Samsung Note 2: Everything You Need to Know about the Handset
When the Note series came into the market, even Samsung fans thought that the original Galaxy Note was large. However, it ended-up selling 10 million sets, which means that users crave more productivity features than standard Android phones and iPhones offer. It was a moment of pleasure for Note fans when Samsung came up with Galaxy Note 2. The productivity feature of this phone is up to 11 as compared to Galaxy Note. The screen is bigger and better with a size up from 5.3 to 5.5 inches. It is also much more powerful, complete with a quad-core processor and its S Pen supports 1024 points of pressure sensitivity. It also has tons of software features and comes with Android Jelly Bean 4.1.
The Galaxy Note II is definitely much more compared to its predecessor. In this article, we will find out if the mobile set is also much better and provides value for money.
Design and Build
Samsung Note 2 is big and probably the biggest mainstream smartphone released ever. The perfect term for this mobile phone is definitely Phablet because it comes somewhere between smartphone and tablet. The device measures 5.95x3.17x.37 inches and weighs 6.35 ounces. It is also taller than the original Galaxy Note, but thinner and lighter too, which makes it popular among users. As compared to other Galaxy devices, the Note II is heavy on its glossy plastic that lends itself to the relatively light build.
However, the stats show that it isn’t exactly grip friendly. The back cover is removable, which allows the users to remove it and make it grip-friendly. To make your mobile phone look really appealing, Samsung uses a variety of colorful flip-cover accessories that work perfectly with the design. Samsung’s large, thin and glossy plastic makes the handset somewhat hard to grasp. Surprisingly, it is pocket-friendly.
Display
The 5.5-inch display of the mobile phone features around 267 pixels per inch, which is well short of approximately 320-plus PPI counts featured on various other, smaller smartphones and a little more than the 264 pixels-per-inch found on 9.7-inch third generation iPad. The mobile set has extremely deep blacks and vibrant colors, almost to the point of oversaturation. Samsung also offers color presents in the settings menu that tones things down a bit. The phone’s size alone makes it an excellent smartphone for principally video and consuming media.
Overall, Samsung Note 2 is definitely worth consideration.