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Despyse said:
Who wants to cry??

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 - Hammer Drop Test - YouTube
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I actually want to switch the guys head with the Note and try it.

That hammer is huge, fat and thick. Nothing will survive its hit. WTF?

Speaking of which, what is it with these reviewers that just have to destroy a device. Logic will dictate that if a phone will fall from your hands it would most likely get scratched, dent or worse cracked. There are so many of these devices that have gone to the dumpster over these tests. When they could have found a nice warm hand to caress it and love it like the mobile goddess she is. (or if you are female, the mobile god he is) lol

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Despyse said:
Who wants to cry??

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 - Hammer Drop Test - YouTube
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dreadnatty08 said:
Who would drop a hammer on a Note 2?!?!? :mad:
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twospirits said:
I actually want to switch the guys head with the Note and try it.

That hammer is huge, fat and thick. Nothing will survive its hit. WTF?

Speaking of which, what is it with these reviewers that just have to destroy a device. Logic will dictate that if a phone will fall from your hands it would most likely get scratched, dent or worse cracked. There are so many of these devices that have gone to the dumpster over these tests. When they could have found a nice warm hand to caress it and love it like the mobile goddess she is. (or if you are female, the mobile god he is) lol

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I seriously don't get why any reviewers do these kinds of tests. Leave these types of tests to the manufacturers. If people want to know for themselves how tough the screen is...let them find out for themselves. I personally don't throw my ish around like it's some "kids toy."

I should write all the bloggers that do these kinds of tests and tell them, "before you go ahead and completely destroy that device...how 'bout I send you the cost of shipping it over to me, instead of destroying it, and call it a day."
 
sic4672 said:
My understanding is that T-Mobile uses 1700 for HSPA+ and 2100 for EDGE. So you could get 2G but not 3G.
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Thanks for the input. I did some more research, and it looks like T-Mobile is slowly moving to 1900/2100 for HSPA+. So if I can live with 2G speeds for a couple of months, I should be OK.

In case I do wait for the 24th of Oct, does T-Mobile sell unlocked phones from day one? Do they have problems like bloatware and locked boot-loaders?
 
drexappeal said:
I seriously don't get why any reviewers do these kinds of tests. Leave these types of tests to the manufacturers. If people want to know for themselves how tough the screen is...let them find out for themselves. I personally don't throw my ish around like it's some "kids toy."

I should write all the bloggers that do these kinds of tests and tell them, "before you go ahead and completely destroy that device...how 'bout I send you the cost of shipping it over to me, instead of destroying it, and call it a day."
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I used to feel this way but that changed when I saw that it's not just the bloggers who perform these tests but anyone with a cam and youtube. There's always got to be some dork who cant wait to post this stuff for the world to see. 10 secs of fame or however long it takes their phone to hit the ground.
 
ScandaLeX said:
I'm sure this is going to knock the wind out of the sails of those who place rooting as a top priority. For me, when a phone is phenomenal out the box I don't give rooting a thought for the first few months.
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Yeah, rooting became a non-option for me, the moment that I got approved to receive work emails with my personal phone.

That said, I hope that Samsung can win back those developers at some point.
 
Although CM10 may not come to the Note 2, there will most certainly be some good choice of roms to flash. Root is already done for the intl. version and AT&T versions. As well, there are already some roms popping up. Besides, any non-touch-wiz rom will most likely lose the majority of S Pen features and possibly camera quality. I will be keeping this phone stock with the exception of replacing the launcher w/ Nova.
 
Despyse said:
Although CM10 may not come to the Note 2, there will most certainly be some good choice of roms to flash. Root is already done for the intl. version and AT&T versions. As well, there are already some roms popping up. Besides, any non-touch-wiz rom will most likely lose the majority of S Pen features and possibly camera quality. I will be keeping this phone stock with the exception of replacing the launcher w/ Nova.
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Yup. Nova is the launcher I'm looking at right now. Unfortunately, I can't test out Nova or Apex. I tried Holo Launcher for a second, but it was a little too basic for what I wanted (compared to Go Launcher Ex). Go Launcher Ex has seemingly been a battery hog, the longer I've had it on my phone. I still like Go SMS a lot, but doubtful I'll stick with the launcher when I upgrade to the Note 2.
 
drexappeal said:
Yup. Nova is the launcher I'm looking at right now. Unfortunately, I can't test out Nova or Apex. I tried Holo Launcher for a second, but it was a little too basic for what I wanted (compared to Go Launcher Ex). Go Launcher Ex has seemingly been a battery hog, the longer I've had it on my phone. I still like Go SMS a lot, but doubtful I'll stick with the launcher when I upgrade to the Note 2.
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Yea Nova is amazing, got prime when it was $0.25 and couldn't be happier. You will like it.
 
drexappeal said:
Yeah, rooting became a non-option for me, the moment that I got approved to receive work emails with my personal phone.

