Today at 19:00 the start of official sales Galaxy Note 2 - latest flagship Samsung. This
is not just a smartphone - it's the latest model in a line of Note,
where the line between tablets and phones disappearing. The predecessor to this model has been very successful in the market, even though he was greeted with surprise. Note 2 is basically just improved in every way first successor Note, but improvements have been made tremendous. Personally,
I was not familiar with the first Note, so that in this review, I can
not give an accurate comparison of improvements over the first model.Design and Ergonomics
When Note 2 was introduced, I was disappointed. And disappointed for two reasons. First - it is the design itself. We just showed increased Galaxy S3. Moreover, when I show people this smartphone, everyone asked me, "Oh, this is the third Galaxy? '. No individuality, which would emphasize all the features of this phone. The second reason - is the material body. White glossy plastic - not quite what I believe needs to decorate the company's flagship. Yes, the materials are sturdy, good quality, but not the flagship. The prints are visible from the front and on the faces on the back, and because of the phone a little plastic slide in the hand.
Reviled design, consider the body closer. As I said, the body is completely made of plastic case and bezel camera and mechanical buttons are stylized metal. The left side is the volume rocker body busy, comfortable enough key travel feels good. The right side is the lock button and the deepening of the housing, which is necessary to hook to remove the back cover. The location of the control buttons are well thought out, given the considerable size of the device - they are located just above the middle, and are within range of a normal grip. The bottom end is busy bay micro-USB and stylus.Located on the top of a 3.5 mm audio input. The back side is the camera, flash, and a slit for the speaker. By the way, the surface of the lid is well dirty. Under the lid are removable battery, memory card slot microSD and SIM-card. And insert a SIM-card without removing the battery is very difficult. Assembled apparatus as a whole is good, no crunches, sometimes only play traced back cover in the center, but very small. The stylus is "like a glove", although extracted with little difficulty. Lots Note 10.1 brother had no such problems. On the front side of the control buttons OS - one manual and two touch, above the display - lighting and proximity sensors, front camera, speaker and LED-indicator.Pass to the most controversial, according to people the moment - the size and ergonomics. To the surprise of many here are all excellent. Me, amateur smartphone with a diagonal is less than 4 inches, and the owner is not very big hands, Note 2 seemed very comfortable in size, comfortable to hold, and I can manage it with one hand without discomfort, but sometimes you have to change the position of the smartphone. The only time the size to cause problems - if it is necessary to sit down, for example, to tie shoelaces, and the phone is in your pocket. At this size, weighs only 180g Note 2, which is very nice, and practical ideal weight.
DisplayCompared to its predecessor, the display has grown by 0.2 inches and now stands at 5.5 inches. Executed display technology SAMOLED HD, 1280 × 720 pixels, the screen is protected by glass Gorilla Glass 2. The screen is beautiful, has a high viewing angle, high brightness, contrast and color saturation. The picture is clear and look at it - a pleasure. Screen sizes can comfortably read books, watch movies (this also helps to spread the aspect ratio - 16:9), or simply surf the Internet.
