Friday, November 21, 2014

Review of Samsung Galaxy Note 4: for his love and scold – RBC


  People need more smartphones. They can tease “spades”, “nedoplanshetami”, “giant boom box”, but they will still buy. Even Apple, which for several years in a row sneer Phablet surrendered and released 6 Plus. Which, by the way, sells well.

  more smartphones – the niche in which, no matter what they say, Samsung were pioneers. Ruler Galaxy Note has changed the industry: while many companies are just beginning to understand, why do people need a large screen size, in Phablet from Samsung has been the digital pen and multi-tasking.

  But times have changed: now all manufacturers have a six-inch devices. All as on selection: powerful, beautiful, with a quality screen, good camera. Galaxy Note 4 new Phablet Samsung, should answer the question whether the company will keep the place long-term leader in the segment of large smartphones?

  We have tried to find out.

 


 


 

  Samsung began to focus more on their appearance flagships

 

  Still flagships should not be entirely plastic – metal frame device went good. Round shapes, glitter metal buttons and graceful curves – Note 4 looks nice. Of course, the local body is far from perfect cold HTC One, but the fact that Samsung has become more attention to their appearance flagships, very happy. Several years in a row Phones Korean company looked at the competition at best bleak. Now everything has changed – we first saw the stylish Galaxy Alpha, and now the Note 4. You can not really call it a particularly beautiful, but also on “Soap” He definitely does not look like.

  With all the ergonomics too fine. The buttons are arranged very well, they are easy to find on the body and just reach them. But the speaker on the back – a controversial decision: if the phone is on the table top screen, ringer volume is noticeably reduced.

 


  Note 4 large, but in his hands he felt surprisingly good – largely for this is to say thank you, “ribbed” rear. In the hands of the phone does not slip. An interesting feature: if you look at the smartphone side, when it keeps someone else, it just seems huge. But it is necessary to take it in hand – this feeling disappears, yes, the phone is massive, but not so much that it was uncomfortable. Before buying it’s worth it to hold in store – with one hand to use it not everyone can, and this is taken into account.

 

  Screen Note 4 as a camera – the main reason to buy a smartphone this

 

  Technical Note without any “buts” and discounts on literary cliche – a masterpiece of engineering. The local display – is unique and has no analogues. Quad-HD-resolution, smart contrast, the ideal color rendition. Looking at the screen Note 4, hard to believe that before you a grid of liquid crystals, it seems that there, beyond what lurks another reality. Note 4 is ideal for any activity: it is equally convenient to watch movies, browse the web and pictures, read books. Traditional for many other smartphones of screaming and caustic colors from which to start watering eyes, not here at all. Screen Note 4 – this is one of the main reasons to buy a smartphone this.

  As the camera. Photograph on Note 4 – fun. This is one of those phones that use the camera which you want permanently. Just for the sake of the process. Let focuses Phablet not as fast as the iPhone 6 Plus, but the picture quality is almost better. Make a bad photo is very difficult.

 

  About the performance speak somehow did not even want to. We can only say that it is the most powerful smartphone in the world, both in tests and in practice. Those who find a three-dimensional game or app that will slow to Note 4, worth giving a prize for perseverance and resourcefulness. Specifications can be found “in the basement” of the material.

 

  Note 4 is not very friendly to the user

 

  But should unlock and go to the menu, open the shutter on the notifications go to the settings and enthusiasm often disappears.

  Note 4 sometimes looks like a remote control of the spacecraft, you instinctively feel its equipment, you’re absolutely sure that the latest technology – that they are in your hands, but how and what works here – at first sight completely incomprehensible. Half functions passes because of the number of settings, options and preinstalled applications dazzled with the move to get it hard, and the shell TouchWiz first time doing everything possible to stop you.

  Strange icons, when clicked, nothing changes, pre-installed applications with obscure names, “wood” panel, which continues to send you notifications, even after you’ve brushed them aside. Of course, it’s all a matter of habit, but the first impressions – mixed. Well visually TouchWiz will not please everyone. From year to year it is criticized for the same shortcomings and the shell is getting better, but it is still inferior to the standard, “Stock» Android. It is difficult to explain why the smartphone with the most powerful mobile processor in the history of the industry retarding multitasking.

 


  It is difficult to remain impartial, talking about Note 4. It is for that love, not even so – it wants to love. At some point in Note 4 – generally the best smartphone in the world. There can be at the top of the screen to open a video on YouTube, and at the bottom – the messenger. Both applications will run simultaneously, and you will be able to correspond, not particularly distracted from watching the movie. And you know how well, iPad?

  You can enable sverhenergosberezheniya and smartphone will run on a 10% charge for several days. But even in standard mode (the Internet, social networks, instant messengers, watching videos), while the LTE, with geolocation service works with a constant background data synchronization Note 4 lives without charging for about a day. Using this Phablet, I never took a job with the charger. Checkmate everyone who believes that Android smartphones quickly sit down.

  Note 4 – Smartphone contradictions. Well, as it can easily cause at the same time and enthusiasm, and irritation?

 


  Take the same pen. This is a brilliant idea, in theory it can greatly facilitate the work with the text. Say at once: write here is still not as convenient as marketers believe Samsung, – there is no tactile feedback, the same feelings that drive a pen on paper. Stubby reminders can write, then you can even hang them on the desktop, but the long texts – no. So even though most of the text I wrote it on the Note, but use the standard virtual keyboard – the screen is large and easy to hit the keys. The problems began at the moment when I decided to transfer text from your smartphone to your computer. At first I could not distinguish the pen desired part of the text. Then I did not understand how to copy it. I was poking at the screen with the stylus in the hope that everything will turn itself. It turned out that the selection of the text corresponds to a small icon in the form of a dotted square, located at the top of the screen. But even send a note, I had to do text formatting by hand, already on the computer. It is possible that in the case of my carelessness or learning disabilities. But you want everything to be intuitive.

  When you understand the principle of the S-pen, it is easy to find the application. You can crop the photos in one motion, move the text words, draw. The Internet is full of fantastic works created by artists this pen. But to learn all this functionality, have to spend a lot of time. Which, unfortunately, sometimes you just do not have.

 




 
 
 
 
 


  The Verdict

 


 


  Despite a lot of annoying little things, Note 4 – is one of the best and most interesting contemporary champions. If you need the most powerful and technically advanced smartphone in the industry, which will last for several years to come, this is ideal. If you certainly do not mind its size.

 


 

 


 

 


 


  Pros

 


 


  Fantastic screen

 


  Huge battery life

 


  Excellent camera

 


  This is the most powerful smartphone in the world

 


  A wide functional

 


 

 


  Cons

 


 


  TouchWiz still worse than the standard Android

 


  unfriendly to novice

 


  confusing menus and settings, a huge number of pre-installed applications

 


 


 

 

 

 


  Dmitry Petrenko

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