Samsung confirms Galaxy Note 2 for August 29th
Samsung has confirmed that it will be unveiling the next generation of Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone next month. The successor to the Galaxy Note will be unveiled at Samsung event in Berlin, Germany on August 29th. The confirmation follows past rumours surrounding the device, said to have an even larger screen than its 5.3-inch predecessor. Now it’s official.
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 leaked via twitter
A company spokesperson confirmed the reveal to Reuters, saying: “We plan to unveil the next Galaxy Note at the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event in Berlin on August 29.”
The date coincides with an event that Samsung has been inviting the media to at German consumer electronics show IFA – a venue that Samsung has in the past used to launch new smartphones. It was where the first Samsung Galaxy Note was unveiled, after all.
Word of a Galaxy Note successor was originally leaked by the Samsung Arabia Twitter account back in June, in a message asking Samsung fans if they were excited about “GalaxyNote2.” The message was swiftly deleted.
Samsung has yet to confirm anything else about the new Galaxy Note. Rumours suggest that it will have a larger 5.5-inch screen, 12-megapixel camera, a faster quad-core processor, and the latest Android 4.1 “Jelly Bean” operating system.
As tablets appear to be getting smaller (see the 7-inch Galaxy Nexus 7 and rumoured 7-inch iPad mini) smartphones appear to be getting larger in size. Despite its dimensions, the current Samsung Galaxy Note has proven popular, but how about an even larger Galaxy Note, gadget fans? Is 5.5-inches too big for a smartphone? What do you hope to see from a Samsung Galaxy Note 2? Let us know in the comments below.
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Robin Caira03 August 2012
Where laptops and mobiles collide - one a large device for accessing internet and gaming the other a miniture mobile that will easily fit in your pocket when out and about, cycling, jogging etc. The laptops got smaller to tablet size and the mobile has got larger to enable web surfing and gaming. It was inevitable I suppose that they would end up meeting somewhere in the middle with a compromise. Is that compromise just a bit too big for a mobile and a tad too small for a tablet? Some may prefer the smaller mobiles but would like the ability to have something a bit larger for web access and gaming. The problem I see is that you can't have both unless you have two accounts, one for your tablet and one for your mobile. OK, so the next hurdle to get over, and perhaps this may be a "eureka" moment, is that of being able to have a SIM in both devices that utilises the same account. I could then use my tablet at home, on holiday, etc for web access and gaming and still have access to the network via my SIM but I can also have a small mobile to use for calls, text and twitter etc that don't require large screens, all from the same account using my allowances for both devices. I guess the network operators wouldn't like it ;-) So if someone can invent one of those, I'd be grateful. Remember, you heard it here first. Robin
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