Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Depth evaluation-is its tyrannical specifications and performance proportional?

Published annually on the IFA, it appears to have become a tradition in the Samsung Galaxy Note series. Although the focus of this year is more or less attracted by Galaxy Gear, the appeal of Galaxy Note 3 as a mobile phone is not really low ...

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It is equipped with the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 8,004 core processor, with a frequency of 2.3GHz, and Galaxy Note 3 is the first mobile phone to use up to 3GB RAM.

In the field of the plastic fuselage, Samsung can be said to play the most tricks of the family-although many people say that the plastic fuselage is not enough texture, nor solid enough, but it is undeniable that its plasticity is indeed higher, for the pursuit of new ideas of friends is more suitable-as if this factory to use this, On the back cover with the embossed design, with non-slip coating There are really a number of similar; another place we appreciate is that with new styles, each generation's screens are growing, and the overall fuselage width is scaled back-by the first generation of 82.95mm, the second generation of 80.5mm until this generation 79.2mm, let it feel a good promotion every generation; in terms of weight, Galaxy Note 3 is also the lightest of the three machines, only 168g, although the number is not light, but because of its large area, the weight distribution is better, long time to use will not cause a great burden. The only thing that we don't like, is its imitation leather design back cover, hold on the hand when the Non-slip performance than the previous two generations of white version of the bright surface of the back cover, if it is a single hand holding the phone rather than seize the phone hands to use the words of the opportunity to slam a little bit higher.

As the first non-Google mobile phone, launched on Android 4.3, Samsung did not advertise this event, and on the general system side, it doesn't have a lot of updates relative to Galaxy S 4. Of course, there are differences to be found: as if in a locked screen, its suspension and touch effect will be changed to watercolor (but the Galaxy S-III ripple effect can be changed back), and the page marks on the main interface, in addition to the Quick page change, The display also marks the location of the main screen. As for the program row table is also a little update, according to the directory key in addition to the deletion of Third-party apps, you can also select some of the same function can be deactivated in the built-in or system apps stop, so that you do not have to set the number of layers in the directory to find.

In the main interface, Galaxy Note 3 compares specifically with Flipboard (in fact they have been closely related) to make my Magazine interface. Conceptually similar to HTC's BlinkFeed, it provides a central place for news and social Networking information beyond the common main interface. Just, in the concept of using the two can be seen by the open way: BlinkFeed selection on the left side of the main interface, in line with the daily use of the habit of sliding around, so that people have and the main interface of the feeling of the same, and my Magazine is on any homepage from bottom to top up, It feels more like a shortcut-enabled app. Another point to mention is that my Magazine Close method is also more strange, not from the top down, but the same from the bottom up, of course, by the homepage or return key is also possible.

In terms of content, my Magazine has preset three different categories, they are news, social and personal, and can be switched by sliding right and left, and when these categories are found in the keys in the upper right-hand corner, we can also use the arrows on the right-hand side to set the finer items and select the source in the different subcategories. Like BlinkFeed, my Magazine does not support adding sources on its own, but my Magazine can only choose the categories I want to see, even in the social category, only to Twitter and Sina Weibo, and not to support Facebook or Instagram and so on, it is a bit inadequate.

As for the apps aspect, basically as long as the Galaxy S 4 has, we can find on the Galaxy Note 3-whether it is the Samsung Hub, can and Galaxy Gear Tiyatien and story albums, etc., can be said to be an app does not leak. In addition to these, we can find Knox, which was published as early as February, on Galaxy Note 3. In simple terms, Knox is a completely enclosed environment where all data, including calendars, multimedia and contact persons, are independent. Of course, most of the work-related information, such as contacts and calendars, Knox can see the phone itself, but the changes made within the Knox will not be visible outside. Apps, Knox also has its own dedicated Apps, and can not use the mobile phone itself (or, of course, through the Samsung Apps download), and settings can be set for the Knox password, as well as how long after leaving Knox to enter the password to open.

By the set, we see a lot more difference. Relative to the Galaxy S 4, it has a little modification in the classification, respectively, to the connection, installation, control and the general four pages, in which the old account page check, integrated into the General tab of the account and backup sub categories. As in the past, we can't switch pages by sliding right and left, and Galaxy Note 3 is a little less than the mainland brand that provides this feature. In addition to changing the name, each page has a slight change in the contents of the item, like the new control page sign, all sensor-related functions are intelligently grouped together, such as suspension, palm, one-handed operation, motion and S-Pen, and so on, and the general set of items increases, not as overlooked in Galaxy S 4.

