The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has already been analyzed by our team. Want to know if is the best phablet market? Read our full review
Index:.
Features and Accessories
Design and screen
House and Performance
S Pen
Verdict: Samsung Galaxy Note 4
It was the year 2011 when the Korean brand, first launched in the market the acclaimed Samsung Galaxy Note. Quickly reached the top, one of the most popular smartphones on the planet.
The large screen of 5.3 “led to a new era, the era of” phablets “, its design and the very impressive internal features made him Samsung’s brand image, has now come of age with the 4th generation of the Galaxy Note
are well notable innovations, including its design, more elegant and very appealing, as well as the introduction of a small metal ring logo to the side , the fabulous screen, with really amazing colors, outstanding performance series, largely due to its main engine, the 805 Snapdragon 2.7 GHz processor with 4 cores and a memory space of providing the heavens, make it a desirable result.
It is doubt in the air, does the 1st place podium remains her, or will be dethroned by the entry into the market “phablets” by Apple giant with the introduction of the iPhone 6 Plus?
Features & Accessories
- Dimensions: 153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
- Weight: 176 g
- Operating System: Android 4.4.4, TouchWiz UI
- Display: 5.7 “Super AMOLED
- Resolution: 2,560 x 1,440 pixels (515ppi)
- Rear Camera: 16MP, ISO, f / 2.2, LED flash
- Front camera: 3.7MP, f / 1.9
- Video Capture: 2160p (30fps), 1080p (60fps)
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 805
- GPU: Adreno 420
- RAM Memory: 3GB
- Storage: 32GB with microSD up to 128GB
- Battery: 3,220mAh
- NFC / GPS / LTE
- Bluetooth: v4.1 + LE
- WiFi: dual-band 802.11a / b / g / n / ac
- Jack Audio Normalized 3.5 mm
- Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Digital Printing, gesture
The Note 4 features a LED indicator on the top left, proximity sensors with the hearing column and a front camera of 3.7 MP at the top right, also called” Selfie Cam “. The Home button is also a fingerprint sensor, so you can unlock your smartphone through this modern sensor , working well with a simple slide of the finger by the button, but still has the same problem Galaxy S5 and is less than the bet Apple.
As a side frame is covered by a metallic ring of aluminum, the volume buttons on the left and the On / Off button on the right side, were also redesigned, also including this new bet of the Korean brand, thereby further excel the lines of Note 4, creating a beautiful smartphone to see.
Also included is a 3.5 mm audio jack for headphones and a infrared sensor on the side of the top, lying on the bottom side the micro-USB 2.0 port and the famous pen “S Pen” on the right side of the lower side.
The Galaxy S5 pioneered the introduction of the heartbeat sensor by Samsung, and the Note 4, is no exception , with the Korean brand introduced this sensor along the flash Led accompanying the rear camera.
Inside is a battery of 3220 mAh, allowing you to maintain an excellent capacity for autonomy, depending of course on the type of use, it’s likely that the user can be 2 or 3 days without having to make any shipment. There is still room for placement of a nano-Sim card and the possibility of storage expansion with a microSD card of up to 128 GB.
Design and screen
The Design Galaxy Note 4 does not differ many of the previous, keeping the plastic, but adding aluminum on the sides
The small aluminum frame on the sides translates into a more robust, something that has not happened for a few years, in contrast to its back cover, continuing to prefer the manufacture of the same plastic, but still denotes some durability.
Note that most of smart phone manufacturers, as opting for rear lids metal, preclude the user from having battery access , thereby limiting the possibility that the same be replaced as the possibility of expansion of storage space by placing a microSD memory card , thus limiting the capabilities of smartphones. A Samsung policies is to offer the user the possibility to take advantage of these and other resources because users are increasingly demanding.
With regard to its size, the Note 4 is not the most comfortable to use with one hand, ahead of the iPhone 6 Plus because of its greater width, but losing points only to one of its competitors, the LG G3 5.5 “due to its arched structure, allowing a nice support using only one hand.
It is not easy to please all users and Samsung itself knows very well, but in general and due to its characteristics, the Note 4 shows dimensions perfectly . reasonable
With a resolution of 2560 × 1440 on a screen of 5.7″ Super AMOLED, equivalent to 515 ppi, Quad HD, allows us to say that this is a great desktop, a fabulous quality and with absolutely exceptional color transitions , even in harsh environments with plenty of light could have a perfect view of the screen due to the automatic brightness mechanism introduced in Note 4, which can increase up to 750 units, ie, the screen produces much brighter than any other smartphone.
