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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 specs, release date, price and more

WASHINGTON: With IFA 2014 just around the corner, now South Korean company, Samsung  is eyeing to launch its flagship phablet Samsung Galaxy Note 4.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is set to unveil o September 4 along with few other rumored devices including huge Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 and curved Samsung Galaxy Gear.

There’s been absolutely nothing about the price yet, but this is a premium phone so expect it to be at least £550 / $800. Better start saving.

One other little detail that is included is the price, which is listed at IDR 9,499,000 (or around £490, $810, AU$870).

First up, screen size. The original Note rocked 5.3 inches, the Note 2 showed up with a 5.5-inch display and the Note 3 pushed things to 5.7 inches.

Going by this logic the Galaxy Note 4 should come with a 5.9-inch display, which would see it match the HTC One Max and LG G Pro 2, while still falling short of the 6.4-inch Sony Xperia Z Ultra.

Samsung’s done well with Super AMOLED, but there’s a suggestion that it might ditch the technology for the Galaxy Note 4 and use PLS LCD instead.

As for the resolution, nothing’s known yet, but with 2K (Quad HD) display’s starting to emerge we wouldn’t be surprised if one found its way onto the Galaxy Note 4, especially as it’s likely to be one of the few phones with a screen big enough to benefit from it.

So far Apple is the only mobile phone maker that’s using 64-bit chips, but Samsung is set on joining the party. Kyushik Hong, vp of marketing for Samsung’s LSI business told CNET that Samsung is “very actively working” on 64-bit right now.

So, while we didn’t see one in the Galaxy S5 there’s a chance that 64-bit chips might make their Android debut in the Galaxy Note 4.

The Note series is usually where we see a bump up in RAM from Samsung, and with the Note 3 packing 3GB we could well see the Galaxy Note 4 rock up with a tasty 4GB under the hood. Both the Note 3 and Galaxy S5 sport the Adreno 330 GPU, which leaves the door wide open for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to enter the fray with a beefed up graphical processor – could this be the best gaming mobile to date?

The Galaxy Note 4 might be in for quite the camera upgrade, as a report from ET News claims that Samsung is developing a 20MP sensor, due for release in the second half of the year.

The device is expected to pack a 16 mega pixel camera senor with some new technology.

With the Galaxy Note 4 also due to be released later in the year it seems a prime candidate to benefit from the lens.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 will almost certainly run the latest version of Android, which is likely to still be Android KitKat.

Presumably it will also be overlaid with some version of Samsung’s TouchWiz interface, likely to be very similar in form to the new version which adorns the Galaxy S5.

We’d put money on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 being dust and water proof (or at least resistant). It’s a key feature of the Galaxy S5 so it’s unlikely that Samsung would remove it for the Note 4.

Besides which Samsung has reportedly ordered a large batch of High performance In-Mold antennas, which are easy to waterproof. They weren’t in time to be used in the Galaxy S5 but Samsung must be planning on using them in something, so the Galaxy Note 4 seems likely.

Magnetic resonance charging is a kind where the device doesn’t even need to be in contact with the charger, so it could have some extremely versatile applications.

There’s no confirmation that Samsung’s take on the technology will make it into the Galaxy Note 4 but according to the report it might be ready to go by the middle of the year, which would make the Galaxy Note 4 a good test bed for it.

It’s the S Pen which makes the Galaxy Note series standout from the rest of the supersized smartphone crowd and with every iteration we see Samsung upgrade its capabilities in some way.

The inclusion of a stylus with a fully touchscreen smartphone is still a little hit and miss, but we’re coming to accept the S Pen and the additional features it provides.

The S Pen’s handwriting feature could be getting a whole lot more useful, as a patent shows it being used to launch applications.

Samsung has stubbornly refused to move away from plastic handsets and the faux-leather of the Galaxy Note 3 just doesn’t cut it.

The perforated skin of the Galaxy S5 is a little better but we want to see a truly premium design from Samsung. Something which would make even HTC and Apple look twice.

Sometimes less is more and that’s a lesson which Samsung could do with learning. A cleaner, stripped back interface with less half baked features and more focus on the important things would suit us fine.

Or the option to just hide/delete any of theunnecessary apps like you can in HTC’s Sense overlay – it’s not much to ask. Samsung is leading the way with battery technology and the Galaxy S5 in particular looks like it should have a lot of staying power, but there’s still room for improvement.

It might not be realistic to expect all week battery life from the Galaxy Note 4 but we want it to at least be able to last several days of moderate use between charges.

We’re seeing smartphones boasting 1440 x 2560 resolutions over in China, but on screens ranging from 4 to 5 inches the improvements aren’t exactly easy to see.

The big winner when it comes to Quad HD (also dubbed 2K) displays are phablets as their increased screen size makes the result appear a lot more impressive – and let’s face it, we’d all much rather watch a movie on a Note rather than an iPhone.

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