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[Galaxy Note II General] rowee270:
Obviously english isn't their first language so I wouldn't call it a credible source. But then again the asian markets might know more than we do.

And I could imagine an extra 0.2" screen added to the current design without increasing the phone's size.

Since the Note was designed as a niche product I doubt they planned a 1 year turnaround for the next version. I don’t think a Note 2 that only brings it up to speed with the Galaxy S3 is enough of an upgrade. But Samsung do seem fast in pumping out the hardware so who knows?

I just wish they fix the issues with the Note 1 first!
[Galaxy Note II General] darthmaul40:
I think that the information within the post is quite reasonable and possible the only thing that I think might not happen is the timescale.

I can not see any evidence of a credible source so I think like others this is speculative. I do like the picture and the general philosophy I think that if it is not true then Samsung should take some notes.
[Galaxy Note II General] muhtesem insan:
I'll probably skip this and buy note 3. Improvements are not worth paying that much money.
[Galaxy Note II General] erikwervo:
well i dont think galaxy note 2 will be out october.

samsung galaxy note 10" is around the corner. most probably thats gonna be the only note variant that we will see this year. but who knows :cool:
[Galaxy Note II General] vcespon:
+1

What about removing the half-centimeter plastic above the screen where the SAMSUNG logo is? It's already on the back cover, we don't need so much publicity, this is not a formula 1 car.

Iphones do not have "Apple" printed in the front and back.
[Galaxy Note II General] Bingoig11:
If true, my Note will be for sale in October lol :D
[Galaxy Note II General] panyan:
the design is horrendous!

the note is a lovely black square slab of stylish professionalism

the gs3 is a polished plasticky childs toy and now theyre gonna ruin the note 2 :mad:
[Galaxy Note II General] daxmedflax:
I opened link to read the "article". Got as far as the very first line; 'When the Galaxy Note 2 will released...' and closed the browser. SMH. Spam blog
[Galaxy Note II General] Pavel7:
+2

There's plenty of room for improvements, like sticking the speaker to the top.
[Galaxy Note II General] Akiainavas:
"The Galaxy Note 2 design will be similar to its smaller bother, the Galaxy S3 and above you can see an image to get an idea how it will look like."

I hope not...although it seems very likely. I really hate this "pebblish" look of S3, and i hope Note 2 won't share that look.

"What about removing the half-centimeter plastic above the screen where the SAMSUNG logo is? It's already on the back cover, we don't need so much publicity, this is not a formula 1 car.

Iphones do not have "Apple" printed in the front and back."

Maybe not, but have you seen the size of iPhone's 4 top and bottom bezel ? Why is it so big ? ( Apple: to leave space for magical and revolutionary 4" display. World: wow, apple invented 4 inches size, amazing! )
[Galaxy Note II General] izi_:
That is kinda funny some of you ppl not even get full use of first Note but already buying second version :)
[Galaxy Note II General] Xalies:
That statement doesn't sound racist at all ;)

There is alot more Mandarin speakers than English... and how could you forget the little known South Korean business called Samsung
[Galaxy Note II General] Mize:
Predecessor? That'd be quite the trick to have the GN2 come before the GN!
[Galaxy Note II General] janice1234:
fail? i think you are refer to yourself then. go get a life dude :cool:
[Galaxy Note II General] g2tegg:
Dual core processor and 1.5Gb of ram? Please. S3 is quad core. Samsung would be a fool to release a top notch phone (I wouldn't be surprised if the Note 2 will have as much hype as the S3) with last years technology. Especially with the rumors of LG releasing a quad core / 2Gb ram phone sometime this year.

This articles are a useless. Unless there is evidence of hardware being manufactured or even a bezel these rumors are such a waste of time. Remember the iPhone 5 rumors? Bigger screen, more ram bla bla bla. Apple release a 4s.
[Galaxy Note II General] kailashnj:
I am game for the note 2 if there are features of S3 and a slightly bigger screen with a 4000MAH battery and still they are able to keep the overall size like the current note.
[Galaxy Note II General] ghill55:
The dual-core Exynos 5250 is Samsung's most advanced SoC, much better than the quad-core Exynos 4412 in the S III. Definitely NOT last year's technology.
[Galaxy Note II General] beestee:
I still do not understand the proliferation of multi-core processing in phones, especially quad-core...I can barely utilize a quad-core processor on my desktop when it has 16 GBs of RAM, how is a phone supposed to do anything with that level of processing when it only has 2 GBs of "RAM"?
[Galaxy Note II General] sujal:
I do understand it though.

