The phone you thought was too large for your hands just got bigger. Samsung has announced the Galaxy Note II, and its even plumper than its predecessor.
It's an Android phone that lives in the part of the market that makes people ask, "Is this a massive phone or actually a tiny tablet?" It's arguably the former, but it's for you to decide whether it's too massive.
Unlike the 5.3-inch original Note, the new model has a 5.5-inch screen. The resolution has changed slightly to 1,280x720 pixels (from 1,280x800) in order to perfectly match a 16:9 aspect ratio.
Inside the processor has been bumped from 1.4GHz dual-core to 1.6GHz quad-core, it will run Android 4.1 Jellybean out of the box and the maximum storage capacity has jumped from 32GB to 64GB. The RAM has been doubled too, from 1GB to 2GB, to support the needs of current and future Android apps.
There are two things that notably have not changed, however: the rear camera still shoots at eight megapixels and in the hand it feels wide, but light. It weighs 180g and is 0.2mm thinner than before, measuring 9.4mm (down from 9.6mm). We got some time with the phone on the show floor of this year's IFA convention to discover this in the flesh, and also that it's a responsive bit of kit. It whizzed through apps as well as the Galaxy S III thanks to the over-capable processor on the inside.
It's a decent successor to the Note, and the fact that Samsung has decided to produce a new model shows some commitment to the form factor that will be important to developers and publishers considering the Note as a key model to develop for. Its internal upgrades certainly make it an attractive upgrade for anyone using and enjoying the first Note, too.
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