Count me in on Note 3 adoration! Coming from iPhones since iPhone launch day in '07! Regarding iMessage stuff-I am rather fortunate that I had no issue. I did my research and turned off iMessage on both iPhone and iPad before I activated my Note 3.I'm getting texts just fine from iPhone users. I'd read that some people still had problems even turning it off ahead of time too, so I count myself lucky. I have a colleague who had to deal with that mess for a month. Pretty ludicrous. I do however, still use my iPad, though I am using my Galaxy Tab 7.0 plus more often since I am on Android for my phone. I haven't become an iOS hater because I still like my iPad, but my phone is the one thing always with me and for that reason do I call myself a convert for being on Android now. And I will definitely say that Android affords freedoms and customizations and has a plenty healthy amount of apps too, and the Note is just so awesome. I love having a stylus to write notes with as I jot down something I need to pick up on the way home. So helpful to me, and with my far sighted eyes, today at the store I didn't even have to use my reading glasses! I could see the screen okay, lol! Not possible with my iPhone. One reason why I wanted a phablet, and the Note just seemed THE one to get in that regard and I can say that for me, hands-down, it is definitely the one!