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Anyone Pick Up One Off Contract?

Where did you get yours? Still feel it's worth it after use as your daily driver?

bmstrong said:
Where did you get yours? Still feel it's worth it after use as your daily driver?
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I preordered from ATT. Got it on November 9th and it has been my daily driver since. The first thing I did was put a screen protector on it and put it in a case (OEM Samsung) I received my Seidio Surface combo last Saturday and am all set!
I loved my OG Galaxy Note, but I love the GN2 more! It is so much smoother and has so many more capabilities. My wife has a SGSIII so the phones work well together sharing media etc. I take notes at work, so this is THE device for me. The battery life seems to be outstanding so far. Have not seen it below 30% or so in a regular 12 hour day.

Picked an ATT version up on ebay for $599 total. Love it so far.
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Got it from BB for 649.99.
Asked them if they can pricematch ATT and they did.
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What color are you guys getting? $599 is the best price I've seen so far. I was hoping for a BF/CM discount but no such luck yet.

Got mine from Best Buy price matched as well, thought about switching to the Nexus 4, then noticed the screen is tiny. Once you have a 5.5" screen nothing else seems right.

androidoholic said:
Got mine from Best Buy price matched as well, thought about switching to the Nexus 4, then noticed the screen is tiny. Once you have a 5.5" screen nothing else seems right.
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I have a N4 on order but the longer I wait the less interested I am in it. If I was on T-Mobile? Sure. Done deal. But as long as el Diablo doesn't fire me for my unlimited data plan the lack of LTE is a deal breaker. It's not so much the LTE as it's the throttling. On the LTE plan it goes to HSPA, EDGE on the Nexus.

I got mine for $550 off Craigslist.
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Got mine from negrielectronics for 629 shipped. Not a bad price a week ago.

650 from att. Wife picked it up as a surprise.
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Picked up off-contact for $650+tax. Tried it as my replacement for my laptop on a trip this week-huge success. Worth every penny.
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I bought mine no commitment and when my wife touched it I had to order another no commitment. $649.99 each but absolutely no regrets. This phablet is worth every penny. I feel its a great upgrade from the Note.

got mine from att for 650 but called att and got a free $300 credit for being loyal
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got mine from att for 650 but called att and got a free $300 credit for being loyal
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Say what?

I got 100 off immediately when I purchased because I brought 2 then I called and got 200 dollar credit and so total I got $300 credits im pretty happy
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drakeymcmb said:
I got 100 off immediately when I purchased because I brought 2 then I called and got 200 dollar credit and so total I got $300 credits im pretty happy
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Where is this magical offer? How are you guys getting this?

Sold iphone 5 on craigslist for 850. Bought international Note 2 on craigslist for 600. Sold international Note 2 on craigslist for 600. Bought AT&T Note 2 for 650 + tax. Had it for two weeks and love it more than any phone I've tried. I usually flip a phone every 2 months. I can see myself keeping this one a year. Never tried the original note. Now that ive tried the Note 2 I dont think I can go back to a regular phone
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Got mine off of Ebay brand new with the fancy flip cover (grey) for $660.00 & free shipping (before AT&T had them in the store, went to the Samsung site and got a quote for upgrading (trade in my Galaxy Note) and got a promise (it is in process) of $375.00 for sending in my old Note (which is $75.00 MORE than I paid AT&T for it).
So I end up getting a new Note 2 for $285.00 Off contract, now just waiting for my rebate card from Samsung.

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Got mine off of Ebay brand new with the fancy flip cover (grey) for $660.00 & free shipping (before AT&T had them in the store, went to the Samsung site and got a quote for upgrading (trade in my Galaxy Note) and got a promise (it is in process) of $375.00 for sending in my old Note (which is $75.00 MORE than I paid AT&T for it).
So I end up getting a new Note 2 for $285.00 Off contract, now just waiting for my rebate card from Samsung.
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Forgot about Samung trade in program. I have my original Note sitting at this point collecting dust. Do they just mail you a check?

