Samsung unveils quad-core Galaxy Note II smartphone-tablet hybrid

Samsung (005930) on Wednesday finally took the wraps off the sequel to its popular Galaxy Note “phablet.” The smartphone-tablet hybrid didn’t go over very well with reviewers, but Samsung announced earlier this month that Galaxy Note sales had surpassed the company’s goal of 10 million units. Following up on Samsung’s trail-blazing phablet is the Galaxy Note II, which features a quad-core Samsung Exynos processor clocked at 1.6GHz, a gigantic 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display with 720p resolution, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, a massive 3,100 mAh battery, and Samsung’s S Pen stylus. In line with earlier reports, the phone will also include an 8-megapixel rear camera, 4G LTE connectivity in appropriate markets, and the base model will ship with 16GB of internal storage. Samsung said that the phone will become available in the U.S. later this year, though no pricing was revealed.

Galaxy Note 2 Unveiling: Samsung Unpacked 2012 Berlin Live Blog!

The time is here folks, after months of leaks and rumours today is the big day where we get to see what the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will look like. Right now we are live in Berlin and counting down the minutes till the doors open for the Samsung Unpacked 2012 Berlin media event.

• Los Angeles: 10:00am PST (GMT-8)
• Denver: 11:00am MST (GMT-7)
• Chicago: 12:00pm CST (GMT-6)
• New York: 1:00pm EST (GMT-5)
• London/England: 6:00pm (GMT)
• Philippines/Hong Kong/Malaysia: 2:ooam August 30th (GMT+8)
• Tokyo: 3:00am August 30th (GMT+9)
• India: 11:30pm (GMT+5.30hrs)

Also a friendly reminder, we are giving away a Galaxy Note 2 in our international giveaway, so be sure to get your name in the draw.