Galaxy Note 4: What will Apple do to beat this?

According to BGR the quad HD display on Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 4 is the most gorgeous smartphone screen ever seen.

Samsung’s 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display features 1,440 x 2,560-pixel resolution, also known as “quad HD” or “2K resolution.” It sports a Retina-busting pixel density of 518 pixels per inch and colors on the screen are simply brilliant. No other smartphone display in the world is as vivid as the one on Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 4.

Beneath the display, the overall TouchWiz experience remains largely unchanged on the Note 4. There are some solid enhancements, especially surrounding S Pen functionality, but for the most part the phone offers what we’ve seen on Note-series devices before it.

Finally, in terms of fit and finish, the new metal frame surrounding the Note 4 is a nice touch that Samsung proudly touts, but the back of the phone is the same plasticky pleather we’ve seen before on recent Samsung devices. This isn’t a bad thing for many users, but the phone definitely doesn’t feel as premium as an iPhone or the HTC One (M8), of course.

The bad news for Samsung fans hoping for a huge upgrade over the Note 3 is that the new Galaxy Note 4 is to the Note line what the Galaxy S5 was to the Galaxy S line. It’s not a huge, innovative step forward. Instead, it’s mostly an iterative upgrade that focuses on refining a user experience that was largely already in place.

2014 will seemingly be the first year Apple enters the phablet segment and the company will clearly have its work cut out for it. Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 is a great device with monstrous specs, a fantastic feature set and the most gorgeous display that has ever existed on a smartphone. TouchWiz gets a bit complicated and iOS’s simplicity may give the iPhone phablet an edge in that area, but the overall experience afforded by the Note 4 will be tough to beat.

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 will launch soon on each of the four major nationwide U.S. wireless carriers, with pricing and exact release timing to be announced in the coming weeks.

Via: bgr.com