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The Note is nice but too large for me. Its not really an option.
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Posted: 2011-11-02 23:42:51
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I seen the Note review on Phone Arena and in the video it looked massive in his hands. Nice to use at home but as a tablet type as the specs and that screen are cool
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Posted: 2011-11-02 23:48:00
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The Note's size and old version of Android put me off it. Now ICS is on its way its hard to think of buying any Android handset other than the Nexus at the moment. To be truthful, im considering waiting for the Galaxy S3 next year now.

The Nexus might have a fast processor and great specs but i was expecting it to be at least 1.5ghz, i was expecting it to have at least a proper RGB 720p screen and not a pentile matrix and the real deal breaker is lack of a SD card slot.

Ive been looking forward to it all year and disappointed. I love the S2 but feel its been out too long now to sign up to a contract on it.
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Posted: 2011-11-04 11:04:54
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I tried the Galaxy Note.. It's definitely pocketable.. Check this video..

While handling it is a bit of an issue.. It really depends on your hands size and whether you prefer such a big screen and the extra built-in stylus functionality or not..

To me, I managed to handle it with one hand and dial a phone number for instance. I reached the "1" full streched out, but did reach it like I reach it on standard size phone.. That was the limit for me though. I definitely can't handle larger than that one handed in portrait like any other phone..

Of course reaching all corners isn't quite as smooth as smaller phones.. But just needs a bit of getting used to I think..

Unless of course you have smaller hands or the extra stuff you get from the Note aren't of any interest to ..
Of course guys with bigger hands will even enjoy it even more.. I guess this would be a standard size phone for an NBA player for instance..

So yeah, it can't be recommended just like that for anybody.. But I thought such a device would be what you're looking for etaab..
If you haven't tried it out, just do it, you could change your mind..

And as we're speaking of size, I tried the Titan as well, and this ones feels exactly like any of the HD7, GSII, Sensation, and all other 4.3 inchers feel.. Mainly due to the fact that it's about the same width.. While Note's main problem is its width obviously..
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Posted: 2011-11-05 01:42:56
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I think i'll just wait for next year. Im hoping for a quad core cpu phone, like the new Asus transformer tablet. See its benchmark result here. Once they stick similar chipsets in phones like the SGS2 and call it the SGS3, it will make even the Nexus look so old.
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Posted: 2011-11-05 21:31:10
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Do we really need quad core in a mobile though??
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Posted: 2011-11-05 21:59:00
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what a limited view you have of the world...

what we called when I got my first pc with an 8mhz 286 pc with 640k ram, was WOW!

as time went by we went though so much that even now any phone I could buy would put that pc to shame (deservedly)
Why would we think that quad core would be any kind of limit or need?

eventually quad/quinn/oct core etc will get a name such that we no longer care how many cores a processor has (it will just be a marketing term), but even then we will still expect more from whatever comes next because there is an ever increasing amount of data (video/voice/image etc) that needs to be processed to meet our everyday needs
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Posted: 2011-11-05 22:21:41
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I don't have a limited view of the world I just think quad core in a small device is a little over kill. A PC is different.
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Posted: 2011-11-05 22:27:59
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quad core and much more is coming in mobile devices... believe me... making hardware for this is relatively easily but it is largely dependant on o/s support (utilising the cores and multi threading etc efficiently requires o/s, compiler etc support), but it will happen as demand/battery and other factors allow/require

a year ago I remember many topics discussing the need for dual core but here we are now somewhat dismissive when a device is announced without that!
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Posted: 2011-11-05 22:38:57
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Its all about progression. Think about it from your S2's point of view. If it was just a single core cpu equipped phone, it would be about the same as an Arc in terms of benchmark scores. Which is rarther mid range in the Android flagships.

Also, arent multi core cpu phones easier to stretch out longer battery life ?
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Posted: 2011-11-05 23:48:11
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