After 3 days, I have now decided finally for the Samsung Galaxy Note and wanted my desire Tablet WIFI order the black version. Thereupon, I stood before the next problem: Amazon currently sells only the White Wifi version which I do not like so much as the blacks. However, I then saw the Amazon tablet currently not sold NEW, but very well used as a warehouse deal. Superior After another day I decided to take the plunge and buy my desire tablet in the desired color from Amazon Wareehouse. The item was with the state: given "Used-Like New" and did not have any info about what special characteristics. 3 days later my Note 10.1 is with me (thanks Amazon), at that time I was already over a week without tablet and the withdrawal symptoms were excruciating. So I spent the rest of the evening and since her almost every free minute with the tablet and was not disappointed in any wise.
look like:
After I've bought the tablet as a warehouse deal as a used piece of equipment I naturally expected the worst (because why else would you return a device?). When unpacking, however, it has become clear that just the film was taken down from the display before, I take so on because the film had a few bubbles on the screen. The side foils and foil back was still attached to bubbles. The accessories was "original packaging". So I assume that someone had the device only briefly in hand to make a quick test and this is then sent back. Since I was skeptical but I took the tablet before the first turn exactly under the microscope, and found no flaw.
The back has one mM after successful leather look. Even the seam around the tablet is. Through the leather structure, the tablet summarizes the back of good. The frame is made of aluminum and grooved. he is not nearly on the display above, the recess for the SP's mounted on the upper right side of the tablet and blasphemous attack very nice. For me as a left-handed, it is natural always a little awkward to remove the pen with your right hand out, and then switch to the left hand. But as a left-handed one is used to this "disadvantage" for a long time and this circumstance has struck me until 2 evening. The display glass is continuous as it has now become standard until the aluminum edge. The margin is significantly narrower than other tablets. As a result, the tablet has shrunk by a few inches and it looks visually good, too. I have often read that a bit heavier in landscape format to keep the tablet, I myself do not find it annoying and have not inadvertently pushed far to the display thereby. otherwise in the front looks very appealing.
What do I need to get used again the hardware key and the 2 touch keys is wrong. Especially the fact that is the Back button in most other Android devices on the left. That was with the Asus Transformer and so is also on my Nexus 4 case. Thus I verdrücke me now and then when I want back, but it is getting better.
The first start:
The setup program I find it very successful. As I have already set up some Android devices were no big surprises there. In addition to the language, time zone and the wifi code. First you have / can log in to the Samsung Account. Without this we could not get OTA updates on the Samsung Galaxy S (i9000), now the OTA update function is no longer but linked to the account. However, I already have an account and since I have the time, set me almost 3 years ago, a Samsung Account. So I just had to sign in, but you can skip this step if you do not want to take advantage of the Samsung services such as backing up data. Then the surprise came to me: Dropbox. Here Dropbox and Samsung has a deal on the 50GB storage space you get with Dropbox for 2 years after the first activation of the tablet. This also works with existing Dropbox account as I have found. After that, the normal Android Setup Wizard is where you log on with their Google account. All in all I needed for the First start, including waiting time less than 5 minutes. The longest time it was to think that I have taken account password for the Samsung ...
performance:
As a comparison, I have my experience with the Asus Transformer TF300 with.
I find the response time of the Note 10.1 excellent. Compared with the Asus Transformer which had a NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad core processor with 1.2GHz and 1GB Ram and the NVIDIA GPU. Until now I have no stutter or lag big observed in the Note 10.1. In comparison with the Transformer everything is really smooth and responds to every touch immediately, the switch between homescreen and the "app list" or "Widgetdrawer" works very quickly without much lag, since I have to wait under gentle on a second need in my old device. In Crome browser I have no stutter while scrolling and a new tab to open works instant.
I am very excited about the Wifi signal strength. I have often in my study had problems with the Transformer. There, I've often had only 1-2 strokes reception and only 3 Mbit download speed (20Mbit of). With the Samsung Galaxy Note, I have until now always 3 dashes into the room and I come with Speedtest.net to 17MBit what this room my current peak value was with my computer does what a very good network card, this is normally achieved by Wifi about 16Mbit.
The colors on screen are as I'm used to at Samsung highly saturated. When I compare it directly with my IPS display from the Nexus 4 I would say oversaturated. However, if I just look at just my tablet and open images I find that the colors and saturation work very well. The high resolution of the picture looks much nicer than on my old Transformer which "only" had a resolution of 1280x800.
