There is now very little to the launch in Italy of the much Samsung Galaxy Note 4 , officially scheduled for October 17 in its retail version (meanwhile come the first deals operators ) at the cost of € 769 , but in the meantime Samsung has allowed the press to take a preliminary look at the device.
Waiting to test extensively in the phablet site review, a short test behind closed doors was more than enough to have a clear idea of what has changed with respect to Notes 3 and, above all, what’s good (or bad) has to offer the Notes 4
Design
It must be said, the design has not always been the strong point of Samsung devices. Many, in fact, remember the criticisms of the Korean manufacturer’s flagship product, the Galaxy S5, for the lack of refinement of the materials used, which poorly reflect the technical features of the smartphone. This is a fact that has also characterized the notes since her debut.
Well, Samsung seems to have finally understood the aesthetic needs of its users, choosing a very nice look and adding a shell Metal “sight” that runs along the entire perimeter covered with the same color of the phone – the notes will be available in 4 black, white and gold – but with the front and rear edges smoothed and sanded to give a touch of elegance.
back cover is removable as in the past, giving you access to the powerful 3,220 mAh battery that, on paper, provides a full day of battery life with heavy usage of the device, the slot micro SIM and the memory card slot (SD and SDHC up to 128 GB) which expand the 32 GB of storage .
Still on the subject of autonomy, provided there is now a new charger is compatible with the quick charge: in 30 minutes Note 4 recharges 50% ; connects to the USB 2.0 port of your phone (thus a downgrade compared to note that it was equipped with USB 3.0).
Performance
The technical specifications of the Galaxy Note 4 are top of the class , or nearly so. It is driven by a quad-core 2.7 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 , accompanied by 3 GB of RAM and an Adreno 420 GPU to 600 MHz.
Of course, all this translates into extreme fluidity of use, interface with animated graphics and more responsive multitasking interactive – the new method to two screens allows two applications simultaneously active video data to be exchanged between them, such as dragging a photo taken in the browser in a document or a portion of text from one document to chat.
Navigation is excellent. The Note 4 supports up to connectivity LTE cat. 6 – not yet widespread in Italy – allowing a theoretical download up to 300 Mbps, and the latest standard Wi-Fi (b / g / n / ac) together with the technology MIMO , for the use of dual antenna – Wi-Fi + LTE – for downloading files larger than 30 MB by Download Booster .
From the multimedia side, if the Rear Camera is the same view as the S5, in itself very convincing ( 16 megapixel with LED flash, 8x zoom and optical image stabilizer), l ‘ target front has been enhanced to respond to the latest trend, the selfie : 3.7 megapixel f / 1.9 with 90 ° wide-angle lens, autofocus and face recognition ultra fast and function “selfie panoramic” (up to 120 °). The results in terms of images and video ( 4K 30 fps ) are great, especially outdoors, but you will be surprised even in low light conditions. Added to this are some fun features such as HDR software in real time and selective focus (the target takes two pictures and combines them together to recreate the effect of depth of field photo .)
Last, but as a real “icing on the cake,” the screen : The Galaxy Note has a new panel 4 Quad HD Super AMOLED 5 , 7 inches with a resolution of 2,560 × 1,440 pixels by 518 ppi. Without mincing words, the visual quality is excellent color values between leaders, contrast and black level and excellent typical of AMOLED technology, and refresh rate free from burrs. The viewing experience is further facilitated by a display system optimized , which analyzes the content type screen (text, images, etc..) And the ambient light, to calibrate the yield from step of white. It follows a theater-quality viewing of Full HD movies and 4k and an enhancement of the captured photos at full resolution.
Using
L ‘ interface is the ‘now well known and tested TouchWiz , here mostly unchanged, and only enhanced by some graphical changes, the most successful of which are the transparent background of the widget and the look “Android L” in the settings panel . It must be said, in fact, that the Galaxy Note will come with 4 KitKat Android 4.4 , but the manufacturer guarantees a quick update to the new version of the operating system of the big G after release.
Another new useful feature is the ability to quickly transform hand-written notes in the post to be transferred in the homescreen, but certainly the most interesting feature, from the point of view of ‘ use with one hand , is function “Reduce screen size”, which allows, through a double swipe (from the right edge toward the center and then right again) to reduce the screen and move it to the right (or left for lefties) so as to ensure ‘ use of phablet with one hand.
A further facilitate the use of Note 4 contributes to the renewed S-Pen Pen which has doubled its sensitivity (from 1,024 to 2,048 pressure points) giving a ‘ user experience to the next writing on paper : it recognizes the pressure accurately, fails to follow the natural rate of writing and playing rotations Toe to recreate the calligraphic style of the writer or his characteristic trait in the drawing. In addition, can be used as a mouse , for example to select multiple images or pieces of text on the screen by simply dragging the tip.
But there is another
Improvements to phablet Samsung does not end there. For example, in trial practice it turns out that the back was added sensor heartbeat , the same as S5, but now also able to calculate the oxygen level in the blood.
Always dall’S5 takes fingerprint reader , but it improves by increasing the level of precision and implementing the ‘ direct access to the account Samsung, Google and PayPal as well as the private mode, which blocks content selected by the user or app.
Finally, the Note 4 hours uses three microphones recording accurate directional and the reduction of background noise. In this sense, very interesting are the two new Interview mode and Meeting : in particular, the second identifies the number of participants and the direction from which the voice, recording each participant on an individual track and permitting, later on, to listen to one participant at a time excluding others.
A first judgment
It is too soon, given the brevity of the tests carried out, for judge actually the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 A product so much evolved from the technical point of view and aspirations so many other large deserves attention, of course, but first impressions are pretty clear.
The first judgment is that Note the 4 is definitely a product of the first class in every respect. She specifications from top of the range, it offers the performance and usability you expect from a product of its kind and also adds some unexpected surprise. What is most important, however, is that evidence of the attention paid by the designers to the opinion of its consumers: Notes 4 is certainly an improvement of its predecessor from many points of view.
The final package consists of a product versatile, elegant and powerful , which can widely assist its owner at any time of the day, from work, thanks to a number of solutions for personal productivity, entertainment, thanks to a breathtaking video quality. The iPhone 6 Plus is advised.
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