This side of the other features, mainly sensor-related functions. Although many of them have appeared on Galaxy S 4, some of them have been improved and upgraded on Galaxy Note 3-that is, the suspension preview we didn't like very much. When we come to Galaxy Note 3, we can choose whether to use a pen or a finger to do it (or both, of course) in the setting. Another improvement is that when we open the media browser and use the hover preview, we can directly click on the picture to go in, this small function is undoubtedly to improve the usefulness of this function. Another key feature that gets updated, for the time being, or only the multiple windows that Samsung does, we can now run the specified app (such as a browser) in the upper and lower parts, or click the function key in the middle of the two window and choose the supported content to drag and share between the two apps.

The special mention then is that editors agree that the best feature of Galaxy Note 3 is the same. In fact, the same single hand operation option found in the Control tab--which included projects that allow users to do a single hand operation in the Calculator app. However, these features are not necessary in front of the first project on the same page. This applies to all the screen options can be said that the machine's "Super Kill", can be like Vivo xplay in any picture will reduce the screen to facilitate the single hand operation. However, there are a few different from the Xplay, first of all, the Galaxy Note 3 after shrinking the screen, there will not be the original screen, so it may be hard to use in the rickety vehicles (such as buses).

However, it is more convenient to adjust the size of the screen after shrinking-as long as the reduction, click the key to the left of the top, you can adjust the window without paragraph size, and move it to the most appropriate position for the user to operate, rather than as xplay only the screen in the lower right corner. And Xplay on the use of keys on the way to open different, Galaxy Note 3 users just slide in the right side of the screen and then slide back to switch the size of the screen, the speed will be faster. Although this feature was previously available on other handsets, Galaxy Note 3 is only a successor, but for the convenience and integration of usage, we all think that Galaxy Note 3 is doing better.

The key features of each generation's Galaxy note fall naturally on the accompanying S-Pen. This generation of the S Pen and Galaxy note II are not very big, just a little bit more, and more square, to pick up is comfortable; however, Galaxy Note 3 introduced a design without insertion direction restrictions for the first time, reducing the risk of damage to the pen position. The only thing that's a bit of a matter of opinion is that the pen is a bit tight and it's a bit hard to pull out when it feels more secure.

As far as software is concerned, note 3 will be a lot different from the one in Notes II. The first is that we can hover the pen in the text input position, and then we can see a handwritten area special key. You can use the handwriting area to replace the mobile keyboard, to make continuous handwriting input, and the recognition rate is very high. Then, when the pen is pulled out, the phone preset opens a fan-shaped list of levitation instructions that can be quickly turned on including Action Memo, scrapbooks, cut book writes, S Finder and Pen Window five features. In addition to cutting books, the other four are new, and although the previous pen write shortcut function has been removed, but the other party to join the loss of the hint is retained, can be opened in the setting.

All right, let's talk about the new features next. The first thing to say is a bit of an action Memo that takes the place of a pen-writing shortcut, because the action Memo can be used to jot down a few trivial things, or you can choose to perform different actions when you write well. If you write a phone number and then select the phone, you will automatically identify the number, email or message will automatically fill in the content, or add to the contact person, so that the content will automatically identify and match to different fields. Others include maps, work and web search applications, features, but also can be the Action Memo reduced to a floating diagram, convenient to use at any time.

The second item of the suspension instruction is the scrapbook, after which the user can circle a range on the screen, then the mobile phone will identify the items in the screenshot, and the user can further edit, delete, classify and store the Clipboard or notes after the completion. And the most powerful, is the screenshot after it can also identify the text inside. When it comes to scrapbooks, we can actually take a screenshot by pressing the key circle on the pen, and when we share it to the scrapbook, we can also use the smart cutting function to select the object with clear outline, which is also a very prominent function.

