Samsung Galaxy Note preview: First look

30 September 2011
They used to be big, later they became redundant. As soon as smartphones were ready to offer the same features, PDAs were on the way to becoming extinct. With a device like the Samsung Galaxy Note though, one can't help but wonder if they're...

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  • Harry
  • n5c
  • 02 Oct 2011

You said it has a 2Mp front-facing camera, but the main 8Mp is already front-facing like any regular camera. Presumably you meant to say that the 2Mp camera is front-MOUNTED which is not the same as front-facing.
Pretty obvious really, just compare it to the rear-view mirroe in a car!

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    • Anonymous
    • jT4
    • 02 Oct 2011

    What irritates me about Android is it's jerky scrolling, including the browser, even in phones with the newest and fastest processors. I am surprised novody ever talks about that. Compare it with the cheapest Windows Phone, on the same websites, it's buttery smooth.

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      • robbybon
      • 3iK
      • 01 Oct 2011

      Totally unrelated: what s the name of the game they showed on the picture? Awesome phone!!

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        • Anonymous
        • tCQ
        • 01 Oct 2011

        They need to price and release date. Needs to be cheaper and released earlier. Other than that, it's almost perfect.
        If they release it this year, it will be top of the line.
        If they release it next year, it will yesteryears technology.

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          • Anonymous
          • pTi
          • 01 Oct 2011

          AnonD-24262, 01 Oct 2011Off topic: I missed Samsung making great cameraphones. Can ... moreI have sgs2 and it has really decent camera
          smartphone with excellent camera is better than camera phone

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            • AnonD-1078
            • nDV
            • 01 Oct 2011

            Samsung is now the king of mobile comunications !!

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              • Anonymous
              • spS
              • 01 Oct 2011

              This is just another indoor gadget. A mobile phone needs IP67.

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                • nickclauz
                • sR1
                • 01 Oct 2011

                hope it come out soon ... i love it

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                  • AnonD-24262
                  • t7W
                  • 01 Oct 2011

                  Off topic: I missed Samsung making great cameraphones. Can anyone still remember the Pixon and Pixon12? They may be not smartphones but they are still one hell of a cameraphone. I miss that.

                    it`s very simple - I want one :-)

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                      • AnonD-293
                      • tA$
                      • 01 Oct 2011

                      no review or screenshoot on dialer/dialpad and contact/phonebook?

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                        • Grace C
                        • uQ5
                        • 01 Oct 2011

                        Can't wait to have it!!! Super Smart Phone that do wonders.

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                          • Absorption
                          • wv%
                          • 01 Oct 2011

                          5.3in getting a bit big to be a phone, it'll cover half your whole face, no pun intended.

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                            • Moony700
                            • Sdr
                            • 01 Oct 2011

                            Screen size is too big for a phone.

                            and too small for a tablet.

                            there is no point of making it.

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                              • imagegrill
                              • n59
                              • 30 Sep 2011

                              XX, 30 Sep 2011Loudspeaker muffled when placing it on a level surface? Tha... moreJust turn the device over......sorted.
                              Or, as I found with the Galaxy S, the slighty muffled speaker add bass and makes music (rock at least) sound better!!

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                                • ntg
                                • 30 Sep 2011

                                Pre-ordered this, then went for N9 after noticing the pentile.

                                At this price point, there really shouldn't be 2nd grade solutions like that...

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                                  • Ycn
                                  • 30 Sep 2011

                                  This is almost exactly the size of the Dell Streak 5. I have one now and it takes a little getting used to at first, but the amount of info it can show is great. The only drawback to the Streak is the weight. So, with this coming in so much lighter, this is a definite must-have for me.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • PDN
                                    • 30 Sep 2011

                                    The Note's width is just on, or over, my one-handed thumbable limit, but my office pants can fit a device with around an extra inch/25 mm of length, so maybe a slightly narrower, much longer tabphone/phonetab/phablet/phoblet(?) with a 6.5" screen would be nice. Or something like the Sony S2, but with 3 thin, hinged screens, 2 enclosed like a clamshell, and the third facing out on the outside of the clamshell. In phone use, you use the outside screen. For tablet use, you fold out flat the 3 screens to make one big screen. Imagine 3 Galaxy S IIs joined together side-by-side with hinges (making about 7.5" diagonally), having only one with a camera bump, and 3 USB On-The-Go ports!

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                                      • Kg%
                                      • 30 Sep 2011

                                      Loudspeaker muffled when placing it on a level surface? That sucks.