Although Samsung recently made a substantial financial loss after being ordered to pay a billion dollars to Apple in U.S. courts, the Korean manufacturer appears to be conducting business as usual after the unveiling a number of impressive devices at the IFA show. One of these is the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, a follow-up to the popular Galaxy Note.
Samsung has not yet confirmed the details as to when the Galaxy Note two will be launched, but international availability before the end of the year looks highly likely. If the launch of the original Galaxy Note is anything to go by, we can expect to see the device hit European, Asian and Middle Eastern markets way before the U.S. market. In the case of the original Galaxy Note, it was launched in the U.S. in February 2012, despite having been available since October 2011 in Germany.
Although no official launch date has been released, a number of UK networks have already made clear their intentions regarding the device. O2 and 3 have already stated that they will be carrying the device, and Everything Everywhere (a T-Mobile and Orange collaboration) has stated that they currently do not have any information regarding the Galaxy Note 2. Vodafone on the other hand has categorically stated that it has ‘no involvement with the Samsung Galaxy Note 2′.
So what features can expect to see in the Samsung Galaxy Note 2? As this is a follow up to the original Galaxy Note, we can of course expect to see a larger screen. At 5.5 inches it will be even larger than the 5.3 inch screen of its predecessor. A 1.6 GHz quad-core processor will make it one of the most powerful smartphones on the market, with more than double the processing power of the original Galaxy Note. The handset also includes an 8 megapixel camera, the latest version of the Android OS and the Galaxy Note’s trademark S-Pen, which is a stylus pen specifically optimised for the device’s larger screen.
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