Samsung GALAXY Note User Reviews

The internet is bad, multimedia is okay. GPS is good. Game is great. Camera's okay. The apps aren't good enough. And Pen is very good. I always take care of it. It's the first phone part of the galaxy note series

Galaxy note has been a top phone for years, thanks to the great work made by Samsung in terms of personalization and additional features. But the built-in rom, after some updates, has become too heavy for the RAM and CPU, increasing the lag of touchwitz UI. A good solution is to chose custom roms based on touchwitz.

too good 5.3 inches camera 8 and 2 megapixels 16 gb Built-in storage
the only bad thing is Battery life too good 5.3 inches camera 8 and 2 megapixels 16 gb Built-in storage
the only bad thing is Battery life
good phone but ther is better phones in the Market you can buy like
amsung GALAXY Note II

My SGS II become too small and I bought Note. It's an excellent phone and tablet in one device. Excellent big SAMOLED display with 16:10 ratio is perfect for book reading and web surfing. Even two years old, this smartphone can cope with almost every android app.

Ijust use the phone and felt it is good after using an iphone.Clearly it is indeed a great smartphone to replace with as it fulfil my needs as a person who loves to watch movie on smartphone while travelling.About the battery,i cant complain much as the os is still not on the upgrade yet but still the battery life is good enough and os is still functioning great.Performance wise.Simply love it

Main plus side is the screen size, but this is where the problems start since bigger screen equals more drain on the battery so you can literally see the battery power going down before your eyes if you are a frequent user of this beast. The build quality in relation to its price is poor. I had mine for about 13 months and the power button got stuck, plus all sort of other niggling problems. Samsung bloatware is a nuisance, unless you root it, and just hogs memory unnecessarily. In short, it's massive yet like many big things they look impressive but when you look closer there isn't much substance in them. I will never buy another.

People thought I was crazy. Now its 2013 and everyone wants a phablet. This was and still the original champ. Loved everything about it. Granted I got tired of TouchWiz but this phone was still the best at everyhting. Phone calls are clear, screen quality is superb, touch screen is responsive and the camera is still one of my favorites. The build is great overall and after 3 years of use the plastic materials are still in great shape. Battery sucked after 1 year of heavy use. Now the phablet collects dusk because I got tired of replacing the OEM battery every year. Loast my stylus twice. I wish the intrusion had a better fixture to hold it more firmly. The WIFI antenna after 2 years of heavy use went dead on me. Overall this was my favorite phone the last 3 years. I wished the Note 3 had the same magic but it lacks that special suprise that the 1st had. And that was being the 1st phablet and only phablet anyone would want. Note 3 is a huge let down.

Been using this phone less then 2 years and I can't wait to change it when the contract is up, this phone isn't tough enough like iphone, the interface still sucks, I still get lost when trying to find a certain pictures, the battery is really bad, even on idle, imagine with 70 percent batt before going to bed, it might be dead by morning, even without touching it. It auto run apps on idle, I tried using Juice Defender, but it doesn't help much now. I'm throwing this phone in the bin this december!

at first, I doubt what samsung want to do with this "gigantic" phone or "mini" tablet. But, I always been a gadget fans, so I decided to take it. and the result...can't even leave it alone, for daily use it's excellent, the camera, the s-Note, the memo, calendar, all apps are very useful for my jobs, it make everything easier, but one my complaints just the battery usage, but it's okay...good job samsung.....

It's very cool smartphone, recommended for some that they love to write with pen so much, Love it! Perfect phone for work, and gaming. For me it's the best phone i've ever got, I just browse fast with it, Cool functions, Cool S-pen. Like the s-pen on it!

a phone that everyone must try ... but you will think that every other phone is small ...
no time to write a full review .... you should just try this phone by your self .........
but the battery life is not that good on 3g ......

I consider this phone is the best phone ever made by samsung even the latest one SIII from samsung
It has great build quality but plastic amazing outdoor camera performance and bad indoor performance , great audio quality , game expriance ,etc

Coming this December,My note will complete a year in my hands and its really good phone ,worth every penny of money spent on it,but there was a problem of the micro USB port after upgrading to ICS ,other than that its performance is excellent .I am proud to be the owner of this gigantic smart phone

I have been using this phone over 6 months. It is truly a super phone. It is at par with the best out there and it has an added advantage with the super sensitive s pen...A must buy for those who can handle its size.

good phone - but i stay about 8 second when i get the contacts, log and dial pad - i don't know why - if any one have solving for this issue kindly post or email me on: mohamedsamirelbaramony@yahoo.com

i have two galaxy note, for me and my wife - the each have the same contacts delay problem.

i saw different between the two:

my galaxy note: the screen in white color is not clear if compared with the second G. note

my galaxy note:the camera flash is strongest than the second G. note

my galaxy note: made in vietnam and the other made by samsung

but i saw the third galaxy note one with my friend made in vietnam with same color of my second G.note (white colore is clear).

I love
Dual core processor
Very big display (5.30 inches) Fast mobile data support (4G)
High pixel densitiy screen, over
250ppi (285 ppi) High-resolution display (800 x 1280 pixels) Supports special active stylus for input
Very fast processor (1400 MHz) Lots of RAM (1024 MB RAM) High-resolution camera (8 megapixels) HDMI connector for TV-out (via microUSB) just perfect! Galaxy Note is just perfect! Android 4.0 Ics make even better!

This is my review after using this phone for 3 days, I will update my review after a month. I have always wanted to buy the Samsung Galaxy S2 but when this phone came out I said to myself I have to buy this. This is a must buy if you want to have a smartphone and a tablet in one. The S Pen is a cool feature, you can take a snapshot from the web and edit it and share it instantly.

