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Testseek.com have collected 663 expert reviews of the Samsung GT-N7100 Galaxy Note 2 and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung GT-N7100 Galaxy Note 2.
Award: Most Awarded January 2013
January 2013
 
(84%)
663 Reviews
Users
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18 Reviews
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The editors liked

  • Responsive
  • Large display
  • Excellent battery life
  • Aboveaverage call quality
  • Lightningfast quadcore processor
  • Large form factor but UI tweaks make it easy to use one-handed
  • Fast mobile broadband connectivity thanks to 4G HSPA+ or 4G LTE networks
  • Fast
  • Responsive UI with quad-core Samsung-made Exynos processor and 2 GB RAM
  • Software enhancements such as pop-out
  • Quick setup
  • Easy to use
  • IPhone and iPad App
  • No computer required
  • Nice design
  • Long USB cord
  • Motion and voice detection
  • And video recording
  • Solid hardware
  • Great performance
  • As efficient a design as possible for a 5.5″ screen
  • US Cellular delivers on the ‘hello better' promise
  • What Needs Improvement
  • TouchWiz is awful
  • Just too big
  • Too much Samsung ‘bloatware'
  • Poor signal and antenna stre
  • Massive high-definition screen. Fast quad-core processor. Includes a pressure-sensitive stylus and well-designed note-taking and drawing software. Runs Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" out of the box. Fast LTE
  • If you can get it. Good call quality.
  • Massive high-definition screen. Fast quad-core processor. Includes a pressure-sensitive stylus and well-designed note-taking and drawing software. Runs Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" out of the box. Good call quality. No bloatware. Long battery life.
  • Huge screen
  • But slim phone. Digital pen
  • Excellent custom software. Removable battery and microSD card slot
  • What's hot
  • Oodles of screen real estate make the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 terrific for videos
  • Games
  • And reading
  • And its improved stylus aids productivity. A blazing quad-core processor
  • A great camera
  • And strong battery life round out the advantages of this Android
  • Strong graphics and performance
  • Large display with sharp details and bright colors
  • Fast camera
  • Improved S Pen
  • Huge and vibrant high-def display
  • Fast quad-core performance
  • Much improved S Pen
  • Dual-view multitasking option
  • Long battery life
  • Gorgeous 5.5-inch display
  • Powerful processor
  • Snappy camera
  • Very long battery life
  • Massive highdefinition screen. Fast quadcore processor. Includes a pressuresensitive stylus and welldesigned notetaking and drawing software. Runs Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" out of the box. Fast LTE
  • Swift performance
  • S Pen great for navigating device
  • Excellent camera
  • Feature rich
  • Big
  • Bright
  • Bold screen
  • Improved S-Pen Integration
  • Great camera
  • Speedy performance
  • 4G connectivity ensures it is fast
  • Great screen
  • Outstanding hardware
  • Excellent camera and unique software capabilities because of S Pen and 5.5inch screen
  • Massive high-definition screen. Fast quad-core processor. Includes a pressure-sensitive stylus and well-designed note-taking and drawing software. Runs Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" out of the box. Good call quality. Stellar battery life.
  • Great Performance
  • Good Battery Life
  • Vibrant Screen
  • S-Pen Support
  • Jelly Bean Out Of The Box
  • Fast LTE. Massive high-definition screen. Fast quad-core processor. Includes a pressure-sensitive stylus and well-designed note-taking and drawing software. Runs Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" out of the box. Stellar call quality.
  • Massive high-definition screen. Fast quad-core processor. Smooth UI with plenty of useful touches. Includes a pressure-sensitive stylus and well-designed note-taking and drawing software. Runs Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" out of the box. Stellar call quality.
  • Beautiful screen
  • Considerable processing power
  • S Pen
  • Excellent light design that's big
  • But easy and comfortable to use
  • Great AMOLED display that produces excellent picture quality
  • It's big enough to act as your phone and media tablet
  • With no tabletspecific app problem
  • Excellent camera for stills and vi
  • Performance
  • Design
  • Durability
  • Battery Life
  • Though it lacks the sensitivity of prolevel setups such as Wacom‘s input tablets and pens
  • The S Pen is plenty responsive and accurate. A plastic tip adds a nice bit of resistance
  • Making writing on a slick surface a little less awkward. The S Pen can be
  • Very nice 5.5inch 1280 x 720 Super AMOLED display
  • Quadcore 1.6 GHz CortexA9 CPU. Removable battery. Expandable storage with SDcard. Stereo FM radio. Loaded with features
  • Terrific display
  • Great battery life
  • S-Pen usefulness has been increased
  • Jelly Bean out of the box
  • Design minimizes bulk
  • Keeping this big phone slim-seeming
  • Android 4.1 Jelly Bean available at launch
  • Camera app includes robust feature set
  • User-replaceable battery
  • Improved S Pen functionality
  • Speedy peformance
  • Available on all major carriers
  • Lon
  • Buttery-smooth performance
  • Outstanding battery life
  • Wi-Fi calling
  • S Pen is becoming legitimately useful
  • Huge clear and bright screen
  • Super-fast and responsive
  • Best HD Super AMOLED screen from Samsung to date
  • Significantly improved S Pen ergonomics and performance
  • Powerful quadcore processor
  • Very good photos and video
  • Stellar call quality
  • Strong
  • Clean loudspeaker
  • Huge
  • Brilliant display
  •  Powerful custom multitasking
  •  Good battery life
  •  S Pen useful in various scenarios
  •  Android Jelly Bean with TouchWiz Nature UX
  •  Excellent camera
  • Deep integrated S Pen features
  • Perfect for browsing the web
  • Much improved S Pen experience
  • Quad-core Exynos offers mind-blowing performance
  • Beautiful
  • Vibrant display
  • Thinner and easier to hold than original Note
  • Excellent camera and unique software capabilities because of S Pen and 5.5inch screen.
  • Good workmanship
  • Very big screen
  • Powerful platform
  • Viewing angle stable
  • High-contrast screen
  • Very long battery runtime
  • Fairly good camera
  • Wi-Fi for 2.4 and 5 GHz

