JimmyTheSaint
Well-Known Member
OK, the Note is great, but I found after a couple of weeks that I'm returning to my S2 for extended periods. Without making a million micro-comparisons, it all comes down to: one-handed operation. At first, moving from the iPhone, my S2 felt like an elephant. But now, having got used to the Note, the S2 is quite comfortably manageable. I've done my best to set up my Note to favor one-handed operation, and it's really very good. But there's always a slight feeling of physical insecurity, and the Note requires more hand movement and energy to manipulate due to the greater size and weight. That's not to say it's difficult, but that it takes a greater toll over the span of a day. I haven't come close to dropping it (knock wood), but when you use it all day, it seems to add a level of stress that the S2 is totally free of. In my case, I'm always in crowded downtown areas, and even though the Note is totally doable, moving it in and out of the pants pockets, manipulating it to get to the power button, etc. is always slightly unsettling when there are so many people milling about.
The Note seems to be better thought of as a tablet replacement than a phone replacement. When I have to do public presentations (up to three hours with breaks), the Note is superior because its size makes referring to info, remote controlling equipment, etc. more smooth while handling an audience. And for God's sake, I'm actually using the Note and S2 simultaneously as a laptop replacement when putting together reports based on video presentations (video on S2, word processing on the full-page Note with bluetooth keyboard). There's no way I want to type up documents on my S2. So now I've become what I've always looked down on: a two-devicer--and I'm deeply ashamed. The idea of the Note was to go all-in-one rather than the toolbox approach, but the S2 beats the Note for physical comfort by too wide a margin to justify breaking up with it.
I imagine only a limited segment of the users share my combination of work flow and type of location. Interestingly, in my situation a tablet is just never right, and I've related how my Transformer is useless to me in another thread. I always either need one-handability with low-weight, or I conveniently have big laptops and desktops strategically placed at home and work. No middle ground, and the Note is already pushing the boundary a little bit.
The Note seems to be better thought of as a tablet replacement than a phone replacement. When I have to do public presentations (up to three hours with breaks), the Note is superior because its size makes referring to info, remote controlling equipment, etc. more smooth while handling an audience. And for God's sake, I'm actually using the Note and S2 simultaneously as a laptop replacement when putting together reports based on video presentations (video on S2, word processing on the full-page Note with bluetooth keyboard). There's no way I want to type up documents on my S2. So now I've become what I've always looked down on: a two-devicer--and I'm deeply ashamed. The idea of the Note was to go all-in-one rather than the toolbox approach, but the S2 beats the Note for physical comfort by too wide a margin to justify breaking up with it.
I imagine only a limited segment of the users share my combination of work flow and type of location. Interestingly, in my situation a tablet is just never right, and I've related how my Transformer is useless to me in another thread. I always either need one-handability with low-weight, or I conveniently have big laptops and desktops strategically placed at home and work. No middle ground, and the Note is already pushing the boundary a little bit.
