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today's video is brought to you by Andy the Android you can get your own little awesome collectible green guy for under ten bucks check out the link below hey guys jonathan TLD with my full review of the galaxy note 2 the 5.5 inch monster of a smartphone rock and a super fast quad-core processor a 720p Super AMOLED HD display and Android 4.1 jelly bean without question the number one reaction when seeing the note 2 is holy hell that is a big house phone kind of looks like a phone and a tablet did some stuff I can't really talk about on YouTube and out came the galaxy note 2 the overall design and build quality is essentially the same as galaxy s3 the look the feel the same removable plastic back but just in a larger form factor I personally wish Samsung would step away from the plastic bill because if they stepped up their build quality that would take these phones to the next level for comparison's sake here is the giant 5.5 inch no tues display stack side by side against the 4-inch iphone 5 and the four point eight inch Galaxy s3 the note 2 and the s3 both feature a resolution of 1280 by 720 while the iphone 5 boast a slightly smaller resolution of 11 36 x 640 because the note 2 adds extra screen size without adding extra resolution it has the lowest pixel density out of the three but this is a good example of why you shouldn't always be consumed by specs because note 2 still looks amazingly crisp vibrant and there's something about viewing photos and videos on a giant screen that is just awesome on the inside the no 2 sports a beastly 1.6 gigahertz quad-core processor which is wicked fast and a whopping 2 gigs of ram which tears through multitasking benchmarking it I gotta geekbench score of over 2000 which not only beat out the iphone 5 but both the US and international galaxy has three models gaming on the note 2 was great as well absolutely super quick it felt responsive fluid and again it looks stellar on the giant display now it doesn't matter how many cores how much RAM or how high the phone is clock unless the OS running on it is optimized to take advantage of those speeds I was extremely excited to review the note 2 because not only does it have great hardware and internals but it ships with Android 4.1 jelly bean jelly bean adds a ton of fluidity smoothness zero lag and small tweaks like improved folder management as well as better icon organization which is definitely appreciated now me personally I will take stock and right over a skin any day but TouchWiz isn't horrible and it adds to me features like pop up play which allows you to simultaneously watch a video while pretty much doing anything else on your phone and as you can see it actually works pretty well thanks in part to the note tues quad-core processor I do like how multitasking is integrated you just hold down the home button you can easily swipe to close applications you can close everything at once and you have easy access to clear and reset the memory on your phone now unfortunately TouchWiz also means there's still s voice which is a cheap version of Syria that oddly enough tries to sound sexy what do you get when you cross a snowman into vampire frostbite you are not funny let me do an internet search for then so till you're not funny why you no work I have no specific answers for that thankfully though with jelly bean comes google voice search which absolutely destroys s voice what is the square root of 25 square root 25 is 5 what's the weather like in New York it's 49 degrees with light rain in New York it doesn't open applications like s voice or Syria on iOS but it does perform basic tasks like reminders notes email and is crazy quick when it comes to answering questions now the note 2 am reviewing is the unlocked international version so I wasn't able to get LTE but I did get some very decent hspa+ B's ranging between three and five megabits per second the beauty of this phone no is unlike the galaxy s3 word gave up the quad core CPU for a dual-core CPU in favor of LTE when it launched in the US the note 2 will keep the quad core processor and get LTE so you don't have to sacrifice performance for network speed when it hits the major carriers in the US launch now aside from the giant display the other feature that separates a note 2 from the pack is the S Pen s note which is S pen's p.i.c offers a ton of creative options that I'm sure artistic people will love unfortunately I can't draw to save my life so you get to watch me doodle a stick figure but at the very least hopefully you can see how well the s pen works and I'm sorry stick man you gotta go some other S Pen tricks include easy clip which a sin allows you to trace anything or anywhere on your screen and then copy it to your clipboard to use s note email messages and a ton more applications air view allows you to hover the S Pen over a picture or video clip for example and preview it without actually opening which is pretty damn cool pop up note recognizes when you pull out the S Pen and instantaneously opens up a quick note so you can be talking on the phone and easily jot down some info at the same time by holding down the S Pen button and swiping up quick command allows you to write out commands for quicker access to email phone calls and even create custom commands as an example I've used a letter CA to open up camera but to me this feature is a little gimmicky and ends up taking actually longer than just doing the process on your own or creating a shortcut for emailing or calling somebody for example now as far as the glass on the note 2 goes it features a 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera alongside an 8 megapixel 1080p shooter on the back the camera interface is packed with a ton of features and even cludes a huge array of filters for the hipsters it grabs images super quick and while it's definitely not the best smartphone camera on the market it still does a solid job so now that we've seen if you picture let's go and check out some 1080p video now for the 1080p video test this is Big Mac look at those killer eyes is viciously Maul in my hand off animal and you guys have seen melody before so this will give you an idea what 1080p looks like let's go to and continue on with the review now alongside a big-ass phone you need a big-ass battery in the note 2 does not disappoint in that department it's rocking a giant 3100 milliamp hour battery which I easily got 10 hours on heavy use and had no problem with it lasting throughout the day now with modern smartphones essentially being computers we tend to forget about one of the most important features on them that is actually phone calls the note 2 did an excellent job in that department calls were clear I got excellent reception and most importantly call volume was more than adequate even in loud scenarios and now that we've covered pretty much everything on the note 2 quite possibly the most important question remains is that a galaxy note 2 in your pants or you just happy to see me and that's actually one of the questions I've been asked most as does know to even fit in your pocket I actually had no problem with note 2 in my pocket I don't have skinny legs so I can't rock skinny jeans but if you do wear those I could quite possibly see that being a problem for girls it shouldn't be too much of an issue since the most likely be tossing this in a bag or purse anyways now as far as actually using and holding the damn thing you have small hands this phone might not be for you but Samsung does include a variety of one-handed operations including keypad keyboard calculator and the unlock screen I could definitely see those being useful but for me I actually preferred typing no memo because the size of the screen and the spacing of the keys it was actually perfect for me now obviously the best way to determine if this is too big is to actually go into a store try it out see how it feels in your hand as ridiculous as it seems you do get used to it and for those of you who like the idea of not carrying around a phone and a tablet this is definitely a solid option it's going to come in white as well as titanium grey you can get in 16 32 or 64 gigabyte options and you can expand any of those with an extra 64 gigabytes via microSD card with a super fast processor LTE android 4.1 jelly bean the note 2 is definitely one of the top options as far as smartphone goes and definitely hands down one of the best phones I've ever got to review if you were thinking about no 2 but you really weren't sure I can definitely recommend picking it up it is an awesome awesome phone thank you guys for watching this video if you enjoyed it and you are feeling like being awesome make sure to hit that like button make sure to subscribe if you have not already satyam as any future tech content I will have pricing and availability on the note 2 down in the description below and if you guys want to see my review for one of the other top smartphones of 2012 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