Samsung Galaxy Note Review - N7000

I've moved from an HTC Desire S to this phone. Here are some finer points that you will not see on regular reviews (gsmarena).

After upgrading to Android 4.0 (ICS), I found that the battery drains at almost twice the speed. So, what I will do is try the 2 tips mentioned on this page:
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-international/540699-android-os-battery-drain-since-ics-upgrade.html

Pros:

• Huge screen: makes excellent web browsing in landscape mode
• Music player: access it even when the screen is locked ;)
• Good quality headphones, with volume control and play/pause buttons
• Ability to decline an incoming call with a text message like, "I'll call you later"
• An excellent radio interface

Cons:

• The Note UI can learn from HTC's Sense, which I find very user friendly!
• Sometimes the tip of the S-pen can become statically-charged, and then the screen starts responding if the pen's tip is near the screen (not actually touching). This can be fun and annoying at the same time.
• I have a front screen cover integrated with the back panel (manufactured by Samsung). Some of the locking bits of the back panel come off once every few days and have to be pushed back in to click into place.
• One shortcoming that (I suppose) is common to all smartphones web-browsers, is that if a webpage has a sliding control, you press your finger (or stylus) on that control and try to move it, the browser starts scrolling the page. This makes the sliding-control unusable.

(image courtesy: www.carzone.ie)