JimmyTheSaint
Well-Known Member
I like my Note well enough, but when I saw people reporting great battery times with the S3, I got sucked in. I thought the S3's battery was 1750mAh, but it's 2100mAh, and that's close enough to my Note's 2500mAh to inspire me to give it a try (ahead of the Note 2!).
I must say, the S3 has turned me off of my Note if for no other reason than it's just plain smoother. The Note microlags for me in several contexts, and I've always missed the smoothness of my iPhone 3G. I don't mean jerky screen scrolling like we still had with Froyo, but app/context switching. If you sat there with a micro-stopwatch, I'm sure the Note's performance is just fine, but I'm talking about the subjective feel of perceived lagginess, such as a delayed haptic feedback or switch to another app. It may be fast enough, but--too often--it doesn't feel smooth. Apparently that smoothness is really important to the subjective experience, and the S3 is iPhone smooth, so my Note is now my backup.
My S2 will be a gift because, even though it's smooth, I need that bigger screen resolution to show more info per eyeful. I do notice the S3's somewhat smaller pixel count, and the smaller screen does sometimes make things too small to read when they would fit comfortably on the Note. Size matters a bit because I have to do public presentations referring to note on my phone. But on the whole the S3 is the better experience. What's more, it is annoying that the Note's size causes me to inadvertently actuate its power switch when it's in my pocket. I strongly prefer disabling screen lock and timeout, so accidental switch-ons are bad news for me. That's easily cured with a case, but then the thing is then that much more obtrusively large in my pocket, even though it's not really that big a problem.
My 7.7, of course, isn't conveniently pocketable, and not comfortable in one hand for more than a few minutes at a time. It's beautiful, but I must say that, due to its lagginess (reported in other threads), I just always seem to shy away from using it. Smooth feel and perceived speed overwhelm other considerations for me. I would guess that that's what keeps iPhones so popular: despite lesser functionality, they just always feel good. That's why iPhones inspire such fanboyism, and only power users will consider performance more analytically. I have to admit, though, I have no idea if my S3 performs any better than my S2, but it does feel better.
I must say, the S3 has turned me off of my Note if for no other reason than it's just plain smoother. The Note microlags for me in several contexts, and I've always missed the smoothness of my iPhone 3G. I don't mean jerky screen scrolling like we still had with Froyo, but app/context switching. If you sat there with a micro-stopwatch, I'm sure the Note's performance is just fine, but I'm talking about the subjective feel of perceived lagginess, such as a delayed haptic feedback or switch to another app. It may be fast enough, but--too often--it doesn't feel smooth. Apparently that smoothness is really important to the subjective experience, and the S3 is iPhone smooth, so my Note is now my backup.
My S2 will be a gift because, even though it's smooth, I need that bigger screen resolution to show more info per eyeful. I do notice the S3's somewhat smaller pixel count, and the smaller screen does sometimes make things too small to read when they would fit comfortably on the Note. Size matters a bit because I have to do public presentations referring to note on my phone. But on the whole the S3 is the better experience. What's more, it is annoying that the Note's size causes me to inadvertently actuate its power switch when it's in my pocket. I strongly prefer disabling screen lock and timeout, so accidental switch-ons are bad news for me. That's easily cured with a case, but then the thing is then that much more obtrusively large in my pocket, even though it's not really that big a problem.
My 7.7, of course, isn't conveniently pocketable, and not comfortable in one hand for more than a few minutes at a time. It's beautiful, but I must say that, due to its lagginess (reported in other threads), I just always seem to shy away from using it. Smooth feel and perceived speed overwhelm other considerations for me. I would guess that that's what keeps iPhones so popular: despite lesser functionality, they just always feel good. That's why iPhones inspire such fanboyism, and only power users will consider performance more analytically. I have to admit, though, I have no idea if my S3 performs any better than my S2, but it does feel better.