Comments on: Phone or tablet? A wrong Galaxy Note question to ask

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:52:08 +0000

Great write up of your Note use-cases, trwts; thanks for sharing!

By: trwts

trwts — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:22:18 +0000

Kevin, I bought the original Note from a vendor in London back in November. I’m amazed at the chatter about how “Big” a phone the note is. For me, the Note is my goto travel tablet and emergency backup phone. When I travel, if it doesn’t fit in my sportcoat it has to go in a bag – which I’d rather not pull out on a plane. Besides, if I must carry a bag to take my Ipad, I opt for my Macbook Air 11. It’s only a little bigger and does a lot more. Back to travel…my Iphone goes in one breast pocket and my Note goes in the other. I use my Iphone to talk and do on the fly commo — texts and quick emails. My Note serves as my reader as well as a device for more in-depth reading/responding to emails, attachments, etc. The note with the sim card is a full-time connected tablet for me and an emergency back-up phone — always has been and always will. Unless Apple shrinks the Ipad down to between 5 and 7 inches — a size that fits in my coat pocket when I’m on the go — the Ipad shall forever remain on my night stand by my bed.

By: broke in texas

broke in texas — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:03:06 +0000

for me its a winner. why? cost of internet. I am able to surf web on my phone plan at same cost. I am waiting for someone in the android market to do what apple ipad does on their 3g business partnership: no contract, month to month. 25 or 30 dollars for 3gb is ok. no questions asked, no 2 year contract commitment. Hopefully this will work out for money conscious people (translation) broke people.

By: scottph

scottph — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:18:06 +0000

I’m not sold on the form factor to be honest: I can’t imagine carrying a 5″+ smartphone in my front- or backpocket. I’m sure there’s a market for it, but it isn’t the people wearing regular pants.
What I would like to know: You call the display “larger, high-resolution”. It is my impression that it is in fact not very high in resolution considering it’s screen size. Care to explain?
Pentile 1280×800 is, depending on how you count, _real_ resolution of 853×533 or 1045×653 – either one is low on 5″.
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By: Tal

Tal — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:12:24 +0000

It looks so small compared to the 7.7″. Can you really have a tablet experience on it?
It surely is a bigger screen than other phones, but does it truly bring tablet reading/browsing/viewing comfort?

By: Bervick

Bervick — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:59:59 +0000

Finally a voice of reason among a sea of idiot bloggers and reviewers.

By: mex

mex — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:51:03 +0000

I would call it CROSSOVER!
Great device!

By: triangledroid

triangledroid — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:59:47 +0000

Excellent point. Looks like a great device for those who use 2 hands. Once you get used to a larger screen, it’s hard to go back to something that’s much smaller.

By: Kindroid

Kindroid — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:55:08 +0000

Kevin. Excellent job of evaluating the Galaxy Note. You laid out the parameters for judging the phone as a prospective buyer perfectly. This is how a review should be done. It allows the potential buyer to address the decision based on his or hers need. And I like that you didn’t judge one better or worse in absolute terms.

By: christinalundy

christinalundy — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:32:57 +0000

I think the tablet part of the Note fits nicely in that category, but you’re right – it doesn’t quite fit in with the phones. I recently ordered the Note and I’m still playing around with it but I will say I love it more for what it can do tablet-wise than I do for its phone attributes.