The release date for the new update was postponed several times and the wait seemed to be perpetual. was the first to leak the details of the firmware update for the Galaxy Note.
The news was taken merely as a rumor but it was confirmed later when Samsung released the details of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update. The Facebook page of Samsung Sweden was the first to leak the news that these two phones would be getting the JB update. At that time very few of us expected that the update will hit the old best-sellers like the Galaxy S2 and Note. The OEM later pushed the new version of the OS to the Galaxy S3. The Galaxy Note 2 was the first device from the manufacturer to be released with Android Jelly Bean firmware out of the box.
Samsung started the Jelly Bean update roll out for a host of devices back in September last year.