The Samsung Galaxy Note II large screen smartphone landed on the Sprint wireless network on October 25. The handset delivers the Jelly Bean Android 4.1 operating system, a slim profile, the largest high resolution touch screen of any smartphone, and a powerful quad core processor. The handset is also Samsung Approved For Enterprise and business (SAFE), as it includes additional security features which safeguard your sensitive personal and business data and communications. You have your choice of titanium gray or marble white body color, and the handset currently retails for around $99 on contract during the Amazon Wireless holiday sale.
The first Samsung smartphone to launch delivering Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the Sprint Galaxy Note II returns the popular S Pen smart stylus which debuted with native handwriting recognition technology on the original Galaxy Note. Simply remove the S Pen from its holster, and the S Pen menu automatically launches your most used applications. The S Pen and multitouch capacitive screen allow you to draw, create original artwork, jot down messages and write in your own handwriting wherever you originally had to type out text on the keyboard, even while in the middle of a voice call.
The Sprint Galaxy Note II delivers the Samsung TouchWiz UI Android overlay that works in lockstep with Jelly Bean 4.1, and the handset is slim at 0.37 inches (9.3 mm). The large 5.55 inch display offers an above average pixel density of 265 pixels every inch, displaying more than 16 million different colors to the 720 x 1,280 pixel screen. True HD viewing is possible thanks to the 16 to 9 aspect screen ratio, and talk time runs exceptionally high for a smartphone with such battery hungry hardware and software, at 15.0 hours provided from a single battery charge.
The chip set is a Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) package, and at its core is a quad core 1.6 GHz CPU. Handling all the graphics processing is an ARM Mali-400 MP4 (quad core) GPU, and the Sprint Galaxy Note II comes with a full 2.0 GB of RAM system memory installed. 16 GB of data storage are on board, and the microSD slot allows for storage expansion. DLNA video out is provided, popular applications Facebook, Twitter, Picasa and YouTube have been pre-installed, and the handset is Near Field Communications (NFC) capable out-of-the-box.
The Sprint Galaxy Note II delivers simultaneous voice and data access on the new Sprint 4G LTE network, and the handset can also function as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot for multiple wireless devices. Built into the front of the Galaxy Note II phablet is a chat cam of 1.9 megapixels, and around back is a camcorder of 8.0 megapixels. That rear facing camcorder comes equipped with an LED flash and back illuminated sensor (BSI) for low light operation, and it records video at a rate of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels (1,080p HD), with the front facing chat cam providing video call support.
