yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II General] aka_sirok:
Wow! thanks for that! It was more or less what I was expecting. I'm quite sure that the battery life is ridiculous comparing it to the note and that's what made me not to buy the N5. I'll wait the new Nexus and check if its better than the previous.

Again, thanks for the information.

best

aka_sirok
[Galaxy Note II General] mun_tez:
Even though note is excellent device and me myself is using it. but samsung arrogancy in trying to block any changes in their flagship phones note included have people mainly in XDA who loves to play around with their phones looking towards other manufacturers.
[Galaxy Note II General] JCM800:
But that's useless if your £600 phone is in a much needed case, I hope the side of the phone features aren't true myself.

Also hope they use a different improved speaker, and placed back on the back as the Note 2 is.
[Galaxy Note II General] luiss34:
q

:good:
[Galaxy Note II General] klect:
Well... Samsung has said the note 4 will have a different form factor. OS wise: Samsung will always be easily rootable...
[Galaxy Note II General] REPTORO:
true! Lets wait and see!
[Galaxy Note II General] ralphrmartin:
Just got a Huawei Honor X1. Finally, I got the size of screen I want in a phone. Unlike all other 7" tablets, this one has a slim, phone-type bezel.

I've posted a mini review here:

http://www.modaco.com/topic/372370-mini-review-7d-501u-honor-x1/
[Galaxy Note II General] zeuseduardo9:
test
[Galaxy Note II General] asrar73:
note 2

Go for note3 and flash dn3 v5.

You can enjoy note2, note3 and s5 features on Dn3 V5 rom.

Else you have only s4.
[Galaxy Note II General] jetbruceli:
Hey just letting you know, I have the s4 here and the note 2. Just got rid of the note 3 because of three I had the proximity sensor was broken or badly configured. Gotta nexus 5 arriving Monday but, i have been flip flopping between these two and I have to say

The note 2 seems to run more fluid using the stock touchwhiz firmware on kitkat. The s4 looks crisper with its display.

You might want to hold on to the note 2 till the note 4 comes along. At least even if you do wait a few months you will get the newest phone or get the note 3 a lot cheaper.

Forget the thanks button, i want a high five!! ✋
[Galaxy Note II General] asrar73:
sorry

Extremely sorry for typing error.

Go for note 2 and flash dn3 rom.

On dn3 rom you have note2 note3 and s5 features.
[Galaxy Note II General] Rickav:
You ever get this screen dialogue when logging into XDA...

Sometimes, I click the link. Even though my browser is in the process of automatically redirecting me.

...

..

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:/
[Galaxy Note II General] Wukis:
Same here!
[Galaxy Note II General] mrpooll:
very good!
[Galaxy Note II General] timelord0:
thx
[Galaxy Note II General] JanGhent:
Give it a try.

Thx
[Galaxy Note II General] Chrissssssss:
My upgrade time is due. I think I can upgrade from next month. Really not sure what to do. I think I will keep my Note 2 and get a cheap £10/month contract with 3 (how easy is it to sim unlock the phone?) as my N7100 does everything I want it to. I do notice it a little slow in some newer apps and games that must be designed for newer processors but never too bad. And I wouldn't be surprised if it needs a battery change soon-ish as the battery life is slowly getting worse.

But then there's the Note 4. Hmm, kind of tempting but do I really want to spend that much more instead of saving lots? Probably not. Will it be so much better than this one? Or another phone and sell my Note.
[Galaxy Note II General] JCM800:
I'm on Three, Note 2 as well... Having gone back to it after using a note 3 for ten months.

Frankly the 4 will have to kick ass (I think it will) But it'll take it to beat my Note 2 audio/speaker for me to upgrade...
[Galaxy Note II General] Chrissssssss:
You've gone from the Note 3 back to the Note 2? Not much of an upgrade? I did look at that but it didn't seem worth the extra money.

The battery life and screen size of other phones would make me want to keep my Note 2. Not much tempting me to away from it.
[Galaxy Note II General] JCM800:
Well, I grew to really like my Note 3. But it was love /hate because the tinny audio really grates with me.

Therefore I swapped back to my Note 2, and gave my 3 to a family member.

Do I miss the 3? Nope, I honestly don't. The audio on my 2 really blows it away, and that's what I prefer.

