Samsung Goes Big with Galaxy Note II, Galaxy Player 5.8 Discussion

[Ed Hardy]

Samsung clearly believes that "bigger is better". ?It has taken the wraps off the largest member yet of its Galaxy Player series of handheld computers, and the Galaxy Note II is expected to be even bigger than its predecessor.

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[weegie]

The Player screen is bigger, the Note II screen is smaller than the current Note and is going to lose resolution for those it matters to, 16:9 has been great for OEM's [particularly on notebooks and monitors] and manufacturers where they get to quote bigger diagonal sizes while actually giving less screen.

[Drillbit]

I like the design where they put the ear and speaker phones at the top and bottom corner of the bezels in the Player. I hope they do that on the Note 2.

[scjjtt]

The Player screen is bigger, the Note II screen is smaller than the current Note and is going to lose resolution for those it matters to, 16:9 has been great for OEM's [particularly] and manufacturers where they get to quote bigger diagonal sizes while actually giving less screen.

Weegie, I'm confused (certainly not the first time) Ed Hardy wrote, "It will be upgrades in a number of ways, not just a larger display." but yet you stated that the screen is smaller? What am I missing?




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[Ed Hardy]

According to what has leaked out about the Note II, the device will have a 5.5-inch screen. The original has a 5.3-inch one. However, the resolution will supposedly be lower: 1280 x 720 while the current one has a 1280 x 800 display.

[weegie]

Plus the area, a 16:9 aspect 5.5" is 9.63 sq in and the current 16:10 aspect 5.3" is 10.51 sq in.

[Ed Hardy]

Brighthand's sister site TabletPCReview was able to try out the newly-announced Galaxy Note II at the IFA tradeshow. Check out their first thoughts:

Samsung Galaxy Note II Hands-On Preview