14 DAY TRIAL // In the last few days, several high-end smartphones have been thrown at Android enthusiasts living in UK, including the HTC Sensation XL, Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Note, as well as the Motorola RAZR.
Those who hurriedly purchased the Galaxy Nexus or the RAZR, probably lost their chance to get one of the most appealing Android devices available in the market, the Samsung Galaxy Note.
The superphone has just gone live at Orange and O2 and is now available for free on select monthly plans. Orange offers the Galaxy Note for free with a new two-year £46 per month plan, which will net customers 1200 minutes, unlimited texts, 1GB of data and two Orange Swapables.
On the other hand O2 UK sells the Galaxy Note for £250 ($395 or 290 EUR) with their cheapest monthly plan.
In addition, the first customers who purchase the Galaxy Note from O2 will receive £100 ($160 or 115 EUR) worth of free movies and music available for download via Samsung Hub.
Customers who are still having second thoughts about the capabilities of the Galaxy Note should know that the smartphone is one of the most powerful on the market.
Moreover, the device offers a smartphone / tablet experience given its stunning 5.3-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen that supports 16 million colors and 800 x 1280 pixels resolution.
On the inside, the Galaxy Note is equipped with a dual core 1.4 GHz Exynos CPU, a Mali-400MP graphics processing unit, 16GB onboard memory, 1GB of RAM and microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB, 2GB memory card included).
In the software front, the smartphone is powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, complemented by Samsung's TouchWiz 4.0 user interface. However, Samsung recently announced that the Galaxy Note will receive the latest Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade sometime in 2012.
The phone is delivered with an S Pen stylus with full touchscreen capabilities that allows users to sketch, draw and write notes, or even record voice and music.