Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Introduction

From an oddball that everyone was laughing at to becoming one of the most important Samsung announcement of the year - the Note series got to a place where now everyone else wants to be in too, including Apple. Samsung isn't in too big a trouble just yet, but profits just can't keep climbing forever and the company needs the Galaxy Note 4 to become a success in a way the Galaxy S5 couldn't.
That's some heavy burden to carry, even more so considering competition is at an all-time high, now that Apple finally entered the phablet game. Yet the fifth Galaxy Note phablet (you didn't forget the Note 3 Neo, did you?) is as well prepared as one could hope for. Amazing hardware is what put the Notes on the map, but two generations after the original the software support finally caught up to make last year's Galaxy Note 3 a genuinely exclusive package.

Key features

• 5.7" 16M-color QHD Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with curved Gorilla Glass 3
• Android OS v4.4 KitKat with TouchWiz UI
• LTE Cat 6 support
• Quad-core 2.7GHz Krait 450 CPU, Adreno 420 GPU; Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset
• 3GB of RAM
• 16MP OIS camera with 2160p video recording @ 30fps, 1080p @ 60fps, 720p @ 120fps
• 3.7MP front-facing camera, 1440p video recording
• Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct and DLNA, Download booster
• GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
• 32GB of built-in storage; microSD card slot
• S Pen stylus
• Enhanced Multi-window multitasking support
• Fingerprint scanner with PayPal support and private mode access
• microUSB 2.0 port with USB host and MHL 2.0
• Bluetooth v4.0
• NFC
• IR port for remote control functionality
• Standard 3.5mm audio jack
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Heart-rate monitor
• Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
• 3,220mAh battery

Main disadvantages

• Rear-mounted mono speaker
• microUSB 2.0 is a downgrade over microUSB 3.0 on the Note 3
• The uneven gap between the metal frame and curved screen glass takes a few points away from an otherwise excellent build
• No enhanced resistance to liquids or dust
• Wireless charging support only with an optional back cover

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