New Galaxy Note Launch Set for August

Samsungs Galaxy Note II has received a lot of hype from avid tech fans.Set for a big release announcement at the end of August, this device is one of the most highly anticipated pieces of technology for the summer.Recently, a supposed image of the devices case was leaked.It looks like the display screen is about 5.5 inches in measurement diagonally across.It also appears to be much thinner than its predecessor.The original Galaxy Note is a hybrid of a smart phone and a tablet computer.This predecessor to the Note II was released in October of 2011 and has been met with a good deal of success.The competition will be stiff for this niche within the smart phone market, however.The iPhone 5 is set to be released in the near future and the following for Apple products is pretty intense.For the Note II to be successful, it needs to offer things that the iPhone 5 does not.A lot of the product specs of the Note II are already known.Besides its 5.5 inch screen, it is supposed to have an 8 megapixel camera, 1280 x 800 resolution, and a quad core Exynos 4 1.5 GHz processor.The Note II looks like it will be able to go head to head against Apples new product.The leaked photograph is only an indicator of the size of the product and what the case will look like.It is not really a lot of information to go by, but it is still generating a lot of buzz.This hints at the fact that the public is really excited about what this product will be capable of.This is important for Samsung.They do not have the same name brand recognition that Apple has, so staying competitive within the smart phone and tablet computer business is going to be their key to long term success.While both companies have expanded drastically over the last few years, Samsung has not grown at the same amazing rate as Apple.Samsungs stock is currently at around $479 per share while Apple is up to $631 per share.Both are fairly close to their 52 week highs and look like they will climb above this price in the near future.Both stocks have almost doubled the price of their stock over the course of the last year.Samsung needs to continue to put out high quality products if they want to remain at the forefront of their market.Their new Galaxy Note II, if it lives up to the hype, looks like a good step on their way toward keeping up with Apple.Samsung is hoping that this product will live up to the hype associated with it.This might not be enough to push Samsung ahead of Apple in terms of market sharesFree Web Content, but it will certainly put a small dent in Apples dominance.This is exactly what Samsung needs in order to remain a salient force within the tech marketplace.