06.05.2014, 14:39 clock
beginning of the year Samsung introduced a whole range of new tablets. One of them was characterized by enormous proportions from: The Samsung Galaxy NotePro 12.2 . With a display diagonal of more than 12 inches, it goes beyond the standards of the form factors in the Android universe and offers thanks to integration of the S Pen stylus as modern digital sketch-like notepad on. In our review of the Samsung Galaxy NotePro 12.2 we clarify whether the concept works.
is a market tactics and passion of Samsung’s mobile division known regularly explore new form factors for new smartphones. In this sense, we also not surprising that the Korean manufacturer at CES in January of the year next to devices in “conventional” variables introduced two tablets who attended with a 12.2 inch screen size. One of them, the Samsung Galaxy 12.2 NotePro was provided to us for a test.
We have the Samsung Galaxy 12.2 NotePro tested in the black LTE variant SM-P905 with 32GB of internal memory. During the trial period an OTA update was delivered to the Android 4.4.2 based firmware P905XXUANC3, which served as the basis for the review. ► Samsung Galaxy 12.2 NotePro order from Amazon ► Used or new on ebay order ► by installments at zero percent shop orderTo anticipate one of the results of our short tests and while statuieren the obvious: The Galaxy 12.2 NotePro is no device for everyone. It seeks its niche between normal Android devices, tablets and sign compact notebooks – and depends in a cozy. One of the purposes of our review, in addition to a quality assessment is as objective as possible, so to fathom, for which target groups the NotePro because 12.2 is now appropriate. But we go with external values in the test report. Here our first hands-on video of the Galaxy Note 12.2, taken by my colleague Lars at CES 2014 in Las Vegas:
size and handling
With dimensions of 29.6 inches in length and 20.4 inches in width, the device has almost DIN A4 proportions, with 8 mm depth, it is meanwhile quite slim and corresponds approximately to most other devices of the Galaxy series. Compared to a ten-incher such as the Nexus 10 (Test) to get nevertheless not fail to notice that the NotePro 12.2 represents a new size category again. In a figurative sense: The NotePro 12.2 is to the Nexus 10 with respect to the size in something like a notebook to a classic netbook
The Galaxy NotePro 12.2 Size comparison – clockwise – with Nexus 7 (2013) ( bottom left), 10 Nexus and Samsung Galaxy S5
This unusual size you have to arrange, because of a 12-incher, the operating dilemma tightened again, already the 10 -inch form factor makes. The device is to hold in one hand due to the shape and approximately 750 grams only for a short time; the machine is hardly operated when it is held with both hands. Therefore, the user has the main hand either can oscillate between support functions and operation regularly or hold the device in potentially unstable positions – usually in the “easel” handle (off-hand on the back, the little finger or thumb as a “hook” under the device) or in the “Miss Liberty” handle (Tablet poised on the forearm and of the hand fixed). Bottom line, none of the free-floating position is permanently stable and comfortable, there were similar problems with the use on a table or in a slouch on the sofa in her lap.
Of course you could use the NotePro 12.2 with a kickstand cover or a clip-on keyboard. But then the question arises, why you should not grab equal to a “real” laptop – after all, moves the NotePro 12.2 priced in regions where one already gets middle-class laptops. Meaning: Its ergonomic disadvantages must be balanced by 12.2 feature set the NotePro. Whether this is successful, we will clarify later.
optics and processing
The front of the device is kept Samsung classic. Top (held in landscape) of the Samsung logo, below the hardware buttons – here already in the new 2014er-layout in which the menu button has been replaced by the capacitive multi-tasking button (left). Held in landscape mode can be found at the bottom center then the subtle protruding “real” home button, right next to the capacitive back button. The display glass is encased in a silvery plastic frames in between are also Samsung typical, narrow columns in which, after a few months of use safely a little dust is likely to accumulate. The edge is a little raised, so that the finger can feel the end of the front always and not crash is imminent.
On the side one sees a smooth plastic frame in aluminum look. Embedded in this are the small power button and volume rocker (left), and the infrared sensor (center) at the top. On the right side there is, from top to bottom the slot for the S Pen stylus, one of the two stereo speakers, USB port and covered with plastic caps slots for micro-SIM and microSD card. Links it has only one other speaker, the bottom remains free.
The hard plastic back is in the same pseudo-leather look finish like the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (test), including the false seam at the outer edge, while 12.2 NotePro the back is certainly not removable. The Samsung logo on the back no longer exists compared to little sister device now from remote silver-colored letters, but is now just still dark gray printed – that seems a little unkind. Top center we find the camera.
