Priceless!!! I'm going to start asking this next time I see something about flagship cause lately all the forums I'm on have been overrun with people stating they were only going to buy a particular phone if it's a flagship.
The way I see flagship is a phone that launches first of it's kind.
Note 1 = Flagship
Note 2 = Sucessor
If I'm wrong, someone.....anyone (whose absolutely sure) please tell me.
My definition of flagship is slightly different from yours. In my standards, for a phone to be a flagship, it must, by order of importance:
1. Get good support after purchase (i.e., software and firmware updates)
2. Not be a previous model that was merely modified (i.e., put on steroids). In other words, the phone must be a new creation, not a souped up version of a previous model.
3. Be highly publicized in media outlets; generate lots of consumer hype prior to release
4. Be sold internationally, not in select countries
Here's something else I'd like to bring up: The Galaxy Note 1 has a predecessor, according to Wikipedia. It was the Infuse 4G. Want proof? Here it is:
Samsung Galaxy Note - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Look at the table on the right side of the page. Looking up the Infuse on Wikipedia will say that the Note 1 is the successor.
I know that the saying goes that you shouldn't believe everything you read, but this is something to think about. After all, once you get a phone and sign a contract, you're stuck with it for almost 2 years. So you have to get the right phone and still say to yourself months afterward, "I made the right choice." I failed miserably in that department and therefore am itching for 12/31 to come, which is when I can choose between the Galaxy S3 and the Note 2.
The Infuse, which is my current phone, did not get good support after purchase. For any of you who have this phone, I don't think the half-baked and delayed Gingerbread update can count as support. Also, at another forum, the Infuse was said to be a Samsung Captivate on steroids because of a slightly overclocked CPU and larger screen. I don't know about the publicity about this phone, but I don't think there was that much hype around the Infuse; I could be wrong about this. But one thing is for sure: it was definitely NOT sold internationally; it was only sold in North America, only on two carriers at that: AT&T and Rogers Wireless.
On the other hand, the Galaxy Note
is sold internationally. I'm not so sure where the Note fits in the other criterion I listed here. Any clarification regarding this is appreciated.