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[Q] Galaxy SII or Galaxy Note?

Yo!
So, i'm looking for a new phone to buy but i can't decide between the Galaxy SII (the white one which IMO looks hawt) and the Galaxy Note.
I can't decide if i want a 5,3" screen or 4,3". I know, it's stupid not to go for the 5,3" screen, but i'm not sure on size of the device itself.
What whould you buy? (Btw, is the Note's bootloader open/crackable?)
(Mods, i know i'm in the wrong area with this post, but i want to check what my homies here @ Off-topic think)

Either way your getting an absolute f******g beast of a device....
Not sure if the note would be just that little bit too big for a phone but I havent handled one so I can't really comment...
The white one looks putrid though (jm2c)

Yeah i know! But i've tested the Galaxy S WiFi 5" and it's huge, and the Note is even bigger BUT it's way way thinner, so.. i don't know! But.. but.. just LOOK at that screen!

I've got the S2 and absolutely love it, but I would (after a try) probably swap for a Note if I could, so I voted for that.
Either way mate, like Conan said you're getting a BEAST! Get one of each and then give me the one you decide not to keep

Even tho i think the note is WAY WAY WAY TOO BIG!!!
I voted for it as it is faster

Hmm, looks like the Note will be my new device! The only thing i'll have to do now is to wait...
It's not released here yet.. Booo!
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i'd have gone for a Galaxy Note, if they made it for the Tmo USA AWS 1700/2100 network

Yup, i'm super into the Note now after reading Engadget's review and watching a lot of YouTube videos. I must have it! Come to papa!

Either is great but the Note has a Pentile screen so some say white looks green especially whe magnified (Best iimage I can currently find) But either choice is awesome
(Also below only shows a SGS1,)
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Also
http://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1319022037
Because we are talking about a Super AMOLED display and not a Super AMOLED Plus, the display is based on a so-called PenTile pixel structure, where pixels share subpixels. A PenTile OLED panel was recently introduced with the Samsung Galaxy Note, and we were not impressed. In real world PenTile means loss of details and sharpness, as well as a bluish/greenish tint around letters (depending on the background color). See how it looked on the Galaxy Note in the picture below.
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Either of them are way better than my current phone (htc wildfire), but if I were you I would get the Note

Galaxy Note for Far!!!!
Note is a DII bigger and with Stylus!!

I don't care about the stylus, and i bet i'll never use it, but that screen... fap fap
But yeah, Note it is! Just have to wait a couple of weeks.

Darn!! Too late for my opinion
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Galaxy note
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Note.
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S2, it fits in your pocket!
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Got my Note yesterday. It's awesome and it fits easily in my pocket

Actually, yes it can. Don't know if you've tried to hold it, but if you have "normal" man hands it'll work fine. I can do most things with one hand except writing on the keyboard.
And remember that the Note is only 9mm thick, so it slides easily into the pocket
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Note. Pipsqueak has spoken.
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The Note is far far too big for a phone IMO, the SGSII is the right size

Are you addicted to Android?

Just curious as to peoples addiction to android?
Myself now have owned 7 different androids phones. I have the inc2 and wife has commando. We each have tablets. Me the Asus slide and she has the prime. Sunday we bought the Sony Blueray Google TV.
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Not yet. This Galaxy S2 is my first android phone coming from iPhone. Must say I love it though even convinced the wife to switch to the same phone from her iPhone

Maybe I would be addicted to android if I wasn't addicted to cocaine.

I use it more than my laptop once I got miui running on my G2X
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Maybe i would be addicted to android if jaszek wouldnt be addicted to cocaine.
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Yup, agree. Maybe we should make an intervention thread.

Someone say cocain?
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Rolling another green android as we speak.

