Each release of a Galaxy Note device has been a major event for Samsung, almost as important as the Galaxy S flagship series. The Note family has a lot of fans, especially because of its attractive format and useful S Pen. The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is the next in the gamut and we are starting to hear more about it, especially regarding the possible flexible YOUM display, 128 GB of internal storage and a 2K resolution that it could be boasting...we have high hopes.
Samsung promised a ''return to the basics'' with the Galaxy S5, and the company certainly fulfilled its promise. Many consider that Samsung lacks technological innovation, while others think that the errors committed with the Galaxy S4 were fixed with the S5. TouchWiz was partly revised and seems to be taking after Tizen, the manufacturer’s own operating system (if not the other way around). That leaves us wondering if the Note 4 won’t look even more differently than the stock Android UI, by adopting for example the rounded icons in the entirety of the phablet's user interface, not only in the settings like with the Galaxy S5. We won’t know for sure unless we get a glimpse of a leaked screenshot.
There has also been news that Samsung is getting rid of Samsung Hub, or at least not pre-installing it onto its devices. There could be other radical changes on the Note 4, to get rid of the bloatware that Galaxy users don't use anyways.
The YOUM display has been talked about for some years now, and we m,might finally see this flexible display on the Galaxy S4, marking it’s commercial debut. This now seems more plausible considering LG manufactured the slightly bent LG G Flex, and Samsung already commercialized the Galaxy Round with a curved display in Korea.
Some are even expecting Samsung to bring a bent touchscreen display that is stretched onto the sides of the smartphone. The flexible display, or at least curved, would potentially allow shortcuts to the phone’s sides, so that you can access them without meddling with the main screen, as shown in the picture below:
/ © TecIdentity 2K on smartphones translates to a resolution of 2560 x 1440 or around that amount. It’s completely likely that the Galaxy Note 4 would have a 2K display, though it won’t be the first (Oppo Find 7). This resolution on a 6-inch phablet would mean a density of approximately 500 pixels. If Samsung does come out with a 2K phablet, that can record videos in 4K, like the Note 3 and the Xperia Z2, the brand would have its come-back after the relately disappointing characteristics of the Galaxy S5.
The rumor of a 20 MP camera was launched on the Korean site etnews.com, a website that we wouldn’t consider the most legitimate of sources, at least in the way of rumors. That being said, this is completely foreseeable if you consider that Samsung has never been last in the pixels race. The S5 has a 16 MP camera, making 20 MP quite probable. And like mentioned above, 4K video will probably also be on the menu, considering the Note 3 already has it.
Samsung has the habit of announcing new high end technologies independently of their flagship press events. This was the case with its latest Exynos true octa-core processors, the flexible YOUM display, as well as the 2K displays. This being a common occurrence allows us to speculate that the Note 4 will in turn benefit from advanced technologies. I can imagine that a 2K display on a 6-inch display would be very impressive.
© Samsung We also know that Samsung plans on augmenting the internal storage in its mobile devices, which is why we believe that the Note 4 could be released with 128 GB. According to CNET, Samsung is also working on 64-bit technology. The Note series often marks the arrival of a higher number of gigabytes. Could the Note 4 be the first to come with 4G of RAM? 3 GB, on the other hand, is more than ample for present smartphones. A new graphics processor could be coming up though, considering the Adreno 330 is equipped in previous generations of Samsung devices.
It’s pretty easy to deduce that the Galaxy Note 4 will debut in September, considering that (mostly) all other Notes saw their start during this month:
Galaxy Note N7000 : September 2011Galaxy Note 2 N7100 : August 2012Galaxy Note 3 : September 2013Galaxy Note 4 : August/ September 2014?In regards to the Note 4 price, it will likely go for 700 USD, as this was the price for all the previous models at the moment of their release.
There haven’t been that many rumors or speculations in regards to any specific functions to come on the Note 4, like a fingerprint scanner or a heart-rate monitor like the Galaxy S5. If Samsung comes out with a 2K flexible YOUM display, they will be able to retrieve bit of lost ground lost to Sony Xperia Z2 during the MWC 2014 and more recently to the HTC One (M8). And who knows, LG may also steal some of Samsung’s territory when they finally reveal the LG G3 on May 27th.
(originally by Quentin Ducreux)
