, ans what about SDS Bug? Anyone reported that?
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
None of the newer phones have that. But check your emmc chip version with emmc brickbug check app from playstore. If it's note fx01, then you're all good :)

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What is it that you don't like about SAMOLED, out of interest? :confused:
[Galaxy Note II General] Simone:
Organized and alphabetically arranged folder applications to start.

Tabs and stuff.
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
That gets sorted by Nova right? And what tabs and stuff :confused:
[Galaxy Note II General] Simone:
Yep. Folders first view and tabs for different categories like games, tools, something like that.
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
Yeah, that's what I thought, just wanted to make sure we're on the same page. Basically it's just the touchwiz launcher that you hate then, correct? No question about that, it's an absolute load of crap. I would put Nova on even AOSP, so it's no biggie for me - Nova rocks :good:
[Galaxy Note II General] Simone:
Yes. A clean, organized and professional look to it.

That was something TouchWiz for me, missed.
[Galaxy Note II General] AskinSavascisi:
Just 3 words: Love the phone!!

Im a normal phone user and this is my btt. Stats (from a full charge till 10% left, ive connected my phone to ma pc for some data transfer took 4 min and thats why it shows some charge sign there xd)
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.m0x:
I know. Both options require root though and not everyone wants to root. Thats why I mentioned how to get around it without root. Tbh the stock Samsung sms app is pretty weak compared to some of the other options out there anyway.

Sent from the mighty Note II
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Yeah, I meant if N3 comes in plastic.

No, not only Samsung's design, I hate plastic generally. The only time I like, rather need plastic when I go out and do some shopping, that's all. But yes, Samsung took a horrible decision putting S3 and N2's design like that. I mean the design overall is bad, and that back cover, argh. Well I don't put a case as the already big phone will become bigger. I've had the S2, it was plastic too, but the design was okay, and the back cover was way way better than N2. I already have 3 broken parts on the back cover, as I need to remove it frequently to remove the SD card for using with card reader.

Show off? Not my type, never was, never will be. Most of my friends, colleagues don't like me because I don't ever let anyone to touch my phone, nor do I take it out unless there is a call or message or email.

I purchased my mom a Blackberry Porsche fyi, just for its awesome build quality and materials, other than the fact she loves BB. Other than that I like my iPhone too, for its beautiful design and the materials used to build it. I don't exactly turn my N2 over, because that backside gives me headache :)

'Swyped' from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
Oh fair enough, so you give emphasis to aesthetics - that's fine. So you don't put a case on a metal phones either? That'd get ugly pretty quick, unless you don't use your phone outdoors often I'd think? My moms iPhone 4S looks ugly as **** now and it's been barely 7 or 8 months :silly:

I'm 90% sure that N3 is plastic to be honest, should be bad news for you then. Not a fan of Porsche design (good build quality though) but like iPhone design although that's least of my priorities :)
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Yeah mate. Aesthetics matters to me big time. No, I use CM Tough for my iPhone. Actually I like to use the device without anything, but as I use my iPhone often outside and especially as I'm a businessman who often has to look after field work a case is a must. Actually it's the iPhone's size which doesn't bother me to use a case, as it doesn't add up much and device is still very pocket-able.

I'm sad to here N3 will be plastic again. Maybe I'll skip to N4 then, well one day or another Samsung will switch to metal/aluminium that's for sure. It's a good news in a different way for me though, I'll save some money, need to refrain myself from buying/upgrading every generation. My dad did a quick sum last week, that how much I've spent behind these smartphones, and my good grief, it was almost the price of a decent second hand 3 series BMW! Jeez! :o

'Swyped' from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
LOL, I hear ya.

Still, I don't think Samsung will ever switch to metal and I personally don't see metals having much future either. They'd get rid of the glossy plastic in the near future hopefully - and I'd be happy if they improve their design.

PS: Have you tried that Hunterf case on? You'd lose NFC, but many people do like it to be fair.
[Galaxy Note II General] DubelBoom:
Over saturated colors (fixed with perseus kernel), low brightness, burn in, not clean whites..
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
Over saturated colors is a SAMSUNG issue, not something that amoleds inherently have, it's just poor calibration. And whites have that blue tint on pentile, but on RGB, Perseus pretty much gets rid of it entirely. I have compared it with iPad mini etc and the whites are great. And not to mention the contrast ratios are excellent (which is the most important part) and blacks, despite not being 100% black, are still light years ahead of any LCDs.

