just a quick look at the note 2.... looks like a sweet phone. I can see why people might not like it, with a 5.5 in screen, many people might feel it is too big, but heck might be the same people that feel the 4 inch ip5 is too big. Ill be driving the gs3 for quite a while, i love this phone. I think the 4.8 inch screen is great. With the way I hold my phone I could go a little bigger and still be comfortable, not sure how 5.5 would feel though. I don't want to use a stylus. Let us know how it works out. that note 2 has some power behind it though, that i'm jealous of.