Samsung Note 2, possibly best business phone?

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s44

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Universal HSPA, T-Mo's dual-cell HSPA+, *and* LTE on both AT&T and T-Mo's future bands? Sweet connectivity.
 

Red Storm

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Love the size, love the stylus, but physical buttons (and realizing the stylus would have been able to use them were they software) are pretty big blows to me. Plus if the Verizon model is anything like the S3 with things like a wifi alert notification that never goes away then even less of a reason to get it.
 

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Worst name ever. It wasn't that long ago that screens were smaller and still came with stylus. Not only that but 4 tablets in and I still haven't gotten a stylus with one.

Hey, I agree. I didn't coin the name, I just regurgitated it. Its not really a phone though, its just too big and looks dorky. Its a multi functional piece of electronics that has a phone in it.
 

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well the review has made me very doubtful. But it was over the T mobile version. maybe the others will do better. But Im guessing not. Guess ill just wait till they can make larger phones that open up advantages smaller phones cant dream of. Seems to me that the extra room would allow for better hardware.
 

ChronoReverse

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well the review has made me very doubtful. But it was over the T mobile version. maybe the others will do better. But Im guessing not. Guess ill just wait till they can make larger phones that open up advantages smaller phones cant dream of. Seems to me that the extra room would allow for better hardware.

What were you expecting though? It's the Galaxy S3 in a different format after all.
 

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I was hoping the software would make it worth it. I have been waiting for a phone that true utilizes a stylus.

What exactly do you want it to do? You can freehand text, use it as a cursor, use it to preview documents, draw pictures, use it to cut out images on a page or picture, use it as a more accurate finger, the phone knows when you remove it from the holder and knows when you walked away from it without docking. Considering that it uses no batteries and is on a device that isn't all that more expensive than a normal phone I'd say that's fairly impressive use.
 

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What exactly do you want it to do? You can freehand text, use it as a cursor, use it to preview documents, draw pictures, use it to cut out images on a page or picture, use it as a more accurate finger, the phone knows when you remove it from the holder and knows when you walked away from it without docking. Considering that it uses no batteries and is on a device that isn't all that more expensive than a normal phone I'd say that's fairly impressive use.

Its on the right track, but i can live without it. Im not one to spend money when its a want not a need. Ill wait till it is worth it. Biggest downside of this one for me was wifi having issues. i have the fastest internet you can get at home. no point in buying a device that cant keep up.
 

Puddle Jumper

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well the review has made me very doubtful. But it was over the T mobile version. maybe the others will do better. But Im guessing not. Guess ill just wait till they can make larger phones that open up advantages smaller phones cant dream of. Seems to me that the extra room would allow for better hardware.

Are you talking about the Anandtech review? After reading it I can't wait for At&t to put it up for preorder.

I don't need a new phone at all but they seem to have done a phenomenal job with the Note 2 and the stylus integration looks awesome.
 

podspi

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Re: The topic, I guess it depends on what is more important to you.

If taking notes is really important, then yes probably. I am really hoping more manufacturers start integrating active inking into phones/tablets. I have never understood (especially with everybody always talking about how great all of these devices will be for education) why nobody appreciates inking.

If banging out e-mails is really important, I would say the D4 is the best business phone. I know people say typing on a touchscreen is no problem, but anything longer than a sentence is just terrible (imho) on a touchscreen. But I am one of those physical keyboard people that everybody likes to make fun of... so
 

s44

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Anyone see the white Note 2 at the AT&T Premier store? Only the gray one shows up.
 

JMB1911

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Universal HSPA, T-Mo's dual-cell HSPA+, *and* LTE on both AT&T and T-Mo's future bands? Sweet connectivity.

Wait the T-Mobile version of the Note 2 supports LTE? A few reviews I read stated there is no LTE support, hmm
 

s44

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Wait the T-Mobile version of the Note 2 supports LTE? A few reviews I read stated there is no LTE support, hmm
T-Mobile's network doesn't have LTE yet, but the Note 2 does, both on AT&T (current) and T-Mobile (future).
 
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gregulator

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Is there a version of the Note 2 that will work across all US carriers? I am tempted to buy one and try it out on the TMobile $30 plan, and if it sucks, then just go back to Verizon (in the Northeast, Verizon is king unfortunately). From the wiki page for the Note 2, it looks like there are two major international versions (one LTE, one not), and then 5 versions for US carriers? Are there only two real physical models, and then they are programmed for each US network?

Sorry, for being a noobnewbnoobynubetube
 

s44

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T-Mo's will work on both it and AT&T, but no model will work cross-carrier on Verizon -- they only let their own devices on the network. There's an *outside* chance Verizon's model will be GSM unlocked like its i5, but that's not out for another month anyway.
 

KentState

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I pre-ordered mine yesterday from Verizon. The wife is getting my S3 and hopefully this will allow me to forgo the pen and notepad for meetings. I really wish there was better support of OneNote as that would make life seamless for me. Might have to wait for a larger W8 phablet for that to happen.
 

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Is there a version of the Note 2 that will work across all US carriers? I am tempted to buy one and try it out on the TMobile $30 plan, and if it sucks, then just go back to Verizon (in the Northeast, Verizon is king unfortunately). From the wiki page for the Note 2, it looks like there are two major international versions (one LTE, one not), and then 5 versions for US carriers? Are there only two real physical models, and then they are programmed for each US network?

Sorry, for being a noobnewbnoobynubetube
we have similar thoughts and situations. I've been hoping there would be a us unlocked version that would work on all carriers but looks like s44 had to burst our bubble of hope

T-Mo's will work on both it and AT&T, but no model will work cross-carrier on Verizon -- they only let their own devices on the network. There's an *outside* chance Verizon's model will be GSM unlocked like its i5, but that's not out for another month anyway.
Thanks for the info. I am very lost on what route to go. I was originally thinking of getting one from att or tmobile with the hopes of using it on Verizon if things did not pan out.

Here in Colorado t mobile seems faster than att but has less coverage outside of the cities but have the 2 most popular prepaid plans.

Verizon seems to have the best coverage and speed but you are stuck with an expensive contract. Phone is a month out and has that horrid home button.

Edit: one reason not to go with the tmobile version. If my thinking is correct, if you have the tmobile version and decide to take it to an att contract, I'm not so sure you would get lte service. I'm not certain but that's my thought since ovule does not currently have lte support on network or any of their devices.
 
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Infrnl

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EDIT: nevermind, talked to the boss (wife) just going to go with the tmobile gn2 on prepaid.
 
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