That said, I hope that Samsung can win back those developers at some point.
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Is there any way for your job to know whether your phone was rooted or not?
 
ScandaLeX said:
Is there any way for your job to know whether your phone was rooted or not?
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No, but security level is extremely important for what I do, so I wouldn't want to risk any vulnerabilities (not that there would be any by rooting, necessarily). That's why the IT department has to get approval from upper management, to connect my personal phone to my emails. Since I'm not high enough on the pay grade to have the company give me a second phone for work purposes, the head of the department gave me the ok to have emails pushed to my phone.
 
drexappeal said:
No, but security level is extremely important for what I do, so I wouldn't want to risk any vulnerabilities (not that there would be any by rooting, necessarily). That's why the IT department has to get approval from upper management, to connect my personal phone to my emails. Since I'm not high enough on the pay grade to have the company give me a second phone for work purposes, the head of the department gave me the ok to have emails pushed to my phone.
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I'm dying to know what you do. Most mentions of *job* make me think something mysterious like CIA, FBI.... ;)
 
twospirits said:
he could tell you but then you would be erased off the planet. :p


btw, Where is Mr. Ed???



Edit: This article states that right after the NYC event at 7PM that shipping will start.

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We need some sort of light mounted from the tallest bldg that would summon Mr. Ed when turned on.....like in Gotham City. Oh....and maybe a red phone that dials him and only him... :D
 
twospirits said:
Oh crap. Just realized it's Thursday. We get to see more images and questions for the Note 2 by Mr. Ed. woo hoo

Ok Mr. Ed , here is a list of the questions so far since the last encounter. Answers by members are in hidden markers, but please confirm if you can.

  1. Iis there a SIM card slot.
  2. If the sim is embedded, is it lockable.
  3. Any idea of a pre-order for Sprint
  4. Will the stores have accessories for the Note on day 1.
  5. Any idea of prices.
  6. We know the 16gb is coming out, but will 32 and 64 be offered as well.
  7. Are the apps shown overseas (split screen multitasking function) included in the Sprint version. (Some have reported it missing)
  8. Are the slow motion and fast forward capabilities included in the Sprint version.
  9. Are those gsm bands (post 406) capable of being used on international gsm attenaes (say like Europe and Germany)? I would like to keep sprint, and but I don't want to buy another phone if they deploy me to another country. I know sprint has intl. gsm capable phones, and but I was hoping that I could use the GN2 when I'm stationed here and freeze my account when I'm deployed overseas and use intl sim card.
    QUOTE=tstack77;5036939]From the fcc report the GSM bands look to only be 850 & 1900. These bands seem to only be compatible with the Americas.

    From wikipedia:

    Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia

    In Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia, most of the providers use 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. GSM-900 is most widely used. Fewer operators use DCS-1800 and GSM-1800. A dual-band 900/1800 phone is required to be compatible with almost all operators. At least the GSM-900 band must be supported in order to be compatible with many operators. However, Thailand has also approved for some time now the use of the GSM-1900 band in an attempt to alleviate network congestion.


    FCC Information

    Also looks like it will not be completely future proof with LTE not capable of running on the soon to be reused IDEN spectrum.
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  1. Can you please test the smart rotation function. as mention in this post.

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No sim slot
Assumed unlockable
No word on preorders but look for release ny mid november on all 4
Accessories are unknown. We had great support on s3 and i5 so fingers crossed
Pricing unknown though I expect $249-299
Storage in US unknown
We should see multiple color options
I will check split screen
International service within select countries will be available through sprint only
All those fancy camera doodads exist and are awesome
Smart rotation rocks

As for iden ...thats 2 or more uears down the road imo...so not really someting I would worry about. They are still converting current iden customers to cdma...a process planned to take at least another year (I thought)
 
Oh...got to play with a new toy....

16 megapix 21x optical zoom lte enabled jellybean powered camera :D
 
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