AT&T Galaxy Note Pre-Review

February 16, 2012 in Pre-Review

att galaxy note

The Galaxy Note is due to be released on AT&T on February 19th. 聽This of course is the US variant of the already internationally available Galaxy Note. 聽There are a few differences in US version. 聽Cosmetically, the US version loses the large physical home button its internation cousin dons. 聽Instead it has the tradition Android capacitive buttons we’re so used to seeing. 聽As for the guts, the AT&T Galaxy Note has a 1.5ghz dual core S3 Snapdragon processor as opposed to the 1.4ghz Exynos found in the international version. 聽The reason for the different processor is due to high speed network incompatibilities with the Exynos. 聽Which brings us to our next difference, the radios. 聽The AT&T Galaxy Note has a LTE radio that the international does not have. 聽Depending on how you look at it, that could be considered good or bad. 聽Personally, I’d rather have the better processor than LTE due to the fact that data is not unlimited.

Specs: 聽1.5ghz dual core S3 Snapdragon,聽5.3″ Super Amoled HD screen,聽1gb of RAM,聽NFC (according to a Samsung tear-down),聽LTE

My Expectations:

I expect the device to be large. 聽I’m not sure how comfortable it will be to hold, but I definitely expect it to feel quite different in hand than other devices that I’m used to.

Though it does not have the Exynos processor in it I expect it to be fast and responsive.

With a Super Amoled HD screen, I expect the screen to be gorgeous.

The stylus will feel like a gimmick and feel unnecessary

With that kind of screen real estate, I expect the browsing experience and multimedia experience to be top notch

It should be able to stream flash hd movies without stuttering

I don’t expect it to be a device I’d use as a daily driver

 

With Pre-Review expectations laid out, the table has now been set. 聽We will soon be seeing how the Galaxy Note stacks up against my expectations. 聽Be sure to check back here on the 19th.

 

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