Web Reviews for the Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000

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We head over to recent reviews of the Samsung Galaxy Note GT -N700 around the web and gathered snippets of the reviews done by tech blogs and websites. This expensive phone, announced last September 2011, is considered a hybrid between a tablet and a smartphone.

The Galaxy Note sits in between Samsung’s highly popular Galaxy S2 smartphone and its first 7-inch tablet, the Galaxy Tab.

Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Review Yugatech.com 

Its massive 5.3″ screen is an inch bigger than the famous Galaxy SII. Its so big that Engadget.com sees it as being

“….massively good but simply too massive for some” 

Samsung Galaxy Note review Engadget.com

Here are the key features of the Samsung Galaxy Note courtesy of GSMArena’s review

Key features

• Quad-band GSM and quad-band 3G support
• 21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
• 5.3″ 16M-color Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of WXGA resolution (800 x 1280 pixels)
• Android OS v2.3.5 with TouchWiz 4 launcher
• 1.4 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU, Mali-400MP GPU, Exynos chipset, 1GB of RAM
• Pre-bundled with the S Pen active stylus
• 8 MP wide-angle autofocus camera with LED flash, face, smile and blink detection
• Video recording of up to 1080p@30fps
• Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g and n support; Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi hotspot
• GPS with A-GPS connectivity; Digital compass
• 16/32GB internal storage, microSD slot
• Accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Charging MHL microUSB port with USB host and TV-out (1080p through optional adapter) support
• Stereo Bluetooth v3.0
• FM radio with RDS
• Great audio quality
• 9.7 mm slim and weighs a reasonable 178g
• 2MP secondary video-call camera
• Full Flash support and GPU-acceleration for the web browser permit 1080p flash video playback
• NFC support (optional)
• Document editor
• File manager comes preinstalled
• Extremely rich audio and video format support
• 2500 mAh battery

Main disadvantages

• Won’t fit comfortably in every pocket
• Much harder for one-handed use than a regular smartphone
• All-plastic body
• No dedicated camera key
• HD screen uses PenTile matrix lowering perceived resolution
• Non-hot-swappable microSD card
• Sub-par loudspeaker volume

Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 review: Power play GSMArena.com

Again the main disadvantage many of the reviewers have found is the massiveness of the Samsung Galaxy Note. It may have all the goodies but once you bring it outside and do all the usual day to day activities, you would find yourself feeling cumbered, especially when you need to text while walking or trying to make a call. The size of the device is just too much for many to put into their pockets. There still those who feel that 4.3″ is still too much for a phone.

But buying one is your decision to make. It’s more about what priorities you have and how you plan to use your smartphone.

Sources [Yugatech.com, Engadget.com, GSMArena.com]