Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. yesterday announced the expansion of its flagship Galaxy Note series with the launch of the new Samsung GALAXY Note 4 in Sri Lanka.
Blending an enhanced S Pen with a superior viewing experience, the GALAXY Note 4 provides users with the most unique and powerful mobile experience in the market.
Commenting at the launch, H.K. Chang, Managing Director, Samsung Electronics India – Sri Lanka Branch Office, “The launch of GALAXY Note 4 highlights Samsung’s commitment to deliver iconic and differentiated products. The new device exhibits people inspired innovation with its unique combination of an enhanced S Pen, large and vivid display and superior productivity features to provide the most refined Galaxy experience to our customers. Samsung has significantly contributed to the wearable industry by taking the lead in offering unique smart wearables and the launch of Gear S will further set a new standard in the mobile communication space.”

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The GALAXY Note 4 embraces Samsung’s heritage of an unrivaled GALAXY mobile experience. Its extraordinary 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560×1440) Super AMOLED display reproduces clearer and more vivid images with deep contrast, better viewing angles, and response times as fast as a millionth of a second, providing an ultimate viewing experience.

S.M. Gotabaya Jayaratne, Secretary, Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology, H.K. Chang, Managing Director, Samsung Electronics India – Sri Lanka Branch Office and Kalpa Perera, Head of Mobile Business, Samsung India Electronics – Sri Lanka Branch Office at the launch

The Note series is much more than the large screen and the advanced Multi Window feature in GALAXY Note 4 enriches the user’s experience by providing them with the key to easier multi-tasking. Users can choose how they access their applications with full, split or pop-up screens, and easily change the size and positioning of apps on the screen with one intuitive swipe.
The GALAXY Note 4 also sports an advanced camera that reproduces brighter and clearer images. The device is equipped with a 16 megapixel rear-facing camera featuring a Smart Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) that counter-balances camera shake and automatically extends exposure time in dark settings. The device’s camera is further strengthened by features like Selective Focus, Rear-cam Selfie, Beauty face, Virtual Tour Shot, Shot & More among others.
In addition, the 3.7 megapixel front-facing camera with an f1.9 aperture offers a default 90 degree shooting. The Wide Selfie feature for the front camera allows users to capture selfies covering angles up to 120 degrees, by seamlessly stitching additional parts around you. The heart rate monitor which sits on the rear side of the phablet can be tapped to shoot a selfie.

S.M. Gotabaya Jayaratne, Secretary, Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology, H.K. Chang, Managing Director, Samsung Electronics India – Sri Lanka Branch Office and Nasser Majeed, CEO, Softlogic Retail at the launch

Making everyday tasks much faster and easier, the GALAXY Note 4’s S Pen has been specifically evolved to serve as the primary interface for routine tasks. This new S Pen offers a much more authentic pen experience, with a more natural brush effect that perfectly emulates writing on paper with a fountain or calligraphy pen. The S Pen serves as the key to a more user-friendly Air Command functionality with intuitive features such as Action Memo, Smart Select, Image Clip and Screen Write that allow users to create and collect content with ease. A new Smart Select feature enables users to easily piece together content from different origins, and share or collect it with ease.
The GALAXY Note 4 also provides users with a choice of multiple, seamless note-taking methods integrated with Samsung’s S Note application. In addition to typing and writing, the innovative Photo Note feature allows users to take a picture and convert the image into editable format within the S-Note. They can also further unleash their creativity by jotting down their thoughts quickly with the Voice Memo.
The GALAXY Note 4 introduces a new sleek and stylish GALAXY design language. The device features a premium metal frame with fluid curvature that seamlessly blends with the device display. The GALAXY Note 4’s 2.5D glass screen, inherited from the GALAXY S3, offers extra protection while perfectly complementing the device’s rich viewing experience. The soft-textured back cover gives the device a luxurious finish while also providing a comfortable grip.
Samsung has laid emphasis on the battery life of the GALAXY Note 4 so as to ensure that the users enjoy the host of features without interruption. The Adaptive Fast Charging feature in the GALAXY Note 4 charges the battery from 0% to 50% in 33 minutes, which is 44% faster than conventional charging. The Ultra Power Saving Mode complements the fast charging by ensuring that users don’t run out of power when they need it most. And to top it off, the GALAXY Note 4 consumes less power than its predecessor, thus increasing the battery life by 7.5%.
The GALAXY Note 4’s wide selection of enhanced essential features enables users to get even more from their mobile device. GALAXY Note 4 comes equipped with multiple microphones and an improved speaker phone for better noise cancellation when speaking in loud environments. A built-in Voice Recorder offers eight directional voice tagging and a selective playback capability that allows users to isolate and listen to specific voices in a group conversation. The GALAXY Note 4 also offers an improved Fingerprint Scanner, to secure personal data and the world’s first UV sensor in a mobile device.
The new Gear S redefines the wearable category in both fashion and functionality – it is equipped with independent 3G Voice plus Data SIM connectivity and can therefore independently handle all your communication needs including calling, texting, chatting and e-mailing over both 3G and Wi-Fi.
The Samsung GALAXY Note 4 is priced at Rs. 128,999, Gear S is priced at Rs. 56,900 and the Gear Circle is Priced Rs. 13,000. The GALAXY Note 4 will be available in ‘Charcoal Black’, ‘Frost White’ and ‘Bronze Gold’.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 went earlier on sale than originally planned in order to compete with the iPhone 6 Plus. However, it seems that Samsung’s rush has resulted in some defective Galaxy Note 4 units, a report from South Korea suggests.

