endsormeans | # 931 | 2016-07-11, 13:34 | Report

Half a neo in more ways than just price....
plus in 4 + years the planned obsolescence will make it a very expensive paperweight ... buying it new, now.

no.

used at half that sum ...still no.

I almost like the whole phablet size thingie... but then the size thingie ends up being a complete issue ... finding a pocket big enough... not to mention taking a call ...and holding a billboard to my head is a bit much.
At the other end of the spectrum... the n900 screen real estate is pretty tiny.
I have good eyes... but still... (sigh)
the sweet spot was the n8x0 ... perhaps a wee bit larger even...but phablets just aren't portable enough for my liking ... going for hikes and all...
enough of my divergent behaviour from the original topic...
and back to it...
Friend of mine pooched his galaxy s4 ...
if I could fix it it was mine.
hahaaha...
fixed.
new toy to play with...

If such a device as a brand new note 7 were given?
perhaps...
Not sure I want to carry the thing around.

is it worth it?

For me... in so many ways....
No.
I'll wait for my neo.

mscion | # 932 | 2016-07-11, 13:44 | Report

It's a tough call for me. Rumored specs seem to be getting
lower as release date approaches (was 6GB now 4GB) yet price getting higher...

So neo900 is twice as expensive?

Dave999 | # 933 | 2016-07-11, 15:03 | Report

if it had a five or six row slider keyboard it would have been a bargain. Now I would suggest going for last years Note instead if you looking for value per £€$.

Latest device is almost never worth it if money is parameter

For 900 euros you can pick up 3 pretty Ok devices in US or two in Europe.

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pichlo | # 934 | 2016-07-11, 15:14 | Report

(Sorry, you've asked for it )

endsormeans | # 935 | 2016-07-11, 19:21 | Report

hahahahahaa

damn that was funny.

Hey! Perfection takes time y'know!?!?!

Considering the device landscape ...
if it came out 10 yrs from now...
the neo would still be better than the comp.

And to the question of double the cost?
the beating the canadian dollar took a year and a half ago ...coupled with the increase in the cost from the original estimate to the current estimate ...it escalated the price of the neo for me... to uglificating proportions.. still I think it worth the price.

mscion | # 936 | 2016-07-11, 19:53 | Report

So cost is about $1800 for neo900? Btw. Not too crazy about the name. Since it is a Neo N900, why was it not called the NEON900?

endsormeans | # 937 | 2016-07-12, 17:09 | Report

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mscion | # 938 | 2016-07-12, 17:36 | Report

Brilliant! Thank you for the illuminating post!

endsormeans | # 939 | 2016-07-12, 17:48 | Report

hahaha

yeah... I thought the same thing myself when it first came out...
as it is...
the name "Neo900" reminds me of something....

vetsin | # 940 | 2016-07-16, 15:32 | Report

Hi guys, my Note 2 died last night, seems like a busted emmc. It says failed to mount efs (no such file or directory) when I tried to reset, can't flash rom with Odin or Heimdall either.
Do you guys know how to make android run on external SD card? Care to share the instructions?
BTW the N900 has outlived it (I'm using it for this post) though I already had the keyboard replaced once and now many of the letters are held in place by blue tack.