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Should I order a note II or keep my s3 and save my money... Also which would be more suitable for 12/21/12 apocalypse? Which accessories are a must for this predicament?
Thanks in advance.
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dnar56 said:
Should I order a note II or keep my s3 and save my money... Also which would be more suitable for 12/21/12 apocalypse? Which accessories are a must for this predicament?
Thanks in advance.
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Only major difference between the S3 and Note 2 are the screen size, and the Note 2 is quad core whereas the S3 is dual core. So really its personal preference, the Note 2's bootloader may or may not ever be unlocked so if hacking is more your thing i'd pass on it. If you want my personal opinion, i'd stick with your S3 and save some money

Keep with SIII. New firmware from Sammy will add all note features in Q1 2013. If I were to upgrade get a Nexus 4 which will also be in stock in Q1 2013 which has the similar specs to Note II such as 2GB RAM and Quad Core CPU.
you don't believe in that end of world rubbish right?
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dnar56 said:
Should I order a note II or keep my s3 and save my money... Also which would be more suitable for 12/21/12 apocalypse? Which accessories are a must for this predicament?
Thanks in advance.
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In reality the S3 is still an amazing phone that can not only handle anything you throw at it, but it has pretty much every custom ROM, mod, kernel, and theme you could possibly want and will likely have great developer and community support for the foreseeable future so unless your really need the marginal better real world performance and the 0.7" bigger screen I would save your money and go with the S3. As far as which is more suitable for an apocalypse, neither, because once there is no more electricity both would be useless once they ran out of battery (Unless you constructed a hand crank generator or solar cell charger ). Also I imagine all cellular infrastructure needed for voice and data to work wouldn't function either. Accessories wise a good case like the Otterbox Defender Series would be perfect to prevent the phone from getting banged up and scratched (It includes a built in screen protector).

Try both and see what fits in your hand more comfortably. If you are seriously concerned about the apocalypse, the Note II might make for a better weapon due to its size.

I thought it was 12/12/12. The note 2 also has spen
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rlatjs17 said:
I thought it was 12/12/12. The note 2 also has spen
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You have to get your apocalypse dates right if you're going to survive them.
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Technically the world was supposed to end a couple months ago... You know, due to leap year...
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pyroemaniac said:
Technically the world was supposed to end a couple months ago... You know, due to leap year...
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Shhhh don't tell them. Its funny to see the people who believe this rubbish panic. I survived 2000, 6/6/2006, Justin Bieber and End of the world 2012 - the real date due to leap years so 2012 part 2 bring it on
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pyroemaniac said:
Technically the world was supposed to end a couple months ago... You know, due to leap year...
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Leap year was recently invented by reptilians who shared the tech for our phones!
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This just in.... The world will end the jellybean release from Verizon, and somehow after it ends they will be back billing us for voiding our early termination agreements....

shimp208 said:
. . . As far as which is more suitable for an apocalypse, neither, because once there is no more electricity both would be useless once they ran out of battery . . .
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I would imagine the Note 2 could do a slight bit more damage as a projectile against the zombie hordes that are bound to crop up, though.
- ooofest

ooofest said:
I would imagine the Note 2 could do a slight bit more damage as a projectile against the zombie hordes that are bound to crop up, though.
- ooofest
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You forgot using the spen as a stabbing utensil
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rlatjs17 said:
You forgot using the spen as a stabbing utensil
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+2 for the Note 2 in a post-apocalypse world

Neverendingxsin said:
Only major difference between the S3 and Note 2 are the screen size, and the Note 2 is quad core whereas the S3 is dual core. So really its personal preference, the Note 2's bootloader may or may not ever be unlocked so if hacking is more your thing i'd pass on it. If you want my personal opinion, i'd stick with your S3 and save some money
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Or the S-Pen, or the features associated with it. No big difference, huh?
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Is this tablet not popular?

Seems to be not too much development going on except for couple ROMs here and there. Not trying to troll or anything, just wondering if my next tablet after this should be Samsung one if development is important to me.
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Buy a developer a Note 10-1 is the simple answer .
jje

caaznkid said:
Seems to be not too much development going on except for couple ROMs here and there. Not trying to troll or anything, just wondering if my next tablet after this should be Samsung one if development is important to me.
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Honestly I'm happy with the development and the hard work put into so far. It's waaaay more popular than my last device (G-Slate). We didn't even get a our own section of XDA. So no complaints here.
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Perhaps it might also be said that Samsung themselves have managed to produce a pretty decent product, out of the box.

the device itself is good but not much popular................most people prefer ipads and remaining get divided between kindle fire and other available android tablets

ponyman said:
Perhaps it might also be said that Samsung themselves have managed to produce a pretty decent product, out of the box.
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Indeed.
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im wondering what kind of cut wacom gets in this? samsung seems to be funding its tablet r&d off its mobile phone sales,
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Also, to get a Custom Rom that uses all the features of the S Pen would be extremely difficult - and what would be the point of our Tablet without all those S Pentastic features???
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extrememonkey said:
Also, to get a Custom Rom that uses all the features of the S Pen would be extremely difficult - and what would be the point of our Tablet without all those S Pentastic features???
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CM10 is actually great, theres no ir blaster, no mic in on headphones, and no s-pen api....but photoshop, sketchbook, etc all work off the wacom driver included in android 4.x
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S-Pen

Hi guys. I use to have a galaxy note and I really enjoyed the S-Pen for its dawing abilities
i asked Samsung on twitter where I could buy a S pen for my S4 and they said its only for the note so I couldn't buy it..
do you know if the S-Pen works on the S4 & where I can order it?
big thanks!

