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Galaxy Note or Galaxy S3?

Hey everyone,
I was wondering which phone you think I should get. I currently have the HTC EVO 3D but I think I want to try out Samsung for at least a year. I have pretty big hands, so the Note wouldn't be too big for me. Should I wait for Sprint's Galaxy Note, or Sprint's Galaxy S3? Thanks!
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I went for G note in the end
I had the GS2 and had the exact same diliema of choice. I saw the GS3 on Friday and I think that it is really good and worth having a look at. I decided in the end to go for the note and I am very happy with the decision. The note is just so versatile and the extra size is a real blessing. Basically the note offers a flexibility that no other device has out there.
I would really have a good test drive on both phones because the GS3 is still quite amazing.

wait for GS3 IMO.but then again the choice is yours
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hopefully the galaxy s3 for sprint comes out by july. if not, then I think waiting for the galaxy note for sprint would be a better thing to do.
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SGS3 is superior to Note in every aspect except the screen size. Larger screen size is not a simple flavor tho. Everybody agrees once u get used to it u can never go back to anything under 5,3" . So if you could wait then wait for GNote 2 but there is no release date for now. And if you can't wait get both phones in your own hands and decide if you can settle down with smaller screen size. If you can settle with 4,8" then go for SGS3 with no hesitation. Otherwise i have no clear suggestion left to make as it's a tough decision. You can search youtube for SGS3 & GNote comparasion. 4,8" doesn't sound small compared to 5,3" but when u see both of them next to each other you will recognise only 0,5" makes huge difference

MARIO SHARK said:
Hey everyone,
I was wondering which phone you think I should get. I currently have the HTC EVO 3D but I think I want to try out Samsung for at least a year. I have pretty big hands, so the Note wouldn't be too big for me. Should I wait for Sprint's Galaxy Note, or Sprint's Galaxy S3? Thanks!
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I am using both Galaxy S2 and Note. I use the Note more because of the big screen. If you prefer large screen then the Note is better. If not then the SG3 is better.
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Upgrading from Ace to High End Phone

Hi folks,
I need some advice. I am using galaxy ace since last year, and phone is not responding my requests. I need a high end phone.
I have got 3 models in my mind, but i cannot decide which one... I need some advice pls.
I will use that phone for my internet apps, mail, browsing etc.
1. HTC One X, good phone, powerfull but battery is not enough.
2. Galaxy S3, i dont like this phone after S2
3. Note 2, this phone is great. Much more features, more capabilities, more battery life but its too big
So, what will i do?
Thanks.

Note 2
Big cool amazing
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Everyone loves 5.5" of screen except if u are small hands xD good luck all 3 phones are great,but id prefer go for Nexus 4,cheaper and fatest than those 3,without mention last android version on it...
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Wait for N4 IMHO
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Why you dont like s3? try to use and you can know how fast that device...now my s3 more fast then my brother note2 ....

why not nexus 4? wait a couple days

N4
Easy wait for Nexus 4
but you need to take in account the post that Adam posted some days ago...
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/nexus-4-battery-shot-reveals-potential-quality-issues/

a forum/opinions for Adam's post. http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comm...ntial_quality/
good read.
Nexus 4's great.

Prawesome said:
Wait for N4 IMHO
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how much is a nexus 4? in US Dollars please tried to google but got a wide price range

mawnstermew said:
how much is a nexus 4? in US Dollars please tried to google but got a wide price range
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If you buy it from the play store:
$300 for 8GB and $350 for 16GB fully unlocked
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If you buy it from the play store:
$300 for 8GB and $350 for 16GB fully unlocked
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Why so many people wan nexus 4? its got external SD slot???

makalolo said:
Why so many people wan nexus 4? its got external SD slot???
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Who cares about that,with 16 Gb is more than enough lol..why we want N4? Because is the best smartphone till date,just see benchmarks,it will have google support (last android version) till you get a new phone,and? Its cheaper than all the garbage of s3,one x etc...
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makalolo said:
Why so many people wan nexus 4? its got external SD slot???
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Cheapest yet one of the most beautiful and powerful phones around...
I got transformed into a potato while writing this post..

