Friday, 28 September 2012

Samsung Introduces Galaxy Note 2 At IFA 2012

By Shaine Murray


When Samsung came out with its Galaxy Note smart phone last February, many wondered specifically how you can classify the 5.3-in. gadget. It absolutely was more compact than any current tablet computers yet more than any other touch screen phone. And it integrated a stylus (called the S Pen), an add-on that had become out of style with the coming of existing touch screens.

Now, Samsung has introduced a follow-up to its original supplying: the Galaxy Note 2. This modified edition provides a slimmer and easier-to-hold style and design, an improved variation with the S-Pen, and also improved software.

Lengthier as well as Leaner

That being said, the Galaxy Note II that I was shown had a variety of enhancements. The original Note has a 5.3-in. display; the Note 2 has a 5.5-in. Super Amoled display with 1280 x 720p HD resolution. I did not provide an original Note with me to make use of as evaluation, however on first glimpse I imagined the display of your Note II was excellent: the color depth as well as fine detail have been impressive, and videos performed efficiently and also without any pixilation.

The newest Note II weighs 6.35 oz., considerably thicker than its predecessor's 6.28 oz., as well as measures 3.16 x 5.94 x 0.37 in., slightly slimmer and also taller compared to Note. Apparently, that small tweak made it much much easier to keep in one hand. When I spent a number of minutes using the original Note, I possibly could inform that it might be a force in in a minute approximately; when I was testing out the Note II, it was comfortable enough so that I quickly forgot to even see its measurement.

One of the items that could go very wrong with using styli is always that they're small, transportable -- and also a breeze to get rid of. I was astounded with how Samsung has handled that.

The Note II provides some other enhancements too, including far more functions for its 8-megapixel camera, which include holding down the "shutter" to get a burst of twenty shots, providing time-lapse videos plus an improved photo album that enables you to simply move your pictures in to various albums as well as see them via a snazzy spiral view.

It's going to take much more time with all the Galaxy Note II before we can truly analyse its abilities, and also whether its larger form-factor along with S Pen capabilities will bring a lot more end users as opposed to Galaxy Note has (as outlined by Samsung, it is had more than ten million worldwide sales). Regrettably, U.S. users could have to wait around a little while; the Galaxy Note II smartphone-tablet will start off marketing in Asia as well as Europe this October; with this writing, there was clearly no set date for any U.S. appearance.




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