Samsung Galaxy Note coming to Rogers in February

[howard]

The Samsung Galaxy Note with LTE is coming to Rogers in Feb. It's got a 5.3" Super AMOLED display, stylus and a dual core 1.5Ghz processor. You can reserve it using Roger's reservation system (log into Rogers.com, choose my account).

At 5.3" is it a phone or a tablet? Do you want to walk around with one of these glued to your face?

more details here.

[ceredon]

At 5.3" is it a phone or a tablet? Do you want to walk around with one of these glued to your face?

more details here.

It's a tablet.

Holding a phone to your face that is as big as a paperback book and using a stylus input. It's 1999 all over again Maybe it will come with an optional battery bag and whip antenna to complete the retro/modern look.



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"You can forget any sense of dignity if you want to actually make a call. In the photo above, you can see what it looks like compared to an iPhone 4S, a Samsung Galaxy S IIand a HTC Titan."

[howard]

Anyone miss the good old days when phones weren't so wide?

[xillentz]

i am sooo excited! AAAA!

[Mr Mystery]

Still no LTE compatibility for Exynos? I'll wait for the S3 or Note 2, not a fan of Snapdragon CPU/GPU's

[Eluder]

No, it seems the OEM's can't support LTE yet with their processor so we have to live with Snapdragon until a new CPU comes out.

[howard]

Would you guys rather have a Galaxy Note with Exynos and no LTE?

[Eluder]

I wouldn't, but that's me now that I've been on LTE for a while, the benefit of a faster network is more important to me than a slightly faster processor.

[D Mac]

At 5.3" is it a phone or a tablet?

Clearly it's a phone. I think the only people that would ever call it a tablet are tiny screen iPhone users.

It's 2cm wider than an iPhone which really is not that much, it is only 3mm wider than my Dell Streak which does Not feel too wide at all when talking on it.

The benefits you gain from the nice big screen more than make up for it being 1.5cm wider than a Blackberry.

[tech4fun]

^^^^ What he said .... if I did not already own a Galaxy S2 LTE I buy one.

[Mr Mystery]

Would you guys rather have a Galaxy Note with Exynos and no LTE?

I would, device performance trumps network speed. 21Mbps is fast enough for a handheld mobile device IMO.

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[pnjunction]

21 Mbps sounds amazing now show me that speed getting delivered in an urban area in the afternoon/evening. Lucky to get 0.5 Mbps in the afternoon on Bell downtown (maybe it is better with an HSPA 14 or 21 device than my HSPA 7.2 galaxy s). I hear Rogers is the same or worse depending on where you go (Bell is slow but quite reliable where I hear places like Eaton centre have been non-functional on Rogers).

I was plenty happy with the 3-5 Mbps that I got consistently when I first got on to HSPA, the itch to jump to LTE is not for want of the crazy speed it offers but a yearning to be free from the overloaded mess that is the HSPA networks nowadays.

[some-gei]

My friend has one of these and it's truly gargantuan. Every time he pulls it out people gasp.

Don't get me wrong - I think my iPhone 4 is too small and would prefer something bigger in general... but this thing is a beast. Definitely a tad too large for me.

[D Mac]

it's truly gargantuan. Every time he pulls it out people gasp.

Ya, I get that reaction all the time

Definitely a tad too large for me.

That's what she said

Don't get me wrong - I think my iPhone 4 is too small and would prefer something bigger in general... but this thing is a beast.

Seriously though, yes it is huge and it's not for everyone, but I would definitely get one.

[D Mac]

BTW for people that want to see exactly how big it really is click this link, add the Note from the dropdown, and then enter your monitor size.

That will then show the Samsung note in it's exact real size.