So I was lucky enough to borrow one of these from Samsung over the last few days, made a video. If you have questions I don't answer in the video ask quickly, as I have to return the dock to them very soon.
nice review of the dock. Still on the fence if this is something I'd need or just have as a cool little accessory. Given the price of this thing, still not sure. Does look quite useful I'll give it that.
The more I look at the smart dock the more I wish the back area of it had been using to recharge a battery. Just seems like so much extra space behind the phone dock.
Great review. I don't thing that anyone could have done a better job.
I too am not sure on how I will actually use this. If it was wireless charging so that I could keep the phone in landscape mode and use my SlingBox App and watch TV (on the phone) while also working, that would be nice. I realize that if I want to watch something on TV I'll have to set it in portrait and that is OK.
We'll see. In the past when I have rushed to buy things I often ended up with something I didn't need and could have put the money to something else... like maybe another trail cam for deer season.
Thank you for doing this review. Now, I just hope Samsung gets this in stock again soon.
I hope the carriers also stock it in store. I really do like going in, getting what I want and riding off into the sunset. Hate waiting on delivery.
I went to a sprint store a couple weeks ago and they had it on display. That was in a remote sprint store 1.5 hours away from my house though.
I SAW THEM!!!!!!!!!
But they all were marked for the S3 so I didn't ask if they'd work in the Note 2. Besides, everyone in this particular Sprint store is pretty clueless and I didn't feel like wasting my time with them.
The Samsung Media Docks are cheaper than this and do just as good of a job albeit they only have an audio output.
Yes, both made by Samsung, but the one being reviewed is a SMART DOCK which is more expensive than the MEDIA DOCK.
I would suggest the MEDIA DOCK, that is, unless you need all the additional outputs.
Just trying to save you money.
It's universal for the GS3 and the note...but check the specs.
I believe Samsung is still having their 50% off sale. Double check that and let us know.
This is coming a bit late, and I don't know how much longer
the sale will continue (it has been going since approx.10/30),
but if you go to Samsung's site you can get 50% off all phone
accessories with this code:
rE155266e
Here is a link to the Samsung Note II I1317 accessories page but
you can navigate back to the home page from there to your
specific device.
Accessories - AT&T Cell Phones SGH-I317 | Samsung Cell Phones
drexappeal,
No doubt the more (twice as) expensive SMART DOCK is fantastic for anyone that has that kind of use for it.
I don't. Others won't either. Many will just want a docking station with audio output. In that case the MEDIA DOCK you linked to in the above post will save you a lot of money and does a great job charging your Note II while outputting audio.
Yeah, I'm not so sure that's a great generalization (e.g. others won't either). You might assume that people will think that way, but there's no real way to quantify who would or wouldn't prefer the smart dock.
I think the difference in deciding between the two would come down to 1) Are you the type of consumer that would prefer a universal dock that might be able to work with your future devices, for simple audio connection or 2) Do you want a multi-purpose dock, specific to the phone, that will allow you access to additional media you might own, on hard drives (including audio output connection on the universal dock), and also be able to reflect that on a big screen TV for videos?
And, here's the sell...There's a 50% off deal going on right now that would allow you to purchase that smart dock at the same cost of the universal audio dock's retail price. You can do that or just spend $25 less to get the universal at 50% off. While you're saving $50 on the smart dock, you're only saving a mere $25 on the universal dock (w/ less capabilities). The only way to really spin it so that the value of the universal dock is a "better value," for those that don't need the extra USB ports, is to sell the fact that you can buy 2 of those for the current retail price of the universal dock.
You're really tempting me lol
drexappeal,
We are in complete agreement. Thanks.
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