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OK, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is much, much bigger than an iPhone 5, but could it really command a premium over the £530 asking price of Apple’s sales-monster? Pre-orders have gone live for the Note 2 in the UK, and, unfortunately, it’s not going to come cheap.
Between £545 and £530 will apparently buy you a 16GB variant of the Galaxy Note 2 SIM-free, but now we know it’s not exactly going to be cheap on contract either. According to Phones4u, you’ll have to fork out at least £41 a month on O2 to get the thing free, which is, thankfully, slightly cheaper than the £47 a month you’d have you cough up to get the iPhone 5 for free.
The SIM-free folk, including Expansys, say the even bigger phablet will turn up on September 28th, while Phones4u says October 2nd. Either way, not long to wait for those looking for something brand new that’s not the iPhone 5. [Expansys, Phones4u via TechRadar]
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Yup – and can’t wait.
UK date is October 1st / 2nd. Germany gets is on the 28th, and I believe Italy on the 29th. Disappointed that no-one is offering a 12 month contract (even with a phone price). Just waiting for CPW to put their prices up.
I’m genuinely tempted by the Note, not for me, but for my wife so that she can use it for work as well as personal stuff.
I’m getting rid of my GS2 as soon as I can because I hate it, but a new iPhone is too expensive, so I’m swithering.
Anyone with the original model Note think its good enough to be a decent handset for a couple more years if I pick up a new one? Or is it flawed, buggy and battery draining?
The Note is about the same spec as the SGSII, so you’re not going to gain much other than screen real estate.
If I didn’t already have an SGSIII, I’d be seriously tempted by the Note II.
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I have an Original Note for work and I love it. It is big but it’s perfectly usable as a phone but with benefits of the S-Pen and a HUUUGE screen ! The Note II is based around the GSIII so plenty powerful enough. If I hadn’t just got an iP5 I’d get a note 2 for myself (Still may anyway)
Got the original Note and had the GS2 before. In my view, not flawed or buggy and the battery has good life, even better since ICS update.
Tempted by the Note2 but my original note is too good to trade in
As a former Note (1) user (waiting for Note 2) who has used an iPhone 5 for a few minutes, even the original Note is a superior device. The iPhone is very sexy, fast and usable, but not for creative thinkers or productivity workers. The Note is an electronic notepad foremost with the advantages of being a phone and content creation and sharing device. Put it on a bar in front of people next to there tiny screened devices and they all want one!
I’m looking forward to having a go on this but I’m more interested in what the Galaxy S4 is going to be like next year!
The parts of a Note II probably cost twice as much as the parts from a iPhone 5, and within a month the price will be lower.
Notice the Giz bias in the related links under this article:
1. Wow, even a gun would fit better in my pocket than a Note.
2. Wow, I can’t believe people want a Note over an iPhone.
3. You’d have to have big stupid fingers like an elephant to want a Note.
I don’t care though – still going to get one!
The bias is in the whole article. As it is unrelated to the iPhone – shock – bigger and better phone costs same as iPhone, really? That the best you can do, take a day off.
The real nature of this article is to say that the Note II is available for preorder at £500-530, and £37-41 on contract for, both cheaper that a last-gen ladies device like the iPhone 5.
Sam has been vocal in his dislike of the Note before, and was made to look a major twerp when the Galaxy Note sold 10 million+, so he’s toning this one down as the bigger and better Note II is expecting 20 million+. Be better to just report fairly and honestly without doing the number whoring.