Confirmed: Samsung to announce Galaxy Note II with 5.5-inch display at August 15th press event

I love my Galaxy Note, it's the first smartphone I've owned that's big enough to be useful for anything other than making calls. Not sure if I want a bigger one, but I'll definitely take a look. People who say it doesn't fit in their pockets have clearly never tried...

Phone is becoming the boombox of this decade

In a very short time phones will be the size of tablets.

Samsung is pretty smart. They can't beat Apple so instead they tweak their devices a tad, slap an "S II" or "S III" or "Super S" and dump it into the market hoping to slowly steal some of the Iphones thunder. And rightfully so, Apple needs to roll out a new device once a year. With the rate at which technology improves, Apple needs to keep our attention and develop quicker.

I was interested in the previous model until I saw how huge it was at the store. But I guess until they perfect the holo-screen technology your screen can only be as big as the phone is.

I want a 60 inch phone that I can fold up and carry in my wallet.

Apple is going to try and beat that with a 10' iphone.

OK. Where can I get one and how much? Oh, and which carrier?

what we need is not a bigger Note but a Samsung 10.1 tablet or iPad with a stylus.

Way too big. There is no need for a cross between a tablet and a smartphone. You're better off getting yourself a nice small portable smartphone and a functional tablet. This is too big to be carried around as a phone and too small to be a functional enough tablet.

Coming from someone who went from the pint-sized iPhone to the Note, the size doesn't conflict with anything at all. It was a bit awkward at first, sure, but after a few hours of using it, every other phone I touched felt too small/uncomfortable. The picture is amazing, and being able to use it as a tablet has replaced my iPad as well as my iPhone.

Waaaay too big for me to use as a phone, but I would really love to have one as a PDA device, it would perfect for taking notes in meetings and keeping track of email. I really wish they would release it as a tablet type Wifi - Data only device. The size would make it great as a in car Nav device too.

I, as a large-hand man, say YES to this. Had the Note 1 and loved it. However, Android lag #$%$ me the hell off and I went over to a Lumia 900. Given Jelly Bean's lag fix, I will see you soon Note 2!!

Does that phone come with wheels... or a back brace?

and thus it shall be called the Shaq Phone