The Galaxy Note II has arrived. It has an even bigger -- 5.5 inches -- screen, better S Pen ergonomics, and a toughened quad-core CPU. It may not be the handset for all, but if you have been lugging Android phones that have large screens, it won’t be such a problem.

And looking at larger screens, the HTC One X at 4.7 inches is a lovely sight. It was the first to come in the shops with a quad-core CPU. Does the Note II fit you well, or is the HTC One X better for your pocket? Here we do an analysis of the two.

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The Galaxy Note phone family has just become bigger with the addition of another member, Note II. It brings lot of improvements in its wake. There is a bigger and brighter display in a body that’s more compact, a very ergonomic S Pen stylus, and a tough quad-core CPU and 2GB RAM.

Both have first class call quality, though Note II’s is slightly better, due to a powerful earpiece and clear sound. Both behave nicely too, our voices come out crisply and loud with little audio distortions.

Note II remains a big hulk, but since the brand’s...

The company had said that American owners of Samsung’s frontrunner, the Galaxy S III Android smartphone, will get a modernized Android 4.1 or Jelly Bean in the next few months. But the company did not mention the actual date when they would give the update. They said instead, that the precise timing will be proclaimed by American carrier associates, that is, US Cellular, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint.

Owners of Galaxy S III will be pleased to learn that the update is more than merely an Android improvement. Samsung is to add...

Samsung’s Galaxy S III Mini is plainly a case of an opportunity missed. Samsung formally showed the world its newest Galaxy handset a day after it proclaimed that it would introduce it formally the day before it actually did.

On the outside, the Galaxy S III Mini is adorned with the same nameplate as that of its big brother, Galaxy S III. It has the identical styling outside, and runs the identical TouchWiz UI shiny finish over its Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating structure. But the phones do not have much in common which is a...