It's 2014 and we still don't have a real Note alternative — androidauthority.com

When the original Galaxy Note was released by Samsung in October 2011 it was widely criticized for being too big. Questions about whether it was a tablet or a phone gave rise to the universally hated word 鈥減hablet鈥�. The vast majority of reviewers wrote it off as another failed offshoot of Samsung鈥檚 scattergun approach to form factors. But they were wrong. The Samsung Galaxy Note sold more than 10 million units in under a year. Samsung evolved the idea with the Galaxy Note 2 which sold 5 million units in its first two months on sale and went on to rack up sales of 30 million in a year. The Note 3 broke the 10 million sales barrier in two months. And the Galaxy Note 4 is starting to roll out now.

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