Samsung GALAXY Note II

Full Specifications

This device is also known as Samsung N7100

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Design

Dimensions 5.94 x 3.17 x 0.37 inches
151 x 80.5 x 9.4 mm
Weight 6.44 oz (182.5 g)
Features Stylus, Notification light
Keys Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors Pink, Blue, White

Display

Size 5.5-inch
Resolution 1280x720px, 265 PPI
Technology Super AMOLED
Screen-to-body 69.90 %
Colors 16 777 216
Features Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20 APL) Untested
Bright Min 17 (Poor)

Hardware

System chip Samsung Exynos 4 Quad 4412
Processor Quad-core
1600 MHz
ARM Cortex-A9
GPU Mali-400 MP4
RAM 2GB
Internal storage 64GB
Storage expansion microSDXC up to 64 GB
OS Android (4.4.2, 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1), Samsung TouchWiz UI
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Battery

Capacity 3100 mAh
Type Li - Ion

Camera

Rear Single camera
Main camera 8 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor)
Aperture size: F2.6
Flash LED
Video recording 1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps)
Video light
Front 1.9 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth 4.0
Wi-Fi 802.11 a,b,g,n,dual-band
Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
USB microUSB, USB 2.0
HDMI Yes
Location A-GPS, Glonass
Sensors Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer
Other NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones 3.5mm jack
Speakers Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring DLNA,Wireless screen share,MHL,MirrorLink
Radio FM, Stereo, RDS

Cellular

3G Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed LTE Cat 3 (100/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
VoLTE Yes
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Phone Features

Notifications Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval Date approved: Sep 13, 2012
FCC ID value: A3LGTN7100
Measured SAR Head: 0.17 W/kg
Body: 0.40 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 0.95 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.94 W/kg

Availability

Officially announced Aug 29, 2012
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Alternative variants

Differences from the main variant:
Data Speed HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage 32GB
Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage 16GB

News

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Samsung U.K.: No Lollipop for Samsung Galaxy Note II or Samsung Galaxy S III
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User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
8.5
Camera quality
9
Performance
9
Display
9.1
Battery life and charging
9.3
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
10
The best smartphone i ever had so far
Phone owned for more than a year

I actually just missing my note 2. It doesn't functioning at all. I think it might due to some viruses hacked in it... but idk. So i'd like to give it a review. What i really love about note 2 was that it didn't get easily break even though it had been so many times slipping off from my hand (might due to its casing design). I sometimes like to throw it on my bed but it went bounced and fell off from the bed. Not to mention but it had an experience where i was having a debate with my friend while my hand was making gestures to stand up my opinion as well as holding it and i suddenly threw it away (bcs of the hand gestures). But still, it worked just fine. Nothing was broken. No scratch at all. Really love the build. Second, i just love how the system worked. Since i am a student, i really need multitasking display apps. Hence i like its multi-window. Its ram was only 1.74gb but it worked really fine when i played heavy games. Plus, i always ensure the ram wasn't fully operating to avoid it from being lagged. Note 2 can only stand for kitkat hence i love the display. Not too bright. Just a bit dimmer. Since im not a professional photographer or a photogenic, so i dont really mind about its camera. However i would like to say that its front camera had a poor quality. 2MP anyway. What do u expect? Next, the connection was okay. No comment for it. I could surf the internet like normal. Nothing special. Well i think that's all for my review. Had no other idea. Overall, i love note 2. Been using it for more than 2 years. And now i have to find the new one. :)

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8
A bit old, but still breathtaking.
Phone owned for more than a year

Today is September 20, 2015 and I've had this phone since December 2013. Well, I'm a big fan of Android phones, I see the news about them every single day, and I can tell, I've never had such a great phone (until now). Despite being outdated, having a bloated stock rom and a s**tty build quality, it can still compete with actual medium-high end phones, especially talking about performance and camera quality. However, the best way to take the phone's full potential is rooting it and installing a custom rom. By doing this, it's possible to have the S-Pen Air Command feature (that awesome thing we see on Note 3 when we press the S-Pen button) and some other nice things we see on recent phones. If you do not want to spend much money on a phone you don't care about updates, it's surely the best option.

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8
Needs a new life
Phone owned for more than a year

Needs a new software refreshment btw it's a good phone till now, still beast of a phone as a flagship only a software treatments and it will be awesome, great and gorgeous battery life hoping for an update.

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