Hands-on: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is pleasant evolution - NU.nl

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The biggest visible change is the screen. Where the previous two models it had to do with up to 1280 by 800 pixels, the Note 3 a full-HD display with resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.

Super AMOLED screen with a pixel density of 386 ppi therefore very sharp. As always with Samsung colors are quite saturated and pronounced. This is further highlighted by colorful default background, the colors. Really the screen

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Although the housing of the Note 3 is still in plastic, you find that in practice none the less. The standard rear of the Note 3 is namely one of soft faux leather.

That feels pretty nice to, the leather is not too stiff and not too smooth and plastic feel of devices like the Galaxy S4 is actually absent in Note 3.

This is the Note 3 a lot more confident in your hand. Great when you use the hand with a giant phone.

S-Pen

Despite the notebook design, the Note due to the supplied stylus his name. He’s still stuck in the back, but now has more options.

example, users with the S-Pen in virtually any app and anywhere calls the Air Command menu on the screen. For that you keep the button pressed and the stylus pen just above the screen to hang.

Then a handwritten note made, which is then converted to plain text. automatically by Note 3 to Action Memo on screen For example, you write by hand on a phone, then that can be dialed immediately.

Scrapbook acts in turn as a sort of pocket. When the S-Pen somewhere draws a circle around it, that text, image or video stored in your Scrapbook, flat as formatted text.

Pen Window

The most notable of the five functions, however, is what I’m concerned Pen Window. This allows users of the app they are using to draw a rectangle.

This rectangle can then be filled with plenty of apps such as a calculator or Youtube, but also the browser. The window is then drag around the screen while the underlying app remains usable.

The shape and size of apps that take your Pen Window drawn to, and give a good sense of multitasking. This also could be, because the big screen of the Galaxy Notes was not always used optimally in the past.

Multi Window

True multitasking, turning two apps side by side, can also with the Note 3. Samsung calls the Multi Window function, and it is equally out how that works.

The fact is quite hidden in the message center of the phone. Once enabled, users can for example while their browser open half filling the screen with another app like Whatsapp.

to run smoothly during the big Note 3 features like Multi Window, the device enters the European market a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon chip 800.

Paired with 3 GB RAM, this ensures that the Note 3 never feels slow. The phone is rap and apps remain after closing longer than usual available.

The 13-megapixel camera of the Note 3 shooting in good light fine photos. Filming can save in the usual 1080p resolution in 4K resolution. This happens in 30 frames per second at full HD resolution can be shot, also smoother 60 frames or 120 frames per second for slow motion.

Preliminary conclusion

Galaxy Note 3 is a logical continuation of the previous two parts. The new design is nice for such a format phone and instantly adjusts well to the name of the phone.

screen impresses, it is clear that the Note 3 for Samsung in terms of both screen and processor at the same level as the S4 state.

Still the Note 3 mainly to distinguish, for the first time not only make good use of the stylus but also that big screen.

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