Most every 4G smartphone is touchscreen enabled, allowing you to use your fingertips to navigate the device. And in that way, the True HD 720P Galaxy Note II is typical of other smartphone offerings. But the handset also comes equipped with a smart stylus Samsung calls the S Pen, which integrates native handwriting technology with the display, allowing you to draw, doodle, write and create original artwork in your own hand. Also, when working with other applications the handset allows for voice activation guidance and operation.
The Samsung Galaxy Note II is available for a reduced sale price now starting at $99.99.
And the Galaxy Note II smartphone even delivers a fourth type of interaction, with a contextual awareness built into the display. This allows you to hover your finger or the stylus just above the screen, displaying previews of links and websites, and other information. You get a glimpse at the content you are about to access, making you more productive. The Galaxy Note II is an excellent multitasker as well, and the split screen feature allows you to divide the large 5.55 inch display into two equal parts.
You can either conduct entirely independent operations on those two split screen displays, or integrate the two, moving back and forth between applications or operations. The contextual awareness built into the larger and thicker S Pen also causes a pop-up menu to appear with S Pen capable operations when the stylus is pulled from its cradle. That technology also allows you to set audible and visual alerts, which notifies you when the handset moves too far away from the stylus.
The Samsung Galaxy Note II is the first handset from that manufacturer to offer the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system out-of-the-box, and the phone is powered by a speedy quad core processor. Sprint recently reduced the retail price of the Galaxy Note II smartphone/tablet to $99 on contract, and the handset arrived on the new Sprint 4G LTE network in late October of last year. Sprint has since grown that system in the United States to more than 58 major markets, and vows nationwide coverage by the end of 2013.
Though the display is one of the largest in the entire smartphone marketplace, the handset is slim at 0.37 inches (9.3 mm). The 5.55 inch Gorilla Glass protected Super AMOLED screen offers a resolution of 720 x 1,280 pixels, and is aligned in a 16 to 9 aspect ratio. The CPU is a quad core Exynos processor clocked at 1.6 GHz, and the handset delivers 2.0 GB of RAM memory, a quad core GPU and 16 GB of internal storage. A microSD slot allows for extra storage space, and the rear facing 8.0 megapixel camera records high resolution video at a rate of 1,080P HD.
You can purchase the Galaxy Note II at a discounted price tag now starting at $99.99.
