SamsungsmartphoneLast featured Aug 2020
Samsung Galaxy Note 2
I'd buy itI'd buy this.
A 2012 flagship that shows how far phones have come, with a vibrant screen and decent everyday speed but poor multitasking, build and ergonomics.
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- Price when I covered it
- Under £100
- Featured in
- 4 videos · 2017–2020
- Category
- Phones · Flagship
What I liked
- Elegant clean white finish
- Air View and screenshot features
- More RAM and faster chip
- Vibrant Super AMOLED display
- Fine performance for social apps
- Copes okay with games
What I didn't
- Less sharp than the HTC One in the comparison
- Flimsy plastic body that creaks
- Multitasking is horrible
- Awkward and archaic S Pen
- Tinny rear speaker and no fingerprint scanner
- 720p display
In my words
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“the note 2 is actually the first note that i bought”
“the Samsung is just not keeping up with”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
1:03I bought every Galaxy Note ever.The first Note he bought, and an elegant phone where the S Pen became more than a stylus.
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1:46THE BEST PHONE HTC EVER MADE?Used as a camera comparison, it could not match the sharpness of the HTC One M7 in his test.
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0:07I used a 2012 Smartphone in 2018 - Here's what happened.A 2012 flagship that shows how far phones have come, with a vibrant screen and decent everyday speed but poor multitasking, build and ergonomics.
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2:03The Flagship Samsung Smartphone you Never Considered.Saving only £20 over the Note 3 means a worse display, processor, camera and Android version, so it makes no sense.
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