The editors didn't like

  • Onehanded use difficult
  • Display can appear slightly washed out
  • Large form factor may turn off some users who want a more compact phone
  • S Pen is more comfortable to hold than 1st gen Note
  • But new S Pen for Note II doesn't have optional S Pen Holder accessory for better ergonomics
  • Awkward
  • But not impossible
  • To hol
  • App has been improved but is still buggy and slow
  • Video limitations
  • Can't export video
  • And low quality video
  • TouchWiz is awful
  • Just too big
  • Too much Samsung ‘bloatware'
  • Poor signal and antenna strength
  • Very large. A few minor hiccups in gaming performance. Sprint's 4G LTE coverage map is still very thin
  • Very large. A few minor hiccups in gaming performance. Very limited 4G LTE coverage
  • Big phone! Maddeningly slippery. Screen tech doesn't wow us
  • Big phone! Maddeningly s
  • The huge display makes the Galaxy Note 2 unwieldy to carry
  • And hiccups in the S Pen stylus and apps can slow you down. The pricey Note 2 isn't a suitable tablet replacement across all categories
  • Size can be somewhat overwhelming
  • Slow 3G speeds
  • A tad pricey
  • Design just too big for some shoppers
  • Camera struggles in low light
  • S Voice still feels second-rate
  • No LTE yet
  • Pricey
  • Size makes it a bit unwieldy
  • Can be unwieldy
  • Particularly for phone calls
  • S Note not so useful
  • It's big. Very
  • Build is plasticky
  • Expensive
  • TouchWiz is heavy
  • Large size isn't for everyone
  • TouchWiz can be complicated
  • Expensive on 4G plans
  • Large size may be too much for many users to overcome
  • Very large. A few minor hiccups in gaming performance. Samsung's heavy UI layer isn't to everyone's taste
  • Big
  • Relatively Expensive
  • Very large. A few minor hiccups in gaming performance
  • Occasional feature overload
  • Volume button placement
  • Drops some good Android 4.1 UI features
  • Capacitive buttons can be hit by accident
  • The stylus is still mostly useless
  • The few functions that would really be helpful
  • Like signing documents
  • Are still absent
  • The huge size makes it difficult to use with onehand
  • And the onehand options are nice but take too many steps to change
  • Using i
  • None
  • The 5.5inch display and stylus make the Note II unwieldy
  • And it requires two hands to do just about anything with it. The stylus is a novelty and doesn't improve productivity. S Voice is the worst digital assistant app out there. Samsung's TouchWiz UI is
  • Not a discreet size
  • May be awkward for some
  • Especially kids. Loaded with features
  • T-Mobile's data speeds and network reliability is still sub-par
  • S-Pen's true potential has yet to be tapped
  • Even on-contract
  • Poor one-handed usability
  • Slight UI lag at times
  • Purchasing/Availability
  • The Galaxy Note II is available for $369 w
  • TouchWiz gets in the way of Jelly Bean too much
  • Some S Pen features only work in Samsung apps
  • Display resolution lower than previous generation
  • Display remains imperfect
  • Paucity of good stylus apps
  • Plastic construction
  • S Planner is a downgrade from default Calendar app
  • Too wide for smaller hands
  • App icons on home screen made bigger instead of adding an extra row
  • Subpar sound recording with video footage
  •  Casing material slick and prone to scratches
  •  S Pen less useful than it could be
  •  Too large and heavy for some users
  •  UI lag is slight
  • But shouldn't exist on such powerful hardware
  • SIM-free version is a little pricey
  • MHL only works using Samsung adapter
  • Large size may be too much for many users to overcome.
  • Mediocre choice of materials
  • Averagely bright screen
  • Slight bluish cast
  • Limited mobility
  • No LTE