I am definitely addicted to Android since discovering MIUI.us 2.2.3. Take the best features of IOS, add to it the best features of Android, throw in a liberal dose of nuance, style and flair and you have the perfect ROM.
I never thought i'd be saying this but it really is an order of magnitude better than Cyanogenmod. The infamous Android lag is all but gone! The N1 touchscreen wonks..gone! It's like i died and woke up in smartphone heaven. Most of the apps i used to use i don't need any more. Decent File Browser? Check. Decent Browser? Check. Decent SMS/Dialer/Alarm? Check!
What i don't need in a ROM are a hundred features that i have to turn off because i don't use them. What i do need in a ROM are core features that just work well. Consider me converted!
I seriously wouldn't trade my two year old phone for anything on the market right now, not even if it were free. Not a chance!

Wich phone you own?
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Agree, and this is why MIUI has to port it to the Galaxy Note. I used MIUI on my Desire HD, and this is the one thing i miss the most. TouchPizz is a bloated resource hog that must die.

TouchPiss. YU NO LIKE???
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It's too "heavy". I like them light, fast and stable.

Android is my passion, I should get help lol

LordManhattan said:
Agree, and this is why MIUI has to port it to the Galaxy Note. I used MIUI on my Desire HD, and this is the one thing i miss the most. TouchPizz is a bloated resource hog that must die.
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It depend on which touchwiz. Touchwiz 4 is actually optimized for the phone it is on. That's why it never lags. But touchwiz 3 is a complete different story.
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Yeah you're right, but i just don't like it in the same way i don't like Sense. It's just too much

I'm hooked on IceCremeSandwich's with no-sense!

pure curiosity
first, i have the android phone, then switch to iOS then at now, android again feeling to be more comfy with android (though iOS still rocks on perf and display)
but guess, loving now android coz to put my dev-inside

MIUI.us is working out so well for me. I have apps that never worked well on CM7 that are working perfectly now. The famous N1 touchscreen wonk has disappeared completely, (which is a miracle in itself), and not only are the stock apps better than AOSP, (Gallery, you know i'm talking about you), but they're better than the usual replacements. (Sorry, Quickpic).
A big plus is a beautiful U.I that is consistent throughout the software and on par with IOS. It's like somebody read my mind and made a bespoke ROM for me! It's all the little touches too. The nice animations, the way the music fades out when you pause it, (not to mention Lyrics support and a pretty visualisation), options for re-ordering Bookmarks in the Browser, a good Notes app, in built backup for apps, system and theme. It's incredibly fast and smooth too. Without the OC i had in CM7 it actually performs better!
Pics for the uninitiated:
How about a stock Data usage app, or a Firewall:
How good is that?

I love my android phone...
Still my first (galaxy mini), but i hope my next one will be better...

Killer phone features

Hi guys and gals.
I don't know about everyone else but I feel phone innovation has stalled and all we get is bigger screens and faster processors :yawn:
I wanted to start a thread of sensible and fantastical things you'd want you phone to do.
I'm personally waiting for :
Multiple SD cards
Smoke screen
Tazer
TV remote control
What do you want?
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Better LED notifications that actually catch my attention, for example the IIDA Light pool.

Phone with battery that last longer than my Nokia 1100, or 3310.
And yeah, the light pool is sooo cool. Me want tooo~

Yea that light pool is good but I don't think I'd like a flip phone anymore, I'd prefer a knight rider kit car style line of leds going across the top of the phone with kits voice added to navigation and finish all instruction by calling me Michael in a dry sarcastic tone.
I'd also like boot loader password to protect against people hacking my phone and a nuclear battery that would last forever, that could double up as a small yield nuke for blowing things up at will.
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Unlocked and bands to support support sprint, AT&T, and verizon LTE, as well as T-mobiles 42mbs HSPA+ (and a hidden radio to support their upcoming LTE-A network), Pentaband GSM, quad and EDGE/GPRS of course with at least 2 sim slots, Dualband CDMA, 1080p 5 inch screen, quad core snapdragon S4, thinner than 9mm, metal unibody (similar to one s), battery that can last all week (like my soft modded incredible) and 128gb storage (no sd slot needed ) and of course made by HTC, running jellybean

