![]() ![]() Included with the Note II was a fairly extensive documentation pack, a pair of ear-buds with interchangeable ear-cups, a micro-USB cable and a charger. What you see pictured here is the T-Mobile version of the Samsung Galaxy Note II, model T-889. More on the screen and S-Pen in just a little bit, though.īefore we dig into the Note II, we should show you what’s included with the device. The S-Pen is similar to the stylus offered with the Note 10.1 tablet and offers additional functionality and precision, versus clumsy finger input. At 5.5” diagonally, the screen is gigantic next to virtually every other modern smartphone on the market today. The standout features with the Note II are obviously its large screen and S-pen stylus. An accelerometer, digital compass, flash, gyroscope and 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (2.4 & 5 GHz) are also standard equipment, as is support for the majority of 3G and 4G network types in the U.S., including LTE. In addition, the Note II sports an easily accessible microSD card slot for users looking to expand their storage options or easily transfer files to the device. The storage configurations are standard for the current crop of high-end smartphones, but 2GB of RAM is a definite plus in a sea of 1GB or 512MB equipped devices. The Galaxy Note II also features 16/32/64GB of internal storage and 2GB of RAM. The combination of the high-performing Exynos 4 Quad and a high-capacity battery culminate in a device that not only put up some of the best performance numbers we’ve seen from an Android-based device, but excellent battery life as well. In the Galaxy Note II, the Exynos 4 Quad chip (and the rest of the Note II’s components) are linked to a relatively large 3100mAh, 3.8v battery. It’s the same chip used in the international version of the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. ![]() The chip features quad, ARM Cortex-A9 cores, clocked at up to 1.6GHz, with an ARM Mali-400 MP4 GPU and a 32-bit dual-channel memory controller. The Exynos 4 Quad was referred to internally as the Exynos 4412. The Samsung Exynos 4 Quad at the heart of the Galaxy Note II proved to be a beast of a SoC. Samsung has powered this device with a proprietary SoC that, as you’ll see a little later, offers excellent performance. Not only does it pack a quad-core SoC and 2GB of RAM, but it’s outfitted with a gigantic (relatively speaking) screen and the latest version of Google’s Android mobile OS, a.k.a. The list of specifications above put the Samsung Galaxy Note II among an elite group of smartphones. ![]() MDM(Sybase Afaria, MobileIron, SOTI, Good).Accelerometer, RGB Light, Digital Compass, Proximity, Gyro, Barometer.Smart Stay, Direct claa, Screen Recorder, Quick Glance.Samsung ChatOn mobile communication service.Codec: MP3, OGG, WMA, AAC, ACC+, eAAC+, AMR(NB,WB), MIDI, WAV, AC-3, Flac.Format: 3GP(MP4), WMV(ASF), AVI, FLV, MKV, WebM.Sub (Front) : 1.9 Megapixel VT Camera, BSI.Main (Rear) : 8 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash, BSI.Bluetooth v 4.0 (Apt-X Codec support) LE.Quick Command, Easy Clip, Photo Note, Paper Artist.S Note, S Planner, Email with hand-writing integration.3G: HSPA+21Mbps (HSDPA 21Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps). ![]() As you’ll see, they’re pretty impressive. First up though, is a quick look at the Galaxy Note II’s main features and specifications. We’ve had a T-Mobile compatible version of the Galaxy Note II in house for testing and have our impressions and results posted on the pages ahead. An international version of the device has been available for some time, but variants compatible with most of the major wireless carriers here in the states will become available shortly. Today Samsung is launching the Galaxy Note II in the U.S. And what do you get when the first product in an unchartered market is a success? A sequel, that’s what. In fact, by mid-August Samsung had sold over 10 million Galaxy Notes worldwide, making it an unmitigated success. In spite of the widespread criticisms of the original Galaxy Note’s form factor, a funny thing happened-Samsung sold a boatload of the devices. It wasn’t quite large enough to be a full-blown tablet, but was considered too big by some to be called a smartphone, hence “phablet”. The 5.3” screen on the original Note looked simply gargantuan next to anything else available on the market at the time, leading many folks to call the original Note a “phablet”. When it was first introduced, many reviewers, analysts, and industry pundits scoffed at the device’s relatively large form factor. The original Samsung Galaxy Note was a bit of an oddity in the smartphone market. ![]()
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