The Samsung Galaxy Note II is a bestselling anomaly. When the original Galaxy Note arrived with a large 5.30 inch screen, industry analysts and experts said that it was simply too large, and the average smartphone shopper would not support it. The Galaxy Note went on to become a flagship phone for those carriers which offered it, and when the Galaxy Note II arrived with an even larger display, the naysayers were shaking their heads once more. Proven wrong for a second consecutive time, those industry analysts watched the Galaxy Note II with its large 5.55 inch display become a bestselling smartphone, even more popular than the original Galaxy Note.
The Samsung Galaxy Note II White is available for a reduced sale price now starting at $99.
And as the Samsung Galaxy Note II approaches its one year anniversary in October, the phone is still selling very well. The Verizon Galaxy Note II is retailing for around $99 on contract at Amazon, and some of the more popular features found on the big-screen phablet are centered around the large display and its native handwriting recognition technology. As you recall, the Galaxy Note arrived with a smart stylus Samsung calls the S Pen, which allows you to write, draw, take notes and even create original artwork right on the display.
The Galaxy Note II arrives with second generation native handwriting recognition support, but acting on complaints that the original S Pen was too slim and small, the smart stylus on the Galaxy Note II is thicker and longer. This provides a much more natural writing experience, even allowing you to write notes and draw on previously recorded videos. The large 5.55 inch True HD Super AMOLED display can also be divided into two separate windows, with the powerful quad core processor then allowing you to carry on two entirely different operations at the same time.
Surf the web or watch a video on one of your miniature displays, while composing an e-mail on the other. The Galaxy Note II has also received critical praise as a SAFE (Samsung Approved for Enterprise) business minded device, supporting Mobile Device Management (MDM), on-device encryption (ODE) and Virtual Private Networks (VPN). The handset was the first from Samsung to deliver the Jelly Bean 4.1 Android operating system out-of-the-box, and measures a slim 0.37 inches (9.3 mm) in thickness. Samsung smartly designed that large screen in a 16 to 9 aspect ratio, widely considered the best True HD viewing experience.
Resolution runs 720 by 1,280 pixels, with more than 16 million colors present on that display. The extended life 3,100 mA battery delivers a full 15.0 hours of talk time and 12.0 days of standby battery power from a single charge, while a Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) system chip handles device operations. Built around a quad core 1.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 central processor, the handset’s hardware package also includes a quad core ARM Mali-400 MP4 GPU, 2.0 GB of RAM memory, 16 GB of built-in storage and a microSD slot for storage expansion. Video capture runs 1,080P HD resolution on the rear facing 8.0 megapixel camcorder, a front facing video cam is also on board, as is a Stereo FM radio with RDS.
The Samsung Galaxy Note II White can be purchased at a discounted price tag now starting at $99.
