Fazer Owners Club - Unofficial
General => General => Topic started by: Raymy on 25 January 2013, 03:16:22 pm
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So that is now coming on 2 years since I got the desire.
Long term? Not amazing, but overall decent. Not sure ill be back to HTC in a hurry.
So next.
Galaxy Note II
Reasoning:
Big SAMOLED screen (for smut, of course), quad core, 2g RAM, BELLS....WHISTLES.....
But mainly, the stylus. It will be handy for work, as I'd rather carry that around than a folder when carrying out inspections. Just load up the form and write down there and then.
Tidier desk etc etc.
Does anyone have one then?
What's it like in practice?
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Got a one x after my wildfire, a massive improvement. Absolutely brilliant!
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I used to work for The Carphone Warehouse and the higher tier Samsung handsets typically sold well and were of a good build quality - the cheap ones were usually sliders and the flexi always went on those :P
I currently have a Galaxy S2 and previously had a Galaxy S - both very nice handset and my house mate has a Galaxy S3 which is a natural extension but with more hardware functionality. The Note is essentially a larger screened version of the Galaxy series in terms of usability and the original came highly recommended by my colleague who bought one after buying my original Galaxy S :)
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word of warning Ramy, with the Note to your ear you'll look like wee Davy does with a regular sized phone.
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I went from a Desire to a Galaxy II - it's a great phone. Much more responsive operation than the HTC, decent battery life and even makes phone calls :)
Any bigger and it wouldn't be pocket sized and I'd look like a knob using it, but I guess image isn't an issue for you :lol
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I use an iphone 4 and its been trouble free for about 4 years now (touch wood).
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word of warning Ramy, with the Note to your ear you'll look like wee Davy does with a regular sized phone.
Like a Nokia 3310?
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we have just had two new phones ,galaxy s3 and a galaxy s3mini, the wife and daughter are well pleased with them.
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Mine makes phone calls (Luddite alert!)
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So nobody has a Note II?
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Currently trying to decide between S3 and HTC 1X Plus...
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Can't say anything about a comparison, but the one x does everything that modern tech can privide. Not sure about 4G, but I think that's quite a way off being commonplace yet (someone will prove me wrong)
And the one x has a big HD screen, unlike the ip5! :D
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Well Evil Empire won't give me a cut price deal til my contract is up. Pfft. another month or so of waiting
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I bought myself a Google Nexus 4 form google play £279, most of the specs are better than the S111 (no AMOLED Screen though). Its a cracking bit of kit for the price, gets a good write up and sells out so there is a 4-5 week wait (or there was).
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I have an S3 and it's awesome. Nuff said.
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Note II on the way.
w00t
or should that be n00t
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Le us know what its like.. Due an upgrade in 6 months
Budgie
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
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Hmm.......
I'm actually writingthis with the S-Pen and it works Pretty well. It seems to -recognise my handwriting to a reasonable degree, all Joined-up and everything
woo hoo
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"So that is now coming on 2 years since I got the desire"
Yeah, you and my wife.
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Ok then you lovely buggers.
This phone is superb. Its so good that a pal o mine who had iphone since it came out has switched and loves it also.
Great screen with hreat qaility amd feel. Its also visible in sunlight.
Fast web and intuitive typing amd layout. Fully (almost) customisable home screen.
Bundles of apps.
I haven't tpuched my laptop in weeks. Baely since I got phone. Need a bluetooth keyboard and hdmi so I can put it through tv. I cam download and stream shows thanks to finding a flash version on a site.
Its fuckin amazin and I highly recommend it. The battery is immense compared to the desire. I've ran out of juice a couple of times but that will happen. I had to buy extra batteries for the desire(2 of which were left on the table in a club when boozing with sir slag of the beer)
That wont be a problem with this and I'm on it all the time. There is no coincidence with the major fires happening in paisley and surrounding area and my getting this phone
9 out of 10
Its not a 10 necause the "back soft key should have been a real button. It too often skips back when leaning on acreen using s pen and too easy to hit it just moving around the phone
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Guy at work has a Tab 2 and really likes it :) The higher spec Samsungs do tend to be very good and I'd be considering one myself if I weren't such a pikey.
I use an iphone 4 and its been trouble free for about 4 years now (touch wood).
They've not even been out 3 years yet :look :nana
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Ok then you lovely buggers.
