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Those wondering whether the original phablet’s follow-up, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, would be available on 4G networks in the UK, can now rest easy. Come October 15th, it’ll be available on EE’s Orange and T-Mobile sub-brands, and on EE’s 4G network at the end of the month. [TechCrunch]
Will it still be quad core?
Corrr Blimey, don’t get overly excited Mark, control yourself, i know this is like fanidroid porn for you!
No, your iPhone 5 is quailty porn. A Note II with 4 core and 4G is super sex.
To abuse yer stylus too much mark!
*Don’t abuse yer stylus too much mark!
What I do in my own personal time and space is my business alone, have I ever told you not to wank dogs off?
Don’t use derogatory terms to describe ur partner Mark! He may well be a dog but that’s too much info..,
Are you saying you have been wanking my partner off? We need to talk…
May as well hold a 7inch tablet to yer face…
If I want a note device. I would just buy the tablet version.
The one without the phone function?
Apparently you can still make calls with the 7″ Tab
http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxytab/7.0/feature.html?type=find
Sarcasm, like i would ever hold 7 inches to make a call… or anything this size!
I really do like some of the function on this though, the stylus is very nice, just think its a little big for a phone, that’s all.
Would consider a larger tablet size and continue to carry a smaller phone.
I’ve seen a few youtube vids for people going from an iPhone to Note, watch them. They all kinda start saying what you are saying now, but then the practicality takes over – an interesting watch. Say they just get lots of people asking about the phone, which is a downside or upside depending on personality – I’d kinda dislike that so am hoping it sells more so I don’t get that. But overall they state in these videos that they felt a bit silly at first using it as a phone, but then this was out stripped with how amazing it was in every other way for net, media, comms, notes and sketching – and they quickly get over feeling silly making calls.
So if it was shaped like a dildo, you’re saying you’d naturally feel silly at first. But after a while the practicality side of things would take over and you’d overlook the fact that you’re holding a dildo against your cheek? I think I get where you’re coming from now.
I jest. I think I need to pop into town and spend some time handling a Note 2. Maybe hold it against my face and pretend to have a conversation whilst looking at myself in a mirror, all smooth like.
Really Taf? I thought we had a truce..
I’ve not slagged off Samsung, just commented that’s its nice but a little too big for my liking! And as for Mark, he deserves stick for his comments on the other article!
True. I think these 4G EE is an interesting thing for the UK phone market, like a fresh start. We’ll have SIII LTE, Note II LTE, HTC One XL, Lumia 920 and Iphone 5 all on the same 4G network, that sounds like a good fight to watch.
Except there won’t be a fight as these phones you mention are inanimate objects.
Then maybe all the companies merge and form a general nondescript company and release a standard mid-range device for a reasonable cost – no winners, no losers, no rumours, no innovation, no on-line chit-chat, no Harry Hill, just a standard smartphone. A communistic dream comes true?
Tele-commie-nications.
I would buy a tablet of the iPad size if it had full phone functionality and get rid of my actual phone. You can just have a hands free for calls…..
You could just use face time but hide, or use Skype! Maybe the line between data and minute allowance will begin to blur…in a similar way I don’t use text messages anymore, just use WhatsApp instead, things may change.
This is an interesting thing once we talk about truly unlimited data. Why would you want a contract for 1000 minutes of calls and unlimited texts, you just want unlimited 4G data and use Facebook, Google and others to do your talking, video calls, messaging and media back-up.
I’ve never understood this line that networks have between call minutes, texts and data. It is all data! They already know the data use for a call or text. Also technically you should be charged per character on a text message, if you pay per text.
But we should already have pure data accounting on or off contract. I’d be happy to pay no more than £1 per 1GB of 4G data otherwise it gets silly (£3 or download film & £1+ for data – ouch!). Then they don’t need to cap it, slow it or anything – fair price for fair usage of data, if that be net data, call data, or text data.
Completely agree. If 3 did an all you can eat data deal without calls or texts, and it was advertised correctly they could be onto a real winner.
I’d go with that. A Nexus 7 with phone and SD slot would be easy to take with me everywhere, which I kinda do already for a 7″ tablet, and just use a smart bluetooth device for calls and info prompts. Makes sense.
So what would we call this device, it’s no longer a phone in the traditional sense? What about a telephone number, would this be essential when communicating via 4G network over applications installed? I think it could all happen after 4G becomes widespread, may take time though for standardised communication methods to develop in a non traditional way..
I’ve been giving this a lot of thought lately. We are in this strange stopgap place, but we always seem to be in that with technology. We have 4 screens and 2-3 data connections each, when ideally we want 1-2 screens and 1 data connection. So we got screens; phone, tablet, laptop, TV/projector, with home broadband and mobile data – this is a mess.
We ideally want TV and phalet, add a bluetooth device if so want it function as laptop or phone.
The current solution to this is a 4G smartphone, tethered to 7-10″ tablet or streaming over wifi to TV, and you can add keyboads and mouse for workstation functions, but we don’t really do that yet. Very good. But then a 5.5-7″ plablet is better, yet this solution kinda calls for a a dummy bluetooth phone device, a slim device, headset, watch, pen, etc, to make calls and feed data without engaging with a bigger device all the time. Better. But I think it is not practical as a solution.
The most practical solution is to go back to a basic phone! What I think the market needs right now. A comms box, like a mifi box but a razor small device with 3″ touch screen, for less than £100 that you just does basic phone, feeds and 4G data tethering. This way everyone has a basic option to take this ultra-slim small comms box with them anywhere.
This solution becomes practical as it splits data and media use, the market for the latest data and the market for the best multi-core media device. You can tailor two mobile devices for all your needs and upgrade each independently, want the latest network connection then you upgrade your comms, want the latest hex-core 1080p 6″ media tab then you can get that and go on 4G in an instant, without new contracts.
But on a side note, the real technology I want to see in smartphones next are printheads! I want a laser tracker linked to a ultra discreet printhead, so if someone wants a phone number rather than try and bluetooth, beam, text it with a incompatible device you just swipe a newspaper, scape, hand, wall and you can print a contact, link, direction, etc.
Hi Sam Gibbs,
I’ve created an e-petition about how I believe O2 should have LTE for the iPhone 5 along with everyone else.
Here is the link I hope you can help me to get signatures for it :
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/39320
Thanks very much,
Sam Joy.