i never actually consider the price drop or resale value of the my smartphone.  At the moment i buy it, i already scrap the value to zero.  I just consider the purchase price and the durability of the phone.  Example, i bought the Note at RM1,699 (with DiGi 1 year contract last year), I straight away divide it into 24 months estimated useful life - RM70.83 each month which i consider it affordable to me, so i bought it.  1 year later (as of now), some one want to buy it for RM1,400 (with other goodies like SGP leather and Glas.T screen protector), I think it is a good deal, so i sold it and upgrade to the new Note II.

It all depends on one's own valuation about the usefulness of the smartphone.  It is invaluable to me as i can check office email whenever i am out of office and my little entertainment machine during waiting/idle time.

Battery life is just unbelievable.. It sips not burn
User will definitely not be talking how to have better battery life

Pics to show Nilkin hard backcase on the Note 2 : perfect and nice  fit
I like the back texture - it gives one a better grip on the phone. A nice cover over the awful grey back "metallic like" case
I quite like the Grey color and finds it looks much better than the black of the original Note

I got my hands on the Note II for Thursday's demo, and it does have multi-window functionality.

Messed around with it for a while and I'm so impressed by the phone, I can't wait to get one for myself.

When you take out sylus, there is a sound alert ( can set 3 sound types) and phone slight vibrate

Stylus alert .. Is sound .. Means when u forget to leave to ur pen .. The alert will on n bit bit .. Huhuhu.. So wil be no worries wil remind u of ur pen ..