Ok, went into an AT&T store today, I placed my Galaxy Nexus on top of the GN2 and it is bigger, but really not tremendously so, when I put it in my pocket there really wasn't much difference. I never put my keys or loose change in my pocket that I keep my phone in. As for signal strength, in bars, and dB the note 2 was steadily better than the Nexus, not a whole lot better, but consistently higher. I'm pretty much done thinking about this, will be picking one up on Thursday.