Back in 2011 when the original Galaxy Note was released, its 5.3 inch display earned it the ‘phablet' moniker, hinting at the fact that it straddled the line between a phone and a tablet.

In the last few years, Samsung has created an amazing success story with their Galaxy S phones, and more recently the Galaxy Note range – the first Galaxy Note phone was popular, and the Galaxy Note II was nothing short of a genuine success.

Crisp display; Stylus adds a massive potential for functionality; Familiar interface and feeling to the device; Impressive overall performance of the tablet

Disappointing battery life; despite capacity; Limited storage space – just 16 GB; Front facing camera is poor quality

First off ill start saying that the galaxy note 2 is a great phone and with this dock makes it even greater. This is the best dock I have seen on any platform. Worth the money if you want to charge and output to a television or other display device.

I'll admit, I was one of those people who said the original Galaxy Note was just too big to carry around. But after playing around with one a friend had I decided to give it a try. What really sold me was the battery life.

All-day battery; beautiful screen; pressure sensitive S-Pen

a bit big for some and no kickstand (get a case

"It's damn good, everything that was expected. Much more than value for money. 5 stars "

Product arrived in good time and was as advertised.... (cracked screen)subsequent additional cost to repair screen made total cost marginal value.

I fell in love with this phone the moment my partner came home with it. The S pen is a brilliant feature, along with the ability to split the screen for example using facebook and youtube together. The camera is amazing at an 8mp quality.

I bought Samsung GALAXY Note II around 2 years ago. Since then I have been using this without facing any difficulties. In my opinion , it is the best android phone in the market now due to its "note" feature. The s-pen feature allow you to write on some notes very quickly in your handwritten style.

s-pen functionality

bigger size

Screw falls of inside after a year of use. Microphone jack attached to motherboard is loose. Lot of junk apps. Even the Samsung stock apps are of poor quality and hardly updated.

Good look

Poor quality hardware and junk apps

Extravagantly priced, but with a feature set to match. We find out if the new Galaxy flagship is worth the outlay in our in-depth Note 8 review.