- Mar 26, 2011
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I have been a happy Note 2 owner for 3 years but now it's time to get a new phone. It began to become very slow, not hold a charge as long and restart on it's own.
My Note 2 got worse and started to freeze and required battery pulls to restart. I worked with Verizon tech support and we decided to back everything up and wipe the phone clean with a factory reset. that helped for a couple of days but the problems returned and ultimately the Note 2 froze on a restart and would freeze at the same point in a re-boot or battery pull.
My Note 2 was declared dead by Verizon.
My first thought was a Note 5!
But now I see that it is limited to 64 gb with no additional storage. My Note came with only 16gb but I had a 128gb card that was over half full.
The sealed battery is not that big of a deal but I just experienced a tired battery that would hold maybe half the charge of it's out of the box performance.
The Note 5 is a far better looking phone but I have always protected my phones with a case and would have to on this one as well with all the shiny glass and metal begging to be scratched or broken.
I liked the S-Pen but if I used it once a week it was unusual. I think I would use the new S-pen more than the Note 2 version but how much? Is it a must?
The V10 comes with 64gb plus an sd slot for up to 2 TB's of additional storage? All I will ever need.
It also comes with a shock resistant body that I could possibly carry naked.
The new Droids (Turbo 2 & Maxx 2) are pretty much shatterproof, endless battery with 15 minute quick charge, and comes in a 64gb version with expandable memory, but lack the size of the other two (5.4" and 5.5" screens).
I'm waiting to actually get my hands on the Droids and V10 this weekend to really get a feel for the differences in the phones.
I know they all will be significant improvements over my beloved Note 2 but can you Note 5 users give advice or feedback on my decision?
Do you really make use of the S-Pen on a regular basis?
How is using the cloud or external storage working for those that carried a lot of data onboard their previous notes (2,3, or 4)?
Is the sexy new appearance worth it since you need to take extra measures (case or increased caution) to protect it?
Sorry for the long post and thanks for the comments.
My Note 2 got worse and started to freeze and required battery pulls to restart. I worked with Verizon tech support and we decided to back everything up and wipe the phone clean with a factory reset. that helped for a couple of days but the problems returned and ultimately the Note 2 froze on a restart and would freeze at the same point in a re-boot or battery pull.
My Note 2 was declared dead by Verizon.
My first thought was a Note 5!
But now I see that it is limited to 64 gb with no additional storage. My Note came with only 16gb but I had a 128gb card that was over half full.
The sealed battery is not that big of a deal but I just experienced a tired battery that would hold maybe half the charge of it's out of the box performance.
The Note 5 is a far better looking phone but I have always protected my phones with a case and would have to on this one as well with all the shiny glass and metal begging to be scratched or broken.
I liked the S-Pen but if I used it once a week it was unusual. I think I would use the new S-pen more than the Note 2 version but how much? Is it a must?
The V10 comes with 64gb plus an sd slot for up to 2 TB's of additional storage? All I will ever need.
It also comes with a shock resistant body that I could possibly carry naked.
The new Droids (Turbo 2 & Maxx 2) are pretty much shatterproof, endless battery with 15 minute quick charge, and comes in a 64gb version with expandable memory, but lack the size of the other two (5.4" and 5.5" screens).
I'm waiting to actually get my hands on the Droids and V10 this weekend to really get a feel for the differences in the phones.
I know they all will be significant improvements over my beloved Note 2 but can you Note 5 users give advice or feedback on my decision?
Do you really make use of the S-Pen on a regular basis?
How is using the cloud or external storage working for those that carried a lot of data onboard their previous notes (2,3, or 4)?
Is the sexy new appearance worth it since you need to take extra measures (case or increased caution) to protect it?
Sorry for the long post and thanks for the comments.