I took my iPhone 5 back and got the S3....smartest thing I could have done....love it. The Note is just too big, IMO. The S3 is just big enough that I can hardly type with one hand w/out the fear of dropping it. The Note is a two hander all day.
I rooted it the other day. Not changing the rom cause its that good stock. The predictive typing is a pain the ass, it sucks.