As you can see, there’s a gap between the Galaxy Note 4′s 5.7″ QHD Super AMOLED display and the metal casing next to it. The report suggests, the gap is wide enough to fit 2 sheets of A4 paper or a business card.

There’s no official comment from Samsung regarding the mishap of the number of affected Galaxy Note 4 customers. We guess if there are more such cases, we’ll be hearing from the company sooner than later.

In South Korea a SIM-free Galaxy Note 4 will run you at approximately $920, which is the cheapest of any Note phablet so far. Pre-orders of the Galaxy Note 4 are already underway in the US. There, the phone is confirmed to launch on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile on October 14.

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Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 4 will be released in two separate variants, one with a curved OLED screen, and the other with a conventional flat display. This is according to the latest report from the company’s native South Korea.

The curved panel may be similar to the one used in the Galaxy Round (pictured below), or it could actually be a three-sided YOUM display, similar to the prototypes Samsung has previously demonstrated.

The sources for the information are said to be a couple of executives at local Samsung partners. These people think the world’s biggest smartphone maker will want to impress the world at IFA in Berlin this September.

The next top of the line Samsung phablet will only be using a curved screen in “niche markets”, while the version with a good-old flat display will take care of the mass-market. This is likely due to issues with making as many of those flashy bent panels as Samsung would need were it to exclusively use the new tech in the Note 4.

Along with the Galaxy S devices, the Notes are the best selling items in the company’s portfolio, so ramping up flexible OLED production to the necessary levels probably isn’t feasible – at least not this year.

Samsung will apparently lease 6000 square meters of the IFA exhibition venue, in which it will showcase many new products.

Aside from the Galaxy Note 4 in its two iterations, we’re also going to see Samsung’s competitor for Google Glass surface. Even more wearables, home appliances, as well as curved OLED TVs will be presented too.

Samsung hasn’t officially confirmed any of this, as you could probably guess.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 successor is in the news again, with two different reports tipping its features and launch date.

Sammobile claims that Samsung is testing features like ‘Swipe to launch Motion Launcher’, ‘Aqua Capture’, ‘Multi Network for Booster’, and ‘Smart Fingerprint’ for the Galaxy Note 4.

Aqua Capture resembles the Aqua Mode seen in Galaxy S4 Active handset that would enable users to click images underwater. This hints the Galaxy Note 4 will be more water-resistant than the Galaxy S5

Swipe to Launch Motion Launcher is another feature under testing that is said to be similar to Motion Launch seen on the HTC One (M8). HTC’s Motion Launcher lets users activate camera, wake up the device and do other tasks just by swiping in different directions on the screen.

Smart Fingerprint, as the name suggests, is said to be the modified version of the fingerprint sensor included in the Galaxy S5 smartphone, with additional capabilities. Multi Network for Booster is likely the same as the Download Booster feature on the Galaxy S5, which combines a Wi-Fi and cellular data connection, the report notes.

Android GS, via an insider from Samsung, adds that the alleged Samsung Galaxy Note 4 phablet could be announced on September 3. The date isn’t surprising given that the Samsung Galaxy Note 3was launched on September 4.The report adds that the Korean smartphone maker will start sending invites for the event around mid-August.

Some of the rumoured specifications of the Galaxy Note 4 that surfaced earlier include 2K display (1440×2560); 64-bit processor; 4GB RAM; 20.7-megapixel rear-facing camera; 4G and dual-band Wi-Fi support, and 3600 or 3800mAh battery. Additionally, the Galaxy Note 4 is  expected to come with Android 4.5, as well as a 128GB internal storage variant.

The device is also rumoured to sport the much-awaited flexible display technology by Samsung, tipped the Youm flexible OLED display.

-NDTV