Samsung Galaxy Note

Design
What Samsung engineer accidentally spilled on the Miracle-Gro Skyrocket a Galaxy S II? That's what the galaxy looks like Note, in the nicest way possible. At 5.8 inches tall by 3.3 inches wide and only 0.37 inches, is like being a tile with rounded edges, only one in the "Blue Carbon" (which looks black, eyes) or "ceramic white. "Evaluate Kick things off Bluelet, causing the elephant in the room: The Galaxy reference to its size. The footprint is large, no doubt, and is a bit uncomfortable burden of a smaller size in my hands to hold. There is no way this baby in my jeans pocket slips, but it's good for my wallet. I'm still a little on the fence when it comes to my own usability. The operating system with one hand is a limited company - is much more difficult than writing an email, or shoot a quick text with one hand on the phone and the other holds a bracelet on the bus. On the other hand, I appreciate the spacious keyboard, which reduces the exposure of eyes and fingers plenty of room to make a digital key. This may speak volumes of my lack of knowledge as a virtual secretary, but the width of the keyboard did not stop making mistakes, and finally changed from the keypad of Samsung in my email client with the Android keyboard and Swype.Obwohl is a great phone, it's pretty easy on the eyes, and slim design that keeps us light and thin. As with all other Galaxy Series, is the degree of the plastic body. This does not apply to the purchase premium, above all the experience that I think should be $ 300, but I can not seem to the general aesthetic plastic beschweren.Während high level, it takes a life of its own brand of glass pieces that are broken or paint may peel of metal accessories to offer. It weighs 6.3 oz awkward, but the book also gives a greater sense of structure Galaxy Festigkeit.Die Note The jewel in the crown is the 5.3-inch high definition Super AMOLED screen with 1280 x 800 pixel resolution (WXGA which is, of course). The family of Samsung's AMOLED display technology always looks brighter, clearer saturated, and color. The announcement of the colossus is quite similar, although it seemed a little lower density of pixels and the image was much softer and less bright than in the Galaxy Samsung Nexus, which also has a high definition display Super AMOLED. Photos seemed fresh and alive, the videos play smoothly on the big screen high resolution and e-books are easier to read than the smaller smartphone displays.The rest of the phone is much like others in the Galaxy family -II. Here you will find a 2 megapixel front-facing camera above the screen below, is not the usual four touch-sensitive keys for menu navigation, Home, Back and Search. The volume control is on the left side of the column, and the power button on the right side. In the bottom of the living micro-USB port for charging and recessed slot for the respect of the Stylus Pen S. You can make your headphones into the 3.5 mm to the upper cap. If you lose, they are concerned, S PEN clicks firmly into place and remains dort.Wie in the international version of the note, making AT & T-Note, an 8 megapixel camera with flash. The microSD card slot under the back cover for up to 32 GB of editsDictionary Waren.




Interface and slap happy tricks
For navigation, you have the latest version of TouchWiz, the Samsung proprietary interface that works with Android, in this case, Android 2.3. AT & T is expected to update the reference to Android 4.0 Sandwich Ice Cream, but there is no public timeline yet.As a reminder, here are some things you can do with TouchWiz: pull-down menu access messages configuration system, pinch the screen to view a summary of the seven customizable home screen, and go through this crazy-fast, stealing and along the dotted line. In the note, you can also take a screenshot to slide the edge of the left hand and right on the screen. The latter is not always perfect and maybe a little getting used to be. He felt a little strange to me, and I do not see myself using this method, but with an additional way to perform a task that can never hurt. (You can also take a screenshot by pressing the Power and Home, or using the stylus S) Screenshot-slip is not the only gesture that included Samsung. Turn the finger rotates through a photo gallery and image as well. Shake the device to search for Bluetooth devices. Then there's my favorite: Turn the phone or place your hand on the side to turn to pause a song or video or mute an incoming call. These are all fun ways, to communicate with the smart device, and the usual finger tap settings of interagieren.


S pen style and Camera
Now we want to move the phone in the most interesting facet of the controversy: the pen. Physically, an indication of a thing, just 4.1 inches high and 0.2 inches thick, with a button on the side, which serves as a shortcut to a handful of tasks. The S-Pen is very comfortable to hold, but is so thin and lightweight (only 0.1 ounces, rounded up), arguing that sometimes feels like castles in the air. There is also the distinct possibility that once the sheath was removed, it would be easier than falling or misplace.Samsung says you can have a pen holder Pen SS called accessory kit, buy it as a look larger, thicker pen. Its price is $ 59.99 and comes with an additional S-Pen. I read that as a confirmation that the pen of S could feel more natural in the hand. A little later this week, I go to a much closer look at the drawing and writing to S-Pen for an extended period, even with the media kit for extra pen in hand, so stay tuned. One of the best features of most phones Galaxy S II line is the 8 megapixel camera. Not all cameras of this caliber can afford to spend, but the image quality to the Galaxy reference is admirable, and full size photos look good from the beginning and the display.The HD camera contains all the shots custom and preset white balance to take action photographs, panoramas, detect and smiles, in a variety of lighting scenarios. It also has anti-shake, blink detection, auto focus, and a timer. Front facing cameras are ideal for video chat and the occasional self-portrait, but you'll get your best quality photos behind the camera. However, Samsung generally does a good job with the 2 megapixel shooter, and the same goes for this case a. Test photos indoors with a good amount taken in natural light, it looked good, even when you blow in full size on screen. The camera, of course, does not capture every detail, and I noticed some digital noise when I looked closely, but shows the colors were smooth and lifelike.


Performance

Note I have tested the Samsung Galaxy (GSM 850/900/1, 800/1, 900 MHz, 2,100 MHz LTE) in San Francisco with AT & T. Call quality was quite good in my tests so far. At Full Tilt, the volume is a little low, but I had trouble hearing in a quiet environment. Call Clarity was admirable, with no noticeable background noise during a test call of 20 minutes. There was something a little out as voices sounded. It was hard to put my finger on, but were not as rich nor as clear as I have in my other test gehört.Nach phone caller's voice does not sound completely natural, and me. Instead, I said it sounded a bit hollow and resonant, like a can or on the subway talking. I also thought it sounded a bit off at higher frequencies, despite the volume was not a problem and the line sounded like the handsfree clear.I tested by phone at waist level. Volume was very strong, but I prefer to reject because it does not seem capable of it. My voice sounded hollow busy and the caller in my ears, and reported the usual hands-free echo and voice quality was crushed, but some of the other real complaints. In general, the speaker was very effective - my partner and I understood every word, while a long conversation in a relatively quiet Umgebung.Ein advantage of AT & T version of the note is the slight bump in performance: a 1.5 GHz dual core processor instead of 1.4 GHz dual-core chip in the unlocked version of the phone. Navigation between applications has been a rewarding experience. The same goes for LTE 4G mobile speeds, which were impressively zippy in San Francisco. Diagnostic results in the application Speedtest.net measures the range of 12 to 25 Mbps, ranging from 5 to 12 Mbps, very quickly. My litmus test was the loading of web pages 4 to 16 seconds.  and only 8 to upgrade to the full battery Ansicht . Die, a big question mark is on a phone screen with a power-hungry, and can be expected to be high enough to Samsung, the Galaxy supplement has an extra large 2500 mAh battery in its extra-large screen have. We will carry out its flight tests, but as an indicator, the indication of a rated battery life of 26 hours of talk time and standby nominal life of 40 days. However, these figures are stacked, except it looks unlikely that such longevity, if you have the equipment, especially for multimedia streaming sind.Das Galaxy has a digital SAR of 0.27 watts per kg of notes.