So I figured since I went through this, I'd share my experience to ossibly save other people grief and the returning and refunding expenses if they turn out to also dislike this product.

I got my lovely white Galaxy Note 2 last night to replace my water damaged Note 1 a few months ago and the salesman gave me a $10 discount on a Case Mate Pop! case from the store. It looked pretty good as I like the white/gray scheme in general so I took it home last night and proceeded to play and configure my new Note 2

Within 5 minutes or less, my hands started to ache horrible from the wide and thick nature of the case, it just felt like I was trying to grip onto something and my hand muscles and tendons just were really mad at me trying to hold the case vertically the whole time.

On top of it, the rubber on the side sticks out enough that the "edge" of the rubber which is pretty stiff jabs into your palms and in my case, cut off circulation and made my hands tingle.

No matter how differently I tried to use my Note 2, the case just made it a real chore and painful to use the phone all around. I took it back today and have placed an order for an Otterbox commuter Glacier that looks like it will fit the bill nicely.

Anyway, just a personal experience that may or may not help some people in finding a case to protect our lovely and beloved Note 2's.






Case-Mate White/Gray POP Case - Samsung Galaxy Note

 

Not bad but like other cases similiar to it, I dont like how it fully protect the upper and lower benzels and corners. VZW made a case similar to that for the Droid X when I had that back in the day.

Kick stand use honestly has no purpose for needs either. I don't buy a $700 phone to watch movies