I paid $550 + tax off contract at at&t. I just asked nicely if they might be able to knock something off for me.
So far I like it better than my so although my touchscreen is less responsive on this.
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Galaxy Note 2 is amazing

I'm running 4.1.2 stock ROM and I just bought the phone yesterday. Had an S3 before.
Battery life is absolutely amazing.
Edit: accidently included two of the same pictures.
SIX HOURS AND TEN MINUTES OF SCREEN TIME
ITS AMAZING
OVER SIX HOURS OF SCREEN TIMEEE
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Yes enjoy the battery life, it really is that much better than the S3. I too just left the S3 for the N2 and couldn't be happier. Finally I have a fun that truly lasts all day.
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I've had it for 9 days now, and I activate power saving mode when I'm not using it heavy (at work, sleeping) it REALLY extends the battery life. I love this phone!

Give reddit news a shot

Very true indeed. This phone gives me the same battery life as my iphone 5 did
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Jooosty said:
Very true indeed. This phone gives me the same battery life as my iphone 5 did
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Same? Hell no, iPhone 5 battery life is no where near as good as this.

Vandam500 said:
Same? Hell no, iPhone 5 battery life is no where near as good as this.
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Gotta take into account that the i5 uses a small screen and a dual core processor. Its only a 1400mah battery.
The note 2 does so with a 3200mah batt.
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This phone beyond the battery is the best phone I have ever owned. I have had every galaxy phone every iphone some htc's and all different operaring systems. Its the most complete and truly do it all phone nothing compares till the note 3 arrives
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Jooosty said:
Gotta take into account that the i5 uses a small screen and a dual core processor. Its only a 1400mah battery.
The note 2 does so with a 3200mah batt.
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Yeah but iphone 5 doesnt have widgets, doesn't update news feeds, has a camera that sucks.... do I need go on. Battery should last without these things. Note 2 is quadcore, 5.5 screen , better camera and battery life is still better then any iphone.
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I am looking to sell my s3 for a n2 for this very reason. I'm tired of tweaking kernels and what not just to get 4 hours of screen time. My question is did you guys go to at&t and pay full price or does anyone know where it may be cheaper?
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My wife went to an AT&T store on Saturday and bought a Note II. She insists she had to buy a new one since I hard bricked her Note I the night before (mistakenly flashed a kernel for an international version!) and even though it is already out for jtag service, she could not do without a phone for a week and her upgrade does not come until October- that was her excuse anyway. She has been wanting one, though, since she loved her old one so much and wanted the latest and greatest. The cheapest place we found to buy one new was an ATT company store (where it was $650). The franchise ATT store near our house wanted $200 more. I did find some good deals on Craigslist for $500 but I did not even have a chance - she went right out and bought one that morning.
She got the Note II Saturday and charged it Saturday night. I told her to let it get down to 10% before recharging to fully cycle the battery. Last night (Tuesday night) it was down to 29% and started pinging, so she charged it, even though I exhorted her to let it go at least another day and a half, which it would have easily done, since I would have loved to have seen a battery chart with 4 days and 8 hours of screen time. This is stock unrooted, amazingly. which I tuned as best I could without being rooted, but I don't have any battery-saving features enabled, and always turn off the "re-analyze images to save battery" since I think this uses more battery. I can't imagine how good it would be with CM on it, or even just rooted to remove the bloat and unnecessary processes, but she won't let me flash it for some reason....

I switched from an iphone 5 to the Note II and holy cow the differences are amazing! By far the bet phone i have ever owned!

