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Samsung Galaxy Note T-Mobile
SGH-T879Samsung Galaxy Note II
US Cellular| Global Score | |
| 65.6 | 71.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.0.3 | Android 4.1 |
| 2012-07-16 | 2012-09-19 |
| 5.78 x 3.27 x 0.38 inches | 5.94 x 3.17 x 0.37 inches |
| 6.35 ounces | 6.42 ounces |
| Black, Pink and White | Blue and White |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 340.00 | $ 259.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.3 inches | 5.5 inches |
| 800 x 1280 pixels | 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 285 pixels per inch | 267 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| -- | Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chipset |
| Snapdragon S3 APQ8060 (Dual-Core 1500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU |
| 8.1 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.72 | 6.16 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.90 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.25 | 7.37 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and GSM | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EDGE, GPRS and CDMA |
| SIM | -- |
| 4.3 | 7.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2500mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3100mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 240 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | 15 hours talk time |
| 4.48 | 5.12 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Note II is a little bit better than Galaxy Note T-Mobile, having a general score of 71.9 against 65.6. Both devices in this review come with Android operating system, but Galaxy Note II has a more recent 4.1 version and Galaxy Note T-Mobile has Android 4.0.3 version, offering lots of additional features. The Galaxy Note II construction is just a little bit heavier but a little thinner than Galaxy Note T-Mobile, and they were released with only a couple of months difference.
Samsung Galaxy Note T-Mobile has a slightly better looking display than Galaxy Note II, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a just a little better screen pixel density and a slightly higher resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. The Galaxy Note II counts with a superior hardware performance than Galaxy Note T-Mobile, because it has a graphics co-processor, 2 more CPU cores and 1 GB more RAM memory.
Samsung Galaxy Note II has a slightly better storage for apps and games than Galaxy Note T-Mobile, and although they both have the same 16 GB internal memory capacity, the Samsung Galaxy Note II also has a slot for an SD memory card that holds a maximum of 64 GB. Samsung Galaxy Note T-Mobile has a better camera than Galaxy Note II. Both of them have the same 1920x1080 video definition, a 8 mega-pixels camera and the same video frame rate.
The Galaxy Note II features superior battery life than Galaxy Note T-Mobile, because it has 3100mAh of battery capacity against 2500mAh.
In addition to being the best phone of the ones we are comparing, Samsung Galaxy Note II is also by far the cheapest one.
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