*** The Official Samsung Galaxy Note II Thread ***

Wow, that is nice! Am I right in thinking you could connect a keyboard, mouse, external hdd and a monitor via HDMI? If the Note has to sit in the dock vertically, wouldn't the monitor also have the display vertically if that makes sense?
 
Nah I think it flips the output to landscape. It does according to the connectivity video a few pages back.

That dock is $100, so that's easily £80 over here :(
 
I'm probably going to get lynched for this, but I'm home in a month and am either getting this or the iPhone 5, the iPhone 5 has costs incurred when purchasing unless you go 45+ a month, where as the Note 2 has 36 a month free phone with O2.

Besides that, hardware/performance wise, for what reasons does the note dominate the iPhone 5?

The only upside I'm seeing is that i'll be able to lolfacetime with the missus if I buy an iphone (she's got a 4S)

Tommy
 
If you both get an app called Tango I think it is then you can video call across platforms using your data.
 
olisun said:
I bought this one and came with a nice screen protector as well..

It's a really nice case

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Nil...00-/140859501946?ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:GB:3160
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That looks good. And it hides the power button a bit so less accidental presses. Shame delivery takes so long.

I upgraded to this from an iphone 4 last week for £35 and £26 a month on O2. For that price i was willing to give 4G a miss.
Just that power button is really annoying. Any other options apart from a case which covers it?
 
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TommyV said:
I'm probably going to get lynched for this, but I'm home in a month and am either getting this or the iPhone 5, the iPhone 5 has costs incurred when purchasing unless you go 45+ a month, where as the Note 2 has 36 a month free phone with O2.

Besides that, hardware/performance wise, for what reasons does the note dominate the iPhone 5?

The only upside I'm seeing is that i'll be able to lolfacetime with the missus if I buy an iphone (she's got a 4S)

Tommy
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I have an iPhone 4 and IMO iOS is only worth considering if you can jailbreak it, which there won't be for iOS6 or iPhone 5 for the foreseeable future. Apple have ****ed me off too much so I'm ditching them to try out android :)
 
Amraam said:
I have an iPhone 4 and IMO iOS is only worth considering if you can jailbreak it, which there won't be for iOS6 or iPhone 5 for the foreseeable future. Apple have ****ed me off too much so I'm ditching them to try out android :)
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I disagree. I think the iPhone is a great bit of a kit as a phone. Far more user friendly and intuitive than my Note is.
The fact it is so restricted doesn't bother me so much on the iphone. On the iPad it drives me crazy but on a phone its tolerable.

The Note I'm finding NEEDS a lot of customising to make it comfortable and efficient to use, whilst the iphone was comfortable from day one.

for me the Note dominates the iPhone because the screen is fantastic and has a very useful pen.
 
sswats said:
I disagree. I think the iPhone is a great bit of a kit as a phone. Far more user friendly and intuitive than my Note is.
The fact it is so restricted doesn't bother me so much on the iphone. On the iPad it drives me crazy but on a phone its tolerable.

The Note I'm finding NEEDS a lot of customising to make it comfortable and efficient to use, whilst the iphone was comfortable from day one.

for me the Note dominates the iPhone because the screen is fantastic and has a very useful pen.
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Fair points and I do agree with them, which is why I'm really having to force myself to make the move. I love the sleekness and 'user friendlyness' of iOS - it's just fallen behind now. Google Maps is one thing I use a lot, so either I buy an android phone, or forever stay on iOS5. That's not the only reason for the desire to change, I'll just make that clear :D

I don't have a tablet, which is why I'm looking at the "phablet" so I can have an all in one device. I've just been playing with the Note2 and I think I'll adjust to the size quickly. I've decided I'm going to buy it outright. Yes it's a lot of money, but then I'm not tied into anything. I can easily sell the note 2 if I don't get on with it and go for the Nexus 4 for example.
 
Amraam said:
Fair points and I do agree with them, which is why I'm really having to force myself to make the move. I love the sleekness and 'user friendlyness' of iOS - it's just fallen behind now. Google Maps is one thing I use a lot, so either I buy an android phone, or forever stay on iOS5. That's not the only reason for the desire to change, I'll just make that clear :D

I don't have a tablet, which is why I'm looking at the "phablet" so I can have an all in one device. I've just been playing with the Note2 and I think I'll adjust to the size quickly. I've decided I'm going to buy it outright. Yes it's a lot of money, but then I'm not tied into anything. I can easily sell the note 2 if I don't get on with it and go for the Nexus 4 for example.
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I was looking for a phablet too but if i bought nexus 4 & 10. Combined price would be less than Note 2 so I am in two minds...
 
Got a grey Note II coming tomorrow. Can't wait :D. Only cost £107 too, cause my current phone broke so much. Even better, my contract has just ended and I'm on a really good £10 sim only deal cause of loyalty discount.
 
Just to let you know and share my experience with Mobicity and Note 2, if anyone was interested in the sim free LTE version of this device, i received mine from MobiCity - one of the small amounts of online retailers to sell this (only one i found anyway), on tuesday, took a week to deliver, but it came all the way from Hong Kong... defaulted to traditional chinese, but luckily i can read some of it so managed to get it to English. Mobicity has priced it £50 higher now since i ordered.

Data Speeds so much better than my 4S, and im not on a 4G tariff.

Does anyone put a shield/protector on theirs? I had the iPhone 4S before, and i never had one on that, and it's hardly scratched. I know the Note 2 uses Gorilla Glass 2, so it should be about the same?
 
I bought a PAYG Grey Note 2 LTE from Orange for £500 then paid Fastgsm £12.50 to get it unlocked via IMEI code; unlock code was received by email within half an hour and worked fine. Phone was UK standard everything including plugs.
 
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