![]() ![]() For our money, Samsung has got the size just right and we've had no issues making of receiving calls.Īt 8.5mm thick the Note 4 is relatively slim by today's standards, and while there are slimmer competitors the Note's rigid build has a perfect excuse: it includes that built-in S Pen stylus, which can be easily extracted or stowed in a cavity in the body. ![]() Shifting down a size to the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 doesn't feel drastically smaller (see in our gallery for side-by-side comparisons), but does feel like a slightly better-balanced arrangement, if the 176g weight doesn't bother you. Having used the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 for a full month we're well versed in big-phones. The phone measures 153.5 x 78.6mm front-on, but that's a smaller face than the slightly slimmer iPhone 6 Plus (158.1 x 77.8mm) - and that's despite the Samsung donning the larger and higher-resolution screen of the pair. In just three short years since the original, the Note 4 arrives and it no longer feels too large in today's market despite the 5.7-inch screen perhaps suggesting otherwise. Put simply the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 rules. No other 5.7-inch screen looks better and even if the competition is beginning to knock at its door the Note 4 can sit back on its throne with its feet up knowing it's done all the hard work. Not just because it's got a top-tier specification on paper, but because you can see and feel the benefit of that technology in the palm of your hand. There are still some app excesses, fussy features that could be preened and simplified, the persistent use of budget plastic in a top-tier device baffles us, and the choice of fingerprint scanner technology is not just behind the competition it's also unwieldy in a phone of this size.īut look at it for all its positives and the Galaxy Note 4 can only impress. To call the Note perfect would be misleading though. Despite the suggestion of Apple, Huawei and Sony competitors closing in on the big-screen phone space, the Note 4 exists in its own world thanks to S Pen stylus integration and a heap of additional features as a result. The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is a rare example of a phone that not only does shed loads, but does it all so well. Does such a design quirk cost this big-screen device from remaining king of the phablet castle, or has Samsung got it all sewn-up for its third-generation Note? In 2014 things are different: competitors are following where Samsung leads, with Apple's iPhone 6 Plus dipping into a similar concept and even the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 making a strong case.ĭoes Samsung need to worry about the Cupertino or Chinese giants eating into its very domain? The Note is a little different as it remains the only device of the three mentioned to offer a built-in stylus, otherwise known as the S Pen, and like a doting parent Samsung has shaped the Galaxy Note 4's user experience into something altogether more refined - and more complex.Įven so, if there's one thing Samsung just can't shake it's the apparent delight it has in opting for plasticky removable backs in the build, which is something more or less absent in among its peers, including HTC, Sony, Apple, et al. Samsung created the big-screen phone category, and until now it's not had too much serious competition. The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 represents not only the most crucial big-screen device from the Korean company for a couple of years but, sub-genres brushed to one side for a moment, perhaps the most crucial smartphone in its line-up too. (Pocket-lint) - Big phones, phablets, or whatever term you want to call them - the big-screen category is here to stay.
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