Looking back on an iconic Android device, the Samsung Galaxy Note – Android Planet

In the year 2015 we look not so surprised if a smartphone has a 5-inch screen or larger. It was different when the first Galaxy Note from Samsung in the autumn of 2011 was launched.

The Galaxy Note was announced at the Berlin IFA in 2011 and found In October of the same year made its way to the Netherlands and Belgium. It was the first device that the name ‘phablet’ – a combination of smartphone and tablet – on birth, which was by 5.3 inch HD screen, which at the time was labeled by many as too large

To the ministry to make things simpler, the Samsung Galaxy Note S Pen stylus is also provided which could be stored in the cabinet. Moreover, it was possible to draw with the plastic scribe and write, was already working the latter by the faltering handwriting is not always good.

Although critics denounced the format of the Note, the unit made a good impression. This was mainly due to the sharp and bright AMOLED screen, the smooth specs and the presence of a powerful 2500 mAh battery. It seems today not as impressive, but despite the big screen was able to achieve the Note a battery life of more than one day. Also regarding performance, the Note blew the competition over, as was also true of his successors. Within two months the first Note was one million copies sold

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The Galaxy Note was the first device that attempted to combine the best of smartphones and tablets. Dell did a year earlier, an attempt with the Streak, a phablet in both a five and seven-inch format was released, but also because of the poor performance was never a success. Unlike the Streak, the Note was mainly put in the smartphone market, initially with Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) and a slightly modified interface to take advantage of the larger screen. This allowed users to view more apps, easier multitasking and with the S Pen to operate the smartphone.

The S Pen made to operate the major smartphone easier

For the release of the Samsung Note improved countless apps, including calendar, calculator and note app. Polaris also complete office productivity suite supplied. But perhaps the finest of the unit was the ability to show websites in all their glory on the big screen with the stylus to click on links and images made much easier.

In the nine months after the release Samsung sold 10 million units of the Galaxy Note, which the company showed that there was enough park space for large devices on the smartphone market. His successor, launched in 2012, a staggering 30 million copies sold. The Galaxy Note 3 continued strong sales down, though there was that time already more choice for those who were looking for a great smartphone.

Big smartphones have become so common that we hardly hear the term phablet more . In fact, many users do not even consider a device with a screen that is smaller than 5 inches. Alternatively, the threshold in terms of screen size seems also to have been reached with the Nexus 6 (6 inches) and Galaxy S6 Edge + (5.7 inches). These devices are actually too large to be comfortable to use, though we thought at first Galaxy Note initially.

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