In dire situations I want to be able to use my phone as a high powered explosive. And no, I am not allowed to talk about my job.
And no, I am not a secret service agent :shiftyeyes:
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How about a remote control for your car, james bond style, Haha and perhaps a Swiss army knife set of tools especially a beer bottle opener.
And the greatest a light saber, single blade in purple.
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Bottle opener, built in kickstands on all phones, a built in fan to cool down the phone.
That is all i want but if you throw me some extra stuff like bigger better screen, processor i'll take it..
My Galaxy Nexus has everything i could want on a phone just lacking three of the features above

Keyblade_Mastuh said:
Better LED notifications that actually catch my attention, for example the IIDA Light pool.
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This might be crazy but hear me out.. What if we could get an audio notification when we received messages! Or even better, but way into the future - vibration. I know, crazy right! Only an idiot would miss a notification!
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Personality. I want a phone that has real intelligence, otherwise it's just a couple of yoghurt pots and some string.
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Teleportation and smoothie making abilities.

Why stop at a smoothie maker, how about a mini George foreman grill for a healthier lunch?
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I want a phone that can get drunk.....
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iok1 said:
I want a phone that can get drunk.....
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I want a phone that can brew beer and make me margaritas :silly:

I want a phone that can make smoothies, brew beer, grill meat, and mix drinks while drunk.

They should make a phone for druggies with a built in .1 gram scale, a lighter, and a secret compartment with a razor blade in it. Maybe even a phone so they can call the dope man.
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I like the Sumsing Turbo 3000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIOIM6hHBk
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I want a phone that makes money.

vanessaem said:
I want a phone that makes money.
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aka Printing press?

[Q] I9305 Speed/Lag ?

For any I9305 S3 owners .. Whats the overall speed (fluidity) like on your device.
Do you get any sort of lag whatsoever, simple things like running a live wallpaper in the background etc. ?
Want to know as this is one of my options for an upgrade.

raees93 said:
For any I9305 S3 owners .. Whats the overall speed (fluidity) like on your device.
Do you get any sort of lag whatsoever, simple things like running a live wallpaper in the background etc. ?
Want to know as this is one of my options for an upgrade.
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Well recently I updated to official 4.1.2 German firmware and its quite fluid. I find the only basic annoying lag is when you press the home key. Theres a lot of lag and then it decides to go to homescreen. Otherwise I have few eegrets. I however recommend a Galaxy Note 2. Bigger, faster processor, and comes with s pen. Thats if you can manage the extra size. Otherwise the s3 is your best bet

As far as I know the S3 uses exactly the same processor as the Note 2.
The Note 2's is just overclocked to 1.6ghz, we can do this on the S3 quite easily.
Mines running 1.7 ghz so it's faster than Note 2.
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No, the Note2's chip is at revision 2.0, whereas the SGS3's is at v1.1. The Note2's chip is better.
The LTE version of the SGS3 is exactly the same as the non LTE version (I have both). They can both be as fast or slow as you want them to be depending on the CPU and governor settings you apply.
Live wallpapers? I was running live wallpapers on my single core 1GHz HTC Desire, i really don't think a quadcore 1.4GHz beast is going to struggle.

That's interesting about the processor, I asked if they were the same in the store when I was weighing up between Note 2 and LTE S3. The guy in the store said the processors were identical, just Note 2 is clocked at 1.6 ghz. Just shows how much they know!
Oh well I still don't regret my decision the i9305 is a beast of a phone and the Note 2 is just toooooo big for me.
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101mrniceguy said:
Well recently I updated to official 4.1.2 German firmware and its quite fluid. I find the only basic annoying lag is when you press the home key. Theres a lot of lag and then it decides to go to homescreen. Otherwise I have few eegrets. I however recommend a Galaxy Note 2. Bigger, faster processor, and comes with s pen. Thats if you can manage the extra size. Otherwise the s3 is your best bet
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Turn off S-Voice and and watch the home screen lag disappear.

