We managed to get our hands on the supersized Samsung Galaxy S3 i.e. the Galaxy Note 2. The first glance at this beast of a phone had us wondering who exactly would need a smartphone that's bigger, faster and more feature rich than the already capable Galaxy S3. So let's find out.
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review: more than a S3 on steroids
Thanks to the round corners, thin bezel and large display, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 shares the same good looks of the S3. The devices even have the same button layout of a middle home button and touch buttons to either side of this. The Note 2 comes in a choice of marble white or grey.
For some the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 could be too big to be considered as a daily driver. However thanks to the thin bezel surrounding the handset, the 5.5 inch display does not look as big as it sounds. The aspect ratio is 16:9 and of course this is superb for watching movies, even more than on the S3.
If your hands are on the large side then there is nothing to worry about. However you might want to get a headset if you usually talk for long periods of time, as the device can get awkward to keep your fingers wrapped around when held up to the ear.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has better hardware than the Galaxy S3. It comes with the Exynos quad core 1.6GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. In the US the Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with the dual core processor and 2GB of RAM and internationally it has the quad core and 1GB of RAM. This means that the Note 2 enjoys the best of both, 2GB and quad core in one monster package.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 offers 16GB of internal storage and you could add on some more via SD card, which means you could have a total amount of 80GB. The handset also enjoys Jelly Bean out of the box. Thanks to its four cores and the fact that it has Project Butter, the device feels much faster than the Samsung Galaxy S3 when it comes to launching apps and scrolling through screens.
The device comes with a battery of 3100mAh, the original Note had a battery of 2500mAh, which gave around 12 hours of talk time. There is a camera of 8 megapixels on the back and the front camera is 1.9 megapixels. The battery in the Samsung Galaxy S3 is slightly longer lasting than the one in the Note 2. When tested both of the devices lasted for 7 hours when playing a video that was looped and on Wi-Fi.
The S Pen features have been improved and now it feels as though you are writing on paper with a pen. When you take the stylus from the dock you have access to Quick Command, Easy Clip and Air View. Air View is the perfect way to preview content by holding the stylus pen over the content and Easy Clip means that you can clip and share images easily.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 feature that cannot be beaten is the Multi-windows for multi-tasking. This lets you run two different apps simultaneously in split-screen.
Samsung claim to have sold more than 3 million Samsung Galaxy Note 2 units over the month. However there are some people that will prefer the smaller size offered by the Galaxy S3, but then they will lost out on the many features the Note 2 has to offer. So as you can see there is much more to the Note 2 than it just being a larger clone of the S3, it comes with some hardware that is superb and it has extras that might just tempt you away from the S3.
Head on down to the store and get a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 demo model in your hands. Its sheer size may put you off at first glance but inside there are many surprises that will have you thinking twice about your previous inhibitions.
Samsung has squarely beaten other market competitors when it comes to smartphones in India. Even in feature phone market it recently toppled Finnish smartphone company Nokia to become the number one brand in the country. It has been launching handsets so fast that it has become sort of hard to keep a tab on all the handsets. Nonetheless its Galaxy S4 has created a record of sort by becoming the fastest selling handset in the weeks following its launch some four months ago.
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