Pros: This phone is simply incredible, I have yet to see it stutter or lag. The camera is amazing and it takes the best pictures I have ever seen on a camera phone. The screen has intensely bright colors due to the OLED tech used, and it shows when playing games and looking at pictures. This phone has power, so much power in fact, I have never had to turn a games graphics down due to frame rate drop. The Wacom pen is accurate and it is really good for drawing. It is a little less sensitive near the edges but that has never been a problem. Also, the battery last so long I have not had to worry about it running out during the day, plus if it did somehow run out you could just put in a freshly charged one.

Cons: I have yet to find anything with NFC so I have no way to test this. Only real con is the chance of getting an early production note with the defective memory chip. Which is the cause of some one star reviews here. This chip is the cause of the note phones shutting off and not turning back on, though if you get a model that is recently made you need not worry about this, and it is very easy to test for. Also, after reading on the internet I have scared myself over the OLED screen burn in problems.

Overall Review: If you can afford the high price premium and you think you can handle a phone this large, go for it! It is great.