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Galaxy Note 4

Post by ericf4 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:53 am

Just picked it up yesterday on Verizon....First Android I have used since the Droid Bionic many years back.....Things have changed a lot i see :) A few impressions:

-Although a big device, after about an hour it didn't feel big anymore and weirdly felt like any other device i have had like the Nokia Icon etc.
-The S Pen is incredible.....I see this being something i use a lot not only to write, but to navigate, clip, copy and paste etc
-The build quality is awesome....Samsung has generally made very cheap looking and feeling devices....this is not that at all with the steel bands etc...Very premium
-Photo quality is fantastic.....I was never expecting it to be as good as my Lumia Icon, but damn if it isn't......maybe even a tad better especially for up close objects/macro
-The battery seems pretty damn good so far to get through a whole day, maybe more even with use
-The screen is bar none the most beautiful i have seen on any phone period.....Quad HD.
The processor speed is really really fast....

I was shocked at the deal i got from Verizon....I have been watching them on eBay selling from 700-900 all day long since they are in demand and many stores don't have them yet....I walked into Verizon, they had them......THey are $699 full price, and even though i didn't want to upgrade and sign a contract, they still let me trade in an old smartphone and i got like $200 for it.....Holy hell i paid like $500 for it no contract etc.....Seemed like a great deal
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Post by Panerai7 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:56 am

MF, you beat me to it, I'm not eligible for another month.
I hate slumming with Note3 for now :)

Congrats!!!
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Post by ericf4 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:56 am

just buy it outright....thats why i did it, i don't want contracts and shit like that....
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Post by Panerai7 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:58 am

ericf4 wrote:just buy it outright....thats why i did it, i don't want contracts and shit like that....
I can wait for a month, I got 5 lines and keep upgrading 4 of them every 6 months without losing unlimited date on the main one.
It'll be 250, I'll wait.

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Post by ericf4 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 11:01 am

i think they are $299 right now in store, so i figured i paid a bit more to be free as a bird...lol
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Post by Panerai7 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 11:19 am

That's a great deal, hopefully they'll still be running 200$ trade in deal

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Post by JDC222 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:21 pm

Had a Note, liked it but just way too much going on there, so switched back to the iPhone.
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Post by ericf4 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:27 pm

i looked at the iPhone 6plus but couldn't justify getting a bigger phone just to have a bigger phone without any real increase in function over its smaller sibling....The note gives me useful function and strangely enough is smaller footprint than the 6plus. I was also concerned going from Windows phone thats very personalizable to iOS which is very locked down....Locked down is great as it controls the experience, but i wanted something a tad more personal...so far so good.
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Post by JDC222 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:17 pm

I found that the Note just did too much! You could land a plane with that thing. I got the iPhone 6, not Plus as I like that it syncs with my laptop, iPads etc...easy peasy!
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Post by Panerai7 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:45 pm

Dave, you're not kidding :lol:

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Post by matt.wu » Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:46 pm

Panerai7 wrote:
ericf4 wrote:just buy it outright....thats why i did it, i don't want contracts and shit like that....
I can wait for a month, I got 5 lines and keep upgrading 4 of them every 6 months without losing unlimited date on the main one.
It'll be 250, I'll wait.
You have 5 data lines??
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Post by Panerai7 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:48 pm

matt.wu wrote:
Panerai7 wrote:
ericf4 wrote:just buy it outright....thats why i did it, i don't want contracts and shit like that....
I can wait for a month, I got 5 lines and keep upgrading 4 of them every 6 months without losing unlimited date on the main one.
It'll be 250, I'll wait.
You have 5 data lines??
No just 2

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Post by matt.wu » Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:51 pm

Then you're using the loophole that I was, and just FYI, they closed it this year. You can no-longer downgrade a data package line to a non-data package line. You have to pay the data fees for the entire life of the contract.
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Post by Panerai7 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 4:01 pm

matt.wu wrote:Then you're using the loophole that I was, and just FYI, they closed it this year. You can no-longer downgrade a data package line to a non-data package line. You have to pay the data fees for the entire life of the contract.
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Re: Galaxy Note 4

Post by ZASKAR36 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 4:35 pm

Man that's awesome. I picked up my G3 right before the note came out. And I was coming off a Droid Bionic too. Wasn't sure if I needed a stylus for work. So far I haven't. The larger screen seems to fit my fat fingered hands better. Can't wait for the new Lollipop update that should help with battery life.

Enjoy the note. I just saw the Note 4 Edge came out too.
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Post by pacifichrono » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:08 pm

Congrats, Eric. I gotta wait till June! I use the stylus on my Note 2 almost exclusively when "surfing." It's so much more precise than fingertips and lots fewer errors. I sometimes use every micron of its sensitivity to make precise touches. :thumbsup:
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