Samsung Galaxy Note 4 – test Samsung’s flagship phabletu – PCLab.pl

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is not an easy task, because it must not only cope with a very strong phabletową competition (and after the formation of this type of smartphones also took Apple ), but also to convince the owners of a very successful older generation Note’ów to that splurge on a new 3 thousand. zł. What aces Samsung has this time hid in the hole and whether they are sufficient to ensure that retained the position phabletowego king?

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 – Specifications
Dimensions	153.5 × 78.6 × 8.5 mm	LTE	Cat 6 (up to 300 Mb / s)
weight	176 g	Wi-Fi	dual-band, ac
screen	5.7 inches	NFC	Yes
	2560 × 1440	Infrared	Yes
	Super AMOLED	FM radio	Yes
CPU	Snapdragon 805	The output image	MHL 3
	4 × 2.7 GHz Krait 450	USB Host	Yes
	Adreno 420	Noise Reduction	Yes
RAM	3 GB	Built-in Memory	24.5 GB
Battery	3220 mAh	micro-SD	Yes (64+ GB)
The camera on the back	photos : 16 MP sensor, 16: 9, OIS, LED, autofocus, HDR
	Video : 4K @ 30 fps. / sec., 1080p @ 60 fps. / sec., 720p @ 120 fps. / sec., HDR
Front camera	Photos : 3.7 MP, HDR
	Video : WQHD @ 30 fps ./sek., 1080p @ 30 fps. / sec.
Other	pedometer, fingerprint reader, Heart Rate Monitor

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 in terms of structure strongly differs from its predecessor, but both at first glance are very similar. The manufacturer tries to even next to convince the plastic, which is to remind the skin is cool. But just take the equipment to hand to begin to see significant changes that are easy to appreciate. New Note the impression of a stronger and prepared for special tasks. To a large extent this is due to a nicely finished metal frame, but the rear flap is a little less … childish (artificial seams we say goodbye, and we hope that will never come back) and it looks just better. Of course, this is not the most beautiful smartphone world (ot, another Samsung, only bigger and porządniejszy), but other models of Galaxy Note has never tried to be like, because it is assumed serious equipment for serious people doing serious things. And the latest generation looks and fits the hand properly for the role. A side effect of these changes is that Note 4 is slightly longer, thicker and heavier than the Galaxy Note 3 (as well as 0.5 mm narrower), but we can accept it at any time of day or night, because the predecessor of the successor looks now over the word “zabawkowo.”

The position of the buttons looks familiar However, observant eyes and fingers manage to capture the user a few minor changes. Samsung accustomed us to the three buttons below the screen, but since he appeared Galaxy S5, changed the function of one of them: the left touch pad now triggers the menu to switch between running programs, and not the context menu, so owners of older Note’ów have in front of him a few moments getting used to it. Adjust the volume and switch are where you can usually find them in the headphones that manufacturer, but now are metal and pleasant to use. The micro-USB port on the Galaxy Note 4 is where the Notes is was from the beginning, in the middle of the bottom edge, but as far as the Galaxy Note 3 uses a micro-USB 3.0, whereas the Galaxy Note 4 returned to the micro-USB 2.0. It is the only part of Samsung’s latest phabletu which is worse than last year’s model. Apparently some oddity of this connector outweighed the possible benefit in the form of faster transfer, so a higher speed copying data from your smartphone and your smartphone will have to wait until popularize the plug and USB cables C.

Samsung continue bravely stands guard convertibility back cover and battery, which has become a hallmark of his phone, so and the latest Galaxy Note 4 that could not miss. New battery (about a completely different shape than in earlier models) is the largest capacity of only 20 mAh (no, it’s not missing any zeros) than that of the Galaxy Note 3. Apparently it’s better than nothing, I know, “grain to grain … “but somehow it is hard to not raise eyebrows at the sight of the difference. Access to the slot for a micro-SIM card appears after removing the cell, and a slot for micro-SD card (thankfully Galaxy Note not followed up on the Galaxy Alpha) is readily available at any time.

So the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is just another Samsung Galaxy Note, only better. Character, appearance and size of the unit have not changed significantly, but after a few moments of novelty in the hands of an older model gets strange “plastic” and somehow strangely difficult to go back. This new sense of solidity beating of the fourth generation of the Korean electronic notebooks very accounted for our taste. Designers have done this together several decisive steps towards improving the proven formula. In other words, the revolution still far away, but the evolution goes in the right direction.