I see the original Note phone. I find it a great all rounder, and use it for web browsing at home when I can’t be bothered to fire up the PC, or around the house.
I don’t have a tablet, but the problem I would have with a tablet is that it would sit on a coffee table and so not be to hand. It is quite possible to read the BBC news site in desktop view un-zoomed, but more comfortable if zoomed a bit(double tap screen). e-Books are also very readable, and it’s a great screen size for sat-nav. For me the Note really does manage the feat of combining the purpose of tablet and mobile phone into one device.
I’ve also found I take pictures with it, not something I ever anticipated doing. But it is always in the pocket, the regular camera isn’t. So I do regret that the camera isn’t better - I’d love the camera of the Lumia 1020.
However, my offspring has a WP7.5 phone, and unless WP8 is lightyears improved then the Lumia’s OS would drive me bananas. I was very pro-WP when it was mooted, but found it a serious disappointment. SImple things like setting different volumes for ringtone than for games, not possible. Mute the games and the phone won’t ring. Maybe they fixed that? Or the byzantine notification system - it is still a mystery to me how to discover if/how you have been messaged or contacted. You have obviously lived with WP for some time, so maybe you would find the reverse to be the case, and be bamboozled by Android?