I usually switch phones every six months to a year but im waiting till the note 3 that's how much I love this phone. Ps its bone stock
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Yeah the battery on this phone is awesome.
The whole phone os setup and hardware are sweet.
I have been an iphone guy since the 3gs. I did a couple of trials with android phones before but they were not there.
Thank you samsung for the note 2.
I do have screen shots of over 6 hours screen time and 1 day and about 13 hours.
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Yeah the battery on this phone is awesome.
The whole phone os setup and hardware are sweet.
I have been an iphone guy since the 3gs. I did a couple of trials with android phones before but they were not there.
Thank you samsung for the note 2.
I do have screen shots of over 6 hours screen time and 1 day and about 13 hours.
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I've had my Galaxy Note 2 now for about a month and it's taken me a while to get used to it after having iPhones for the last 3 or 4 years. But I must say that this phone is simply awesome. I don't think I could ever go back to iPhones now. Just wish I could set individual text alerts for different contacts like I could with the iPhone.
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sloane said:
I've had my Galaxy Note 2 now for about a month and it's taken me a while to get used to it after having iPhones for the last 3 or 4 years. But I must say that this phone is simply awesome. I don't think I could ever go back to iPhones now. Just wish I could set individual text alerts for different contacts like I could with the iPhone.
Sloane
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By text alerts do you mean different ringtones? If so go to contacts tap one then go down to message allerts and you can select the tone you want

Glad to see so many people happy with your Note. I am looking to upgrade my phone and I am pretty sure I am going to go with the Note II.

mrevankyle said:
By text alerts do you mean different ringtones? If so go to contacts tap one then go down to message allerts and you can select the tone you want
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Tried that but only have option to change ringtones, not message alerts.
Sloane
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sloane said:
Tried that but only have option to change ringtones, not message alerts.
Sloane
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Hmmm sure you dont have a "message allert" thing? If not i would suggest CleanRom. Its pretty much stock but adds a lot of nice usefull features

I have an unbranded BTU note 2 but I'll look into Cleanrom. Thankyou for the advice.
Sloane
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[Q] Warranty

If T-Mobile stopped caring the Galaxy S3 Pebble Blue 16 GB and replaced it with the Titanium Grey version; and a manager said the warranty replacement is on backorder; and the Pebble Blue hasn't been in stock for at least 2 months, does that mean I will still get a Pebble Blue one since it was my original phone?

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If T-Mobile stopped caring the Galaxy S3 Pebble Blue 16 GB and replaced it with the Titanium Grey version; and a manager said the warranty replacement is on backorder; and the Pebble Blue hasn't been in stock for at least 2 months, does that mean I will still get a Pebble Blue one since it was my original phone?
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If they don't have it in stock they will send you the titanium gray. Login to your my T-Mobile account and look under orders to see what they ordered for you.
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My bet is you will still end up with blue. Maybe out of stock for new but I'm sure there are plenty of rebuilt ones for warranty replacement. Usually when you return a phone it goes to a rebuild factory and get a few things replaced like charger port and power button and things like that. and than they use those for replacement. Of cause I'm not talking about "recent purchase" but warranty replacement. Keep us posted.
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myowin said:
My bet is you will still end up with blue. Maybe out of stock for new but I'm sure there are plenty of rebuilt ones for warranty replacement. Usually when you return a phone it goes to a rebuild factory and get a few things replaced like charger port and power button and things like that. and than they use those for replacement. Of cause I'm not talking about "recent purchase" but warranty replacement. Keep us posted.
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He was told that they are out of stock on refurbished blue s3's. They don't give new phones for warranty replacements so they wouldn't have told him their inventory on them. This happened to me with my s2. They were out of refurbished black ones so they sent me a brand new white one. It depends on how long it is going to take for them to get you the original color/how far backordered they are.
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I just hot off the phone with t Mobile. Not real happy. They are out of stock on s3. They are back ordered with no eta. I asked is there a different color or something else they can do? She was no help. Ill be leaving town Monday and looks like ill have to dig up an old RAZR i have somewhere. Very disappointed in Tmobile. Pay warranty and insurance month after Month after Month. Need a replacement one time and this is the service they deliver. Shame on you rmobile. Pi$$ poor.
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I actually just talked to them today to replace my white one. After issues I had with a waaranty replacement they offered me a brand new one but since they are completely out of the white one they offered me the titanium. I don't care about the color its the same phone. I didn't care for the blue ...so . but they lady told me as far as she knew the white was out of stock and they only had the gray or blue but blue was backordered. I must have gotten the. Last titanium . . Maybe they are getting rid of the. For the lte version.
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I begged would they send whatever color they had. Ill be gone Monday for 2weeks and need a phone with net. Now I'm stuck with my old centennial wireless moto flip phone from about 8yrs ago.
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Maybe they are getting rid of the. For the lte version.
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Dang, but the silver lining might be that you get a T999L model as warranty replacement due to their inability to provide a T999 model. Just have to wait until April to receive your replacement phone.

