Review
Samsung Galaxy Note, believe it or not has a screen size of 5.3 inches. The massive screen makes the phone a hybrid between a smartphone and a tablet. Samsung certainly believes in bigger is better, so they have introduced Galaxy Note as a giant of a smartphone.
Specifications
Samsung Galaxy Note has a 5.3 inch HD Super AMOLED touchscreen which gives an expansive high resolution. The smartphone runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and is powered by a 1.4 GHz dual core processor. Samsung Galaxy Note has an internal storage of 16GB which can be expanded with MicroSD card support. Around the back of the smartphone is the primary snapper of 8 MP with LED flash and is capable of capturing 1080p HD video. There is also a 2 MP snapper in front for video calling. Other features include Bluetooth, 3.5mm audio jack, A-GPS and Wi-Fi.
Advantages
1) Massive 5.3 inch HD Super AMOLED screen.
2) 1.4 GHZ dual core processor.
3) 16GB of internal storage with MicroSD support.
Disadvantages
1) Running on Android 2.3 OS which is to be made obsolete with the arrival of Android 4.0 OS.
2) Might be too big for some people.
Comparison
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General
- 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
- Announced: 2011, September
Size
- Dimensions: 146.9 x 83 x 9.7 mm
- Weight: 178 g
Display
- Type: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size: 800 x 1280 pixels, 5.3 inches (~285 ppi pixel density)
- Gorilla Glass display
- TouchWiz UI v4.0
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Touch-sensitive controls
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Gyroscope sensor
Sound
- Alert types: Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- 3.5mm jack: Yes
Memory
- Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
- Call records: Practically unlimited
- Internal: 16GB/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM
- Card slot: microSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included
Data
- GPRS: Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
- EDGE: Class 12
- 3G: HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth: Yes, v3.0+HS
- Infrared port: No
- USB: Yes, v2.0 microUSB (MHL), USB On-the-go
Camera
- Primary: 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
- Features: Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization
- Video: Yes, 1080p@30fps
- Secondary: Yes, 2 MP
Features
- OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
- CPU: Dual-core 1.4GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor, Mali-400MP GPU, Exynos chipset
- Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
- Browser: HTML
- Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS
- Games: Yes
- Colors: Black
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support
- Java: Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
- S Pen stylus
- NFC connectivity (optional)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- NFC support (optional)
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
- SNS integration
- Digital compass
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Adobe Flash 10.1 support
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)
- Samsung ChatON
- Barometer sensor
Battery
- Standard battery, Li-Ion 2500 mAh
Misc
- SAR US: 0.16 W/kg (head), 0.96 W/kg (body)
- SAR EU: 0.34 W/kg (head)