The Note 2 screen took some adapting to resolution wise, but after a week I'm in the zone again.
[Galaxy Note II General] Chrissssssss:
I am still very impressed by the audio of the Note 2. I used to have the Vega alert sound. Plenty of bass and loud :D
[Galaxy Note II General] JCM800:
If the 4 has audio on par or better than the 2, I'll upgrade..
[Galaxy Note II General] Chrissssssss:
I will consider tthe Note 4 as an upgrade but I think it will be too expensive :( I did just consider the Z Ultra. Huge, yes I know, but it doesn't have a flash :eek: I use the flash on my phone nearly every day, mainly as a torch.
[Galaxy Note II General] wilu165:
For me, Note 2 has everything what I need. It's preety old phone, but it's still has a good specs and brilliant battery life. I will wait for Note 5, maybe this will be my next phone :)
[Galaxy Note II General] Chrissssssss:
Exactly. I keep looking at other phones but nothing is really taking my fancy. It does everything I want, fast, good battery and sound. I will stop looking and keep this.
[Galaxy Note II General] cuzovillafan:
I have a few months left on my contract for Note II which I still love !!! Been looking at the Note 4 and liking what I see !!!:silly:
[Galaxy Note II General] Chrissssssss:
I can't make my mind up. Keep the Note 2 and get a cheap 3 contract or spend more for the Note 4 and sell my Note 2 while it's still worth something. Note 4 looking good.
[Galaxy Note II General] el_amery92:
i like note 3,,but dont like port usb 3.0,

n note 4 back to usb 2.0,

want to upgrade my note 2 to note 4,maybe in 2017,LOL :laugh:
[Galaxy Note II General] Chrissssssss:
Made my decision. Spoke to someone at T-Mobile. Changing over to one of their EE SIMs and dropping to £10/month. Nothing wrong with my Note II.
[Galaxy Note II General] Unknownkj:
would want to upgrade to a note 4 but seems like the international models bootloaders will be locked. what a shame.
[Galaxy Note II General] winxuser:
From what I have seen. We MIGHT get the lollipop update.. Which one is uncertain.. Same with the LTE s3
[Galaxy Note II General] betoNL:
Keep on dreaming
[Galaxy Note II General] winxuser:
Just have to wait and see i guess.. lollipop has been pushed to aosp
[Galaxy Note II General] winxuser:
Lollipop repo syncing but dont expect anything from me. Just trying thing out
[Galaxy Note II General] apallohadas:
Like you, I don't know that the GN3 is going to be a massive upgrade from the GN2. So I'll play the 'wait and see' game too.

As for the One? Man, I had the International One X and I learned first hand that HTC is completely unpredictable with supporting their products.

One month Germany will get an update, and 3 months later the US might. MIGHT get the same update. It's understandable to stagger an update if you have limited servers, but months between updates to the same unit across the globe is just annoying.
[Galaxy Note II General] apallohadas:
Aaand possible pictures of the Samsung Smartwatch are popping up.

http://www.phonedog.com/2013/09/01/samsung-galaxy-gear-details-and-images-reportedly-leak-out/
[Galaxy Note II General] betoNL:
Yes but don't worry.

Since this off-topic is about upgrading the GNote2, off course the the Gnote3 will dominate this discussion.

---------- Post added at 08:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:03 AM ----------

And having that said, allow to add one of those fresh links with the Gnote3 rumours:

http://m.techradar.com/news/phone-a...-note-3-release-date-news-and-rumours-1138556

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[Galaxy Note II General] rockky:
Don't belittle rumors y'all....last 3-4 devices I've gotten, via curating the rumor mill, the launched device was eXACTLY as I finally projected.

This one item is an interesting one tho, cause if you do curate all rumors you'd conclude w/out a doubt that the screen size'd be 5"68. Via past methods Id've gone with that...but it defies logic to me.

I'm going finally w/5"9....and if wrong, it'd be the first in a few years (w/Samsung).
[Galaxy Note II General] darkchazz:
I hate this type of stupid announcement showcase where two actors talk to each other and ask each other questions like it's for real....
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
Mods :(
[Galaxy Note II General] apallohadas:
Well, the way I look at it, we just continue here.

That said, I like the leather back. Wish we could have it on the Note 2.

The camera bezel looks huge, but if that's the price to be paid for the camera, well ok then!
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
I am happy overall. I guess its going to be worth upgrade. Just surprised with battery 3200 mah.

Sent from the New S Pen
[Galaxy Note II General] barondebxl:
3200 mah is just fine as the processors are more power efficient. I love the Note 3. When is it available for preorder? Im ready!
[Galaxy Note II General] apallohadas:
Just watched Engadget's hand on review of the Galaxy Gear Watch.

