Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo in White
Manufacturer Samsung Electronics
Slogan
  • Design your Life[1]
  • Take note.
Series Galaxy Note
First released February 2014
Related
Type Capacitive touchscreen smartphone
Form factor Slate, phablet
Dimensions 148.4 mm (5.84 in) H
77.4 mm (3.05 in) W
8.6 mm (0.34 in) D
Weight 162.5 g (5.73 oz)
Operating system Android 4.3 (Jellybean)
(Planned upgrade to 5.0 "Lollipop")
System on chip Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 5260 (LTE and 3G version)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (Dual Sim version)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800(South Korea Vers)
CPU

Hexa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15 and 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (LTE and 3G version)

1.6 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 (Dual Sim version)
Qualcomm Krait 400 MP4 2.3 GHz (South Korea Vers)
GPU ARM Mali T624MP6 GPU (LTE version)
Adreno 305 (Dual Sim version)
Adreno 330 550Mhz(South Korea Vers)
Memory 2 GB LPDDR3
Storage 16/32 GB flash memory
Removable storage microSDXC up to 64 GB
Battery 3,100 mAh
User replaceable
Display 5.5 in (140 mm) HD Super AMOLED 267 ppi (1280×720) (16:9 aspect ratio) (RGB Matrix)
Rear camera 8-megapixel, camera with autofocus, BSI, 1080p
Front camera 2-megapixel
Connectivity
Other Accelerometer, gyroscope, Hall effect sensor, magnetometer, proximity sensor, RGB light sensor

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo is an Android phablet smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics. The Galaxy Note 3 Neo was unveiled by Samsung Poland on February 1, 2014, with its worldwide release later in that month. Serving as a lower priced version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, the Note 3 Neo was designed to have the same lighter, more upscale design than previous iterations of the Galaxy series (with a plastic leather backing and faux metallic bezel) first supported by its bigger sibling, and to expand upon the stylus and multi-tasking oriented functionality in its software, which includes the new navigation wheel for pen-enabled apps, along with pop-up apps and expanded multi-window functionality. The Note 3 Neo Android 5.0.1 Lollipop update has been confirmed by Samsung and its currently in-development and will be released in 2nd quarter of 2015 (April-June).[2]

Specifications

Hardware

The Galaxy Note 3 Neo's design was intended to carry the same upscale, "premium" look with the new generation of Samsung devices. Although it carries a similarly polycarbonate-oriented design to other recent Samsung devices, the Galaxy Note 3 Neo has a faux metallic bezel and a rear cover made of plastic leather with faux stitching. With a thickness of 8.6 mm (0.34 in), it is slightly thinner than the Galaxy Note II, and is also slightly lighter. Two LTE versions of the Galaxy Note 3 Neo (including one Duos 3G model) uses a 1.6 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 chip, i.e., the SM-N7509V, SM-N7506V and SM-N7502 (Duos 3G). Several Korean versions use 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 chip called SM-N750K, SM-N750L and SM-N750S. The other versions, including the international 3G models and some 4G LTE models,[3] use a hexa-core Exynos 5420, consisting of two 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15 cores and four 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 cores, i.e., SM-N7507, SM-N7500Q, SM-N7505L, SM-N7505, SM-N750.[4] The device also includes 2 GB of RAM, a 5.5-inch 720p Super AMOLED display, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera capable of filming videos in 720p at 60 fps, 1080p at 30 fps and 4K resolution at 30 fps (for only 5 mins, Snapdragon 800 model only), 16 or 32 GB of internal storage, and a 3100 mAh battery.

As with other Galaxy Note series devices, the Galaxy Note 3 Neo ships with an S Pen stylus, which has been updated to use a more symmetrical shape.[5][6][7] The Galaxy Note 3 Neo reverted to the conventional connection of USB 2.0, in order to save costs.[8]

The Galaxy Note 3 Neo was first made available in black, white, and green colors. Samsung is poised to introduce more color schemes for selected markets.

Software

The Galaxy Note 3 Neo comes with Android 4.3 "Jelly Bean" and Samsung's proprietary TouchWiz user interface and software. Additional pen-oriented features have been added to the Note 3 Neo's software; removing the stylus from its compartment (or pressing its button whilst hovering over the display) activates an "Air Command" pie menu which provides shortcuts to pen-oriented features such as Action Memos (on-screen sticky notes that use handwriting recognition to detect their contents and provide relevant actions, such as looking up addresses on Google Maps and dialing phone numbers), Screen Write (an annotation tool), Pen Window (which allows users to draw pop-up windows to run certain apps inside), the search tool S Finder, and Scrapbook. The multi-window functionality has also been carried over with expanded app support, the ability to run multiple instances of a single app, and the ability to drag and drop content between apps. The device also ships with a news aggregator app known as My Magazine, accessible by swiping up from the bottom of the screen, and an updated version of S Note.[1][5]

Software Upgrades

It can also be updated to Android 4.4 KitKat which is already available through OTA and Samsung Kies.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo is expected to get the Android Lollipop update in the near future.

Release

It was officially announced on February 1, 2014 with a release date of March 2014.


See also

References

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