Blackstard said:
Who cares about that,with 16 Gb is more than enough lol..why we want N4? Because is the best smartphone till date,just see benchmarks,it will have google support (last android version) till you get a new phone,and? Its cheaper than all the garbage of s3,one x etc...
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S3 isn't garbage lol
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Bye Bye Nexus 4 forum

I have learned quite a lot from this forum and may stop by sometime but I have traded my Nexus 4 for an unlocked Samsung Galaxy Note II and I am loving it. Once I have had it for a while I drop by and let people how it compares to the Nexus 4 for me.

Farewell! I actually did the opposite. Sold my Note for a Nexus 4. I actually dropped the phone on several occasions due to it's size and that's what made me sell it. I hope you have better luck with it, because I did love the phone at the time.
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Sold my note 2 after 2 months use because the difference in fluidity is very apparent to me (nexus win), couldn't have a fully functioning AOSPA rom (Samsung sources not always available), and some of my favorite devs support the nexus (Moles, Morfic, Faux123, Franco). Do miss the battery life, spen, and gorgeous screen on the note 2 though. Both phones are great.

good luck with cheap plastic looking thingy

& we need a thread for this?
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lokenok said:
good luck with cheap plastic looking thingy
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You better be rocking your nexus 4 naked to be making that sort of statement. Most people when they buy a samsung, apple or google phone always have a case on it so whether it's glass or plastic don't matter. And when you break that back glass, good luck replacing it.

lokenok said:
good luck with cheap plastic looking thingy
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all personal preference... ive had a galaxy s3 for a very long time and i loved it, after using my nexus 4 for almost 2 months, i just sold it today and got me an htc one x... ohhh how i missed lte!!

ummmmmm Bye? you will be missed? is this what you wanted to hear?
Sorry dont want to come off as an ass...but umm yeeeeeaaahh.
Bye
*walks out of room still thinking about why i ventured into this thread*

Got a note 2 went to a nexus and 1 day later went back to note 2. Battery life and no LTE was a big no for me. Still have Nexus 4 as backup phone.
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sabre31 said:
Got a note 2 went to a nexus and 1 day later went back to note 2. Battery life and no LTE was a big no for me. Still have Nexus 4 as backup phone.
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Have same situation. Using note and nexus being as my back up phone.
My reasons are battery life and camera.
Just don't want to sell nexus yet as I am curious to see what the next update will bring
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CandyAndy said:
Have same situation. Using note and nexus being as my back up phone.
My reasons are battery life and camera.
Just don't want to sell nexus yet as I am curious to see what the next update will bring
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omg!!!! JUST SELL IT!!!

Cool story bro...
*throws mic and walks away*
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Peace!
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Another note 2 sheep,..I can't wait till the big ass phone trend stops..like when the RAZR v3 took storm, everybody hopped on that bandwagon too..
"Vanilla android >jail broken iOS>90" TV's"

No Need to come back. I don't care how much you like any phone. But thanks for thinking someone would. Narcissist much?

Why does this thread exist?

Well looks like another useless thread. My gawd these get old if everyone posted every time they made a decision with a phone xda would be unusable.
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useless thread

DowntownJeffBrown said:
Well looks like another useless thread. My gawd these get old if everyone posted every time they made a decision with a phone xda would be unusable.
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Don't you know XDA is already a personal blog site!!??
These clowns as if anyone gives a damn, OP don't bother with comparison, go away!

