The Verge - Samsung Galaxy Note for T-Mobile review, availability, and more

Samsung Galaxy Note for T-Mobile: impressions and benchmarks

2012-08-08T13:29:11Z

T-Mobile's made a charge in the last few months to bring some top-notch smartphones to its shelves, from the Samsung Galaxy S III to the HTC One S — now the company's adding another Samsung handset, the behemoth Galaxy Note. It's available today, starting at $249.99 with a two-year contract. The 5.3-inch smartphone has been around a while, making its debut last fall at IFA, but no competitor has risen in the intervening months and the Note has sold millions of units. The version of the handset coming to T-Mobile is largely unchanged, but is it worth your money and a two-year commitment on T-Mobile?

We reviewed the Galaxy Note months ago, and other than its potentially cumbersome size there's a lot to like about it. The phablet /...

Samsung Galaxy Note review

2012-02-16T14:00:00Z

Note: Our original review was of the unlocked, £499.99 ($784) GSM Galaxy Note. We've updated the review to reflect our impressions and tests of the $299 (with contract) AT&T model as well. Check out the Connectivity and Software sections, in particular, to see the biggest differences between the two devices.

There once was a time, commonly referred to as the pre-iPad era, when people questioned if there really was a gap between laptops and smartphones for tablets to fill. The two established device categories seemed to have too many overlaps in functionality to permit a separate product type to exist between them. Today, that question has been answered emphatically by the wildly popular tablet market, but the challenge of trailblazing...