Obagleyfreer said:
That's interesting about the processor, I asked if they were the same in the store when I was weighing up between Note 2 and LTE S3. The guy in the store said the processors were identical, just Note 2 is clocked at 1.6 ghz. Just shows how much they know!
Oh well I still don't regret my decision the i9305 is a beast of a phone and the Note 2 is just toooooo big for me.
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Trust me you won't regret it, I upgraded from a normal S3 and see the difference with multi tasking the extra 1 gb ram and the ability to support lte and also dc-hsdpa ( faster form of 3g) that's not present on the normal s3 makes this phone standout. It's what the original s3 should have always been to start with
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S III LTE is one of the best phone currently out there, with a continuously growing base of custom rooms, kernels, mods etc. Even on the stock rom the UI is very smooth. Altough (at your own risk) I would recommend rooting and debloating the phone.
The 2GB RAM is the kicker.
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I have an i9300, i9305 and the i9505 (S4).
I find it hard to believe that the only difference between the i9300 and i9305 is the extra ram. The i9305 absolutely blows the normal S3 away. To the point that I literally only began using the i9300 only for calls / text. Lag on the i9300 is massive in comparison.
And the difference in battery life is enormous. I've owned 3 i9300's and 3 i9305's so this wasn't a case of a bad phone. All 4g models had / have much better battery life. So much for 4g phones being battery hogs. Simply not true.
To be honest I don't find the s4 any quicker than the i9305. It's a beauty. And I agree this is what the i9300 should have been.
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Sold my I9305 & upgraded to I9500. Let me tell you the difference is quite noticeable. S4 is manifolds better than I9305.
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Galaxy S5 Plus announced

Samsung just announced the Galaxy S5 Plus. Bummer I just bought my S5 about 2 months ago.. and literally just bought a Nexus 5 to play around with from the Play Store..
Features a 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 805 (underclocked from 2.7GHz found in Note 4)
Significantly faster memory bandwidth
Upgraded GPU (presumably a Adreno 420)
Faster LTE (advance 300Mbps).
Anyone here tempted to upgrade? Im wondering what the overall performance is like compares to S5 and Note 4.
http://www.neowin.net/news/samsung-reveals-the-galaxy-s5-plus-the-worlds-fastest-android-smartphone

Don't c a need to upgrade any further unless they improve the display and add more ram...And stop with all the dang lockdown on their phones ...if it wasn't for HTC so called ultra pixel camera I would jump to them ..

Do not buy plus phones, they will not be prioritized. Look at the s4 plus and its update history.
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but the 906 has this chip 805 already from korea and also has better screen resolution so not sure whats so special
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I almost regreted my desicion of purchasing the S5 Prime when I heard the news. However I still prefer the 2.5k display and 3GB ram, and something about OIS?
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fffft said:
Standard Samsung M.O. for a new model. Hold back a few features plus develop or refine a few more.
The staged release of a half dozen enhanced derivative versions over six months is to spur and maximize sales.
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All while Apple releases one (or two...) new phone(s) and the sales go into the numerous millions.

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What's the screen size of this phone?

The same screen size, only difference is the snapdragon 805 procesor. The rest of the specs remains unchanged

bigfdaddy2 said:
Don't c a need to upgrade any further unless they improve the display and add more ram...And stop with all the dang lockdown on their phones ...if it wasn't for HTC so called ultra pixel camera I would jump to them ..
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dunno what u mean by lockdown, but i have a open bootloader and the ability to flash kernels and roms if i want. took 5 minutes

The att phones and other companies with their locked boot loader I was referencing to ..since I'm on att but using T-Mobile phone just cause no lock on boot loader

btemtd said:
but the 906 has this chip 805 already from korea and also has better screen resolution so not sure whats so special
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I agree on this, also korean version of any international phone are slightly better in built and quality wise, this has always been the case with phone sold within japan and korea from previous example.

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