Samsung Galaxy Note Review

With Android tablets beginning at seven inches and phones currently reaching just below 5, one thing was guaranteed to return along to occupy what very little middle ground remains and blur the excellence between phone and pill irrecoverably. That one thing is that the Galaxy Note.

The Note could be a good bit taller and wider than your average mobile, however it’s not abundant thicker. In fact, it’s solely seven-tenths of a millimetre thicker that an iPhone 4S. At 178g it's noticeably heavier than the Motorola Razr however it solely provides away 14g to my HTC want HD.

Samsung Galaxy Note

This means that holding the Note single-handed isn't a problem however using it therefore is. in spite of that hand you decide it up with, your thumb won’t provide you with full coverage. therefore some considered inserting of shortcuts and re-ordering of dock icons are going to be so as.


The Note’s killer feature is its screen. At 5.3in, the show is greater than that of the other phone and, at 800 x 1280, it's additional pixels too. The pixels-per-inch count of 285 doesn’t quite match the iPhone 4S’ 330ppi or the Samsung Galaxy Nexus’ 316ppi, however lay the 3 side-by-side and there’s not abundant in it to the naked eye.
Samsung Galaxy Note Android pill and phone

Barely thicker than a daily phone

The words 'Samsung', 'Super' and 'AMOLED' are quickly changing into synonymous with show excellence, which is definitely the case here. 'Bold', 'vibrant', 'sharp', 'crisp', 'saturated' - of these words is used to explain the Note’s show, however I’ll keep on with 'excellent' as a result of that’s what it's.

As with the HTC Flyer 7in pill, all my most well-liked apps and widgets designed for phones with lower-resolution screens worked a treat on the Note. In fact, the sole distinction is that the screen is ranged five x five instead of four x four, however that’s no dangerous factor as a result of it leaves space for additional stuff.
Samsung Galaxy Note Android pill and phone

The 8Mp camera on the rear is none too shabby

The Note runs Android a pair of.3.6 Gingerbread with Samsung’s typically inoffensive TouchWiz overlay. till the arrival of an Ice Cream Sandwich update, Android isn’t optimised to create full use of the Note's dual-core one.4GHz processor however it still goes just like the clappers, helped by a full gigabyte of Ram.