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# 181355 12-Oct-2015 13:49

I had been looking for a light weight tablet to use when my disability prevents me using my Surface. I purchased a Samsung S2 8 inch. It is insanely light, responsive, great screen and I got a 32 micro SD card for no charge.

Touch wiz seems to be less intrusive and snappy.

All in all a light weight enjoyable device

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# 1404890 13-Oct-2015 11:27

after using this tablet for a few days it really is a pleasure to use

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# 1404940 13-Oct-2015 11:57

MikeB4: after using this tablet for a few days it really is a pleasure to use

That is good to know. Samsung make really awesome hardware for sure - its always their software that annoys me (personally). If they have improved touchwiz, that is a good sign. How is the battery life that you are getting? How is the standby battery time - samsung is quite notorious for having higher drain (more than 10% overnight) for standby.

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# 1405144 13-Oct-2015 18:06

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geez mike you've gone back to the "darkside"

Touchwiz is getting better to the point I haven't flashed a custom Rom which is a first for me, long way to go though

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# 1405695 14-Oct-2015 14:29

jeffnz: geez mike you've gone back to the "darkside"

Touchwiz is getting better to the point I haven't flashed a custom Rom which is a first for me, long way to go though

I have to agree Touchwiz is certainly better, I am still using it on this device and don't see a need yet to use a different launcher.

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# 1405858 14-Oct-2015 18:29

MikeB4:
jeffnz: geez mike you've gone back to the "darkside"

Touchwiz is getting better to the point I haven't flashed a custom Rom which is a first for me, long way to go though

I have to agree Touchwiz is certainly better, I am still using it on this device and don't see a need yet to use a different launcher.

I'm using Nova been on it for years and used to it but didn't install straight away so maybe next phone I won't.

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# 1407293 15-Oct-2015 14:18

I have never used Nova, I like Google now launcher but I may give aaNova a whirl

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# 1410836 22-Oct-2015 09:09

Since getting this tablet I have only used my Surface 3 a couple of times.

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# 1410837 22-Oct-2015 09:11

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MikeB4: Since getting this tablet I have only used my Surface 3 a couple of times.

Heh feel free to sell it to me then :)

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# 1410851 22-Oct-2015 09:20

networkn:
MikeB4: Since getting this tablet I have only used my Surface 3 a couple of times.

Heh feel free to sell it to me then :)

The Surface is still my go to device when traveling due to the keyboard, mouse support and USB port. I will be travelling a lot over the next few weeks so it will get a lot of use. I will be taking the S2 with me as well

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# 1410852 22-Oct-2015 09:24

MikeB4:
networkn:
MikeB4: Since getting this tablet I have only used my Surface 3 a couple of times.

Heh feel free to sell it to me then :)

The Surface is still my go to device when traveling due to the keyboard, mouse support and USB port. I will be travelling vas loit over thged next few weeks so it will get a lot voif use. I will be taking the S2 with me as well

From what I've heard about the terrible keyboard the surface has, it looks like you typed that sentence on it :)

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# 1410857 22-Oct-2015 09:28

networkn:
MikeB4:
networkn:
MikeB4: Since getting this tablet I have only used my Surface 3 a couple of times.

Heh feel free to sell it to me then :)

The Surface is still my go to device when traveling due to the keyboard, mouse support and USB port. I will be travelling vas loit over thged next few weeks so it will get a lot voif use. I will be taking the S2 with me as well

From what I've heard about the terrible keyboard the surface has, it looks like you typed that sentence on it :)

Good lord I put the Google keyboard on my S2 it is rubbish. It changes stuff after you finish and post. Deleting said keyboard

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# 1410861 22-Oct-2015 09:30

I like Swiftkey.

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# 1410873 22-Oct-2015 09:44

I'm curious if the S2 allows multiple User Accounts? Its available on my Tab S but not on the Tab A, Note 3 or 5.

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# 1410901 22-Oct-2015 10:05

tigercorp: I'm curious if the S2 allows multiple User Accounts? Its available on my Tab S but not on the Tab A, Note 3 or 5.

yes it can add other accounts including a guest account

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