Tired of the usual black-colored smartphone body? Well, now you’ve got some options. Two premium smartphones just got a new white variant earlier this week: the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and The Nokia Lumia 800.
If you caught Samsung’s Super Bowl ad and got excited by Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note, then here’s your chance to be one of the first to rock it in North America. The Galaxy Note is now up for pre-orders through AT&T and Best Buy stores for $299 with a two-year contract in the US, and is set to start shipping on Saturday, February 19th.
Samsung has put out the full Super Bowl ad they teased last week, starting with the usual scenes of “bored” Apple fans waiting in line to get an iPhone. Again, someone pulls out a Samsung Galaxy Note, and… things just get weird from here on out. The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins suddenly appears, a guitar drops into his hands and sings the main lick from “I Believe in a Thing Called Love,” Galaxy Notes start falling from the sky, and everyone – including the Apple fans in line – joins in an impromptu street party that includes a marching band, the cute girl from their earlier ad, stunt bikers and skateboarders, and a dude who shoots out of a cannon.
Samsung will be introducing new products during the Mobile World Congress later this month, except for probably the most-awaited one: the Galaxy S III. The company has confirmed that they won’t be launching their 2012 flagship phone at MWC, and will instead launch it at a separate event “in the first half of the year,” when it’s closer to commercial availability.
Samsung has put out another one of their Apple fan-bashing ads under their growing “Next Big Thing” series of ads. Although much of the teaser video looks very familiar (more on that later), it’s a little different this time. Instead of the usual push of the Galaxy S II’s features — compared to whatever Apple’s “new thing” offers — Samsung will be pushing the Galaxy Note.
