Samsung Galaxy Note 4: The revolution goes from the S-Pen ... - International Business Times Italy

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 will be equipped with a revolutionary stylus, or S-Pen. The experience of using the Galaxy Note S-Pen has in one of his most important prerogatives. From Notes to Notes 3, in parallel with the specifications of phablet were also improved the characteristics of the S-Pen and related software suite. The Galaxy Note 4, as said earlier, most likely will be equipped with an S-Pen even more advanced. In the last hours Samsung filed at the appropriate No new patent on the S-Pen. The news are essentially two. The first concerns the possibility of using the S-Pen as a Bluetooth headset , complete with speaker and microphone. This feature, considering the generous size of the phablet, it may be useful to respond to phone calls directly from the S-Pen, thus avoiding to pull out the device.

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The second change concerns the grip, the new S-Pen, in fact, to meet those who have the hands of a generous size make it possible to extend the area graspable, increasing its length.

At present it is of course only the deposition of patents and so you can not really know if they will feed into the new phablet Galaxy Note 4. It ‘a fact that Samsung is focusing on the S-Pen to enhance the user experience of its phablet and, according to the latest news, the Korean company also plans to improve the recognition of the characteristic features of the user’s handwriting.

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Among other innovations that might contain the Galaxy S4 is that of screen “wraparound”. A chance to see this type of display is feared by well-known site Koreaherald and confirmed by the recent investment of the Korean house in the specific field of flexible panels. Actually it is not the first time that we talk of implementing this type of panels in the future flagship Galaxy Note 4, as the case had already emerged several weeks ago.

Song Jong-ho, an analyst at KDB Daewoo Securities, said: “Smartphones will be introduced flexible as a variant of the Galaxy family , initially in few million units by the end of the current calendar year. Initially take targeting a niche market. “ Kim Dong-won, an analyst at Hyundai Securities says: “The initial investment will be up to approximately $ 1.9 billion.”

curved screens and / or wrap-around represent a step backwards compared to a fully collapsible or foldable display, as they are characterized by curved edges on one side of the screen. This type of display was presented at the CES 2013 in Las Vegas, during the convention were announced a device with an extended panel will be shown over the edges where the notifications and other important information. The technology to produce this type of display, called Youm, and is OLED at CES 2013 there was talk of an exit on the market in 2014. Although Samsung have already placed on the market a smartphone with a curved display, , the Korean company is still far behind in realization of batteries curves suitable for these type of devices. “The division of Samsung that provides for the production of batteries curves is still far behind compared to the one that produces the display,” the source said anonymous.

Lee Chang-hoon, head of the display division, said last month during a conference call that Samsung is planning to launch devices with LCD “extended” and have a small curved OLED panels already this year. “A device with a curved display is the first step to test the reaction of the market in respect of this type of product in anticipation of the launch of the Samsung smartphone with flexible screen which will be unveiled in the second half of next year” . Other analysts, including John Seo Shinhan Investment, believe that Samsung will ship next year between approximately 20 to 30 million smartphones foldable.

Essentially then the next phablet of the Korean house, Galaxy Note 4, which will arrive on the market at the beginning of the last quarter of the year, may be equipped with an extended display on the edges, features that could be used to display additional information such as notifications; likely also the presence of a new S-Pen. Galaxy Note 5, to be released in 2015, it might instead be the first smarpthone equipped with a display fully collapsible.