For 85% of the people (I made that number up :P), for them more cores = more power = better processing AND bragging rights.

For 5%, they have an idea about how the phone works and some kind of knowledge about the hardware. For them, more may not be necessarily better.

For the rest 10%, they just need a phone to use as a phone, so there exist dumbphones and that fruit phone.. And the fruit phone can be used as an app drawer too!: D
[Galaxy Note II General] ramabg:
Shut up and take my money ! So Galaxy Note 2 will have retina display ?
[Galaxy Note II General] izi_:
You can have multiple cores procesor but without software using them its usless its just a toy apart from this a big problem is the way of android multitasking...
[Galaxy Note II General] sujal:
Retina Display is nothing but a screen with 326ppi. I just hate this gimmicky name. Anyways, I think note 2 will have a screen much better than any retina, pupil or iris display. :)

Galaxy S 3 has a 306ppi screen, that too a 4.8 inch screen. Note 2 would be around 5.5 inch I think it would be around 300-315ppi.
[Galaxy Note II General] KingKuba13:
Not if its pentile.
[Galaxy Note II General] Kangal:
Interesting read (/s)....

I don't know this guy, but I think his report is more accurate:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26920096&postcount=74

; )
[Galaxy Note II General] thehackersz:
Probably 2.0Ghz Dual-Core Exynos 5250
[Galaxy Note II General] lurchbyrep:
This is just preference. Personally, I don't feel Pentile to be that great of a drawback. But maybe your eyes are better than mine. As for the current resolution on the Note, it is pleasing to my ocular senses, though a little more wouldn't hurt. Anything close to the 306ppi of the S3, so long as AMOLED is kept, will be acceptable to me for a flagship-level device. The resolution of the iPhone 4(S) displays are actually past the point at which the human eye can perceive increased detail. True RGB will come to our huge HD screens eventually, but for now, I will take 720p AMOLED over Retina LCD any day. I personally just love the vibrant colors we get. Worth it.
[Galaxy Note II General] lurchbyrep:
Would be awesome, but I'm not banking on it. More likely to me would be an overclocked Exynos Quad 4. I imagine Samsung will hold the 5250 for another S device. I hope I'm wrong.
[Galaxy Note II General] hajime_android:
How likely will it have the Black Crush and Clipping problem?
[Galaxy Note II General] Tom-Helge:
I'm throwing my money on my PC screen, but nothing's happening
[Galaxy Note II General] LordManhattan:
Too soon? The Note got released in october 2011, so it'll be one year between them. It's not our fault that the US got it this year. And why should Samsung care about when the consumers buy their products? It's business. Should Samsung send out a mass email and ask people if they're ready for a new model?

I don't know which part of Narnia you're from, but it doesn't work like that on earth.
[Galaxy Note II General] KingKuba13:
The HTC "note" will be coming this fall/winter so I'm sure Samsung will bring out the Note 2 sooner than most people believe in this thread.

I think this might be the phone that the S3 was supposed to be if not the HTC with 2.5ghz Krait adreno 320 won't be a bad second choice.
[Galaxy Note II General] kwelito_88:
This is good news
[Galaxy Note II General] knightnz:
Source(s)?

It all sounds like wild speculation. The "mock up" picture is total guesswork and totally pointless.

5.5" would be ok if they manage to increase the screen without increasing the overall size of the device (i.e - by reducing bezel thickness) otherwise it's starting to get a bit unwieldy.

Faster CPU, better quality display, stretch it vertically to get the extra .2" & have it be a true 16:9 perhaps, add a RGB notification light like the SGS3 maybe. There's not really a great deal that they can improve on other than the usual iterative stuff that they've done from the SGS2-->SGS3.

---------- Post added at 04:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:53 PM ----------

The picture is a mockup only, not official. There's good odds it'd have much the same plasticy design though given how closely the Note followed the SGS2 I'd imagine.
[Galaxy Note II General] tbong777:
Actually Its always a good thing to get an upgraded device. No one ever said upgrades should only come every two years. Within a year is fine IF the upgrade is significant. This is just enough "speculation" to keep me from buying an S3 for the next few months as more information is speculated and even leaked.

