Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Samsung Galaxy Note 3, the test - Wired.it

series of oversized smartphone is renewed, despite small bow at the top remaining competitors all over the world

Price: 729 €. Rating: 9
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Galaxy Note 3 collects heavy legacy: the predecessor has finally consecrated an entire category of products, that of phablet, that the original notes had tried to open only a couple of years ago. From 2011 to today we are at the third device in the series, which is now fighting against tough competition and now all aware that smartphones over 5 “are not freaks, but succulent revenue opportunities.

To remain at the helm, the proposes 3 notes in a similar manner to the previous version: dimensions are almost the same to those of the Galaxy Note 2 (or rather the new phablet is even thinner and more light), but the diagonal of the display increases (5.7 “). The design is similar, except for some detail: the frame of Note 3 hours is thinner, the edges are bordered by aluminum slightly raised edges to protect the display, and especially the back cover has a texture reminiscent of the leather covered notebooks.

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Note 3 has pretty much all the top Hardware came to light a year now: Full HD screen, Snapdragon processor 800 with 3GB of RAM, Wi-Fi a / c , infrared port, Android 4.3. Only thing missing is a camera optically stabilized, but the 13-megapixel back-illuminated sensor on board is still great and allows quick and creative shots. The result is an experience that from the technical point of view is virtually flawless . Never a slowdown or a sob, and the Super AMOLED display, in particular, is the best in its class and one of the panels to see the most beautiful and bright (although it is not an LCD) that we tried.

Notes 3, however, is not just a smartphone on steroids. The included Wacom pen , a trademark of the series, making it a much more versatile object, and here he makes his comeback further improved in sensitivity and accuracy. As in Note 2, approaching the tip to display a cursor is useful to show where it will end your touch to turn on captions or help on the function you are aiming for.

If you then press the button on the side of the pen, it opens a small radial menu , from which you can activate various dedicated functions, such as quick notes or capture portions of the screen in the course. The craziest? You can draw a rectangle that is transformed into an overlay window to what you are already doing – multitasking at its purest.

This is what surprises you the Note 3: The absurd amount of power that can unleash makes available a myriad of features . Many are taken from Galaxy S4 and knick-knacks can consider boundary, but in other cases it is a stroke of genius as the ability to reduce the virtual screen in a diagonal of about 3.5 “, so you can texting, emails or surf slide with a single thumb.

software follows a similar philosophy. Samsung has placed on his defense of Notes 3 all the amenities you can imagine : Samsung Apps, Samsung Hub, S Health, and so on. Although has unnecessary, their use is extremely advocated by Samsung (and in some cases mandatory). On the other hand, Evernote, Dropbox and Flipboard already on board are always useful and excellent SketchBook enhances even more the presence of the S Pen.

Galaxy Note 3 in short, is the most dense concentrated high technology and functions currently available on the market: the risk is that, with all this good god available, most of what’s inside the Samsung phablet you do not need to do so. But for those who want everything and more and is willing to empty your wallet, this is certainly a recommended purchase: a big step forward compared to the previous generation and still in the lead over his rivals.

Wired: Good battery life, which comes at the end of the day and is replaceable. Expandable memory. Port usb 3.0

Tired: Such is flooded with apps and features that sometimes it’s hard raccapezzarcisi. The back cover may not like it

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