This phone is superb. Its so good that a pal o mine who had iphone since it came out has switched and loves it also.
Great screen with hreat qaility amd feel. Its also visible in sunlight.
Fast web and intuitive typing amd layout. Fully (almost) customisable home screen.
Bundles of apps.
I haven't tpuched my laptop in weeks. Baely since I got phone. Need a bluetooth keyboard and hdmi so I can put it through tv. I cam download and stream shows thanks to finding a flash version on a site.
Its fuckin amazin and I highly recommend it. The battery is immense compared to the desire. I've ran out of juice a couple of times but that will happen. I had to buy extra batteries for the desire(2 of which were left on the table in a club when boozing with sir slag of the beer)
That wont be a problem with this and I'm on it all the time. There is no coincidence with the major fires happening in paisley and surrounding area and my getting this phone
9 out of 10
Its not a 10 necause the "back soft key should have been a real button. It too often skips back when leaning on acreen using s pen and too easy to hit it just moving around the phone
I have one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004TJC1IM/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004TJC1IM/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) for my S3 which means you can plug a standard keyboard/mouse/hub/HDD in. Not bad for 50p
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If you have an Xbox360 and/or Samsung TV a little icon appears in loads of apps and when pressed it will just appear on the TV streamed over wireless. I watch 1080p videos, listen to music and display photos on my TV via the xbox360 by tapping a single button.
It's pretty cool.
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If you have an Xbox360 and/or Samsung TV a little icon appears in loads of apps and when pressed it will just appear on the TV streamed over wireless. I watch 1080p videos, listen to music and display photos on my TV via the xbox360 by tapping a single button.
It's pretty cool.
I have the S3 and xbox360, what does the xbox need to stream direct from the phone?
I thought I was tech savy but im missing a trick here. Cheers
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With the xbox on and both devices connected to the same network (my xbox360 is connected to a gigabit switch and the S3 to an apple airport express) you start up the gallery, video player or music player and select the red ringed icon as shown in the screen shots (no critique on the music cos frankly I couldn't give less of a sh1t wot any of you think).
It just starts streaming and jobs a goodun.
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Good tip Si. Grazi
I'm gonna have to investigate it cos my xbox is wired to router cos I had issues with adaptor. I seen that icon mentioned on a forum somewhere but I think it was to do with smart tv's. I have smartglas which is good for controlling the xbox but it don't stream video from the fone.
Also looked at hooking up the phone to tv to turn it into a mock laptop but I need one of the samsung hub things and from what I can tell it's only retailing in america for 99 dullards plus carriage.
That would be ideal so I can kook up keynoard mouse etc all at once. Stoll looking into other stuff tho. A cable for hdmi is a must but I can wait cos the screen on this thing is magic. I'm happy propping it up and watching stuff like its a mini tv
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Yep keyboard looks to be an essetial purchase as well :lol
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Since it doesn't look like you can use an OTG cable as well as a MHL cable at the same time I guess you were right originally. Bluetooth keyboard/mouse and a MHL cable for the stonking price of £3.99
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Decrescent-Micro-Adapter-Samsung-Galaxy/dp/B00A2NPPGE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1365184182&sr=8-3&keywords=samsung+galaxy+s3+hdmi (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Decrescent-Micro-Adapter-Samsung-Galaxy/dp/B00A2NPPGE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1365184182&sr=8-3&keywords=samsung+galaxy+s3+hdmi)
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I upgraded my, umm, Nokia 1100 to a Galaxy S2 last year. Got a good deal as the S3 had just come out.
Can't say I'm big on these things. But texting is so much easier than on the 1100. Plus being able to check weather forecasts, search for details, check post codes and addresses on Google maps etc is very handy.
I've downloaded a sum total of two aps - flickr (use all the time) and a nice little ap that gives you your position on an OS map, but it takes the map off mobile masts so is of limited use and is slow anyway.
The down side the thing eats it's own battery.
So I figured when I'm out walking I'll keep it switched off, and a lot of the time it can't get a signal anyway when I'm walking, but the darn thing switches itself on in my pocket then starts eating it's own battery. Which is the other thing, it's not a big phone by current standards, but I wouldn't want anything bigger, these things take up too much space in one's pocket.
But yes by far the most annoying feature is it's ability to switch itself on and eat it's own battery. Which means it has to go in my back pack, and then I have to remember it's in there when I stop for lunch as you can't find a nice rock to sit, well I'll sit on my pack.