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Dang, but the silver lining might be that you get a T999L model as warranty replacement due to their inability to provide a T999 model. Just have to wait until April to receive your replacement phone.
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Well for me actually they overnighted it. So I'm getting my replacement new phone Friday 22. It'll be a new phone not refurb. Huge conflict spending three days with customer care and loyalty dept.
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I called Tuesday got a blue one on Friday......
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Called last Friday and got my issuance replacement Tuesday. They ran out of the s2 so I got and upgrade to the white s3 . Lucky me, though it's a refurbished Chinese one
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Still waiting for mine to be shipped. Ridiculous service for 799 insurance
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Got my titanium yesterday earlier than expected and it looks way awesome compared to the white. Also got credited back the full price of thebphone and what I spent shipping back my n4. 0pretty good day for me. Almost 5 calls to tmobile in less than 3 days. But glad that mess is over.
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I'm getting absolutely livid. Still no phone shipped. Ill be leaving town now with out a phone I'm paying for.
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mike102871 said:
I'm getting absolutely livid. Still no phone shipped. Ill be leaving town now with out a phone I'm paying for.
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They sent my phone to me on the 21st. I got a bad IMEI and I still cannot get it unblocked. They told me 48 hrs on 3/21, 24 hrs on 3/23, and then 24 hrs on 3/25. Sounds like they cannot do jack for me. I have to wait till like 6pm ET tomorrow if not, call and get them to send me another phone and I sent this POS back to T-Mobile. My parents are pissed that T-Mobile is treating my like crap. $400 for an S3 that I paid out of pocket from work during the summer down the drain. Bad luck for the college student, smh.

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I was wondering if any one had a problem with buying a refurbished note 2 from att. Any problems with the phone or anything?
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I bought one last week during the $0.99 sale and received it last Thursday. Visually, the phone is perfect. Not a scratch, dent, or any other blemish. Software wise, it's running beautifully. No hiccups or anything. The multi window update was available as soon as I activated it, and since then everything has been amazing.
This is my second refurb from AT&T. My first was a Samsung Infuse 4G. That device was visually perfect as well, and ran great for the 2 years I had it. TBH, there's absolutely no reason NOT to get a refurb from AT&T. They really do sell quality units.

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I bought one last week during the $0.99 sale and received it last Thursday. Visually, the phone is perfect. Not a scratch, dent, or any other blemish. Software wise, it's running beautifully. No hiccups or anything. The multi window update was available as soon as I activated it, and since then everything has been amazing.
This is my second refurb from AT&T. My first was a Samsung Infuse 4G. That device was visually perfect as well, and ran great for the 2 years I had it. TBH, there's absolutely no reason NOT to get a refurb from AT&T. They really do sell quality units.
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Yeah I bought one on Craigslist . Its running great but was just wondering. Cause my friend got a refurbished one and is having problems with it .
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i got one i love it. the only problem is their is a dot on my camera and I can't figure out why. see the picture attached
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This thread has some user reviews of their refurb note 2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2188521
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lukas_s said:
I bought one last week during the $0.99 sale and received it last Thursday. Visually, the phone is perfect. Not a scratch, dent, or any other blemish. Software wise, it's running beautifully. No hiccups or anything. The multi window update was available as soon as I activated it, and since then everything has been amazing.
This is my second refurb from AT&T. My first was a Samsung Infuse 4G. That device was visually perfect as well, and ran great for the 2 years I had it. TBH, there's absolutely no reason NOT to get a refurb from AT&T. They really do sell quality units.
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Mine was broke when it arrived. They replaced it immediately. You have 90 days warranty and you can do insurance too. I think there shouldn't be any worry... you get defective phones even fresh out of the box. Refurbs just stuffs that people returned and got fixed or cleaned up. Good luck!