For those that don't like this thread I don't need your permission to post.
To those that have communicated with me and helped me this thread is for you. Thanks
For those interested in the idea of such a swap...
I switched not so much because of something I did not like because I didn't know what was better or worse than the Nexus 4 vs the Note 2. I wanted the pen, sd card, otg and the larger screen. I now find I like the larger size as I have rather large hands. So with the Note 2 I don't keep accidentally pushing the buttons on the side of the phone. I also happen to like Touch Wiz as I have it on my GNote 10.1 and I am not really that concerned with quick updates or having the latest versions. I would have gotten a Note 2 in the first place If I could have afforded it unlocked. Which I could not but I could afford the Nexus 4. Now I found someone that bought a T-mobile Note 2 on contract because they could not afford a Nexus 4. They kept their contract and switched it to the Nexus 4. They requested the Note 2 be unlocked. So I got an unlocked Note 2 without a contract. Making it was a win win situation for us.
As I use the Note 2 I find that the calls made using Talkatone over WiFi are much better quality without having to make any adjustments other than to increase the speaker settings in Talkatone when speaking to my wife as she speaks very softly. The Note 2 does not have the mic gain problem that the Nexus 4 has.
I find the screen of the Note 2 to be quite a bit cooler in color than the Nexus 4. I am still not sure which I think is better color wise. Sharpness of text and images is so great on both as I can not see any thing but smooth curves no matter how hard I look. I can not see any dots on either screen so dpi and resolution are fine for me on both.
I don't like for the physical button on the Note 2. I would rather have the center button be the same as the menu and back buttons. Also I think it looks cheap. I love how the back and menu buttons are not on the screen and do not show but light when touched. I find the arrangement of the buttons on the Note 2 better for me. On the Nexus 4 the back button always seemed to be on the wrong side. Of course the real estate of the screen is awesome the thinner frame around the screen makes the phone look even bigger than it is.
I don't like the fact the Note 2 uses S-Beam instead of Android Beam as they don't work together as far as I can tell. My wife has an Xperia Acro S using Android beam and we were able to beam some pictures sometimes between it and the Nexus 4 via NFC and Android Beam but we can't beam pictures using S-Beam and Android Beam between the Xperia Acro S and the Note 2. We were able to beam a Youtube but really that just beamed the link and opened up the Youtube player.

Thinking of swapping my One for Note 2 !!

Ive been thinking if i should swap my One for Note 2 as i like the bigger screen
Any advice would be really appreciated

Well I don't know, go to a store, try the Note 2 and see by yourself? If the screen of the One is too small for you then yeah the Note 2 might be for you.

Tsukurimashou said:
Well I don't know, go to a store, try the Note 2 and see by yourself? If the screen of the One is too small for you then yeah the Note 2 might be for you.
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Funny, I sold my Note 2 a few weeks ago for a used Galaxy S3 which I'm reselling because I just ordered a new unlocked HTC ONE direct from HTC!:laugh:
Note 2 is awesome and I highly recommend it but just make sure you can deal with the size. Most people adjust quickly and I had the original Note 1 then the Note 2 for an accumulated total of a year before I decided I wanted a smaller smartphone for all my summer activity portability (backpacking, motorcycling, wearing shorts instead of jeans,etc.).
Thus far I like the 4.7-5" range.
My thinking was this...50 yrs old, needing reading glasses so thought the Note 1&2 would fit the need...but in reality I end up using my reading glasses all the time anyway so why not just pop down to a smaller phone. Thus I worked my way to an HTC one.:cyclops:

mimicuk said:
Ive been thinking if i should swap my One for Note 2 as i like the bigger screen
Any advice would be really appreciated
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There already is a detailed thread on HTC one vs Note 2: 'Trading Note II for HTC One'. Do a search and check out that discussion. It should help your decision-making
Currently interchangeably using HTC One, BBZ10 and Note 2

Reasons for buying Note 4

Guys,
Though, I know there is a war going down either to buy a Note 4 or not. If you decide to buy one, which of the above would be your reason for it.
Let's discuss here.

I may buy it does the processor and the screen resolution. Maybe if it had android L.

for edge
really like the highly waiting youm

xda rocks said:
Guys,
Though, I know there is a war going down either to buy a Note 4 or not. If you decide to buy one, which of the above would be your reason for it.
Let's discuss here.
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As the owner of Samsung Galaxy Note 2 I will buy Note 3. Not a big upgrade if we compare Note 3 with Note 4.
I expected a BIGGER battery (4000mAh), slightly bigger screen (5.9inch), stereo speakers (similar to HTC ONE). Those features are more ESSENTIAL to me than... water resistance.... ?

