Does Apple dread the month of August? Samsung is bringing out its big guns this month with the release of its two devices that will, once again, shake the tech market.

Samsung Mobile is expected to launch the new Galaxy Note 2 on August 29 at the IFA 2012 event in Berlin, Germany. Samsung already sent out invites for the Unpacked event but no device was mentioned. However, it seems that Korea-based tech manufacturer left a clue in the invitation - an S Pen, or the Samsung stylus pen found in the Samsung Galaxy Note.

"When magical moments come alive. Unpacked Berlin 29.08.2012 Samsung Mobile," says the invite.

The American market may get the launch first on 15th and the European and global market two weeks later on August 30th. If Samsung chooses to launch the device twice - separately, there is a high chance that there will be difference between the two versions of the phablet.

This is not surprising as the US market always gets a raw deal. For example, with the S3 where the devices for the US market came with dual core processors while those for the European and the Global market featured quad-core processors.

With the vague clues mentioned above, it is then speculated that the device is expected to have an Australian release in September.

This speculation is based on the release of Samsung Galaxy S3 two months ago where the device was released at different times. Europe got the first taste of Samsung Galaxy S3 followed by an Australian release. The device arrived in the US last month.

Last week, leaked benchmarks suggest that highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Note 2 may be faster than the Galaxy S3. The leaked data revealed that Galaxy Note 2 will be equipped with 1.6 GHz quad core Exynos 4412 processor with Mali-400 graphics. The Galaxy S3 was equipped with the same processor clocked at 1.4 GHz. The former will make the latter bite the dust in terms of speed.

As for screen resolution, 1280x720 pixels is shown, which puzzled us since the predecessor of the device sports 1280x800. The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will be powered Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich although it is rumored that it will be equipped with the recently release Android Jelly Bean. Another rumored specification of the device HD Super AMOLED Plus screen with a regular RGB matrix, which is a welcomed spec for the Galaxy Note 2.

However, Samsung is tight lipped with the details of the release of what seems to be its flagship phone. Apple mays feel threatened with the release of Samsung devices this month that may widen the gap between the rival companies.