Samsung Note 2 I317 16GB Unlocked GSM 4G LTE Quad-Core Phone - White (International Version)

I been watching the price drop on Samsung Notes. My1ST SMARTPHONE was a virgin mobile Opitimus V w/3.5"screen,800mhz core single;] Took me a while. Idk exactly, but i got 1st @end of start of gingerbread. Seemed along time it hungout. Finally, 4"! Motoroloa triumph. Another single core.wtheck? The optimus was ez to root n flash cm?7 I think. But old day reason for me was free hotspot- Tether abilities. For the other wifi devices in our lives. Had to root Triumph. It was half rooted outa the box! Xda developers made sure to post t5hat find. In fact i believe maybe brandon14 was to credit, all you had to do was install emulator off playstore. Enter maybe 3,4 lines. Sudo, i forget, but bam, full root that ez, after a reboot i think to. Then many others.... Pantech poket p9060- pantch-crossover, moved up to duel core! Dam good. Atrix 2 with a lapdock. On it now.;] love it for youyuben to sleep. Listen to neville goddard. Your life will change. The secret was nothing compared to him. Dead now. Old school. Youtubers rock for yploading lost treasurs. Yhnx minds eye. Atrix2 is bad ass, but the not 2 is frikn awesomeness. Not1 seemed not enuff. But note 2 is alot better. Note3 doesnt impress me. Yaya who wouldnt want note4? For 8,900$ go for it tuff guy. My not2 for 275$wasnt gettn any cheaper. Mango=seller awsome delivery. 1day early. Perfect package. Sealed. Feels like xmas, 10=23-2014 i will update if i feel a speck of regret. Played 24hrs. To many options. Weeks before i got it 110% Peace. We are "IMAGINATION' G Gods n 5the making... live life. Do not hesitate.275 is good. Silly not1 250-300 still.. just do it. U nwont regret. Order case n screen protection. Please

This is a really good phone. Battery holds better than the note. I got it at a good price because the G Note 3 came out with a hand full of extras but I'm sticking to this phone for a while on my $ 45.dollar Straight Talk Plan which works great on thid plan.

I was a bit wary, based on some reviews. Now, I am happy to say, it was a good decision. Before I spout about how much I love this phone, a few things need to be mentioned: 1) This phone came NEW (the seller I bought it from is no longer selling it, though) 2) This phone needs to be unlocked with a CODE that is PROVIDED by the seller and is on a sticker on the side of the phone box. It is a very easy process... I took a pic but scribbled out the code in Paper Artist before uploading, so it is a bit artsy (didn't feel like downloading a photo editing app - for some reason, it didn't come with one). 3) If you are using Straight Talk, you won't need to unlock it. 4) I am writing this review in my own handwriting and it is converting it to text!! Pic added for emphasis. NOTE: You can take a screenshot and write on it (hold down the button on the stylus and touch pen to screen for a couple seconds), but you have to download an app to scribble on photos, I guess. 5) Downloading the manual and taking time to read through all the features is HIGHLY recommended. There are tons that most people never use. 6) Most people will not need all the features this phone has to offer. It is a phone that works. And by work I mean multi-task and simplify all your tasks for business and/or school. That being said, I am a student of Graphic and Web Design and I have a few projects for businesses I am working on. I have been wanting a tablet that I can draw, sketch ideas, and take notes with, but haven't found one reasonably priced (I have a pretty small budget) that could accomplish what I needed. In other news, I wanted a new phone badly. My iPhone 4 was worthless for what I wanted/needed for school and work. I killed two birds with one stone by getting this phone! I have nothing but praise for the S Pen. Amazingly accurate and looks like my own handwriting, which is something I have only seen in a Microsoft Surface Pro. Must be that Wacom technology. The stylus is superior even to my Wacom Bamboo stylus! I have already sketched out some ideas for a new website and the possibilities for school and work efficiency are endless with this thing. My calendars were synced, emails, google drive, etc. Makes it easier than checking all that stuff from my laptop. I won't bother with specs, those have been covered in other reviews. Battery life: the more you have going on, the more battery you use. Sorry. Overall, a money-saving purchase for someone who wants a small tablet and a phone but can only afford one and doesn't want to carry both around. Win-Win! ***EDIT: 10/25/2018*** Two phones later, this phone is still working great for me. I have upgraded to the Note 4, lost it, bought a Note 5, had to return it, and am using this while this whole process gets sorted. Just popped my SIM back in and it works fine. The Operating system is really old and no longer receives updates from AT&T, but that is fixable with some Google-Fu and rooting chops. Still very happy with this phone.

I hate this phone with a passion. I don't think the problem is from the phone but from the sellers. I used this type of phone in the past and I loved it. I broke the screen and decided to get the same type but it was a total disappointment. I ordered the phone from these sellers and it came faulty: it didn't come on for more than a day, and when it did, the it couldn't work with any headphones. I returned the phone and wanted a replacement, it took almost a month to get the a new phone back. They really have bad customer service, it is terrible. The new phone is super terrible; the wifi use to work about 3days in the week, and that will even connect by restarting the phone. I was thinking it was temporal and I didn't want to go through the hustle with these sellers, so I didn't return it. Unfortunately, the wifi is permanently off now. It doesn't detect any wifi anywhere I go. The battery that came with the second phone was generic, it couldn't even go 4hrs. I had to use the battery from my old broken screen-phone. I wouldn't advice anyone to get this phone, most especially from this particular sellers.