Before this phone i had: Xperia X10, Galaxy S, Galaxy Tab, Desire HD, Nexus S, Galaxy S II, iPhone 4 and after these phone i buy Galaxy Note.
Now i can say:
If you want to have: SMAAAAAAAART PHONE : buy Galaxy Note
If you want to have: SMART PHOOOOOOONE : go to another phone...
Good luck ;-)

The first cell phone I've regularly carried. I don't make calls enough to justify a cell phone bill of any real size, but being able to slip a tablet in my pocket made it a different story. Love the screen size and readability. Most web pages easily navigated even in portrait mode without pinch-zoom and needing to pan around the screen. Reading longer articles a bit small in portrait but easy in landscape. Still learning the ropes so not fully utilizing all the functions, expecially the stylus. Most stylus use so far is for precision taps, etc. instead of using a finger. Not sure I'll ever be enough of an artist to really make use of pressure sensitivity. Many of the use quirks that I notice seem to be addressed in ICS, can't wait for it! Width of phone seemed a bit large initially but quickly became normal.

No, the user experience is not perfect. But it is great. This is Android. My first smartphone, my first touch device ever. And now i have it, i cant take screens less than four inches serious anymore. This size is my favourite. You get used to it and keep noticing the advantages every day. For more details, see the ratings.

Best smartphone iv used swift and quick flicking and swiping through messages to phone book to using apps on screen even with loads of widgets running on windows

Oh and that screen is amazing

Hope ICS is out soon :)

This phone is one of the best phones ever. so much that I have to review it. I am a tech junkie and that means I love to collect phones and resell them. I have owned in the past: Nokia 6290, KIRF iPhone 4(lol), Samsung Galaxy S II GT-i9100, LG Thrill 4G, Samsung Focus i917, HTC Sensation 4G, Sony Tablet S 32GB. None of these can compare to the mere presence of the Galaxy Note.

Build Quality 10/10: Has a very sturdy feel to it, choice of materials is your opinion. It is made out of plastic, but not anything cheap. I prefer the plastic b/c if Samsung had opted to choose a type of metal e.g. aluminum it would feel very heavy and uncomfortable in hand.

Call Quality 9/10: Produces some very nice tones and clear vocals. The volume could be have higher volume output, but nothing that would make me hate it.

Multimedia 10/10: Witht he Super AMOLED HD screen makes viewing pictures and videos a plus. Even encoded in 1080p videos are smooth and jitters, I don't know why somepeople do this b/c the resolution on the Note is 1280x800 not 1920x1080. Gaming is very smooth thanks to the Mali 400GPU.

UI Speed 9/10: Smooth for the most part, but sometimes when switched on to a live wallpaper, it sometimes jitters a bit. Also, when getting an overview of all your items the transition is not real smooth. But everything else like scrolling and launching apps is smooth.

Text Input 9/10: The keyboard is standard, nothing great about it. It is a delightful to type with two hands in landscape or potrait, but not with one hand unless you have insanely large fingers lol. I think they could have made better use if they put a number row on top since of the large real estate you get.

Battery 9/10: I'm a big battery user and I get 5-6hrs. on it, if you're light user it'll probably last you a day or more. You get a 2500mah battery which is half the amount used in 10.1in. tablets.

Internet 10/10: Very fast and of course like any Android out there supports flash. Very smooth and text is easy to read b/c of the WXGA resolution. No lag at all.

Camera 10/10: This is a mobile phone is by far one of the best camera out there on a mobile handset. Pictures are crisp and colorful, no graininess well I haven't taken night pictures yet, only in daytime. Video capturing is a very awesome experience too with a smooth framerate in 1080p.

Everyday Usage 10/10: Use it everyday.

Display: One of the main reasons to get it of not the main reason. The Super AMOLED HD has a resolution of 1280x800 not 1280x720 like the Galaxy Nexus or Optimus LTE(ATT Nitro HD). 5.3in. makes browsing the internet and reading eBooks a pleasure.

Overall I'd give this phone a 9.5/10 only b/c of not producing a Super AMOLED+ HD screen since it would look better, but the plus is not to get worked up over. Oh yes, another thing many users including I notice black splotches when putting on a completely back background. Their tiny and you won't notice the splotches at all if you have other colors around. This is not

The best smart phone I have ever used . Very fast respond. Light weight. Well build. Amazing large screen. More than what I expected. Since I bought it I hardly use my laptop. They where right when they called it phablet. ( Phone & Tablet). Can browse any website in computer desktop mode including youtube website. This phone amazed me. Had it since Jan. 8 and loving it so far. I only wish the battery is more powerfull. Sure if samsung sell a 3000mAh battery I will replace my 2500mAh original battery.

The perfect smartphone, has everything and is short on nothing. If you've been on IOS you might be disappointed but give it some time and android will be your new favorite. The hardware components of the Samsung Galaxy Note perfectly complements the software that comes with it and the display, which is probably the best thing about this device, is phenomenal. You guys can check out my ratings and why I gave this device such ratings. Keep in mind that some could easily be 10 once it gets Ice Cream Sandwich.

this is a mammoth taphone....u get some tab experiences as well as a smartphone functionality...its truly a macho product,,,girls stay ur hand off from this...
will love it when u use it...with a note in hand will grab peoples attention....even though it comes with its on impracticality, u will definitely love the Spen xperince...Spen is the real rock-star,,,its a bit unresponsive but once u get a hold of its functionality u will love it