Camera, soundThe camera is mounted on the flagship of 8Mp and allows you to capture up to 3624 × 2448 pixels, and shoot video resolution FullHD - 1920 × 1080 pixels. Settings on the camera - big set. The default mode is set to continuous shooting - ie While holding the camera button - the unit will take pictures. In the activation of the frontal camera Samsung have decided to call "self-portrait mode" - keeping pace with the times, apparently. You can also quickly access the flash, shooting mode (there are a large number, such as "best shot" as a people and landscape, panoramas, HDR, but macro among them for example, I did not see), and effects. Advanced settings allow you to adjust ISO, exposure, subject, focus, GPS tags and more. In general, the pictures are good as in good or bad light, and even in motion (saves continuous shooting). Front camera - 1.9 MP, and also gives a decent image for video or for self-portraits.Sound in Note 2 also "does not disappoint" - reserve volume is good, the sound is clear both from the speakers and the headphones or the speaker connections.Performance, operating systemThe performance of Galaxy Note 2 out of competition. This is facilitated by a new Exynos processor chetyrhyaderny clocked at 1.6 GHz and 2 GB of RAM. Available only 1.75 GB after downloading smartphone busy right around 500MB, but this is more than enough for the user. Smartphone loaded very quickly, and runs smoothly and quickly, the interface is almost slowdown was seen.Pre-installed on a new version of the smartphone Android Jelly Bean 4.1.1 with proprietary add-TouchWiz from Samsung, which greatly enhances the ability to customize the phone for themselves.Let's start with the notification bar. There are shortcuts to quickly set up, such as Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, (de) activation of screen rotation, etc. There you can control the brightness of the screen, players available labels recommended for contextual mode (more on that later), the notice. If you press the "back" for a while, the side shows the cover, you can "pull" for quick access to shortcuts, and you can customize for themselves. On the desktop grid is 8 × 8 spaces for widgets and applications, desktops, 7, also added context.Switch between desktops as you can and flipping through them and clicking on the icon. By default, the large number of items, such as Yandex.News or Yandex, Dropbox, E-mail, Game Hub, radio, etc. Below are 4 label, which can also be changed, and a menu button. Double-clicking the button in the center of the mechanical causes S Voice - Voice Assistant. Holding the button brings up a list of running applications, as well as quick access to Task Manager, search Google or just close all active applications.In Note 2 is NFC-module, which is certainly a welcome addition, as well as S Beam, which allows the exchange of data via Wi-Fi Direct and NFC. There is also a function AllShare Cast - device screen can be shared with others, but to be honest, I could not test the functionality of this feature. You can also change the desktop mode - there are plain and simple. The difference in effect - in simple mode to add widgets and shortcuts settings, favorite contacts, and decreases the number of desktops.Another feature of the shell is context pages that have already been mentioned - they have a stylus S Pen, nashunikov, coasters and roaming. Contextual pages are created as separate desktops and appear right on the screen, even if it is blocked. They located the corresponding widget, recommended applications, and interesting accompanying text. Also present are a function of intellectual turn and expectations - the screen does not turn on and remains on until you look at it.Lock function allows you to block incoming calls, notification, alarm and LED-display, you can configure this mode switch on time, and there is a "white list" of contacts.And finally, perhaps the most interesting feature - one-hand operation. You can customize your keyboard for entering text, and when you enter a number in the calculator or unlock pattern for easy use with one hand, and you can also specify a right-handed or left-handed you.The "movement" can improve the comfort of the device. For example, if you type messages to attach the phone to your ear, the phone call to the selected recipient.S Pen, autonomyThis brings me to what makes these unique Note 2 - pen-stylus S Pen. It greatly enhances the control smartphone. First, let's say that just bringing the pen to the screen you will see a blue dot. Depending on the application, the point may be replaced by, for example, a pen. This point can be specified on any information on the phone for more information on the menu item or for a quick look at the headers \ text messages, and if you reach the bottom or the top of the list - it will flip through. In the pen S Pen is also a system of gestures, which is activated by pressing a button on the stylus - if you draw a tick upward angle it would be equivalent to pressing the "function", if you just select an object on the screen - it will stand out as an image, which can be send to the Internet, copy to clipboard or save it to your phone, note, for example. If you quickly press 2 times the screen - will create quick notes S Note, and if you hold the stylus for a while at one point - you can take a snapshot of the screen, which can be edited immediately, and again sent to the Internet or save.Key features of the pen is also disclosed in the application for taking notes S Note. The application allows you to create notes on the various templates, customize the type of writing instrument - such as a brush or pen, insert images, videos, audio notes. Still, you can insert the "idea drawings" - you write the common name pattern, such as "food" or furniture, "and the smartphone offers a jigsaw piece. Would again like to praise the quality handwriting recognition, text and formulas, although it is a little bit does not work properly. Example, There are problems with the recognition of uppercase \ lowercase letters. But comfortable enough to write little notes or messages in social networks with a pen.Note 2 has a proud autonomy, given the large display. With my load - namely several short calls a day, about 10 SMS included synchronization and 3.5G data transmission mode, push-notification email, social networks updates every 10 minutes., About 3 hours of music, the work in about an hour seeding mode Wi-Fi, near maximum brightness and frequent surfing the Internet in Google Chrome to 7 pm, on the unit is 32%, which is a good indicator.Results of29990r for Samsung device offers us a gorgeous display, a new operating system Andoid, better productivity, excellent autonomy and a wide range of possibilities offered by the pen-stylus S Pen, though not quite like an expensive and solid device. The only thing that may deter the end user, to my quite - it's unusually large size and inconvenience caused by it, but you can get used to them. In my opinion this is a great solution in the market.
