As an aside, I went phone shopping recently. I had a old iPhone 3gs, which was unlocked and jailbroken. And it was getting a bit old. The home key was dying, bu

As an aside, I went phone shopping recently. I had a old iPhone 3gs, which was unlocked and jailbroken. And it was getting a bit old. The home key was dying, but that's a fairly simple fix. In the end, I wanted an Android. It's a much friendlier platform, and I can develop for it. But... which one? I knew I wanted a phablet-esque phone like a Note 2 (but not the $800 unlocked price... yeouch!). So, what was there? I wanted a high quality display, a good amount of ram, preferred a S-pen stylus. I hopped on the Chinese sites to see which phones would work, and the prices associated. I narrowed down and finally ordered one from this seller: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/new-arrival-in-may-6-Haipai-N7889-MTK6589-Quad-Core-android-phone-1GB-RAM-16GB-Dual/934112323.html http://www.aliexpress.com/item/new-arrival-in-may-6-Haipai-N... I got it 7 days later, and it frankly kicks ass. It's one of the nicest Androids I've ever used. And I used probably 2000 of them at my previous cell phone recovery plant job. My only thing I didn't get was S-pen support. That was a bummer, but I think only the Samsung's support the S-Pen screen. And it really is a monster size of a phone. The N7889 is sold as a Note 2 clone, but in reality nakes the Note 2 look small. It really matches the profile of a Galaxy Mega, with the exception that the flash is to the right of the camera. The real Mega's flash is below the camera.