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hey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with a review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with a quad-core processor massive 5.5 inch display and Android 4.1 jellybean hit up that like button and let's take a look first things first the note 2 is huge with the screen approaching the size of 7 inch tablets this really feels as big as a phone can get while still being pocketable I never thought I would say this but after using the note 2 the galaxy s3 seems tiny it probably is too big for some people but after a few hours with that I was already loving the extra screen real estate even though it's made out of plastic and feels solidly built even better than the galaxy s3 it's also clear that Samsung spent a lot of time making sure that it feels comfortable in the hand something I've had issues with and some recent phones up front is the 1.9 megapixel front facing camera light and proximity sensors and notification LED you'll also find the 5.5 inch Super AMOLED display which force a resolution of 1280 by 720 the rest of the phone is fairly standard with a micro USB port on bottom and volume rockers and a sleep/wake button on either side you're able to remove the rear cover which gives you access to a micro SD card slot of up to 64 gigabytes SIM card on most carriers and the battery there's also an optional flip cover which replaces your original back and give you some protection for the screen with 3100 million powers of capacity the battery takes full advantage of the large size of the phone while the note to launch vent recently I used the note for an incredibly long day and it still wouldn't quit on me if you try hard enough you can probably drain it in a day but it's among the best smartphones for battery life I've ever tested along with the bigger screen probably the biggest differentiator between the galaxy s3 and note 2 is the s-pen it's been improved quite a bit from the first note but it is first and foremost to stylus the note uses it in several creative ways as its pressure-sensitive and allows you to do cool things like hover over thumbnails to expand and using handwriting recognition to type but after the novelty wore off I found most things are still easier and faster without the s-pen the internals of the note are justice impressive as the rest of the hardware inside you'll find a 1.6 gigahertz quad core Exynos processor paired with 2 gigabytes of RAM this is a lot higher than what you'll see in the international galaxy s3 but now comes with LTE support in the US I received a sprint review unit from Samsung which does come with LTE however Sprint is just rolling it out in a few areas so it wasn't able to test the speed except on their very slow 3G network speaking of care here's the note 2 is mostly identical no matter where you pick it up the sprint model features zero branding on the device at all however Verizon has not only two huge logos on the back but also a logo on the home button stay classy Verizon as good as the hardware is after reviewing phone after phone with Android 4.0 the note 2 is among the first new devices shipping with Android 4.1 jelly bean I won't go too in depth here but the gist of it is the note 2 is incredibly smooth doing practically everything which is a huge plus for me TouchWiz is also back while I prefer stock Android I do admit as far as skins go it really is entirely usable the nature UX is here in full effect with lots of water and bird sound effects which is thankful you can change along with neat features like the water on the lock screen changes to ink when you use the s-pen to unlock features like pop-up browser take great advantage of the large display by allowing you to view web pages and video while still browsing Twitter for example and a full multitasking mode allows you to run two apps at a time is already on the international note 2 when we come into US variants soon the camera is identical to the Galaxy s3 which means you can expect very good performance the eight megapixel stills are generally very sharp and have good color in contrast there are several built-in modes and amazingly enough they're actually not bad panorama mode is here and works well as are several creative modes to highlight certain colors which can look awesome 1080p video is also quite good although stabilization is lacking as on most smartphones the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is easily among the best smartphones period $300 it's certainly a bit pricey and I do recommend trying one as the size isn't for everyone but I can wholeheartedly recommend the note 2 is one of the best phones out there if you're interested in winning one of these be sure to subscribe to the channel as I'll be doing a giveaway very soon anyway guys I will catch you in the next one