Had mine a week today and love this thing so much I've had sex with it twice.
The battery life is superb. I easily go 14 hours with a lot of 4G internet use and still have 40% left at the end of the day.
The radio is superb. Coming from a Thunderbolt, it is a night and day difference. Don't think I've dropped 4G yet where with my T-bolt, it was very spotty.
The camera is as good as most point and shoot digicams on the market and has gotta be the best on any cell phone.
The CPU and RAM are very nice and this thing runs butter smooth because of it.
The S-pen is just all kinds of cool and a lot of fun to play with. Don't know if I'll ever "need" it but I love playing with it.
I'm trying to think of some cons but can't really come up with anything. It's right there on the border of being too big but isn't if that makes any sense. Either way, once you've had a 5.5" screen it's hard to go back. Well there is the $300 price tag and a VERY limited selection of cases to choose from and the only holster makes the thing the size of a 1980's cell phone. But it so thin that it drops right in my front pocket with no problem.
So yeah, I love the Note 2 and think it's the best phone on the market easily.
Oh and yes, you can adjust the ringer and notification volume independently of each other.
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