With a body that's narrower and taller than the original Note, the Samsung Galaxy Note II is a bit easier to hold in the hand.  It packs a 1.6 GHz quad-core CPU, 5.5-inch Super AMOLED HD display, 8-megapixel camera with 1080p HD video recording, a front-facing camera, a 3,100 mAh removable battery, and Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with TouchWiz.  The hardware is certainly an upgrade from the original, but perhaps the biggest changes come in the revamped S Pen functionality.

Take a look at the gallery below to get an up-close-and-personal view of what's changed from the original Samsung device!