I have the iPhone and my dad has the Note. I find there are less issues with the iPhone as Apple products are more proprietary. I also like how it fits in my hand vs. the Note which is far too big and clumsy. One is more realistic in terms of being a phone. I already find the iPhone too big. So if I want to go circa 1990 and go with a phone book/tablet styled phone, I suppose the Note is your thing. It does have the screen real estate over the iPhone, but hey, if screen size is important to you, hook up your computer to a big screen TV. But for a phone, it isn't practical to me. In this case, less is more.