Samsung’s Galaxy Note II: Key features beyond Jelly Bean

Samsung announced a new version of the Galaxy Note, an offbeat, oversized smartphone/phablet at the iconic consumer electronics show IFA 2012, currently underway in Berlin.

Samsung’s new device, the Galaxy Note II has a 5.5-inch (14-centimeter) screen with AMOLED touchscreen and 1280 x 720 pixel density. The new device is narrower but longer than the first version of the Note. It comes with a super-fast, 1.6 GHz quad-core processor with 2GB RAM. It also has an 8 megapixel AF/ Touchfocus camera with full HD video recording and playback and front camera with 1.9 megapixels.

The phablet, will come in three versions, namely 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. Both the 16 and 32 GB versions can be expanded to 64GB and the device is 4G enabled.

The big plus: The smartphone will come with Android 4.1 aka Jelly Bean, so for users who’ve been waiting to test out Android’s latest OS, this device is the one to get.

Samsung announced a new version of the Galaxy Note, an offbeat, oversized smartphone/phablet at the IFA 2012 in Berlin. Reuters

The other key feature of the smartphone is the stylus, which is designed to making writing, drawing etc much easier for those aren’t too fond of touch-screens. Samsung Electronics Co says it has shipped 10 million first-generation Galaxy Note smartphone in one year. Samsung says the new phone will go on sale in Europe and Asia in October. The price of the device has not been revealed.

According to Tech2.com, the Note II comes with Air View, which allows users to hover the S Pen approximately 10mm over the surface of the device and then lets your preview emails, S Planner, image gallery, or video to preview without having to open it. Samsung has definitely notched it up with this version of the Note.

It seems that the new stylus or the S Pen also comes with advanced capabilities. Users have the option of adding Quick Commands to their stylus and can also simply press the S Pen button,to clip or edit selected content on the screen.