I love the quality of the watch face, but HATE the way the wristband looks.

It looks like the cheap Swatch watches from the 80s :(
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
The device will ship with Android Jelly Bean 4.3 and runs on a 3200mAH battery, and with both software and processor improvements Samsung claims the Note 3 to have 40% more battery life than the Galaxy Note II did.

A pretty nice joke...

Sent from the New S Pen
[Galaxy Note II General] XeroHertZ:
I Love the leather back design, white leather will be horrible though as it will be very invincible to dirt and stains.

Was expecting an 3500mah battery at least...but that's no problem for me since I haven't had problems with My N2's battery...

One factor which will make me upgrade is if the screen is readable under direct sunlight...if not then I won't go for it, which I guess nothing has changed about this.
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
http://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_ifa_2013-review-978.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Fully detailed overview.

Sent from the New S Pen
[Galaxy Note II General] ChodTheWacko:
I find the note 3 extremely meh.

Leather back is cute - I always use a case, though, so it's useless to me.

Can't argue against battery life, but I call BS. Isn't the screen the biggest battery drainer?

- Frank
[Galaxy Note II General] Alexei Volkoff:
Not leather, it's a plastic imitation of leather. The announced improvement of battery life is probably wishful thinking by Samsung.
[Galaxy Note II General] adytum:
I'm intrigued by the gear smartwatch, but I can't get by charging it every day I think... Thinking that the pebble or Sony watch might be better a choice here.

Also, regarding the note 3: With their current naming conventions, like s pen, s note, s health and so on. Did they really just go and call that new app Scrap book? :D
[Galaxy Note II General] Towle:
Attn: Note II users....

Please use this thread for all discussion regarding the Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

With all the hype related to today's announcement of the Note 3, I have stuck this thread individually and will leave it until the Note 3 receives its own section.
[Galaxy Note II General] greetasdf:
I want one :eek:
[Galaxy Note II General] cashyftw:
Well the battery life will be better because of the efficiency of the processor, especially the snapdragon 800. I don't know if that's my next phone though, I like it, but then I don't. I'll see what the one max has to bring.
[Galaxy Note II General] kersh:
Do the note 3 have radio fm again? And the screen is pentile or full rgb?
[Galaxy Note II General] dahmmy:
ill pass

waiting on the htc one max or the next nexus.

not tempted to give up my htc one for note 3
[Galaxy Note II General] Shudder123:
the new note 3 looks interesting. just watched the engadget review. looks like theres more multitasking to be done. if they bring those features to the note 2 when the 4.3 upgrade comes, i'll probably stick with it. otherwise i'll watch for reviews and go to the local samsung shop to see whether the phone is worth upgrading to
[Galaxy Note II General] Aayush_goel:
Hmmmmm...market trend is when a new feature is innovated and sold in market by one company....others follow....expect a leather back cover for note 2 ....either from sammy or privates...

As for the other features

Octa core is not neded....wven for heavy gamers...it will only be needed for new versions of android.....however google said that newer android versions will run on low power devices also.....nobody knows what is going to happen

3gb ram??? I still have approx 1 gb free even in heavy multitasking....not worth d upgrade.

Screen .....1080p ....how come hd screen ....better processor will eat less battery....I guess they confused screen time with talk time

MY OPINION---upgrade only when its atleast double of what u have....xcept d screen size..then only u will notice difference....or if u still choose to upgrade early then please dont start " I switched back to note 2 "threads ..wait for note 4...I guess note 2 is still d best cause note 3 is not yet in markets....
[Galaxy Note II General] pakure:
I guess we are all having a great phone presently and cannot back ourselves up to spend more money on the next note simply because more of these features are coming our way in October to make our note 2 compatible with galaxy gear.... logically makes perfect sense. ..

Note 3 is for those guys who are still on s2 or below level phone
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylP4DDwXZb8

Samsung, s introduction video.

Sent from the New S Pen
[Galaxy Note II General] Ev0d3vil:
the 32gb is just a deal sweetener to me.

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5.7' screen and 3200mah battery life. Is the processor efficient? Other wise a 100mah difference wouldnt make much difference with the note 2.
[Galaxy Note II General] betoNL:
They can better unstick and remove this thread...

Nobody wants to treat the natural successor of the GNote2 and next killer just as " other device "

Or change the thread's title for... Gnote3 and other devices..

Btw,, here is the next winner:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...ch?v=IbPMcFA30l4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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[Galaxy Note II General] betoNL:
[ON-TOPIC][POLL] GNote2 x Gnote3: worthy upgrade? Vote

I always thought that the only phone that could beat the GNote2 would be it's successor.

