When Apple launched iPad, they
positioned it as a device meant to fill the gaping chasm between the smartphone
and the notebook. However, some people thought that a 10-inch device would be
too big to carry around so manufacturers started coming up with 7-inch tablets.
But then someone thought
even that was too big. That someone was
Dell, who then went ahead and launched the Streak 5.
Now Samsung revives it with the 5-inch tablet segment with Galaxy Note. Unlike Dell, however, Samsung has positioned the Galaxy Note as a large smartphone, rather than a small tablet. Also, unlike Dell, Samsung has a massive fan following in the smartphone segment and on paper at least the Galaxy Note looks promising.
Now Samsung revives it with the 5-inch tablet segment with Galaxy Note. Unlike Dell, however, Samsung has positioned the Galaxy Note as a large smartphone, rather than a small tablet. Also, unlike Dell, Samsung has a massive fan following in the smartphone segment and on paper at least the Galaxy Note looks promising.
Design and Build
Extreme slim with a broader look, it
goes just awesome. 8 megapixel camera, LED flash are add ons.
Display
The display on the Galaxy Note is its biggest feature, both literally and figuratively. It has a massive 5.3-inch, Super AMOLED display. But it’s not just the size that’s impressive. The Galaxy Note is the first smartphone to have an HD display. That’s 1280 x 800 pixels in the palm of your hands.
The AMOLED display has some advantages too such as the perfect black levels and the wide viewing angles. The display visibility under sunlight is excellent as well.
Hardware and Software
Internally the Galaxy Note is identical to the Galaxy S II with the only difference being the CPU, which is clocked slightly higher. So instead of 1.2GHz you get a dual core 1.4GHz Cortex A9 with the same 400 GPU and 1GB of RAM. As for the storage space we get 2GB phone memory, 16GB USB storage (of which 11GB is available to the user) and microSD expansion up to 32GB.
Camera
The Galaxy S II was lauded for its terrific camera and the Galaxy Note carries over the same camera. It is one of the best cameras in any phones till date. The stills look fantastic with the right amount of details, contrast and color saturation. Even the low-light images are quite respectable. One of things about shooting on the Galaxy Note is the massive viewfinder that we get, which made things look good even before we shoot them.
Display
The display on the Galaxy Note is its biggest feature, both literally and figuratively. It has a massive 5.3-inch, Super AMOLED display. But it’s not just the size that’s impressive. The Galaxy Note is the first smartphone to have an HD display. That’s 1280 x 800 pixels in the palm of your hands.
The AMOLED display has some advantages too such as the perfect black levels and the wide viewing angles. The display visibility under sunlight is excellent as well.
Hardware and Software
Internally the Galaxy Note is identical to the Galaxy S II with the only difference being the CPU, which is clocked slightly higher. So instead of 1.2GHz you get a dual core 1.4GHz Cortex A9 with the same 400 GPU and 1GB of RAM. As for the storage space we get 2GB phone memory, 16GB USB storage (of which 11GB is available to the user) and microSD expansion up to 32GB.
Camera
The Galaxy S II was lauded for its terrific camera and the Galaxy Note carries over the same camera. It is one of the best cameras in any phones till date. The stills look fantastic with the right amount of details, contrast and color saturation. Even the low-light images are quite respectable. One of things about shooting on the Galaxy Note is the massive viewfinder that we get, which made things look good even before we shoot them.
Video playback
Video playback is one of the things you should buy this phone for. The large, high-resolution display coupled with an excellent video player that plays almost any video format up to 1080p resolution makes it brilliant for watching movies on the go. Unfortunately, the internal memory is FAT formatted and the phone does not accept NTFS formatted memory cards, so there is no way to transfer files over 4GB, which is a shame because the phone could have easily played them had it not been for the file system limitations. Other problem is the loudspeaker, which isn’t very loud and since there is just one of it on the side it sounds awkward, so its best to use headphones when watching videos.
Battery Life
In general, the phone seemed to have no trouble lasting through the day on a single charge. Video playback and web browsing in particular seemed to make the battery go down a lot faster. The AMOLED display might consume less power when display darker images but ends up consuming a lot more power when displaying bright screens, such as a white web page.
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