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I upgraded my, umm, Nokia 1100 to a Galaxy S2 last year. Got a good deal as the S3 had just come out.
Can't say I'm big on these things. But texting is so much easier than on the 1100. Plus being able to check weather forecasts, search for details, check post codes and addresses on Google maps etc is very handy.
I've downloaded a sum total of two aps - flickr (use all the time) and a nice little ap that gives you your position on an OS map, but it takes the map off mobile masts so is of limited use and is slow anyway.
The down side the thing eats it's own battery.
So I figured when I'm out walking I'll keep it switched off, and a lot of the time it can't get a signal anyway when I'm walking, but the darn thing switches itself on in my pocket then starts eating it's own battery. Which is the other thing, it's not a big phone by current standards, but I wouldn't want anything bigger, these things take up too much space in one's pocket.
But yes by far the most annoying feature is it's ability to switch itself on and eat it's own battery. Which means it has to go in my back pack, and then I have to remember it's in there when I stop for lunch as you can't find a nice rock to sit, well I'll sit on my pack.
Generally on most android phones you can look at what is using the battery by going in to settings, then battery. This will give you an indicator of what is gobbling it up. You may find it's the GPS and/or screen that eats it all up. Turn em off/down if/when you can.
Also worth looking in the play store at CRADAR it's a man down app which is handy for motorcyclists. One of the other forum guys mentioned it a week or two back and it's worth passing around.
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I needed or wanted to go paperless too but decided on a blackberry phone and one of their mini tablets - the playbook. Haven't looked back - the pb comes with a very secure operating system built on android - less apps but NHS Mail and the uber secure connections work a dream. The combo of pb and blackberry phone means bluetooth rather than wifi tethering and 3g mobile internet.
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Andy. There will be an quick switch that you can stick on home screen that will let you turn the mobile data/3g on and off quickly. This will double the life of the battery.
Find a space kn the home screen amd lkng press and it brings up a menu for apps and widgets. Go to widgets and settings then mobile data. It should plonk it where you first long pressed.
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Since it doesn't look like you can use an OTG cable as well as a MHL cable at the same time I guess you were right originally. Bluetooth keyboard/mouse and a MHL cable for the stonking price of £3.99
[url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Decrescent-Micro-Adapter-Samsung-Galaxy/dp/B00A2NPPGE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1365184182&sr=8-3&keywords=samsung+galaxy+s3+hdmi[/url] ([url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Decrescent-Micro-Adapter-Samsung-Galaxy/dp/B00A2NPPGE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1365184182&sr=8-3&keywords=samsung+galaxy+s3+hdmi[/url])
Ignore that amazon one. It doesn't have a HDMI socket on it, it's an adapter to go from a 5 pin to an 11 pin. Not ideal. this one looks more appropriate
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TV-out-Samsung-Galaxy-Adapter-HNPtech/dp/B00BVJYLBI/ref=sr_1_23?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1365266045&sr=1-23&keywords=samsung+galaxy+s3+hdmi (http://www.amazon.co.uk/TV-out-Samsung-Galaxy-Adapter-HNPtech/dp/B00BVJYLBI/ref=sr_1_23?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1365266045&sr=1-23&keywords=samsung+galaxy+s3+hdmi)
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The down side the thing eats it's own battery.
I find that if I'm dipping in and out of signal, my phone dies in minutes, might be worth putting it into air plane mode, then it stays on and locked :)
it'll last days and days in air plane mode.
My desire HD has a quick switch for air plane mode, makes it easy
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You didn't want to wait for the s4 then?
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No wanted the stylus and the big screen. And although I haven't seen the spec for the s4, I doubt its that far ahead of this, if at all.
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No wanted the stylus and the big screen. And although I haven't seen the spec for the s4, I doubt its that far ahead of this, if at all.
You're right. The note and s3/s4 are for completely different usage cases.
In the next couple of years screen resolution on phones is going to go mental. The Google pixel notebook and the increasing dpi is going to be awesome.
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http://versusio.com/en/samsung-galaxy-s3-vs-samsung-galaxy-note-2 (http://versusio.com/en/samsung-galaxy-s3-vs-samsung-galaxy-note-2)
Although if you're going hdmi, bluetooth keyboard and mouse then the justification shrinks.