Where AMOLEDs would really not do great is outdoors (got better with S4 though, so there's hope). I agree that it has relatively low brightness (which can be modded up, but not recommended), and relatively low life span, if you often use it under direct sunlight on full brightness all the time. You're referring to ghost images right? People often confuse that with burn in, and yeah, that would be an issue as I said if you put it on static screen a lot of time + full brightness. Another downside is not lack of pure whites, but rather the battery life it takes to display whites.

My 2c. :p
[Galaxy Note II General] hagba:
I have no problem with high quality sturdy plastic,I even prefer it over a metal casing,my first Iphone 2G and HTC HD2 are full of dents and they are either irreplaceable or cost fortune the replacement.
[Galaxy Note II General] jasonleeg:
I think N7100 is an amazing phone, best phone so far, however, the only thing I dislike is the lack of USB Mass Storage. This makes it awkward to connect to the computer (Linux mint doesn't recognise MTP.)
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.m0x:
That isn't really an n7100 issue. Mtp has been the default interface in aosp since ice cream sandwich (around two years). You'll have that problem with any high end Android phone. At least with the n7100 you can use the micro sd card or a usb stick to transfer files via Linux fairly easily. It's pretty much impossible with a nexus 4 which supports neither micro sd cards nor usb otg.

Sent from the mighty Note II
[Galaxy Note II General] davidcmadrid:
Its " ok "

To be honest I dont think it was worth purchasing over the N7000 i also have. The JB issues with wifi and BT are a real buzzkill. :crying:
[Galaxy Note II General] jesslynh:
I love most everything about the phone except for 3 things, one of which isn't Samsung's fault.

The camera sucks. My old crappy TMo G2 takes better pictures.

The SD card thing. It's driving me crazy.

Not being able to move things to the SD card. I was actually fine without rooting until my Google Music updated and filled up my internal memory. What are they thinking? Unless the future phones start at 32GB and up, you have to leave your music at home. And is Google idiot enough to think that we have 100% constant connection to the cloud? Stupid decision.
[Galaxy Note II General] rocketpaul:
I love its size, I hate it size. For me the size is a double edges sword.
[Galaxy Note II General] ChodTheWacko:
That stupid recessed USB port drove me crazy until I found cables that worked well with it. (or I cut up some cables at home).

I actually find the antenna lacking sometimes. Couldn't bigger phones have bigger antenna?

Outside of that, Hardware wise, I'm pretty happy with my Note 2. Biggest wish would be an unbreakable screen - I dropped mine and the screen went boom.
[Galaxy Note II General] cashyftw:
I'm pretty happy with it, I don't really have any dislikes that is Samsungs fault lol

Sent from my GT-N7105
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
I don't hate, but just would better if it have

-mass storage

-spare int SD card on wipe

-test key signer flashing from stock recovery.
[Galaxy Note II General] bharatgoyal:
I dont hate touchwiz coz of the features it offers and i can use any launcher like apex or nova for the pure android expetience but yeah sometimes some animations lag on tw..
[Galaxy Note II General] weysonn:
i hate touchwiz lol
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
Lack of mass storage is a jellybean thing isn't it? :rolleyes:

Another minor annoyance is how you can't use S Pen with capacitive buttons. They've solved that on Note 8, so Note 3 should have that too :)
[Galaxy Note II General] sos_sifou:
Well, for me, things i hate are:

-The glassy feel of the plastic used on the back cover.

-Pricey.

-Some quality issues. Had a scratched screen out of the box plus a defective usb cable (for 800$ in my damn country) that is not acceptable!

-Regional warranty service is worthless! People are traveling using their smartphones, if it die, it's a brick until you take it back to where you bought it (sometimes it's impossible)

Thats it, everything else is OK ^_^

Best regards

Sifou

Using a Samsung N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
That quality issues is not exactly a negative, you could get one replaced under warranty right, if it was scratched out of the box? Same with USB. The warranty thing too, the same - not exactly Note II's flaws to be honest - it's Samsung in general right?
[Galaxy Note II General] abu46:
summed it perfectly in one line ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] Sandata:
And i drop it once on my face while using and lying in the bed

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[Galaxy Note II General] BratPAQ:
Loved the most - speed and size

Hate the most - had to root and void warranty to be able to install apps on sd card.
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
That's a JB "issue" not, unique to Note II :p
[Galaxy Note II General] jura55:
Warranty cannot be void by rooting device (in EU).

More: http://piana.eu/root