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Samsungs new phablet, the Android powered Samsung Galaxy Note is now available for pre-order from Smart Communications at this page.

The Samsung Galaxy Note II has a 5.5-inch HD (720 x 1280) display. The Galaxy Note is designed which is designed to be used with a stylus and comes with software optimized for that purpose. With a 1.6 GHz quad core processor and  2 GB of RAM it is also Samsungs most powerful hand held device. A 3100 mAh battery is used to power the large screen and powerful processor and does a good job of that. GSMArenas battery life tests gives it almost 17 hours of talk time, almost 9 hours of web browsing and over 11 hours of video playback.

Out shined by the Google Nexus 7, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is now selling at a reduced price of Php9,990. This places it 4K cheaper than the Google Nexus 7 which is priced at Php14,400. 

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 has a 7-inch 1024 x 600 display, dual core processor and 16 GB internal storage, expandable via a MicroSD card slot. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 comes out of the box, with Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, but is upgradeable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The 3G version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, the P3100 is available for just Php14,650, which is less than the 3G version of the Google Nexus at Php17,350.

Is the price drop enough to make you forego the HD display and quad core power of the Nexus 7?