Just wondered how long you'd had it and now that you have had them a while, what do you think? Here's my take on it...
I got mine in May 2012 so it was quite a thing back then
I have enjoyed pointing out to all my friends that I was right. They made fun of the size of the phone, but since then, they have all gotten bigger phones as manufacturers cotton on to the fact that as people consume more data on their phones, they need a decent sized piece of hardware to enjoy it. It's all very good having a 3.5 inch screen so it fits in your pocket, but a phone these days spends more time in a hand being looked at, then it does in a pocket.
To me.... the phone is not big and I still wonder what people are going on about when they hold it and declare in a daft voice "It's massive" (The phone... I'm obviously on about the phone
) To me, the iPhone 4s and 5 seem tiny, The S2, again tiny and the S3 just about does it.
I am running Go Launcher EX instead of touchwiz and I have to say, apart from a few hangs (2 or 3 a month) and the odd inexplicable action it has been solid as a device.
I hardly use my S-pen. I think that is a lifestyle thing. I'm a sales manager and I find it easier to use my finger day to day
Sometimes my SD card will unmount itself. No idea why but it's an easy fix to simply mount it again.
Auto Rotate is a ball ache because it is quite slow. I don't mean slow getting to the rotated screen, I mean when it has triggered and you dont want landscape view but where you haven't turned the function off it decides it's going to anyway. Normally when you place the note on a table to read something and it flips so you have to either pick it up and wait or drag down the notification bar and turn it off. Both methods result in a 5-10 second wait.
No idea what can be done about it, just saying.
The volume rocker and power button being opposite each other is actually a valid gripe. When they mentioned it in the first reviews, I was like "Well just hold it different" You can't really.
It might be because I have a lot of contacts in my phone (Work & social) but from selecting the call function to selecting a contact, to getting to the green call button can take what feels like ages. Not sure if that is a note thing or a Go Launcher/Note thing but it takes a while to have a good think.
Easily the best phone I have ever had, by miles. It still attracts interest and it still impresses people but more importantly, it is still one of the most powerful devices out there that actually works in the real world, even after I've messed about with every setting under the sun.
I sometimes feel that us Note 1 owners have been kinda dropped by Samsung with regards to updates and the like. It's almost like we were the original 5 million guinea pigs and the proper effort has been put into the Note 2 but thats the way of the world it seems.
How many of you have rooted? I haven't but I'm sure I will on my quest to keep the GT-N7000 fresh over the next 12 months of my contract
Any further insights from people who have lived with it day to day in the real world as opposed to a tester for a magazine or blog
I got mine in May 2012 so it was quite a thing back then
I have enjoyed pointing out to all my friends that I was right. They made fun of the size of the phone, but since then, they have all gotten bigger phones as manufacturers cotton on to the fact that as people consume more data on their phones, they need a decent sized piece of hardware to enjoy it. It's all very good having a 3.5 inch screen so it fits in your pocket, but a phone these days spends more time in a hand being looked at, then it does in a pocket.
To me.... the phone is not big and I still wonder what people are going on about when they hold it and declare in a daft voice "It's massive" (The phone... I'm obviously on about the phone
) To me, the iPhone 4s and 5 seem tiny, The S2, again tiny and the S3 just about does it. I am running Go Launcher EX instead of touchwiz and I have to say, apart from a few hangs (2 or 3 a month) and the odd inexplicable action it has been solid as a device.
I hardly use my S-pen. I think that is a lifestyle thing. I'm a sales manager and I find it easier to use my finger day to day
Sometimes my SD card will unmount itself. No idea why but it's an easy fix to simply mount it again.
Auto Rotate is a ball ache because it is quite slow. I don't mean slow getting to the rotated screen, I mean when it has triggered and you dont want landscape view but where you haven't turned the function off it decides it's going to anyway. Normally when you place the note on a table to read something and it flips so you have to either pick it up and wait or drag down the notification bar and turn it off. Both methods result in a 5-10 second wait.
No idea what can be done about it, just saying.
The volume rocker and power button being opposite each other is actually a valid gripe. When they mentioned it in the first reviews, I was like "Well just hold it different" You can't really.
It might be because I have a lot of contacts in my phone (Work & social) but from selecting the call function to selecting a contact, to getting to the green call button can take what feels like ages. Not sure if that is a note thing or a Go Launcher/Note thing but it takes a while to have a good think.
Easily the best phone I have ever had, by miles. It still attracts interest and it still impresses people but more importantly, it is still one of the most powerful devices out there that actually works in the real world, even after I've messed about with every setting under the sun.
I sometimes feel that us Note 1 owners have been kinda dropped by Samsung with regards to updates and the like. It's almost like we were the original 5 million guinea pigs and the proper effort has been put into the Note 2 but thats the way of the world it seems.
How many of you have rooted? I haven't but I'm sure I will on my quest to keep the GT-N7000 fresh over the next 12 months of my contract
Any further insights from people who have lived with it day to day in the real world as opposed to a tester for a magazine or blog
