Galaxy Note II: Industry analysts who usually are omnipotent when making predictions about the smartphone marketplace were off by a mile back when they expressed their thoughts about the large screen Galaxy Note. That handset arrived with a massive screen, and industry experts and pundits stated that it simply was too large. Proving them wrong, the Galaxy Note roared out to more than 7 million global units sold by June of this year, and the follow-up, the Galaxy Note II has actually followed admirably in those successful footsteps.
Stretching the screen to an even larger 5.55 inches, the largest found on any smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Note II running on the Sprint 4G LTE network has plummeted in price to a very attractive $99 on contract during the annual Amazon holiday sale. The Galaxy Note II is the first smartphone designed by the South Korean consumer-electronics manufacturer to provide Android’s 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system out-of-the-box. A faster and smoother user interface, less clutter on the Android home screens, better camera operation and other improvements are provided by Jelly Bean.
The handset launched on October 25 on the new Sprint 4G LTE system, and its quad core processor and double the standard amount of RAM memory offered by a mobile handset increase your productivity and multitasking abilities on that speedy 4G network. For instance, you can now jot down messages using the smart stylus S Pen or take directions without interrupting a voice call. You can also watch videos or movies while shooting out e-mails or text messages, and even while surfing the web.
Samsung has added their popular TouchWiz UI Android overlay to the Jelly Bean operating system, and even though the screen is the largest found on any smartphone, the Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II 4G is thin at 0.37 inches (9.3 mm). The 5.55 inch Super AMOLED screen is protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 2, and allows for true high definition video viewing with its 16 to 9 aspect ratio. Resolution runs high at 720 x 1,280 pixels, with more than 16 million colors present on that display.
Talk time is well above average at 15.0 hours from a single battery charge, and the powerful quad core central processor of the Sprint Galaxy Note II has been clocked at 1.6 GHz. The system chip is a Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) package, and a full 2.0 GB of RAM system memory is included. 16 GB of data storage are built-in, with a microSD slot providing storage expansion. The handset provides video call capabilities with the front facing chat cam, and the rear mounted 8.0 megapixel camcorder offers video capture at 1,080P HD resolution with a slew of customization features.
You can purchase the Samsung Galaxy Note II for Sprint now starting at $99.99.