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Mine was broke when it arrived. They replaced it immediately. You have 90 days warranty and you can do insurance too. I think there shouldn't be any worry... you get defective phones even fresh out of the box. Refurbs just stuffs that people returned and got fixed or cleaned up. Good luck!
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Yeah but mine was bought on Craigslist but I mean everything is running great on mine
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Yeah but mine was bought on Craigslist but I mean everything is running great on mine
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Then you have nothing to worry about then. Especially if it's working perfectly, with out any issues:thumbup:. I'd say you got yourself a good phone. Most refurb 's have minor things wrong with them, that we wouldn't see. But most of the time they come from people returning the phone's because they didn't like it, was too big for there small hands etc! Also they take em back b4 the grace period is up just to test it out. I do it with new phones. It's only a$35 re stocking fee. I did it with the S3 tested it, returned it & got my GN2.
Just my 2¢
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[Galaxy s5]Talk/Rumors.

Anyone sticking around for the s5(or whatever the next s phone in the series is?) I got this phone a year late, and since everybody else is getting the s4, I was wondering if anyone is still gonna hold out for the s5.
This would be VERY cool if this is indeed a "leak." http://www.itechpost.com/articles/9801/20130527/samsung-galaxy-s5-specs-leaked-early.htm
What do you think? What will the next galaxy phone have? Will it be worth it to stick around?
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Lol s5 leaks? The gs4 JUST came out like a month ago... but these seem like somewhat reasonable specs...
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I'll be on the s2 for a year in September, and it'll be another year after that before I am eligible for upgrade.
By then, the s4 will probably be free, so that's probably my next phone.
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Had this phone for about a year and a half. Don't see myself upgrading anytime soon. This phone has not lagged once on me and I have not seen either S3 or s4 as upgrade-worthy
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jahjah440 said:
Had this phone for about a year and a half. Don't see myself upgrading anytime soon. This phone has not lagged once on me and I have not seen either S3 or s4 as upgrade-worthy
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Ditto here. My mom just got the S4, despite my protestations. She doesn't even know how to use half the features on her old phone. I tried to talk her into getting the S3 for 1/4 of the price, but she wouldn't listen.

My upgrade is up Oct 1 and I plan to get whatever is best at that time but nothing as large as the note 3. I think a 5" screen size is perfect for an all around device. Possibly the LG Optimus G2 or Motorola X. Still waiting for news on both.

I skipped the S3 b/c I think it wasn't a major-enough upgrade. But I got the S4 right when the preorders went live. I'll be using my upgrade for the S5 when it comes out, most likely. Kept my S2 as my backup phone and mom & wifey's still rocking the S2.

Im going to get my s4 tomorrow but im still torn between that and the note 2....
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Windows phone, this android stuff is getting a little boring.

Just put girlfriend on my plan, and i got her the s3 for $30 on amazon. She keeps asking me "how do i _____" But it is one smooth phone! my upgrade is up next may, and you better believe im going to save money for the beefed up s5. (unless something else better comes out, which might be the new motorola phone. but i really enjoy sammys!)

Thank you woody for seeing the light. Because you just use android as you would an iphone. I bet you are not unlocking the full customization of the phone. Yeah for you maybe go simple. Such as iphone or microsoft. Hell even a flip phone. Goodbye now
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If I ever bought a phone with a display bigger than 5 inches, please PUNCH MY FACE.

http://news.yahoo.com/galaxy-s5-reportedly-samsung-first-metal-smartphone-143522004.html
Great news on the design, but no removeable battery is pretty much a deal breaker. How does Samsung not realize what their best features are? Seriously, the removable battery and SD card slot are the core design features that separates their product from the crap Apple puts out.

jahjah440 said:
Had this phone for about a year and a half. Don't see myself upgrading anytime soon. This phone has not lagged once on me and I have not seen either S3 or s4 as upgrade-worthy
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I like how right after the article it has a link that says "Innovation Is Still At Apple's Core" sure it is... the only thing they've done since Jobs died is copy Android features.
Team Rejectz

my contract ends in october so if the g5 is reported to be within 6 months of that ill probably go with it, if not then ill probably get a s4 or htc one