All Eyes on the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge

Samsung managed to surprise everyone by releasing another variant of the Galaxy Note series, which it calls the Galaxy Note Edge. Judging by it name, this Note phablet shows innovation through its curved screen around the right edge of the smartphone. It is said to have three main purposes. First, you can save battery life by just looking at your missed notification on the edge of the display without turning on the entire screen. Second, you can easily see app updates and notifications. Lastly, the new buttons on the edge are contextual as they change depending on the application that is used.

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The Galaxy Note Edge has a slightly smaller screen than the Galaxy Note 4, which is about 5.6 inches. Like the Galaxy Note 4, the Super AMOLED display is of Quad HD resolution and has additional 160 pixels for the edge. This results in a pixel density of 525ppi. In terms of design, the Galaxy Note Edge is basically a copy of the Galaxy Note 4, which features a rectangular body with rounded corners, along with a very similar metal frame that hugs the body from all sides as in the Galaxy Alpha. At the back is same faux-leather texture found in the Galaxy Note 3 sans the stitching.

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The Galaxy Note Edge is also powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 quad-core chipset clocked at up to 2.7GHz. Adreno 420 serves as its GPU. There is also 3GB RAM and 32GB/64GB of built-in memory, which is expandable to 128GB via a microSD card. With this new Qualcomm chipset, the Galaxy Note Edge is able to handle UHD videos effortlessly. The phablet runs on Android 4.4 KitKat topped with Samsung's TouchWiz UI. There's also a smorgasbord of sensors present on the Galaxy Note Edge like the UV sensor and SpO2 for blood oxygenation levels, in addition to the usual heart rate monitor and fingerprint sensor. And like the typical Galaxy Note phablet, it will have an S-Pen, which has a lot of tricks up its sleeve.

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At the back of the Galaxy Note Edge is a 16-MP camera with optical image stabilization (OIS). This is not the ISOCELL camera that can be found on the Galaxy S5 but a sensor that came from Sony. Like the Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Note 4, and Galaxy S5, it is also able to shoot 4K UHD videos. On front is a selfie camera of 3.7-MP resolution with wide f/1.9 aperture that can also do panorama selfies. As for the battery life, the Galaxy Note Edge packs a 3,000 mAh battery and can be charged to 50% in just 30 minutes through Quick Charge 2.0. It is expected to launch in October this year.

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