S Finder is relatively simple, similar to the Spotlight in IOS 7, you can enter the keyword, and then specify different conditions for the data in the machine search. The final Pen Window is actually a floating (floating) apps, using the S pen to draw a box and then select the specified apps (including Third-party WhatsApp and WeChat support) to open. When used, you can drag and resize yourself, or you can shrink to resemble a Facebook chathead, but the apps icon in the Pen Window is not automatically ranked when you turn on several (we've tried to turn on 10 apps.) On use, we notice that if the proportion of painting is not 16:9 of the original, the app screen and objects that are turned on will be distorted rather than extended; and interestingly, we don't need to draw the whole window, so just draw a diagonal line if you're lazy; don't mind if the window is small, You can open the smallest Pen Window by just a short paragraph.

Screen

Like the previous Samsung main machines, Galaxy Note 3 uses a Super AMOLED screen and plugs 1080p of image into a 5.7-inch size. This inch and Vivo xplay, but the color of the performance, Super AMOLED of course will be more than alone will feel the lighter color of the LTPS liquid crystal is much brighter. We also compare it with the accepted iphone 5, which shows that the Galaxy Note 3 is relatively yellow in white, whereas the iphone 5 shows a little bit of red.

Camera 4K Test Film

Galaxy Note 3 uses the same resolution as the Galaxy S 4 13 million megapixel camera, and the software can also do HDR, object elimination, multiple images, and so on. But there are still some features that were not there before, as if they were finally equipped with Photo Sphere, which was made only by Nexus, and 4K film shots that should have been added to Snapdragon 800 processor support. However, these new features will still have some problems and limitations in the actual operation, as if the former sensor offset, and the latter can only be photographed for 5 minutes-in fact, it is enough, just see the countdown will be uncomfortable.

The quality of the shooting, the Galaxy Note 3 in the Low-light environment preset will increase the sense of brightness, and then turn on the intelligent shockproof function-in fact, and Sony cameras in the multi-frame de-noising, and after the opening we also think that the photo is really brighter, less noise. But note that this function may make a serious oil painting of the hair in the small animal. Film, even if the launch of the 4K shooting, the overall flow of the film is not low, and exposure changes, such as speed and smoothness also within acceptable range.

The Galaxy Note 3 is equipped, although roughly similar to the flagship of other plants in the same period, but the RAM built in it is more than half of the other machines, reaching 3GB. Theoretically, there should be no problem with the general daily use of this series. But on Galaxy Note 3, this is only half the case-we discussed and compared with other journalist friends and found that the first time a photo album was opened in a picture browser, we had to wait more than 5 seconds. And the other side is completely normal; In addition, we also need to wait for a Chishing on the switch screen, which is quite disappointing for today's flagship mobile phone.

Fortunately, Galaxy Note 3 is not a big problem in other applications, if we're going to freak out, there's just a few things that won't happen to a lot of people, like when we put more than one phone bag in the same pocket for a lot of times, and then it's easy for other phones to press the home button on the plane. Then the screen opens and the error continues to occur. In fact, we have encountered this problem at the beginning of the Galaxy S III, but do not think that the highlight of the main page is still not changed, I hope that the factory can provide relevant solutions, or switch to the same as the first generation of the Galaxy s sunken type of home key is better.

As for electricity, Galaxy Note 3 as a whole, as reassuring as the previous two generations, under the normal dosage to give us satisfaction with the results: one day down, 20 minutes news reading, take photos of about 10, internet about 15 minutes, social network, real-time communications and Gmail sync full, using 4G LTE Network 12 hours is not a problem, slightly lower dosage can also directly use Wi-Fi hotspot function about 45 minutes. Of course, it's more dangerous to take more photos (like we've got close to 100 shots a day).

Although the Galaxy Note 3 does make us mad, and it is less topical than Galaxy Gear, we can say that Galaxy Note 3 has matured a lot in terms of the yearly update, and that we have a very mature, functional Action Memo and one-handed operation are very satisfying, the former is very good at integration and convenience, while the latter has a feeling of mature function, which makes the usability of mobile phone much better. Of course, the Fever problem passed down by Galaxy S 4, as well as the wrong operation that let us crazy to open the screen still appear, and the imitation leather design is only designed, essentially plastic, and more than a slip of the hand, but relative to our low expectations, Galaxy Note 3 has done a good job, This machine also finally let us feel that the addition of a touch pen is no longer just a simple selling point, but a practical function.