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lennydude said:

Quick question if i may............did a bunch of research and could not find my answer so if it has been posted i apologize in advance

I currently own the AT&T S3 and am thinking of going to the Note II. The screen size on my S3 is approximately 2.4" x 4.8". It has a PPI of 306.

For those of you with much better mathematical skills than me...............what would the Note II screen size be. It claims to be a 5.5" with 265 PPI. What would the width measurement be?

I would like to compare screen sizes but am having a problem not knowing the width measurement.

Thanks

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lennydude said:

Thanks for the quick answer but i believe that is the "total" dimensions of the phone and not just the screen???????????

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lennydude said:

Quick question if i may............did a bunch of research and could not find my answer so if it has been posted i apologize in advance

I currently own the AT&T S3 and am thinking of going to the Note II. The screen size on my S3 is approximately 2.4" x 4.8". It has a PPI of 306.

For those of you with much better mathematical skills than me...............what would the Note II screen size be. It claims to be a 5.5" with 265 PPI. What would the width measurement be?

I would like to compare screen sizes but am having a problem not knowing the width measurement.

Thanks

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hovercraftdriver25 said:

The 5.5 inch dimension is diagonal, as it is with all screens. I'm no math whiz, but I believe the Note 2 aspect ratio is 16:9, which would put screen size at 4.8 x 2.69... works out to 5.5 diagonal.

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drexappeal said:

I was awful at figuring out "unknowns" in math, but based on hovercraftdriver25's values, if we plug those in, they match up pretty darn close (btw, I'd love a brief explanation of how you got the unknown values, as a refresher.):

Formula = Pythagorean Theorem (a^2+b^2=c^2)
c^2=30.25 (e.g. c=5.5)
a^2=unknown (plug in 4.8 as "a")
b^2=unknown (plug in 2.69 as "b")

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hovercraftdriver25 said:

I said I was no math whiz, lol...used the 5.5 screen size and 16:9 ratio and an online screen size calculator...used your formula to verify though, did remember that much

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sic4672 said:

And we come a step closer:

Canadian Galaxy Note II Will Launch On Mobilicity On October 30th, Get $50 Off If You Pre-Order Now

Looking more and more like Nov.

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drexappeal said:

What's interesting is, Tuesdays aren't a typical release day for Sprint, but all things are pointing towards the Note 2 being available either immediately after the event on the 24th or 1 week later.

For Sprint, their "typical" days for release are Fridays or Sundays. With superphones, I've seen pre-orders start on a Wednesday with a "guarantee" of delivery on the day of release. So, for those of you that are trying to pinpoint the "likely" Sprint release dates, I'd say 10/26, 10/28, 11/2, & 11/4 are all fair game. Anything later than that would be really puzzling (unless, of course, there's a delay on it due to court injunction like there was with the LTEvo and SGS 3).

I will say that I'd love for the "official" pre-orders to start on the 24th, for early release (pre-orders only) on my birthday (10/26)! That'd be amazing timing, for me.

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sic4672 said:

I thought typical release dates for sprint were on sunday. I know VZ has a hardon for thursday releases, so I would say Nov. for them. I seriously doubt they would drop it next day.

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wyndslash said:

I once read that the s3 had a camera feature that lets you scan docs and converts it into text.does the note 2 have that too?

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phillies1again said:

I just want to know if Sprint doesnt make good on their promise of improved data speeds and lte in my area can I take the phone to another carrier?

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wyndslash said:

I once read that the s3 had a camera feature that lets you scan docs and converts it into text.does the note 2 have that too?

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drexappeal said:

Tried to find a video showing that, but I'd like to know as well.

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drexappeal said:

Also, for those that might be on the SGS3 that have used it or currently on the G-Note 2, how reliable is S-Beam?

Samsung Galaxy Note 2: S Beam Media Transfer Demo GT-N7100 - YouTube

And how does it differ from the Bump app (aside from using NFC vs. bluetooth)?

Lastly, in that video, he didn't explain if the file that's being shared can be directed to a folder of your choosing?

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Despyse said:

S Beam is essentially Android Beam on any other NFC device. I have used it on my Nexus and it's pretty cool. I have transferred contact cards and things with other Nexus devices and my friends S3.

As for reliable, it works every time. Haven't had any issues.

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Mr. Ed said:

It uses WiFi direct and Nfc together to transfer quickly


Someone asked about spen use after rooting


On the orig note aosp and aokp roms lost 95% of functionality

Enhanced stock based dev rooms typically still had it

I would expect the same

As for release dates. ...I still know nothing. Mid November is all I have heard. Along with Samsung attempting simultaneous release on all 4 us carriers

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ScandaLeX said:

Nope, your phone is tied to Sprint. Although I have heard that Cricket wireless can do some finagling to get a Sprint phone to work. A couple of my sons friends have asked me if I'd give them my old phones.

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phillies1again said:

OK I thought I had read somewhere that the Sprint version would have multiple bands that you could use on different carriers. Oh well

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