When Note 2 was introduced, I was disappointed. And disappointed for two reasons. First - it is the design itself. We just showed increased Galaxy S3. Moreover, when I show people this smartphone, everyone asked me, "Oh, this is the third Galaxy? '. No individuality, which would emphasize all the features of this phone. The second reason - is the material body. White glossy plastic - not quite what I believe needs to decorate the company's flagship. Yes, the materials are sturdy, good quality, but not the flagship. The prints are visible from the front and on the faces on the back, and because of the phone a little plastic slide in the hand.Reviled design, consider the body closer. As I said, the body is completely made of plastic case and bezel camera and mechanical buttons are stylized metal. The left side is the volume rocker body busy, comfortable enough key travel feels good. The right side is the lock button and the deepening of the housing, which is necessary to hook to remove the back cover. The location of the control buttons are well thought out, given the considerable size of the device - they are located just above the middle, and are within range of a normal grip. The bottom end is busy bay micro-USB and stylus.Located on the top of a 3.5 mm audio input. The back side is the camera, flash, and a slit for the speaker. By the way, the surface of the lid is well dirty. Under the lid are removable battery, memory card slot microSD and SIM-card. And insert a SIM-card without removing the battery is very difficult. Assembled apparatus as a whole is good, no crunches, sometimes only play traced back cover in the center, but very small. The stylus is "like a glove", although extracted with little difficulty. Lots Note 10.1 brother had no such problems. On the front side of the control buttons OS - one manual and two touch, above the display - lighting and proximity sensors, front camera, speaker and LED-indicator.Pass to the most controversial, according to people the moment - the size and ergonomics. To the surprise of many here are all excellent. Me, amateur smartphone with a diagonal is less than 4 inches, and the owner is not very big hands, Note 2 seemed very comfortable in size, comfortable to hold, and I can manage it with one hand without discomfort, but sometimes you have to change the position of the smartphone. The only time the size to cause problems - if it is necessary to sit down, for example, to tie shoelaces, and the phone is in your pocket. At this size, weighs only 180g Note 2, which is very nice, and practical ideal weight.
DisplayCompared to its predecessor, the display has grown by 0.2 inches and now stands at 5.5 inches. Executed display technology SAMOLED HD, 1280 × 720 pixels, the screen is protected by glass Gorilla Glass 2. The screen is beautiful, has a high viewing angle, high brightness, contrast and color saturation. The picture is clear and look at it - a pleasure. Screen sizes can comfortably read books, watch movies (this also helps to spread the aspect ratio - 16:9), or simply surf the Internet.
Camera, soundThe camera is mounted on the flagship of 8Mp and allows you to capture up to 3624 × 2448 pixels, and shoot video resolution FullHD - 1920 × 1080 pixels. Settings on the camera - big set. The default mode is set to continuous shooting - ie While holding the camera button - the unit will take pictures. In the activation of the frontal camera Samsung have decided to call "self-portrait mode" - keeping pace with the times, apparently. You can also quickly access the flash, shooting mode (there are a large number, such as "best shot" as a people and landscape, panoramas, HDR, but macro among them for example, I did not see), and effects. Advanced settings allow you to adjust ISO, exposure, subject, focus, GPS tags and more. In general, the pictures are good as in good or bad light, and even in motion (saves continuous shooting). Front camera - 1.9 MP, and also gives a decent image for video or for self-portraits.Sound in Note 2 also "does not disappoint" - reserve volume is good, the sound is clear both from the speakers and the headphones or the speaker connections.Performance, operating systemThe performance of Galaxy Note 2 out of competition. This is facilitated by a new Exynos processor chetyrhyaderny clocked at 1.6 GHz and 2 GB of RAM. Available only 1.75 GB after downloading smartphone busy right around 500MB, but this is more than enough for the user. Smartphone loaded very quickly, and runs smoothly and quickly, the interface is almost slowdown was seen.Pre-installed on a new version of the smartphone Android Jelly Bean 4.1.1 with proprietary add-TouchWiz from Samsung, which greatly enhances the ability to customize the phone for themselves.Let's start with the notification bar. There are shortcuts to quickly set up, such as Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, (de) activation of screen rotation, etc. There you can control the brightness of the screen, players available labels recommended for contextual mode (more on that later), the notice. If you