S-pen does not work with the s4, you could try the c-pen samsung sells
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BlackDino said:
S-pen does not work with the s4, you could try the c-pen samsung sells
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Thanks, have you ever used the C-Pen? Seems to be much bigger than the S-Pen.

sdequant said:
Thanks, have you ever used the C-Pen? Seems to be much bigger than the S-Pen.
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Yes, it feels like a full sized pen
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Best buy sells OE replacement S-pens.
Now, I thought I saw video of some guy using a stylus on his S4 but maybe I'm mistaken.

My wife has a Note 2, spen from her note does not work on my Galaxy S4.
However I bought this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293780
Works great do far after about a week or so of use.
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Just got my C-pen works fine :thumbup:
Especially goed for drowning, small buttons/big fingers
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I was killing some time last week at a Best Buy near a restaurant I was waiting on my wife to meet me at. They had just opened up their Samsung section in this location and I haven't been in a Best Buy in some time and decided to check it out.
They had the Note 2 and the 1st thing I did after trying the s pen was see if it worked on my S4 and it did not. Was kind of disappointed as the feel of the s pen on the Note was pretty amazing.

Yeah, and I just got a tweet from Samsung Belgium. they say the C-pen that was made for the S3 also isn't compatible with the S4 and that there's no stylus that Samsung made that is compatible with the S4... That's kinda dissapointing because I do want to draw on my S4, like I did on my old Note..
So any stylus suggestions are welcome ( and I did like the tiny size of the S-pen a lot.. )
thanks! :laugh:

The spen requires a dedicated digitizer on the screen. We don't have that, you can only use capacitive stylus types and trust me they suck.
Oh and you'll never be able to use them for pressure sensitivity like the spen..
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sdequant said:
Yeah, and I just got a tweet from Samsung Belgium. they say the C-pen that was made for the S3 also isn't compatible with the S4 and that there's no stylus that Samsung made that is compatible with the S4... That's kinda dissapointing because I do want to draw on my S4, like I did on my old Note..
So any stylus suggestions are welcome ( and I did like the tiny size of the S-pen a lot.. )
thanks! :laugh:
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The cpen works fine, kinda weird they would say that. You can even use the capacitive buttons
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What's even more odd than them saying they don't support the C or S Pens, is that I've just discovered settings hidden in the S4 specifically for the S Pen.
I was using the app ''QuickShortcutMaker" to see if it was possible to access the call blocking settings that Verizon hid... When lo and behold there they were.
I've spent the last hour online trying to figure out if the S4 supports it but it obviously doesn't.
Extra lame since the settings are there!!
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Note-worthy

This will probably be the last time all 3 generations of my Note will be together. So I took a family photo
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Haha,
+ 1 for having them infront of a Samsung TV:good:

Ry2mkk said:
Haha,
+ 1 for having them infront of a Samsung TV:good:
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I'd give it another +1 if this was taken from another Samsung camera/smartphone!

tbran said:
This will probably be the last time all 3 generations of my Note will be together. So I took a family photo
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awww lol

Lol... Deserves a like because I never thought of doing this with mine before I sold them ;p
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DMax99 said:
Lol... Deserves a like because I never thought of doing this with mine before I sold them ;p
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Yeah pic was taken with my old Galaxy S3, possibly the most beat up phone I have ever seen, where every function still works! The Note 2 is sold and outbound tomorrow, Note 1 has bids, so only a matter of time before the Note 3 is all alone...well except for one ugly ass S3!
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Still using my Note i717 here, really want the Note 3 but at the same time I'm still loving this one. Skipped the Note 2 because of its resolution but 3 fixes that issue. I'm at least waiting for CM support before I buy one. No intentions of selling this i717 though, I'll find some other use for it definitely, maybe try putting Debian or Ubuntu on it since I could leave it in non-functioning states without being without a phone.

cuuutttteeeeeeeeee

Did anyone come from Note 3?

Did anyone leave the note 3 for the M8?
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I came from note 3 but I didn't leave it per say cause I still have note 3. why whats up?

eastside770 said:
Did anyone leave the note 3 for the M8?
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I sold my Note 3 to pay for the M8, yes. Had the Note 2 before that, too.

I left it for the M8. No regrets, the note was just too big.
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discstu37 said:
I sold my Note 3 to pay for the M8, yes. Had the Note 2 before that, too.
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I did as well ....selling my note 3 on eBay now. had a note 2 before that.

gramsey1911 said:
I did as well ....selling my note 3 on eBay now. had a note 2 before that.
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Sold mine on Swappa. Got less than what I wanted, but it's all good. I definitely got my money's worth out of my Note 3. There just wasn't anything too remarkably different from the Note 2 and Note 3. I like trying different phones. I swap between this and my Moto X. I should be good now until I get the new X coming out later in the year, now. I am taking a break from Samsung products

Man I would love to get rid of my note 3 for the m8... just can't afford it.
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rain175 said:
Man I would love to get rid of my note 3 for the m8... just can't afford it.
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I got the M8 off contract for $600 and sold my Note 3 for about $150 less than that. So for the 6 months I used the Note 3, i definitely got my money's worth (I bought the Note 3 on contract pricing).

Same here, I went gs3 to note 2 to sg4 to note 3 now to m8...couldn't be happier. I wanted to use the s pen more, just didn't find it was all that functional. Really love the idea of it, but I rarely took notes with it and other than that, really just kept it in the phone.

I'm thinking of making a mass thread called "what phone did you come from and how does it compare?". I just love conversations like this on xda XD
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Yeah I came from the note 3 and I still have it until I decide which I like better. Part of me misses the size as it's hard to get used to smaller size. I'm having issues typing but I'm sure that will get easier. I will say this phone feels so much nicer in the hand. Anybody tried that light bright case yet?
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I have the "light brite" case. It's actually really nice.I'm used to using the sview case but I like this case much better just for the different look it has. The flap is a little annoying but I figure it will get worn in and be a little better awhile