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| The Back of the new NOTE 4. It actually feels quite nice. |
Another
big thing that was released earlier than the new iPhones is the new SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 4. It’s the
continuation of the Note series that in its early stages received criticisms
(even from moi xP) for its humongous size. How wrong I was. Now, it’s one of
the most sought after feature. Back to the device, this time expect high sales
for this beast with its beautiful design and Quad-high definition display.
Following
in the footsteps of the Galaxy S5, Samsung has released the Note 4 with a faux
leather back cover. In my opinion, this design is much better than the one
found on the S5. Samsung has also decided to follow the market (*cough*iPhone*cough*)
by wrapping the sides of its new beast in metal. This gives it the premium iPhone-ish
look. Trust me, it’s a looker! Onto the big 5.7-inch display, it’s now one of the best in the market (rivaling
the LG G3) offering a 2K (Quad High Def)
Super AMOLED screen with a ppi of 515.
Imagine a screen that has two times the resolution of a 1080p Full HD TV and it
all fits into your pocket. This beautiful screen is protected by using Corning
Gorilla Glass 3. All of this weighs up to 176
grams.
Inside
all of these lies either a 2.7 Ghz
Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chip or an in-house Eight-core Exynos 5433 (Quad-core 1.3 Ghz Cortex A53
with a Quad-core 1.9 Cortex A57) depending on the region (Malaysia is expecting to receive the Exynos
model). Both chips meanwhile offer
awesome processing power and speed. It has big 3GB RAM, more than enough for multitasking through Samsung’s
Multi-Window function and 32GB of
internal storage, expandable with a microSD of up to 128GB should you ever need
more storage.
The
back camera now has 16 Megapixels to
play around with resulting in beautiful photos that is said to be on par with
the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. It has optical image stabilization other than the
usual autofocus and dual flash. Now for all you selfie-junkies, the front
camera’s megapixels have been bumped to 3.7
megapixels to better take your gorgeous selfies and have a wider 130 degrees shooting angle to fit all
of your friends in as well. *thumbs up*
It
has a giant 3220mAh battery that I
feel should accommodate the extra juice needed to power the big 2K display. It
should also last more than a day with casual use. If it doesn’t, fret not
because the Note 4 has a new feature called Ultra-fast charging that allows the
phone to be charged from 0% to 50% in just 30 minutes! Surprisingly, Samsung
has decided not to use the 3.0 microUSB
port found on the Note 3 and has thus reverted to the standard 2.0 microUSB
port commonly found in most smartphones nowadays. (The former is supposed to be
faster).
The
Note 4 also has an Ultra Power saving
mode first seen on the S5. No fingerprint scanner on this one though. As for
the OS, it comes preloaded with Android KitKat. I suppose an upgrade to the
latest Android Lollipop should come before the end of this year.
For
those who wants a big screen smartphone to enhance productivity in your life
(Multi-Windows), a phone that not only is beautiful to show around but is also
able get some work done on the go (Polaris Office/S-Pen), or just to better
view your magnificent photos on a screen that will turn heads (Quad HD Super
AMOLED) , the new Note 4 is the next big thing. J
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