The Owners Manuals for each version of the Galaxy Note 2 sold by the USA carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular) are finally available.
The Verizon Owners Manual is still not available.
I know its no longer popular to read manuals - but I feel each of these are an important read for those who are still on the fence on choosing which version Galaxy Note 2 to purchase.
Each carrier has set a unique feature set with Samsung, if you are details oriented you might discover differences between the phones.
The USA Galaxy Note 2's suffer with a large share of carrier OS fragmentation !
For the past month, the International GT-N7100 Owners Manual was my master reference for making the decision to buy this phone.
But what I'm discovering is that some carriers (like AT&T) - have reduced the 140 page A4 size International manual to a 3" x 5" booklet, with far less details IMHO on how to operate the phone. If this was my only reference - Id be lost.
So far the Sprint Owners Manual is closer to the International version feature wise
But each carrier has a different culture, and enforces their own guidelines on these documents - and ultimately the actual features provided on the carrier's version of the Note 2
In a nutshell, they are NOT all the same phones - so its important to browse each owners manual and see if that special feature you saw advertised by Samsung, is actually included in your carriers phone.
You may have a particular need for a specific feature , and assume the only differences are the radios (CDMA/GMS/HSPSA+/ LTE) - NOT!
Review the phone features offered by Your carrier first.
Galaxy Note 2 Owners Manuals
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Native Korean SHV-E250S Galaxy Note 2 Owners Manual
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...105173523891/SHV-E250S_User_manual_Rev1.3.pdf
International (GT-N7100)
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...UM_EU_Jellybean_Eng_Rev.1.1_120925_Screen.pdf
T-Mobile (USA)
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...laxy_Note_II_English_User_Manual_UVLJ1_F8.pdf
Sprint
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c..._Galaxy_Note_II_English_User_Guide_LJ1_F5.pdf
US Cellular
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...Galaxy_Note_II_English_User_Manual_LJ1_F3.pdf
AT&T (Rev F3)
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...Galaxy_Note_II_English_User_Manual_LJ2_F3.pdf
Updated Rev F5 ATT Note3 Owners Manual (Nov12)
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...Galaxy_Note_II_English_User_Manual_LJ2_F5.pdf
The Verizon Owners Manual is still not available.
I know its no longer popular to read manuals - but I feel each of these are an important read for those who are still on the fence on choosing which version Galaxy Note 2 to purchase.
Each carrier has set a unique feature set with Samsung, if you are details oriented you might discover differences between the phones.
The USA Galaxy Note 2's suffer with a large share of carrier OS fragmentation !
For the past month, the International GT-N7100 Owners Manual was my master reference for making the decision to buy this phone.
But what I'm discovering is that some carriers (like AT&T) - have reduced the 140 page A4 size International manual to a 3" x 5" booklet, with far less details IMHO on how to operate the phone. If this was my only reference - Id be lost.
So far the Sprint Owners Manual is closer to the International version feature wise
But each carrier has a different culture, and enforces their own guidelines on these documents - and ultimately the actual features provided on the carrier's version of the Note 2
In a nutshell, they are NOT all the same phones - so its important to browse each owners manual and see if that special feature you saw advertised by Samsung, is actually included in your carriers phone.
You may have a particular need for a specific feature , and assume the only differences are the radios (CDMA/GMS/HSPSA+/ LTE) - NOT!
Review the phone features offered by Your carrier first.
Galaxy Note 2 Owners Manuals
=====================
Native Korean SHV-E250S Galaxy Note 2 Owners Manual
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...105173523891/SHV-E250S_User_manual_Rev1.3.pdf
International (GT-N7100)
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...UM_EU_Jellybean_Eng_Rev.1.1_120925_Screen.pdf
T-Mobile (USA)
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...laxy_Note_II_English_User_Manual_UVLJ1_F8.pdf
Sprint
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c..._Galaxy_Note_II_English_User_Guide_LJ1_F5.pdf
US Cellular
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...Galaxy_Note_II_English_User_Manual_LJ1_F3.pdf
AT&T (Rev F3)
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...Galaxy_Note_II_English_User_Manual_LJ2_F3.pdf
Updated Rev F5 ATT Note3 Owners Manual (Nov12)
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...Galaxy_Note_II_English_User_Manual_LJ2_F5.pdf