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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge Review

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-it-out dept.

MojoKid writes Differentiation is difficult in the smartphone market these days. Larger screens, faster processors, additional sensors and higher resolution cameras, all are nice upgrades but are only iterative, especially when you consider the deluge of products that come to market. True innovation is coming along with less frequency and Samsung, more so perhaps than some other players, is guilty of punching out so many different phone models that it's hard not to gloss over new releases. However, the new Samsung Galaxy Note Edge may offer something truly useful and innovative with its supplementary 160 pixel curved edge display. The Note Edge is based on the same internal platform as the Galaxy Note 4, and features a 2.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 SoC with Adreno 420 graphics and 3GB of RAM. What makes the Galaxy Note Edge so different from virtually all other smartphones on the market is its curved edge display and what Samsung calls its "revolving UI" that offers app shortcuts, status updates, data feeds and features all on its own, but integrated with the rest of the UI on the primary display. You can cycle through various "edge panels" as Samsung calls them, like shortcuts to your favorite apps, a Twitter ticker, news feeds, and a tools panel for quick access to the alarm clock, stop-watch, a flashlight app, audio recorder and even a digital ruler. The Galaxy Note Edge may not be for everyone, but Samsung actually took curved display technology and built something useful out of it."

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  1. Congratulations Samsung... by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 4, Insightful

    For inventing a phone that's not only even easier to crack the screen on than a regular smartphone but also can't be held on both sides AND can't use a protective case.

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    1. Re:Congratulations Samsung... by AK+Marc · · Score: 2, Informative

      can't use a protective case.

      lots of cases

      can't be held on both sides

      http://cdn01.androidauthority....

      even easier to crack the screen on than a regular smartphone

      A lie to go with the other lies you gave.

      Why are you bashing something for being different? None of your complaints are even valid, 2/3 disprovable with simple searches.

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    2. Re:Congratulations Samsung... by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 2, Informative

      lots of cases [google.co.nz]

      Which aren't protective cases like otterbox...except the one that is an otterbox, but is a different phone

      http://cdn01.androidauthority.... [androidauthority.net]

      You can "hold" a knife by the blade by barely touching the edge too, the same for a broken piece of glass. No reasonable person would consider that a substantive reliable grip however.

      Why are you bashing something for being different? None of your complaints are even valid, 2/3 disprovable with simple searches.

      Translation "I actually couldn't even make up a dishoenst response to this one like I did the other 2 so I'm going to bluff and hope nobody actually clicks those links and thinks critically about what they're seeing". Different does not mean good.

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    3. Re:Congratulations Samsung... by Solandri · · Score: 2

      Lemme guess - you're a guy who carries his smartphone in his pocket, and is incapable of imagining any other use scenario.

      The phone is designed with the Asian market in mind. Phablets are insanely popular there among women, who put a cover on them and carry them in their purses. The problem is that if you get a text, you have to pull the phone out of your purse and flip open the cover to read it. A cover with a cutout for the screen is one solution, but still requires taking out the phone to read the text. Putting a display on the edge allows you to read the text while the phone is still in the purse.

  2. Re:3 gig of ram? by binarylarry · · Score: 2

    The iphone rocks 1GB like it's 2004

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  3. Re:3 gig of ram? CORRECT, 32GB of Flash Storage by MojoKid · · Score: 3, Informative

    The summary is completely correct. It has 3GB of RAM (as in system/processor memory), which is actually as big as it gets these days for premium smartphones. 32GB of Flash storage is what you're thinking of, which is not RAM, obviously. And yes, the device has a 32GB Flash setup. So, you're wrong and that's what else is new I guess.

  4. Re:3 gig of ram? by binarylarry · · Score: 2

    I wasn't the anonymous coward, however:

    http://www.cnet.com/news/apple...

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  5. Re:3 gig of ram? by SuperKendall · · Score: 2

    Yeah, what the hell is this, HackerNews? :-)

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  6. Re:3 gig of ram? by AK+Marc · · Score: 2

    The HTC One M7 doesn't have an SD slot, but the next year's model, the HTX One M8 does. They cut it out to save a little weight, thickness and cost, but found that people wanted it more than they wanted the benefits of not having it. So they "upgraded" the new model with a better camera, CPU, and an expansion slot. The overwhelming majority of phones sold have an SD card slot, though a few of the popular ones don't, but usually only for a side-model, not the actual flagship.

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