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I know it the Note 2 hasn't been released yet, but I was thinking how Samsung could possible make the screen any bigger than it already is and it occured to me that, if they adopted Google's idea of having now physical buttons (either capacitive or hard buttons) and just went with an almost edge to edge screen (similar to the Razr M), that might get the screen to the 6 inch mark.

I'm pretty sure that on the Razr M, the bottom back/home/multi-tasking buttons built into android ICS/Jelly Bean disappear and that part of the screen becomes usable while watching videos or browsing. I could be wrong, but man I'd love to see that on the next Samsung device. After all, it might stop Apple from going after them for patent violations...LOL.
 
I wrote in an offsite blog that was talking about what the Note 3 could possibly bring that the screen can be made bigger by having
1-almost no bezel at all, and
2-Remove the buttons entirely and making them user customizable.

By customizable, I mean allow the user to change the orientation of the buttons via a settings to make the buttons do any command you choose. Want the back button be on the left, bingo change the setting, want to remove the buttons entirely or when the S-Pen or your finger is close to the screen, bingo make it so.

That would help making the screen bigger and also help those that are left handed feel more comfortable. This would also allow the S-pen make use of the buttons too, unlike what is now having to use your finger to select the home, back, search and menu buttons.

TS
 
drexappeal said:
I know it the Note 2 hasn't been released yet, but I was thinking how Samsung could possible make the screen any bigger than it already is and it occured to me that, if they adopted Google's idea of having now physical buttons (either capacitive or hard buttons) and just went with an almost edge to edge screen (similar to the Razr M), that might get the screen to the 6 inch mark.

I'm pretty sure that on the Razr M, the bottom back/home/multi-tasking buttons built into android ICS/Jelly Bean disappear and that part of the screen becomes usable while watching videos or browsing. I could be wrong, but man I'd love to see that on the next Samsung device. After all, it might stop Apple from going after them for patent violations...LOL.
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Or anyone else that uses a button.
 
twospirits said:
I wrote in an offsite blog that was talking about what the Note 3 could possibly bring that the screen can be made bigger by having
1-almost no bezel at all, and
2-Remove the buttons entirely and making them user customizable.

By customizable, I mean allow the user to change the orientation of the buttons via a settings to make the buttons do any command you choose. Want the back button be on the left, bingo change the setting, want to remove the buttons entirely or when the S-Pen or your finger is close to the screen, bingo make it so.

That would help making the screen bigger and also help those that are left handed feel more comfortable. This would also allow the S-pen make use of the buttons too, unlike what is now having to use your finger to select the home, back, search and menu buttons.

TS
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Totally with you there, TS. Only thing is, they'd have to have a little bezel to accomodate the FFC, proximity sensor, and the speaker grille, so not sure it could go completely bezel-less...Unless, of course, they innovate again and somehow figure out how to integrate that with the screen. Was it Google that picked up the patent for the speaker integration with the screen? I'd have to look back to verify, but I'm pretty sure it was.
 
drexappeal said:
Ok, mr. ed needs to come in and confirm what sprint is doing. I hope they went with the og design. All the others are doing variants.

Galaxy Note 2 release nears as multiple variants stroll through FCC (Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile)
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Kinda disappointing that this was allowed to happen, you'd think that they'd sell more accesories, etc. if they all released the same phone with the exception being radios of course. I was going to start ordering accessories that I wanted, and glad that I held off on ordering them.

I hope that they all keep the screen size the same...
 
Some people on xda think they will all still be the same. I hope so that might be a deal breaker for me. No accessory support sucks!
 
donniegood said:
Some people on xda think they will all still be the same. I hope so that might be a deal breaker for me. No accessory support sucks!
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I'm of the same mind that they'll all be the same. I think it would be ridiculous of Samsung to take a step backwards and allow carriers to change the phone. They hit it out the park when they didn't let that happen to the GS3.
 
ScandaLeX said:
I'm of the same mind that they'll all be the same. I think it would be ridiculous of Samsung to take a step backwards and allow carriers to change the phone. They hit it out the park when they didn't let that happen to the GS3.
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donniegood said:
I hope so
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Only reason I'm not so sure is because the photos are from the FCC filings, which have to be passed and each shape is completely different.

The only way these aren't different variants are if the bloggers got the model number speculation wrong and not all of these are the Galaxy Note 2.
 
drexappeal said:
Only reason I'm not so sure is because the photos are from the FCC filings, which have to be passed and each shape is completely different.

The only way these aren't different variants are if the bloggers got the model number speculation wrong and not all of these are the Galaxy Note 2.
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we shall see. but it is a deal breaker for me. diff models mean less accessories
 
donniegood said:
we shall see. but it is a deal breaker for me. diff models mean less accessories
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Really? You would still have plenty of accessories. The fact that you wouldn't have a TON of them trumps out the fact that you can't get this level of phone with a huge screen, S-Pen, etc elsewhere?

I'm not digging at you I'm just curious. Were you torn on this and a different phone in the first place?

For me, I wouldn't mind if the VZW version looked less SIIIish (curvy) and a bit more boxy like the original note (not as boxy as the LG of course).
 
aentropy said:
Really? You would still have plenty of accessories. The fact that you wouldn't have a TON of them trumps out the fact that you can't get this level of phone with a huge screen, S-Pen, etc elsewhere?

I'm not digging at you I'm just curious. Were you torn on this and a different phone in the first place?

For me, I wouldn't mind if the VZW version looked less SIIIish (curvy) and a bit more boxy like the original note (not as boxy as the LG of course).
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I just feel like if the sprint model is all different like the GS2 was there were little to no accessories all the mainstream ones were made for the other models that were closer to the same or like the Epic how it had a keyboard and no other OG galaxy did....I might be being a tad dramatic. None the less annoyed if they are different
 
donniegood said:
I just feel like if the sprint model is all different like the GS2 was there were little to no accessories all the mainstream ones were made for the other models that were closer to the same or like the Epic how it had a keyboard and no other OG galaxy did....I might be being a tad dramatic. None the less annoyed if they are different
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I see. I understand the frustration there. The images I saw of the VZW version and others sure did look identical. It just seems like the simpler and more obvious answer is they will be the same. We shall see soon.

I just want this thing to be ready!!
 
donniegood said:
we shall see. but it is a deal breaker for me. diff models mean less accessories
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Yeah, it's easy to see how this would be a deal breaker for many peeps. Thing that gives me a little comfort is the early leaks that showed the sprint version that had the sprint zone app posted on the screen of the note 2.

I think the sprint version that was shown at that convention, the us cellular version, and the verizon version were the only ones leaked to be the same as the international version. The tmobile and att versions hadn't been leaked, had it... with exception to the fcc leaks? Maybe those carriers would b the variants? we should know more by the 24th.
 
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