Note 1 is not a fail. In fact many who bought them will love an early Note II release especially after seeing the S3 offerings. Many Note owners jumped to the S3....I think they will be sorry or at least will have a great device to sell for the Note II

As far as design.....meh. I don't wear my phones I use them ..inside out...and don't keep them long enough to care much about how they look.
[Galaxy Note II General] foxmeister:
I agree - at the resolution of the Note, Pantiles simply isn't an issue for *most* users. Sure, there will also be some for whom it truly is an issue, but for the vast majority of us it simply isn't.

For the Notes screen, all this nonsense about "effective resolution	and PPI" is simply that - nonsense.

The PPI of the Note is what it's claimed to be, because PPI is "per pixel", not "per sub-pixel". The fact that some sub-pixels are "shared" is immaterial.

Yes, Pentile can introduce some artifacts, but these at far more prevalent at lower resolutions than the Notes screen, and if the Note 2 has a similarly sized screen and a higher resolution, the potential for visible artifacts drops dramatically - compare the.Nexus One's screen to the Note and you will see.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Note II General] alexdumitru:
I can't wait for Samsung to make an official announcement. Note 2 will probably be my next smartphone.
[Galaxy Note II General] robb13:
If you want to read about this in spanish. Visit my blog in my signature. Can't wait to have a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 :D
[Galaxy Note II General] jyokota:
Let me have a Quad .

Don't want to be a hater. I just want to upgrade.

Dell Streak 5 (single) -> Galaxy Note (Dual) -> Galaxy Note 2 (Quad, right?)

I'd hate for it to get passed up…. HTC One X, Meizu MX (Quad), and more.. Probably iPhone

CNET: Nvidia anticipates 30 quad-core phones in 2012
[Galaxy Note II General] :
Rumor: Galaxy Note 2 to be released in October with 5.5-inch display and 2 GHz Exynos 5250 chipset <- From AndroidAuthority.com!

It would be awesome if it did come with this specs :D
[Galaxy Note II General] vansmuk:
Gotta love all the "quad-core" hopes and dreams. U realize that there's been quad-cores for PC for years now and there's hardly ANY software that takes ANY advantage of them (apart from some bechmark tools). a dual a15 and u'll be top notch for at least a couple of years:)

One more thing. Note was so similar to SG II simply due to the lack of better hardware to install at the time (at least they gave us the new Broadcom GPS with GLONASS, etc.) and the safe-play by sammy. Note 2 WILL differ from the s3 (SoC-wise) for two reasons. Allegedly, there IS updated hardware available and samsung is no longer shooting in the dark. They have a highly demanded product and plenty of competition in the niche to try and be as competitive as possible.

Or do you think they rushed those new exynos SoC's just to have them in stock ;)

just my two cents. .
[Galaxy Note II General] aalupatti:
5.5 inch screen size can be justified - 5.3 inch for screen and 0.2 inch for the onscreen buttons.
[Galaxy Note II General] panyan:
i read that wrong and i thought you said:

:p
[Galaxy Note II General] jyokota:
:)

I'll be waiting. I'm just hoping that they keep the Galaxy Note (5.X") line.
[Galaxy Note II General] pachi72:
1.5 RAM? The Note 2 needs at least 2gb of RAM....
[Galaxy Note II General] nandihno:
until theres more credible source i just cant believe ..

sure there will be a note 2 but thats as much as i want to believe.

guys..remember all this comes from a post of some one who is imagining stuff..

there is no credible source being given it just says "source" as in a blogger who was bored in the interwebs and that wanted some hits on his page.

now..he is getting it..and all the adverstiment he is getting

:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note II General] seeingwhite:
Yup, and now cnet has even picked up on the "story".

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_...aster-samsung-galaxy-note-tipped-for-october/ Too funny.

For those commenting on hopes for a quad core: the dual-core 5250 is much more of an upgrade than the quad core 4412 (found in the intl. Galaxy S3). A9 generation architecture vs newer A15. Here is a good article that explains why 5250 is so awesome. http://androidandme.com/2012/03/news/a-closer-look-at-samsungs-killer-2-ghz-exynos-5250/
[Galaxy Note II General] CGI_Ram:
October seems early.

Larger screen doesn't seem impossible if the physical size remains the same. This device is niche... so physical size matters.

I'd probably prefer a faster 2 core... but the appeal of 4 core specs probably sells more devices. Some ppl buy based on those kind of specs.... 4 is better than 2, etc.

