The Galaxy Note II 4G phablet has helped Samsung to two consecutive quarters of record breaking profits. The handset has been a bestseller for those wireless retailers which offer it, and still continues to sell well. Making the True HD Galaxy Note II smartphone/tablet an even more attractive purchase is the recent retail price drops seen at nearly all of the wireless carriers where the handset is offered. Those price reductions come on the heels of rampant rumors surrounding the Galaxy Note 3 which is due to arrive late this year.
The Samsung Galaxy Note II is available for a reduced sale price now starting at $49.99.
Such speculation as the first handset to arrive in a flexible, unbreakable form factor has been noted on multiple tech blogs recently. And though the Galaxy Note 3 will probably not arrive before the fourth quarter of this year, retailers have dropped the price tag of the popular Galaxy Note II substantially. One of the features that is most appealing to mobile handset buyers is the ability to split the huge display on the Galaxy Note II into two equally sized windows. This offers a nearly limitless amount of multimedia, multitasking and productivity applications.
You could, for example, surf the web on one half of the split screen while composing e-mails on the other. Or perhaps you would like to watch a movie while browsing the Internet, or download an application in one window while checking Facebook on the second. Also, the split window affect allows interaction between the two windows. You can drag-and-drop, cut and paste and perform several other multitouch, capacitive gestures, effectively using the split screen as if you were on two different Internet capable devices which interact with each other.
The handset offers NFC wireless access out-of-the-box, as well as 4G LTE capabilities. The Galaxy Note II smartphone is also the first handset from Samsung to deliver the Jelly Bean 4.1 Android operating system out-of-the-box, and the native handwriting recognition technology which debuted with the original Galaxy Note has returned with the smart stylus S Pen in the Galaxy Note II phablet.
The large 5.55 inch Super AMOLED display delivers a resolution of 720 x 1,280 pixels, offering more than 16 million independent colors at the rate of 265 pixels per inch. Your display is protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass, and the CPU driving the multitasking capabilities of the Galaxy Note II is a quad core 1.6 GHz Exynos chip. The handset also offers a quad core GPU and 2.0 GB of RAM, and the 16 gigabytes of internal storage can be expanded with a microSD slot. A front facing chat cam provides video call support, and video capture runs 1,080P HD resolution with the rear facing 8.0 megapixel camcorder.
You can purchase the Galaxy Note II at a discounted price tag now starting at $49.99.
