Quad-core Samsung Galaxy Note 2 launches with 5 carriers

Samsung  announced today that it will kick off the 5.5-inch Android 4.1 Jelly Bean "phablet," a smartphone with tabletlike proportions, on the same five carriers that initially offered the Galaxy 3 this summer. Moreover, the smartphone will carry Samsung's 1.6 GHz Exynos processor.U.S. Cellular announced that it will sell the 16GB titanium gray color in late October for $299.99 -- for those who preorder the device. It will cost $299.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate after the Note 2 arrives in stores.Samsung announced that the Galaxy Note 2 would come to carriers by mid-November.