Perfect viewing experience

The GALAXY Note II features a 5.5? (140.9mm) HD Super AMOLED screen, providing breathtaking visuals and crystal clear detail. Its 16:9 screen ratio ensures an immersive and enriched cinema-like video viewing experience, perfect for watching HD videos on-the-go. Its larger screen allows users to see content clearly and vividly, with much enhanced readability. In addition to the stunning content consumption experiences on a larger screen, users will also be able to accomplish more tasks efficiently and create content freely on-the-go, as the GALAXY Note II comes with a thinner and portable body.

Easy multitasking

Air View allows users to hover with the S Pen over an email, S Planner, image gallery, or video to preview the content without having to open it. This feature enables users to quickly search and see more information in one view without screen transitions.

Thanks to the breadth of the GALAXY Note II?s amazing viewing experience, a feature called Popup Note extends the concept of Popup Play, which lets users open an S Note instantly as a pop-up window anywhere on the screen. For example, when a user pulls out the S Pen during a phone call, the S Note application automatically pops up on the screen, allowing users to jot down a quick note.

In addition, the device?s new gesture pad feature, called Quick Command, lets users quickly activate frequently used apps with the S Pen. The command pad appears when a user just swipes upward on the screen with the S Pen button pressed. Users can quickly send an email, make a call, or search a location as they draw pre-registered marks on the command pad or register a unique mark to allow for quick and easy access.

Furthermore, users will be able to share their experiences with others quickly and easily using Screen Recorder. It allows users to record a whole sequence of actions taken on their screen ? a demonstration of how to use an application, for example ? and then share it with friends for comment, or just for fun.

Amazing expression tools ? Advanced S Pen & S Note

The new S Pen is longer, thicker and ergonomically designed for the perfect grip. Therefore, it provides a more precise, comfortable, and natural writing and drawing experience.

The S Pen?s advanced features also provide enhanced capabilities to capture ideas and inspirations instantly, and to combine handwriting with any digital content directly on the screen. By simply pressing the dedicated S Pen button, the S Pen magically recognizes that users want to clip or edit the selected content on the screen. The Easy Clip feature allows users to instantly outline and crop any content on the screen in any shape to save, share or paste. Once done cropping the image, users can freely edit the cropped content through coloring, shading, or their own personal handwriting. It is quick and easy.

Another amazing expression feature called Idea Visualizer allows users to easily add illustrations by handwriting keywords on the S Note. It provides illustration images that match the handwritten keywords. It?s a fancy illustration match function that will allow users to express, organize and visualize ideas in a more innovative and creative way. Users can even customize and add in their own illustrations library.

Powerful Performance at its best

Powering content creation, sharing and multitasking capabilities, the GALAXY Note II comes with the latest hardware technologies. A mighty 1.6GHz Quad-Core processor and HSPA Plus or 4G LTE connectivity delivers easy multitasking, lightning-fast screen transitions, powerful browser performance, and minimal app load time.

The GALAXY Note II is powered by Android? 4.1, Jelly Bean. This brings stunning graphical capabilities and an upgraded Google Now service, including new features such as contextual search, to the GALAXY Note II. The memory options are 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB with an expandable micro SD memory slot. Thanks to a 3,100mAh battery, users can enjoy multimedia content, always be productive on the go, and capture ideas whenever, wherever without suffering from power limitation.

The GALAXY Note II comes with an 8 megapixel rear-facing and 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera with HD video recording. The camera has great features like Buddy Photo Share, Burst Shot and Best Photo, which were introduced on the GALAXY S III earlier in the year. In addition to that, the GALAXY Note II features a unique camera function called Best Faces. Best Faces allows users to choose the most preferred face or pose of each person from group portrait photos. Users can also personalize photos by leaving handwritten notes on the backside of a photo using the S Pen. Handwritten Photo Notes can be shared with others in jpg format.

Easy tasking in one view

Don't settle for app-to-app switch functions. True multitasking is the backbone of Samsung's productivity features. The Pop Up feature lets you open useful applications as movable windows that you can place anywhere on the screen. This versatility means you are free to load other applications beneath it to browse online, connect with friends or plan your day. You can browse the web while keeping an eye on the football, with the touch of a button, the video will become a floating window on your display. You can do the same with web pages using Pop Up Web letting you open links without having to switch screens.

• Air View: conveniently and quickly browse your pictures without having to open any folders. Air View saves you time, energy, and makes it easier to manage your life?s contents.
• Popup Note: conveniently write down directions, phone numbers, and other information while on a call. Popup Note will intuitively open when you pull out the S Pen during a call.
• Quick Command: sending an email, calling or sending a text message to your friend, sharing the meeting location and so many other things have never been easier. Just write your command on the pad.

Simply amazing Expressions Tools

Be productive & creative with S Pen integration allowing you to capture ideas, combine handwriting with any digital content directly on the screen, even sign off your emails on the move. S Suggest even filters all the useful S Pen applications so you don?t have to look for them. S Pen has been dramatically enhanced from the original GALAXY Note. The new 8mm grip makes the S Pen a pleasure to hold. This combined with the new rubber tip and pressure sensitivity means it?s even more precise. Incredibly, the new Air View feature allows users access to a simple preview of the content including video, photo gallery, email, web browsing, and more.

• Easy clip: Click. Trace. Clip. Send. That?s all it takes to include what you want in email, messenger, S Note, and Scrapbook.
• Enhanced Handwriting: send handwritten notes via email. With the S Planner, you can hand write notes or memos to yourself. You?ll never miss your paper planner.
• Photo Note: add personalized handwritten notes on the back of your photos to help capture the moment.
• Enhanced S Pen/S Note: more writing tools and note pad templates to always match your creative style.

GALAXY Note II also includes AllShare Play and S Beam, all of which help users share their thoughts with multiple devices seamlessly.Instant and seamless sharing

Powerful Performance at its best

The latest Android operating system, Jelly Bean 4.1 is supported by a strong and powerful 1.6 GHz quad-core processor, a 5.5 inch large HD Super AMOLED screen, and a 3100 mAh battery, along with the device?s refined design and craftsmanship, all reflect Samsung?s signature hardware technology leadership.