All the latest phablets, including the Sony Z ultra didn't prove me wrong and many agree with me. (and if you don't, this thread is not for you)

Well, the Gnote3 is here, so, what do you think as a GNote2 user? Does it worth the upgrade?

Give your thoughts and/or vote here

:good:

Edit (6-sept-2013)

Adding some visual comparison :

SOURCE: GIZMAG
[Galaxy Note II General] :
Nah. Not so much new to upgrade. Almost everything is as expected. Maybe 4th generation is worthy but for now i will stick on Note2.
[Galaxy Note II General] pav3:
i thing next update for note 2 will have all the things from note 3 so i will stay with my note 2 and whait :)
[Galaxy Note II General] gaurav2009:
I will also stick with note 2 but note 3 is definitely a upgrade,full hd display, snapdragon 800, 13mp camera with 4k video recording is def a upgrade..
[Galaxy Note II General] betoNL:
I just voted, but actually I am still in doubt...

And the same happened with the Gnote1 , last year (or longer).

But then somebody gave me good money for my 1 year old Gnote1 and all doubts were gone :)

The Gnote1 had a couple of issues as well, such as that annoying black clipping on dark videos.

But the GNote2 is just perfect for me ..

I still want to put my hands on that Gnote3 though..at least in showrooms :laugh:

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[Galaxy Note II General] betoNL:
Not to mention screen got bigger, but phone itself didn't.

Perhaps even better battery performance...

And probably tons of software gimmicks..

And that leather look?

If someone would give 350 euros for my "as good as new" 1 year old GNote2, I could definitely move on...

Otherwise I probably won't :laugh:

Not to mention that some of my favorite developers probably will move on to that beast. ...

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[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
Looking at yesterday event, they focused more on hardware and design rather than software upgrades. Apart from Dot, Circle and Box, there is nothing, which can be a bit disappointing. Still overall i guess it is worth to upgrade as we will be getting all features from S4.
[Galaxy Note II General] paco68:
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Hands-On

Here is the first Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Hands-On

video .
[Galaxy Note II General] Crussader87:
IMO the Note 3 is a great phone, but until this moment my note 2 has been the best smartphone I ever had and I don't envy any other smartphone, that includes the note 3.

If you have a Note 1 or any other phone, I will surely change it, but having note 2 there is not much improvement, I mean the changes have been mostly software and they will come in one way (official) or another (here), and hardware changes:

- 1080p screen: Ok this is an improvement, but even my laptop screen is not 1080p (Macbook) and 720p is enough for me in a smartphone.

- 3 Gb of Ram: Actually, I was expecting 4. 3 is good but not that good to change.

- +100 mAh battery; with a larger screen, more processor, ram and resolution, I think this is a step back, not an improvement.

- Processor: Sure it'll be better but I have no complain in my note 2.

- 13 Mp camera: Again, the improvements I expect in a camera are not Mp and Note 2 is ok in that for me.

- 4K recording: Are you mental? I don't even use 1080p, I don't have 1080p in my phone nor in my laptop and it's too much space, imagine 4k...

That's mostly the big changes, If you look at it as a smartphone is great, but if you ask me if it's worthy the upgrade from note 2 I think not.

Things that will make me change my note (hopefully for another note ¿4 maybe?):

- Water and dust resistant

- Great camera sensor with retroillumination

- +32 Gb space and SD card compatible

- REAL oleophobic screen that can be used on daylight

- Stereo speakers (like HTC ONE)

- And of course a mandatory update in processor, ram and graphics (although it is not the most important)
[Galaxy Note II General] albsat:
+1. Note 3 is just a note 2 with better software and slightly better hardware which do some selling points but not for a note 2 user.
[Galaxy Note II General] dalanik:
As already stated, not big improvement anyway. What would make me upgrade? Hmmm...

* If I can get a decent price for my Note II :)

* better camera

* I prefer more square looks, I'm really not a big fan of big curves on the edges

* better processor (hmm, not that imortant)

* more RAM? (hmm, I still don't have problems with 2Gb)

so that is really not worth the pridce difference IMHO....
[Galaxy Note II General] teerapong.g:
for me not worthy to upgrade:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note II General] JohnSteveDoe:
I'd update just for the 60fps HD capture and 30fps uHD capture (and likely 120FPS 720p)

The extra DPI doesn't hurt, but I think I'd also be happy with a Note 3 ROM running on my Note 2. I really hate the incompatibilities caused by changing the DPI
[Galaxy Note II General] Castellano2:
What is the graphic chip in Note3?