press the "back" for a while, the side shows the cover, you can "pull" for quick access to shortcuts, and you can customize for themselves. On the desktop grid is 8 × 8 spaces for widgets and applications, desktops, 7, also added context.Switch between desktops as you can and flipping through them and clicking on the icon. By default, the large number of items, such as Yandex.News or Yandex, Dropbox, E-mail, Game Hub, radio, etc. Below are 4 label, which can also be changed, and a menu button. Double-clicking the button in the center of the mechanical causes S Voice - Voice Assistant. Holding the button brings up a list of running applications, as well as quick access to Task Manager, search Google or just close all active applications.In Note 2 is NFC-module, which is certainly a welcome addition, as well as S Beam, which allows the exchange of data via Wi-Fi Direct and NFC. There is also a function AllShare Cast - device screen can be shared with others, but to be honest, I could not test the functionality of this feature. You can also change the desktop mode - there are plain and simple. The difference in effect - in simple mode to add widgets and shortcuts settings, favorite contacts, and decreases the number of desktops.Another feature of the shell is context pages that have already been mentioned - they have a stylus S Pen, nashunikov, coasters and roaming. Contextual pages are created as separate desktops and appear right on the screen, even if it is blocked. They located the corresponding widget, recommended applications, and interesting accompanying text. Also present are a function of intellectual turn and expectations - the screen does not turn on and remains on until you look at it.Lock function allows you to block incoming calls, notification, alarm and LED-display, you can configure this mode switch on time, and there is a "white list" of contacts.And finally, perhaps the most interesting feature - one-hand operation. You can customize your keyboard for entering text, and when you enter a number in the calculator or unlock pattern for easy use with one hand, and you can also specify a right-handed or left-handed you.The "movement" can improve the comfort of the device. For example, if you type messages to attach the phone to your ear, the phone call to the selected recipient.S Pen, autonomyThis brings me to what makes these unique Note 2 - pen-stylus S Pen. It greatly enhances the control smartphone. First, let's say that just bringing the pen to the screen you will see a blue dot. Depending on the application, the point may be replaced by, for example, a pen. This point can be specified on any information on the phone for more information on the menu item or for a quick look at the headers \ text messages, and if you reach the bottom or the top of the list - it will flip through. In the pen S Pen is also a system of gestures, which is activated by pressing a button on the stylus - if you draw a tick upward angle it would be equivalent to pressing the "function", if you just select an object on the screen - it will stand out as an image, which can be send to the Internet, copy to clipboard or save it to your phone, note, for example. If you quickly press 2 times the screen - will create quick notes S Note, and if you hold the stylus for a while at one point - you can take a snapshot of the screen, which can be edited immediately, and again sent to the Internet or save.Key features of the pen is also disclosed in the application for taking notes S Note. The application allows you to create notes on the various templates, customize the type of writing instrument - such as a brush or pen, insert images, videos, audio notes. Still, you can insert the "idea drawings" - you write the common name pattern, such as "food" or furniture, "and the smartphone offers a jigsaw piece. Would again like to praise the quality handwriting recognition, text and formulas, although it is a little bit does not work properly. Example, There are problems with the recognition of uppercase \ lowercase letters. But comfortable enough to write little notes or messages in social networks with a pen.Note 2 has a proud autonomy, given the large display. With my load - namely several short calls a day, about 10 SMS included synchronization and 3.5G data transmission mode, push-notification email, social networks updates every 10 minutes., About 3 hours of music, the work in about an hour seeding mode Wi-Fi, near maximum brightness and frequent surfing the Internet in Google Chrome to 7 pm, on the unit is 32%, which is a good indicator.Results of29990r for Samsung device offers us a gorgeous display, a new operating system Andoid, better productivity, excellent autonomy and a wide range of possibilities offered by the pen-stylus S Pen, though not quite like an expensive and solid device. The only thing that may deter the end user, to my quite - it's unusually large size and inconvenience caused by it, but you can get used to them. In my opinion this is a great solution in the market.
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