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"Samsung announced Wednesday that the Samsung Galaxy Note II will be available by the holidays, arriving in stores by mid-November.\nExact pricing and retail availability will be individually announced by carriers. The phone will be available on five major carriers -\u2013 Verizon, AT&amp;T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and US Cellular.\nThe Galaxy Note II will be the first Samsung handset to launch running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.  The 5.5-inch phone has an HD Super AMOLED touchscreen, Samsung\u2019s Exynos\u2122 1.6 GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of built-in storage that is expandable to 64GB with an optional microSD card.\n\nSEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy Note II: Too Much of a Good Thing? [HANDS-ON]\nThe updated Note also comes with a new S pen stylus that when removed from the Note II launches an S Pen menu with one-touch access to S Pen applications.\nThe stylus has been modified from the previous version, now with a boxier look to prevent it from rolling. The pen knows when you\u2019re holding above the phone\u2019s screen, and has a number of pen-specific apps that are deigned to really make the S Pen shine.\nThe phone also has a new Samsung camera feature called \u201CBest Faces\u201D which allows you to take a series of group photos and then pick the \u201Cbest face\u201D for different people to be combined into the ultimate photo. \nWhat do you think of the Galaxy Note II? Are you planning on picking one of the phones up later this year? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.\n\n\nSamsung Galaxy Note II Hands On\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSamsung Galaxy Note II\nSamsung's Galaxy Note II has larger screen than the first as well as an improved stylus. However, like other Samsung mobile devices, the number of features is starting to become overwhelming.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCompared to Original Note\nThe new Note has a 5.5-inch screen to the original's 5.3 incher.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDifferent Stylus\nThe stylus on the new Note is thicker and has a design that's squared off to prevent rolling.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStylii, Side by Side\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApp Array, Angle View\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGalaxy Note II With Stylus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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