Samsung Prepping Huge Galaxy Note Pro for UK Pre-orders
Samsung is prepping the Galaxy Note Pro for launch.
Samsung had a massive booth at CES 2014 and with good reason. The company arrived in Las Vegas with a host of new products, covering everything from washers to TVs. Among them was the Galaxy Note Pro, the largest device in Samsung's Galaxy Note line. Unfortunately, Samsung wasn't able to tell us when this device would launch in the UK.
Luckily, it seems we don't have to wait too long to see it in stores. According to CNet UK, the tablet will be available for pre-order in the United Kingdom starting Tuesday. Interested parties can hit up Samsung UK's website and the first 300 to order will apparently also get a free gamepad for their troubles.
Given the original Galaxy Note pushed the boundaries of phone screen sizes, it makes sense that the Note Pro does the same for tablets. With its 12.2-inch WQXGA 16:10 display, the Note Pro is truly massive. On the hardware side of things you’re looking at either a Snapdragon 800 or a Samsung Exynos 5 (the former is for LTE, the latter for WiFi and 3G), an 8-megapixel camera, a 2-megapixel lens up front, 3 GB of RAM, up to 63 GB of storage, and S Pen support.
The device runs on Android 4.4 with Samsung’s own Magazine UX on top. Magazine UX is optimized for larger screen real estate and includes a dashboard with automatic news feed or updates and Multi Window, which allows you to open four windows at once by splitting the screen into four separate panels.
We'll keep you posted on pricing and official release date.
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Oh man, same. The Ascend Mate launched at CES 2013 and I thought it was absolutely ridiculous. Ascend Mate 2 (same screen size!) comes one year later and it looks completely normal.
12.2 inches is big, but it didn't feel overly awkward when we played with it at CES. I don't know what I would use it for, but there you go...
I currently have a 15" laptop with touchscreen (Win8.1 makes a little more sense now..) and I would go as far as to say its the optimal "tablet" for me. Instant startup or close to it, with an 840 Evo swap for HDD, and the screen itself is often faster to use than the keyboard mousepad. Not to mention crystal clear 1080p resolution, no noise and ample space multiple windows at the same time with no limitations of traditional tablets. I do not miss the iPad4 I gave to a family member after buying this (semi-ultra) laptop.
Phone wise, size can be an issue and a phone should be able to fit in an inner jacket pocket, pants side pocket or jacket side pocket. For us with larger fingers, I do welcome a phone thats a bit wider than an iPhone for comfort when typing stuff. I am aware most smartphones can be flipped for a wider keyboard in landscape mode but still, a little bit more space would be nice.
YOU can't think of any reason, but there's a huge market for large devices (even though a 5" phone is not large by any means). Better productivity, more room for content editing, and in this case the perfectly calibrated S-Pen that can take advantage of the larger screen estate. Luckily, not everyone has your limitations; you should see some of the creations made on large Galaxy devices.