Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Announced at IFA 2014 with 5.7-Inch qHD AMOLED Display: 10 Phablets Rivals

By Harish

| Updated: Friday, September 5, 2014, 14:45 [IST]

Just a couple of days ago, Samsung launched its most awaited smartphone the Galaxy Note 4 at the ongoing IFA 2014 trade fair along with the premium Galaxy Note Edge which utilizes unique side edges of the phone as additional display.

Anyways, today, GizBot has come up with the top 10 smartphones that are under a grave threat because of the new Galaxy Note 4 which features premium hardware and software composition. Although, the company has not revealed the pricing of the handset at the moment, by the looks of the specifications, it surely will have great entry in the market.

Nevertheless, the 10 smartphones which we have lined-up today, will not only be victim to the new monster device, but will also bring a new level of ground in competition with advanced hardware. Here is the specification of the Galaxy Note 4, which you might want to check out before heading on to the other highly threatened devices.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4: Key Specifications

The Galaxy Note 4 sports a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with a QHD resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and a pixel density of 515ppi. The display also employs Corning Gorilla Glass 3.

It utilizes Qualcomm's latest quad-core SoC - the Snapdragon 805 clocked at 2.5GHz with Adreno 420 GPU. As expected the handset will also be offered in octa core variant. This one will be powered by company's proprietary Exynos CPU, which packs an octa-core processor with four Cortex-A57 clocked at 1.9GHz and four Cortex-A53 tuned to 1.3GHz. This one would use the Mali-T760 Graphic unit.

The only difference between the two models is that the Snapdragon model offers LTE Cat.6 (300Mbps) connectivity, while the Exynos version gets LTE Cat.4 (150Mbps). Both the variants will be capable of performing a heavy multi-tasking operations as it uses a 4GB of RAM. The Note 4 runs on Android 4.4.4 KitKat with the latest version of the home-backed TouchWiz UI layered on top.

As usual, the Galaxy Note 4 will be made available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB on-board storage variant, and all these three devices support microSD card for memory expansion up to 128GB.

In the imaging aspect, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 brings in the 16 megapixel Sony IMX240 camera sensor with optical image stabilization and dual-LED flash. It is capable of sooting 4K UHD videos at 30fps. At the front, users will get to see a 3.7 megapixel sensor, which is capable of shooting images and videos in WQHD resolution (2560 x 1440 pixels).

Connectivity options that Samsung has provided in the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone include: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS with GLOSNASS and 4G LTE support.

The Galaxy Note 4 is fueled by a 3,220 mAh battery and the company claims that the phone is itself a very less energy consuming device.

You can now head on to the sliders to check out the devices under threat:

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HTC Desire 816

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Key Features
5.5 Inch, 720x1280 px display, S-LCD 2
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Quad core 1600 MHz processor
13 MP Primary Camera, 5 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, DLNA
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
1.5 GB RAM
2600 mAh, Li-Polymer battery

LG G3

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Key Features
5.5 Inch, 1440x2560 px display, IPS LCD
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Quad core 2500 MHz processor
13 MP Primary Camera, 2.1 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, NFC
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
2 GB RAM
3000 mAh, Li-Polymer battery

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

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Key Features
5.7 Inch, 1080x1920 px display, Super AMOLED
Android v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Quad core 1900 MHz processor
13 MP Primary Camera, 2 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi
32 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 64 GB
3 GB RAM
3200 mAh, Li-Ion battery

Panasonic P81

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Key Features
5.5 Inch, 720x1280 px display, IPS LCD
Android v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Octa core 1700 MHz processor
13 MP Primary Camera, 2 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
1 GB RAM
2500 mAh, Li-Ion battery

Micromax Canvas Gold

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Key Features
5.5 Inch, 1080x1920 px display, IPS LCD
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Octa core 2000 MHz processor
16 MP Primary Camera, 5 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi
32 GB Internal Memory
2 GB RAM
2300 mAh, Li-Polymer battery

Sony Xperia C3 Dual SIM

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Key Features
5.5 Inch, 720x1280 px display, LCD
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Quad core 1200 MHz processor
8 MP Primary Camera, 5 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi, DLNA, NFC
8 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 32 GB
1 GB RAM
2500 mAh, Li-Ion battery

Oppo Find 7

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Key Features
5.5 Inch, 1440x2560 px display, IPS LCD
Android v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Quad core 2500 MHz processor
13 MP Primary Camera, 5 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, DLNA, NFC
32 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
3 GB RAM
3000 mAh, Li-Polymer battery

Nokia Lumia 1520

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Key Features
6.0 Inch, 1080x1920 px display, IPS LCD
Windows v8
Quad core 2200 MHz processor
20 MP Primary Camera, 1.2 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, DLNA, NFC
32 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 64 GB
2 GB RAM
3400 mAh, Li-Ion battery

Oppo Find 7a

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Key Features
5.5 Inch, 1080x1920 px display, LCD
Android v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Quad core 2300 MHz processor
13 MP Primary Camera, 5 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi
16 GB Internal Memory
2 GB RAM
2800 mAh, Li-Ion battery

HTC One E8

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Key Features
5.0 Inch, 1080x1920 px display, S-LCD 3
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Quad core 2500 MHz processor
13 MP Primary Camera, 5 MP Secondary
Dual SIM, 3G, WiFi
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
2 GB RAM
2600 mAh, Li-Polymer battery

Sony Xperia Z2

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Key Features
5.2 Inch, 1080x1920 px display, IPS LCD
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Quad core 2300 MHz processor
20.7 MP Primary Camera, 2.2 MP Secondary
3G, WiFi, DLNA
16 GB Internal Memory, Expandable up to 128 GB
3 GB RAM
3200 mAh, Li-Ion battery