In graphically complex games I've also found no major performance problems. So far everything runs very smoothly and I have unlike my old Transformer Also shortens the loading time significantly.
The battery life is with me at the moment about at 7 hours while I surf in time not only the Internet but also games. With this result, I am very satisfied, I hope this runtime keeps it in. My Asus Transformer from the beginning had only about 4.5 hours runtime. But as long as you take care of the tablet is not completely discharged or unnecessarily long time depends on the charger, I am confident to maintain this term.
SP's (my new favorite):
The SP's makes me extremely happy at the moment! I've seen it before I got the tablet held as a nice gimmick what nice play around and draw around but which I will not really use well. BUT this has changed as soon as I had to use the stylus to select! I had now and again this touch screen pen with large rubber Oppel and have this never deemed useful for me. Often have not really worked. The SP's but here is completely different. The technology used is as already mentioned by Wacom, the worldwide market leader manufacturer of graphic tablets, which uses exactly the same technology for its Graphic Tablets. The pen needs no battery, the Tablet registered but still the pin approaches the tablet and indicates where on the screen he would push now if you touch the surface of the pin has also made a key which additional functions are activated. The writing experience is very pleasant, a letter but I would still prefer to write with a real pen. The weight of the pen you realize almost in hand, the button is easy to catch with the index finger (if you really holds the pen around :). Meanwhile, I have the pin about 70% of my time on the tablet in her hand. Surfing the Internet is so much nicer imo, for example, here on Amazon pin facilitates precise meeting of links. also opens the pin when thinking about a dropdown menu as Zb. "All Categories" drop-down menu. The navigation without using the stylus and this function was the old tablet very complicated! I could already imagine a more tablet without SP's and think to take next smartphone only because of the pencil, then current touch smartphone.
I then tried to write with my Wacom pen on the tablet. This does not, he does not even register the Wacom Tablet Pen, vice versa, that is, with SP's on my Wacom Graphic Tablet, it does not work well. In addition, a Galaxy Note 3 Works pin not right on the Note 10.1.
My Conclusion :
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet Edition 2014 is an excellent device. The SP's turns an excellent device containing 5 star deserves a device which I want to give at least 6 star favorite!
Samsung has also promised "soon" to update to 4.4 is for the tablet which I'm looking forward to.
A software feature that I do not like the My magazine, which will run when you accidentally pressed once too much on the Home button and the display from bottom pulls up. This app actually I do not use and I am angry about it every time when it starts. For that I have now, however, found a solution. If you go into My magazine and there you can "Start by Home Button" the "check" in the options give away. It will still be open by pulling on display from bottom up (which I also wish to disable) but at least the home button issue is resolved. If someone has a solution how can a My magazine for all times or disable to disable pull too I would be very grateful! Otherwise, I am very satisfied with the Touchwiz interface from Samsung and is the software package that included. A good IR Universal Remote app, I would have only additionally desired included (perhaps instead of the My magazine app) does not denote a universal remote control, although WatchON is nice for TV and satellite receivers, but other devices can not thus be controlled so I would WatchON. I hope to still be able to find the Play Store.
Supplement: Connecting to Bluetooth Keyboards keeps breaking ab.Bei write to me at first when m has the Bluetooth connection also interrupted again and again.
I have the P600 version with Android 4.3. Initially I have thought it a fault of the keyboard, my Nexus 4 and the Motorola Zoom to my wife, however, have not had any problems. I then tried another keyboard, which I knew she has no problem with this and I have had the same problem. Then I then searched and found that this is currently a problem for the Samsung software is for the Note 10.1 on the Internet. However, since not all have this problem, I suspect that it mainly concerns the Wifi edition of note. I also found a fairly simple solution that works great for me. In PlayStore there is a app which 'Bluetooth Keyboard' means. In the description though is that you simply need superuser rights but ignore. After the install, simply connect the keyboard once with the touch, start the app and then once 'Service status' and a switch. Then some keyboard drivers are reinstalled and since I have no problems, but you have to be Installed (The app is free).
I hope you have helped with this review and I would be glad if you click on this review to "YES". If it should still be questions, of course, I am at disposal and I will try it as soon as possible to answer me.