Btw, I was trying to sell my Note2 and it is not possible to sell it for good price :(. I am highly disappointed because it is still almost the best mobile phone on the market. Everyone offers me half prices from the original price
[Galaxy Note II General] :
Truly agree! Note 2 is not done yet;)
[Galaxy Note II General] pageniao:
note3 with 24bit 192hz sound:D
[Galaxy Note II General] cashyftw:
I think I'm the only note 2 user that's getting it lol, now for me, I'm on my phone constantly, and having 1080p, and a very efficient snapdragon 800 cpu is perfect. Now note 3 to note 4 may make me be in the same boat as some of you, but note 2 to note 3 is a for sure thing for me at this moment. Tomorrow that could change, it could also change on release date, IFA isn't over, so we'll see.
[Galaxy Note II General] stargator:
Upgrade plans

My Lte Note 2 is by far the best smartphone I have ever had , having said that the Note 3 does look tempting .

My upgrade plans will be dependent on

1. The OS upgrade that we will get in October as Samsing promised yesterday

( 4.3 with atleast 40 % features of the Note 3 will make me keep my Note 2).

2. Reviews and comments from our friends here on how good the device is compared to our faithful Note 2

3. How cool it looks when I get to handle it once it hits the stores.
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
No info yet on price?
[Galaxy Note II General] gaurav2009:
but where are the speakers located ??..at bottom with usb port I think..which can be easily covered by a finger while watching a video...
[Galaxy Note II General] betoNL:
Actually it's still early, even to speculate....

But this poll will be around for a while...

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[Galaxy Note II General] winst:
I will very likely upgrade, as it got the 64GB internal storage option, which is great for storing offline Google Music or KKBox media files (without doing any special tricks to store the files to external sdcard instead). The 24bit audio is also a big advantage for me, as it mean Note 3 is ready for audiophile music listening when using with a good DAC and headphone.

With 3GB of RAM, I can run a full Linux (chroot) with GNOME without slowing down the android GUI.

With a bigger screen but slimmer and lighter physical size, soft leather back (which means I don't need to buy a 3rd party back case anymore), these are also a bonus advantage.
[Galaxy Note II General] My1xT:
since My note 2 is now again (2 repairs and one exchange and then only with the 2nd device this is the 4th) in warranty since they couldnt repair it correctly and this time I most probably get my money back, it is mostly a question of my patience, but most probably Note 3, especially coz it is about the same size...

most nice is probably the screen which should be better readable in Daylight...
[Galaxy Note II General] Elvecio:
I think that Note 3 it's a worthy update even just for the Snapdragon.

Exynos is totally crap, and even the best developer in XDA hasn't managed to create an AOSP rom without crashes and battery life problems.

Oh, and i love the new design of the Note 3. I just hope for the camera: the Note 2 one is good, but the shutter is insanely slow.
[Galaxy Note II General] liesenfeld:
No OIS? No update.

Hopefully Note 4 will have real optical image stabilization...
[Galaxy Note II General] turilo:
I'll be getting the note 3 no doubt about that :D
[Galaxy Note II General] MBariya:
+1. Also should have neon flash for camera.

I will not going to be upgraded.

And software related parts will be ported in few days for our note 2 also :D

sent from my GT-N7100. Press thanks if I helped..
[Galaxy Note II General] shaolin95:
Obviously is not possible to release a phone that pleases everyone.

Some wanted OIS for the camera where I couldnt care less about that because when pictures matter, that is what real cameras are for (love my nex-6).

All I wanted was at least a 6" screen even though after holding the Mega 6.3, I would love to get it on that size.

Still I was happy with all the current specs for Note 3 but not a measly .2" increase because that was what I wanted more than anything, a bigger screen so now I am looking at Sony again :/
[Galaxy Note II General] kersey:
It's a no from me...only had the N2 for 6 months after I upgraded from my S3 which I had for only 4 months.

Will lose too much money trying to sell it and will have to front up too much money to add to it to get the N3...and for me the N2 does everything I want it to. It's the first phone I've ever been 100% pleased with :D

I don't feel the N3 is a big enough step up for my money...
[Galaxy Note II General] apallohadas:
This isn't rocket science. The Note 3 IS ANOTHER DEVICE. Either get over that fact, post in the thread, or don't post and wait till the Note 3 has it's own forums.