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Galaxy Note II Has Sold 3 Million Units in a Month

By - Source: Samsung Tomorrow | B 17 comments

Samsung's pride and joy is selling like hot cakes.

Samsung last month launched the successor to its hugely successful Galaxy Note phablet. The 5.5-inch smartphone arrived in the United States in the last couple of weeks and it still isn't available across all carriers. However, the phone has been enjoying limited availability around the world for over a month now. In fact, Samsung today announced that in the first 37 days of availability, it had sold three million units.

Back in August, Samsung revealed that it had sold 10 million units of the original Galaxy Note. Despite straddling that awkward space between smartphone and tablet, the South Korean company managed to sell 10 million Notes in less than a year (the original was released October 2011.

The Galaxy Note II was announced last month at IDF and features a 5.5-inch display (up from 5.3-inches on the first Note), a quad-core Exynos CPU, 2GB of RAM, up to 64GB of storage, LTE, WiFi, an 8 MP camera with autofocus and LED flash, a 1.9 MP front-facing camera for video calls, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

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    Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer , November 2, 2012 3:32 PM
    I'm pretty sure that's the original Note you have pictured there...
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    skaz , November 2, 2012 3:45 PM
    The note 2 is an awesome little device. It is slightly too big for day to day portable use, when compared to devices under 5 inches. The slight half inch actually made a big difference to me, in two ways. One was pocket fit, the other, one hand holding.

    It's not that the note 2 doesn't fit in a pocket, or that it can't be held with one hand. It is that the size is just pushing that almost uncomfortable boundary of both pocket fit and one hand holding. This is completely 100% personal preference though, and that should be "noted" if your shopping around for something like this. Just because I don't enjoy it's size doesn't mean you won't. On the contrary, I think people carry small bags (purses, messenger bags, backpacks) around all day and don't mind double handing a device would probably really like the note 2.

    The cool thing about it is it really depends on a persons day to day habits and how you manage your personal belongings. I'm a straight up pocket guy. I don't tend to bring backpacks or small bags with me unless I really need to.
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    aragis , November 2, 2012 3:54 PM
    Actually, Note 2 does fit in some pockets, but no chance if you're female.
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    SneakySnake , November 2, 2012 4:02 PM
    aragisActually, Note 2 does fit in some pockets, but no chance if you're female.


    he says that they it can fit in a pocket, but just that it's borderline uncomfortable size
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    classzero , November 2, 2012 4:23 PM
    Waiting for the Galaxy Note 7
    http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-note-7-tipped-as-gt-n5100-clears-testing-31254994/
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    boiler1990 , November 2, 2012 4:34 PM
    And none of those are on VZW yet. Still waiting :( 
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    scook9 , November 2, 2012 5:07 PM
    boiler1990And none of those are on VZW yet. Still waiting

    At least we know it is coming this time.....not just rumored and never comes (Galaxy Journal.....)
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    hate machine , November 2, 2012 6:51 PM
    SneakySnakeShe says that they it can fit in a pocket, but just that it's borderline uncomfortable size


    I simply could not resist!

    I honestly got to play with one of these and it didn't seem big or cumbersome nor did i have a problem with it in my pockets. I do have rather largish hands though.
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    assasin32 , November 2, 2012 7:14 PM
    Just hope my carrier picks up the phone before black friday and puts it down for cheap or free with a contract as thats the day my contract is up as that is when my contract is up. Wouldn't mind having a bigger smartphone sadly my hand kills me trying to hold my Incredible even with the bigger extended batter after holding it for awhile, hopefully the larger phone will get rid of that.

    Phone will probably get the same extended battery treatment as the incredible, nothing like actually having the battery life to USE your phone all day and still have enough left over when you get home.
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    fedelm , November 2, 2012 8:19 PM
    I would love one of these. But I'd like to "test drive it" first to see how it fits in my hand and pockets.

    I likey largey cellphones.
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    LOBOBAST , November 2, 2012 8:54 PM
    I've had the Galaxy Note since March and I couldn't be happier. I instantly got used to the screen size. I don't wear skinny jeans so the size of the phone in my jeans or on my hand were never a problem. I do a lot of browsing on the web and this phones screen size handles all websites beautifully, especially at 4GLTE speed. I can go to the full desktop version of tomshardware.com without having to zoom in/out and everything is still completely readable. I couldn't do that with my iphone, which I had for 3 years. Now every time I pick up my GF's iphone I find myself hunched over squinting my eyes looking at the small screen. It now feels so short, chubby and outdated on my hands.
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    kartu , November 2, 2012 10:36 PM
    1) rectangular - check
    2) rounded corners - check
    3) has a screen - check
    4) screen is also rectangular - check
    5) has a button - check
    6) has a touch screen - check
    7) "pick up" icon is green - check
    8) "hang off" icon is red - check

    Now tell me it doesn't look like an iPhone!
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    halcyon , November 2, 2012 11:35 PM
    kartu1) rectangular - check2) rounded corners - check3) has a screen - check4) screen is also rectangular - check5) has a button - check6) has a touch screen - check7) "pick up" icon is green - check8) "hang off" icon is red - checkNow tell me it doesn't look like an iPhone!

    Na...its missing a glass or aluminum casing so no confusion.
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    IQ11110002 , November 3, 2012 2:36 AM
    Still waiting for it here in Australia, Will be sold on it from day one.
    I think it gets announced here on the 14th November,Don't quote me though.
    Can't wait to dump this Iphone 3GS and Apple, Served me well but it's time for a change!
    After playing with a friends Galaxy S3 iphones are too damn small for me including iphone 5, But each to their own I guess.
    Note II is an amazing device, I think it will easily outsell Note 1. Must be many out there who can't afford to own both a tablet and a mobile so why not get one device that does the lot.
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    noob2222 , November 3, 2012 5:58 AM
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    And none of those are on VZW yet. Still waiting :( 

    http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=6055

    its coming, 11/27 apparently, just have to wait till verizon installs all their vzw junk on there first.
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    coolronz , November 3, 2012 10:11 AM
    the first thing i thought when i seen the Note 1 was it was tooo big, but after playing with it and weighing the pros and cons, i'd love to buy one. the bigger screen is so amazing.. and i would just have to buy pants with big enough pockets.... lol my galaxy S is a slower smaller variation of the Note, wich is an amazing little phone :) 
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    halcyon , November 3, 2012 11:09 AM
    ...if they had just given the note a higher resolution screen (1440x900 maybe). Then it truly would be amazing.