Samsung Galaxy Note II out in November

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Samsung's Galaxy Note II, a 5.5-inch-screen phone/tablet (termed by some as a "phablet"),?will be available in the U.S. by mid-November, the company said Wednesday.

Pricing was not announced, but Samsung said the Galaxy?Note II will be available from?AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular. The original Galaxy Note goes for around $200 with a new ?two-year contract with a carrier.

The Galaxy Note II?will also be the first Samsung phone to use the latest version of Android, 4.1, also known as Jelly Bean.

The original Galaxy Note has a 5.3-inch screen, but the Note II's screen will be 5.5 inches, narrower and longer than the first version. The HD Super AMOLED touchscreen has a 16:9 aspect ratio. A faster processor is being used?? a?1.6 GHz quad-core processor, compared to the current model's?1.4?GHz dual-core processor.

The Note ? part phone, part tablet ??has been a hit for Samsung, which has sold more than 10 million of the devices worldwide in its first year.

It uses a stylus, called the S Pen, and Samsung says for the Note II, the stylus has been "ergonomically redesigned to provide a more precise and natural writing and drawing experience. The new S Pen can sense 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity, four times more than the original S Pen."

The Samsung Galaxy Note II will come in two colors:?"Marble White" and "Titanium Gray."

To learn more, visit Samsung's website.

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Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-out-november-1B5981379

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