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  Published: 2012-11-29, Author: Marc , review by: ocaholic.ch.english

  • Abstract:  In dieser Übersicht finden Sie die Spezifikationen zu Samsungs Galaxy Note 2 Smartlet. In den folgenden Tabellen sind alle technischen Daten enthalten, die für dieses Gerät relevant und von Bedeutung sind. Ferner finden sie auch einen Link zu einem Preisv...

 
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  Published: 2012-11-24, review by: phonesreview.co.uk

  • Abstract:  We here at Phones Review have used the Apple iPhone since it was first released in 2007, and even though we use many smartphones it has to be said that we use on a daily basis it the iPhone. We have had them all and loved the whole set-up of these handset...

 
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  Published: 2012-11-22, Author: Matt , review by: techadvisor.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Samsung's Galaxy range of Android smartphones and Android tablets are hugely popular. But the three Samsung Galaxy smartphones we compare here are very different animals. From the budget Galaxy Ace 2 , through the iPhone-rivalling Galaxy SIII (or Galaxy S...

 
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  Published: 2012-11-19, Author: Andy , review by: gadgetdaily.xyz

  • The Samsung Galaxy Note II is a success in virtually every respect, and one of the best Android devices we've seen.It is as fast and responsive as anything on the market, has a terrific screen, well considered software (for the most part) and a stylus tha...

 
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  Published: 2012-11-07, review by: tracyandmatt.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Samsung have released their second take on the phone tablet. The Samsung Galaxy Note II looks a lot like the SIII, and shares many of the same features. However it the Note II an over sized phone or undersized tablet? The Note II is much more than that...

 
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  Published: 2012-11-05, Author: Elaine , review by: siliconrepublic.com

  • When I had my first look at the Samsung Galaxy Note II, I was excited by its potential for productivity and multitasking, and the added controls offered by the stylus. However, on starting to use it for myself I did find the written gestures took some get...

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  Published: 2012-11-04, review by: coolsmartphone.com

  • I've been using the Galaxy Note II for a little over a week as my main device.  During that time I have become accustomed to the little foibles and to the Nature UX.  It seems like there are a million little help notes that need to be dismissed, and a mil...

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  Published: 2012-10-29, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • An excellent phone and tablet hybrid with a superior screen and improved stylus, but its size may still put people off ...

 
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  Published: 2012-10-27, review by: itreviews.com

  • With a fast quad-core processor, a big, gorgeous display, and features galore, the Samsung Galaxy Note II delivers everything a huge-screen smartphone should, but Sprint really needs to build out its LTE network....

 
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  Published: 2012-10-27, review by: 3g.co.uk

  • Great multitasking, excellent use of huge display, fabulous illustration features, great snapper and video camera, good build quality.
  • Samsung has created a handset that has some unique features and which runs brilliantly. Its size, though, could be a deal-breaker for anyone who likes to carry their mobile device in a pocket...

 
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