The Note is my device now and going forward. I look fwd to the next gen.
[Galaxy Note II General] LordManhattan:
Samsung Galaxy S3 with 2GB of RAM Confirmed for Canada

Yeah, i guess and hope it'll have 2GB.
[Galaxy Note II General] nandihno:
Lol funny that the original source says...

from

http://ubuntulife.net/samsung-galaxy-note-2-release-date/
[Galaxy Note II General] Arrancamos:
If they receive my Note 1 plus some $$ from my pocket and then I get a Note 2, that would be a great upgrade... An smooth one!

Don't tell me to sell it first and then get a Note 2 because I'm not a seller :p
[Galaxy Note II General] shaoran_ojo:
All I need is

true black

on 5.5" or 6" screen!! and maybe more things to play with S-pen. :D

If these were true... I'd difinitely buy it on first date. (maybe a little more Ram.... 2GB please)
[Galaxy Note II General] Kangal:
What would you prefer?

A) Quadcore Exynos with 2GB RAM.

B) Dualcore A15 Exynos with 1GB RAM.

(I'm inclined to stick with

_
[Galaxy Note II General] foxmeister:
Given the Note will be a year old around October, i'd say the timeframe is about right.

Also, whilst it may have started off as a niche product, it has sold like a mainstream one.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Note II General] muntinlupa:
Apple is rumored to make announcement in September so for Samsung to have thier turn on October is good timing. Remember what happened before when Samsung apparently delayed Galaxy 10.1 release after the ipad 2 was announced?
[Galaxy Note II General] Final5k:
Hmmm I doubt that the Note2 will be out in October. Really, the S3 is just out on the streets and I think Samsung will try to squeeze as much money from the market before jumping to the Note 2. They definitely have a planning for each flagship phone and to release the Note2 just a few months after the S3 seem to be a bad strategy. I am thinking maybe by December or 1st quarter of 2013.
[Galaxy Note II General] iakovl:
Just remove the unnecessary buttons

Sent from N7000 with paranoid 0.1
[Galaxy Note II General] brooon:
If you refer to the hardware buttons on the note, they are in no way unnecessary to me! :rolleyes: I really dislike this software button hype...less screen, just one hardware button left to wake the phone up, in-burn problems etc etc...

just my 2 cents :cool:
[Galaxy Note II General] yznhmr:
How about a SPRINT version of either..:D
[Galaxy Note II General] carbonassassin:
I think it needs a quad core :/ you may disagree but with a bigger screen and larger resolution I think you will see a toll on UI smoothness. Although I haven't seen the performance of the supposed dual core so I may be totally wrong xd I really hate the idea of software buttons though.

Sent from my GT-N700 running LiquidSmooth and Carbon Tweaks
[Galaxy Note II General] gyrene2083:
@yznhmr - Hell yeah I'm with you!!! But being that they are doing the Galaxy 3 on all carriers, it would make sense to do the same for the Note 2, don't you think?
[Galaxy Note II General] leafsacc:
I'm also thinking of skipping a generation (or maybe not:rolleyes:). There is a Galaxy Note killer rumoured the HTC One XXLL or something like that? (maybe XXXL).
[Galaxy Note II General] morphiend:
i was going to leave sprint to get the s3 on verizon but they're jerking me around and holding out on their double data promotion. oh well, the phone i really wanted was the note 2 anyways so i guess i'm going back to att. my evo4g is holding up quite nicely and i have no doubt it can carry me to the end of the year.

my only requests for the note2 are:

dual core exynos 5250 (anyone who wants quad a9's over dual a15's is crazy)

or

krait pro with adreno 320 gpu.

the new exynos is a generational leap. the difference will be MASSIVE over what's out right now.

"No consumer devices have used the ARM Mali-T604 GPU, so we don’t have a lot to compare it with. However, Samsung says it will offer about a 400% improvement over the current Mali-400 GPU found in the current Galaxy S II models."

a 3000+ mah battery couldn't hurt either..1.5 vs 2 gb of ram is insignificant to me as long as it has one of the new soc's.

any hope the transformer book is coming out around the same time? my wallet will be hurting if it does :D
[Galaxy Note II General] shai32:
I think even if all the estimations will be true (bigger screen, 4 quad, galaxy s3 design and etc.) I will still not upgrade mine.

Galaxy Note, it's that good that I can't point to something in the hardware that must change.

It's fast, thin and has a gorgeous screen.

I thing a new and better version of android will be much more experience boost.

