Watch Samsung Galaxy Note 4's S Pen in action in this official promo video
posted by Florin T.
/ Sep 05, 2014, 11:27 AM
Since the S Pen stylus has been one of the Galaxy Note’s line highlights from the very beginning, this is - unsurprisingly - one of the features that Samsung has enhanced. The Note 4’s S Pen has double the sensitivity of its predecessor, this making it feel more like a real pen when writing or drawing. In addition, the S Pen can now be used like a PC mouse (sort of): you can click and drag to select multiple items, then edit, or move them.
Samsung uploaded an official promo video to showcase the S Pen of the Note 4, and you can watch it below.
For a detailed look at the specs of the new Note, check out this post. Additionally, you should not miss our Galaxy Note 4 hands-on (video included!). The Note 4 will be released in the US in October via all major mobile carriers, most probably for prices starting at $299 on contract. The device is also expected to go on sale in Europe on October 10.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4
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- Display 5.7" 1440 x 2560 pixels
- Camera 16 MP / 3.7 MP front
- Processor Samsung Exynos 7 Octa, Octa-core, 1900 MHz
- Memory
- Storage 32 GB + microSDXC
- Battery 3220 mAh(20h 3G talk time)
23 Comments
2. PapaSmurf
Posts: 10457; Member since: May 14, 2012
Selling my S5, iPad Mini 2 and HTC M8 for this beast. :')
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 11:38 AM 9
5. Ashoaib
Posts: 3238; Member since: Nov 15, 2013
you have to many gadgets
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 12:08 PM 0
7. jaytai0106
Posts: 1888; Member since: Mar 30, 2011
Mo gadgets, Mo Problem :D
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 12:22 PM 0
21. KingKurogiii
Posts: 5713; Member since: Oct 23, 2011
i sold my Moto X, my S5, my Nexus 7, my G3 and i'm going to sell my 64GB iPhone 5S to make room for the new Moto X, the Note 4, the iPhone 6 (albeit a 32GB this time around) and the new Nexus tablet. how's that for too many gadgets?
i justify it because i use it all in my work for VZW.
posted on Sep 06, 2014, 12:05 AM 0
3. NextGenTech
Posts: 59; Member since: Jul 24, 2014
October release is = Fail. Still going to for this beautiful powerful device.
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 11:46 AM 2
4. Carlitos
Posts: 623; Member since: Oct 23, 2011
The note line has always been released in October
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 12:07 PM 3
6. NextGenTech
Posts: 59; Member since: Jul 24, 2014
Where I am it launches late September usually. Could still be the same, who knows.
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 12:20 PM 0
10. pulkit1
Posts: 354; Member since: Jul 03, 2014
at the end of the video the home button glows ?
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 2:11 PM 0
11. hurrycanger
Posts: 1742; Member since: Dec 01, 2013
Light reflection. If you look at the scene again, you can see that at the times the shadow covers the button, there is no "glow".
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 2:43 PM 0
14. E.N.
Posts: 2610; Member since: Jan 25, 2009
I don't know why Samsung makes a big deal about the scrapbooking features. Do people actually use them? Just curious.
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 6:51 PM 0
15. dmakun
Posts: 380; Member since: Jun 06, 2011
Yes, I do use it a lot! Infact it's one of my favorite features to extract images from anywhere/anything on its screen and send as attachment via the several sharing options android devices are capable of.
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 8:44 PM 0
16. 0xFFFF
Posts: 3806; Member since: Apr 16, 2014
One thing Samsung doesn't highlight is that the stuff you produce using S-Note is pretty much dead content. AFAIK, there is no PC/Mac equivalent of S-Note to be able to edit your S-Note documents. You can export to PDF, but that is it.
As this lack of document portability has been a real sore spot in my time with the Note 3, I hope someone corrects me and tells me which Windows/Mac apps I can use to edit S-Note docs :)
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 9:40 PM 0
18. E.N.
Posts: 2610; Member since: Jan 25, 2009
That is one of the biggest reasons why I left my Note II. Also, if you ever upload a word document or PowerPoint to edit in S-Note, you forever lose both the original file format and the original dimensions and you pretty much just have PDF screenshots of your original work...
From my experience as well, there's no longevity with S Note or S Note docs. Which is sad because that's suppose to be a major selling point for the Note series.
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 10:04 PM 1
20. 0xFFFF
Posts: 3806; Member since: Apr 16, 2014
Unfortunately, as Microsoft stores all your documents on their servers and has full access to your content, OneNote isn't something I can use. Basically, you are just handing all your intellectual property to Microsoft for them to data mine and file patents on. Same reason I can't use EverNote.
Also, I do like the immediacy of S-Note and how it is built into the Note in various little ways. I just wish Samsung would add better import/export capabilities and a PC/Mac S-Note application.
posted on Sep 05, 2014, 11:58 PM 0
22. 0xFFFF
Posts: 3806; Member since: Apr 16, 2014
As it had been a while since I looked for S-Note PC/Mac apps, I did another search and found a Windows app that works with S-Note files on Samsung's UK site:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/snote/
I downloaded it and it will import two types of S-Note files, .spd and .snb. IIRC, the S-Note files on my Note 3 are .snb files.
However, it will only save to .spd files. The only export function is to .jpg, not even a PDF export.
It's definitely a lot better than nothing. Hopefully Samsung will focus on improving it more over time.
posted on Sep 06, 2014, 12:15 AM 0
23. Gadgety
Posts: 173; Member since: Sep 03, 2012
"Last year’s Note 3 was already a beast of a device, and Samsung managed to make the Note 4 even better - in pretty much every aspect."
Apart from the screen, improvements seemed pretty marginal, while the price hike, locally in my market, was substantial. The Note 4 is now $1070 off contract. Yikes. The Note Edge did bring something new, although the write ups I've seen were critical of how it functioned, and that it sat poorly in hand. I'll have to check that one out in person. On the other hand I can imagine the price being 10-15% higher, and then pricing is going to be outside of my wallet atm.