Camera and Performance
One of the novelties of the new rear camera, besides the improvement in resolution for a great 16 Megapixel, the Samsung decided to include a optical image stabilizer , allowing unparalleled performance when you want to record those special moments.
It is also including a wide variety of ways, for example, selective focus, panorama, dual ( using the two cameras in a single file) or selfie panorama (from three photos, Note 4 automatically performs the assembly leaving only a photograph covering an angle of 120 degrees).
Here are some photos taken with the Galaxy Note 4, and can see the original in our Flickr page:
I’m still speechless for incredible performance that this smartphone can offer users. The main reason lies in its processor, but has only 4 cores with 2.7 GHz clock speed and 3 GB of RAM, the Galaxy Note 4 is a real spacecraft, with power off series .
The graphic level, largely responsible for the brilliant performance of the Note 4 is the new Adreno 420 GPU, Qualcomm that the very recently said that its overall performance is about 40 times faster than its predecessor, the Adreno 330 GPU, which translates into excellent fluidity even in the most demanding games, allowing a view with an unrivaled perfection down to small details of the shadows and textures.
It is well demonstrated in the score obtained in AnTuTu, the fantastic value of 50453, surpassing all competition, giving no chance to their opponents.
The version of the system operating is still the Android 4.4 Kitkat, though, Samsung claims that soon will come the long-awaited version of Android 5.0 Loliloop.
It is remarkable fluidity with you navigate in Note 4, or either through menus or switching from application to application, this Galaxy is a true off-road, not noticing any “lag”, stop or block.
Despite the own Samsung keep fit software, bringing this policy of previous generations, to the enjoyment of the Note with one hand, is a task that does not become easy to accomplish , who has a small hand, since, due to its size, fingers can not keep up the entire screen, making the most of the users to use both hands in order to take advantage of most of the functions that this smartphone allows.
The Note 4 also has the possibility of working in multitasking, ie it allows the simultaneous opening of multiple windows, such as a computer, open applications such as pop-ups, open applications from the board Multi-window, also help reduce the size of the windows of most installed applications by simply sliding your finger from the top left doing the diagonal to the screen center.
For performance testing through some benchmark applications were these are the results:
- AnTuTu Benchmark: 50453
- Vellamo: 1914 (Multicore) and 3455 (Internet Browser)
- 3DMark: 20273
S Pen
What is a Galaxy Note S Pen without? This was and continues to be the hallmarks of Galaxy Note, many of its competitors already eliminated and there are few who are still with their smartphones with the respective Pen’s, but it allows greater productivity in terms of editing documents, texts or even images and photographs, effectively allows, and there are many users who prefer to make use of these devices, due to various reasons.
Once the S Pen is removed, there is a small menu radially, which lets you choose between the Action Memorandum, similar to an application notes, intelligent selection, which allows you to copy a part of the screen and places it above other windows or even in the start-up screen, the Image Clip, which allows you to crop and edit via the S Pen selected parts of the screen, and the Write on screen, which allows you to make a copy full screen, can that image be edited with notes or simply add memos and the same symbols
Verdict:. Samsung Galaxy Note 4
We are facing the best of phablet market! Competition is increasing, but the first step of the podium still belongs to you . Its robustness, unmatched performance, its modern and elegant design, the superb quality of the screen or the fantastic autonomy, will impress anyone, even less convincing.
For those who intensively use productivity applications daily, this smartphone is a real” must “, the possibility of multitasking and the S Pen predicates are more than perfect for the most demanding tasks, and Samsung improved considerably in this field.
The only drawback, it is the price, the Galaxy Note 4 unfortunately is not accessible to all budgets. This smartphone is a top of the range and only the most demanding users or “tech addicts” will know the full potential of this superb phablet
Points in favor:.
- Top performance
- Display Quality
- Battery life
- Elegant Design
Points against:
- photos in low light environment
- Rear Speaker could be better
- Price
We take to thank Samsung for the transfer of the unit tests and reported that the same can be found in the Portuguese market for the price of € 799.00, free operator.
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