And if someone clean a little bit the android market to raise up the standards of apps…
[Galaxy Note II General] ywnmmsb:
The only thing that can stop me from getting a note 2 is iphone with a 5 inch screen...Just miss the email ap on it...
[Galaxy Note II General] blopez24:
5 inches on iphone will never happen.
[Galaxy Note II General] Skiddledank:
They need to put the pedal to the metal with the storage this time around...64gb storage STANDARD with 128gb class whatever, multi-format capable external sd card.

Other thoughts...keeping the 8mp camera? Hmmmm...thought they were coming out with a 12mp camera :confused: but hey mine already takes great pics. Better lens and sensor?...I'll take it.

Also hoping for much better speaker/volume and DAC
[Galaxy Note II General] aalupatti:
Even if you are wrong, it will not come with a stylus... may be iphone 5inch version 5 might have it... and by that time Gnote 7 or 8 will be out.

Apple just feeds very little at a time.
[Galaxy Note II General] blopez24:
Reasoning behind for me is that the rumor is apple plans on releasing a 7inch ipad so doubt they'll go beyond the new 4inch phone rumored to be iphone 5;;
[Galaxy Note II General] tbong777:
Until they have a better scheme for development and the fact that the S3 immediately blew away the HOX which was supposed to be the S2 killer a little late, HTC will always be in riding in Samsungs dust
[Galaxy Note II General] CGI_Ram:
Thats what I'd like. It would be crazy fast.
[Galaxy Note II General] zaubertuba:
For those concerned that such a (albeit conjecturous) release date seems early, remember that the Note is only on one (rumored 2?) carriers in the U.S.

It makes sense to make an even incremental release if it will enable more market share by "spreading the wealth" to other carriers. It may even be necessary depending on carrier/manufacturer agreements. That, and....

For all the wild speculation, this is sounding more and more interesting all the time. ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] aharmsworth:
What I so dearly miss is the swipe interface of the Palm Pre 2 (Pre was not fast enough) - quick, near instantaneous and intuitive change of application

desperately looking for something that allows the same quick, near instantaneous change of application, the delay of pushing the home button, and holding it to get the recent apps list is painful after Palm. Love the selection of applications and return of the stylus, just get this right on the Note 2.
[Galaxy Note II General] Danne980:
+1 I do not like the multitasking on my note. Iphone could with its much lesser display do much better at multitasking. (after jb) Search for multifl0w on youtube for one example.

I would think that double clicking the home button fells more responsive than holding it.
[Galaxy Note II General] aharmsworth:
When Palm finally got it right, the multitasking of the Pre 2 was very smooth and very fast, two swipes of the finger, much easier than a long press, or a double press of a hard button.

Apple still does not do multi-tasking, background tasks are stopped, with the exception of certain specific activities. Palm was full multi-tasking, which took some managing and knowledge, but when it worked was great. I will admit though that my wife never understood what was happening, and that you had to close apps if you had too many operating.

ICS almost has it, if only they could get a smooth transition between tasks to the task list and to the last app used.
[Galaxy Note II General] Spo0f:
We need Mali-450 for our next Note :P

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/13/arm-vows-mali-450-graphics-will-liven-up-mid-range-smartphones/
[Galaxy Note II General] :
Don't be so sure. I bet they're more then incompetent enough to make the software/rom awkwardly lag even on a quad core 2Ghz device. Not to worry though, if the phone comes out in November-December, they will fix all that with the scheduled Jellybean update in early Q1.....

Can only dream of a HTC One XL so i can ditch the samsung note. I wouldn't even think about spending another 600eur on another samsung. Ps : the unlocked official ROM for Romania is still LA4/LA6.
[Galaxy Note II General] hikarugo:
Rumour: As what samsung stated, flexible display will be introduced this year

According to a rumour, the first device is note 2 to use that display

www.sammobile.com/2012/06/14/rumor-...2-megapixel-camera-and-a-very-special-screen/
[Galaxy Note II General] gattari:
No no no

I don t like flex display.

The resolution of this flex display are bad, very Bad.

Do you like a res of 800 x 480 in your next note?

;);););)

Inviato dal mio GT-N7000 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II General] hikarugo:
If it's true, I don't think they will use wvga resolution
[Galaxy Note II General] Ranger58:
Personally I doubt they would use the flex screen for the note 2 as getting the pen to work would be a pain.. I also think using the pen would be annoying on a flex screen