All of my friends that have a Note 3 love them. I'm moving from my SIII. I want the memory and processor with an SD card slot. I love my Transformer TF700, but it is aging. I'll kill 2 birds with one stone. I fully expect to root it after we understand which changes will add value.

Because I haven't owned a note since the original model.

The only reason I would decide to buy a Note 4 would be for the Gear VR! A Samsung partnership with Oculus?? Awesome! But do I wanna pay 800$+ for a limited Oculus Rift copycat? Not too sure... it is wireless though... that's very cool...

Any thoughts on community support? I know we (consumers) sometimes focus only on the negatives when our expectations weren't met but with the comments about the 4 not being much of a step up from the 3, do you think this will hurt the support? The 3 seems to have a great base.
I will be coming from the S3, so any phone I get will be a big upgrade for me. Now there seems to be a question about whether the difference in price of buying a 4 instead of a 3 should be considered. The G3 can be had WAY cheap right now as well.

my reason? my note 1 need to retire

Buying it for its amazing hardware
interested on the Quad HD as welll as the 0% to 50% in just 30 minutes super charge fast makes me want to buy it need a fast charging device like Note 4

I don't have even a single note. That's the reason enough

arm v8, metal, display

Just buying it bcoz big fan of note series and love to contribute something I can.
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This device is going to be fantastic. Touchwiz has been improving all this time and the note4 can only be better than the note3 IMO.

phone too old time to change

dr.ketan said:
Just buying it bcoz big fan of note series and love to contribute something I can.
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Hey Doc will we getting exynos version like always? Is it a worthy upgrade from Note 3?What will you do of yours Note 3
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There are two version so likely Samsung will keep same policy and promote exynos for India.
I will go with majority. I regret purchasing exynos last time bcoz of smaller community. Mostly purchasing SD then I will go with it. Regarding worthy update, according specification leaked it shows not much upgraded but as I said above I am fan of note series so will update as soon as available.
If daughter like to keep note3 then will give it to her otherwise will sell it.
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RISHI RAJ said:
Hey Doc will we getting exynos version like always? Is it a worthy upgrade from Note 3?What will you do of yours Note 3
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I am 100% sure that doc is getting his note4 may be even note edge.
Obviously we will be getting exynos processor no doubt.
In terms of upgrade its sure for an upgrade but as you own note 3 I would suggest you to wait till price drops or if your well enough to bare the expenses you may ho ahead.
I am sure all the n4 features will soon be ported for your device in no time as soon as the sammobile makes the dump available.
So wait for setime and take a wise desicion as I own a note 2 I am surely gonna upgrade to n4.
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Though I want to get the Note 4 or Edge on Day 1, I will most likely wait until the first price drop or BOGO deal comes around. Upgrading from the S3, there are numerous reasons to upgrade the Note line.

dr.ketan said:
There are two version so likely Samsung will keep same policy and promote exynos for India.
I will go with majority. I regret purchasing exynos last time bcoz of smaller community. Mostly purchasing SD then I will go with it. Regarding worthy update, according specification leaked it shows not much upgraded but as I said above I am fan of note series so will update as soon as available.
If daughter like to keep note3 then will give it to her otherwise will sell it.
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You,yourself are a community .Do you have your sources abroad for sd version
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aukhan said:
I am 100% sure that doc is getting his note4 may be even note edge.
Obviously we will be getting exynos processor no doubt.
In terms of upgrade its sure for an upgrade but as you own note 3 I would suggest you to wait till price drops or if your well enough to bare the expenses you may ho ahead.
I am sure all the n4 features will soon be ported for your device in no time as soon as the sammobile makes the dump available.
So wait for setime and take a wise desicion as I own a note 2 I am surely gonna upgrade to n4.
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Yup,ill definitely wait.Even if I can buy it,I will not coz they drop the prices very early which is very dissapointing
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