General makes the device a stable impression. Plastic is probably the best choice of material for a unit of this size – Aluminum makes a device usually severe and may be unpleasant especially in colder temperatures. The device works reasonably stable, it does not creak and is quite rigid constructed. The appearance and feel can be called the Samsung tablet as appropriate. Should read:. Useful and Everyday Life Works, but still far from the processing quality of a Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet or iPad ► Samsung Galaxy NotePro 12.2 at Amazon
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The display of the Samsung Galaxy NotePro 12.2
Samsung has done to equip all of its featured in January Tablets with a WQXGA display, ie a resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels the feat. On a device, the 8 inch class that may represent a stunning pixel density, on a device with 12.2-inch screen, and the resulting pixel density of 247 ppi resolution, however this is normal and may be provided by a device in this price category. As the human eye farther from the device due to the large screen, no blurring or even individually identifiable pixels are to be deplored, at most, a subtle flicker of moving diagonal edges, such as when turning pages in Google playbooks and in 3D games. No reason to complain to perceive this, already you have to go to great lengths.
focus, therefore, is the PLS panel, but also strong in color. Samsung typically has to do with rich colors that can be damped by presets in the settings on user request but also something. The black is a bit too bright in our opinion, an effect which particularly intensified on the tablet at shallow angles. Nevertheless, it is a good display. ► Samsung Galaxy NotePro 12.2 at Amazon ► Used or new on ebay order► by installments at zero percent shop order
equipment and hardware
The Samsung Galaxy 12.2 NotePro a high-end device. It has a Snapdragon 800 quad-core SoC 2.3 GHz (Wi-Fi Version: Samsung Exynos Octa Core with 1.9 GHz), 3 GB RAM, and 32 GB of internal memory which can be expanded via microSD cards. It is equipped with Wi-Fi in every conceivable variation, the 4G LTE variant class 4 (theoretical) download speeds of up to 150 Mbit / s
We have the unit hunted by common benchmarks, it could rely to easily classify between other devices with Snapdragon 800 and 801. Restrictive must be said, that makes the higher screen resolution especially in onscreen tests already noticeable. Should read: Compared to the majority of devices in the same class demanding graphics applications running (read: 3D games) so a little less performant. This becomes clear in the synthetic benchmarks onscreen from GFX-Bench: there (T-Rex) and 57% ran a regular Galaxy Note 3 with Full HD resolution between 39% faster than the WQXGA NotePro 12.2. In “real” games – we have tested Galaxy on Fire 2 HD and Riptide GP2 and the CPU-intensive Fieldrunners 2 – but the difference was barely noticeable. Be good, because the CPU performance in games generally play a more important role than the GPU and Games inherent in the system also for weaker hardware optimized (game developer it can not usually afford only available for the latest generation of hardware to program).
Benchmark Results
CF-Bench (Java): 34128
CF-Bench (Overall): 35484
AnTuTu (Total): 35213
GFXBenchmark 1080p ALU (offscreen): 8306/138, 4 FPS
GFXBenchmark 1080p Alpha Blending (offscreen): 7293 MB / s
GFXBenchmark Fill (offscreen): 3796 MTexel / s
In normal operation, the Galaxy NotePro 12.2 runs nice “fluffy”. Stuttering or trailer there is no complaining, either in the UI or in applications or games – apart from a few poorly-written apps
camera
Yes, a camera has, the Galaxy 12.2 NotePro also. The dissolves with 8 MP and even has an LED flash – a rarity in tablets. The quality of the images is solid and is about on par with the Samsung Galaxy S2 or newer mid-range devices from Samsung’s range of products. How aesthetically it is to shoot with a 12-inch tablet that was once an open question – we have carefully formulated done during the test period not too regularly. Since the camera is according to our understanding of secondary importance anyway for the evaluation of tablets, these parts touch but does not flow anyway included in the evaluation.
The 2 MP front camera makes comparatively coarse and noisy, but still adequate images. However, the own views, device size due, always very far from the front camera, which could interfere with the interlocutor in video calls under certain circumstances.
telephony and audio
With the LTE version of the Galaxy NotePro it is also possible to make phone calls. For this purpose, you can either use a connected headset (Bluetooth or wired) or via speakerphone. The latter sounds good and could in our test – acoustically quite convincing – in quiet rooms. Although the tablet will format due to no substitute for a real phone, but is a useful addition for owners of multi-SIMs -. Simply as reassurance that you the NotePro 12.2 in doubt can also be used for a phone
With the Galaxy 12.2 NotePro can phone – even quite good
The fact that you can talk well with hands-free function , is partly due to the good stereo speakers. The not come in terms of bass, although the HTC phones with boom sound approach and unfortunately have not also in the direction of the user, but are still so good that it does not make watching a movie on the device for torment.
software and stylus
Let’s get to the point of the Galaxy 12.2 NotePro truly excels: its software equipment. First and foremost, we are dealing with a normal Android 4.4.2 KitKat, which features Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface, more precisely, the TouchWiz UX Magazine. It is a hybrid version, on the one hand includes elements from the TouchWiz versions of 2013, on the other hand also flatter design elements, as they already know from the Galaxy S5. For this purpose, a brighter color scheme, known as the Samsung Galaxy tablet, the settings menu and the quick setting buttons in the notification bar for example, have a white background color.
feature compared to other Android tablets is the fact that no software buttons are available, which increases the effective screen space considerably. Samsung has also decided to place the icon for the App Drawer to bottom right – for the operation of the device is definitely an advantage. Striking are the relatively large icons.
Samsung has the considerable Feed Reader Flipboard integrated more closely into its UX Magazine: Similar to HTC Flashing Feed can this “MyMagazine” always reach by scrolling on the home screen on the left. The user has the option to set their own topics and news sources. At a practical matter, even if not everyone this close integration of Flipboard is like. Switch-off is on the NotePro 12.2 unfortunately – in contrast to the later released Samsung Galaxy S5 – not
TouchWiz still has known issues: Inconsistencies in design. (Flat UI Elements vs. classic design.). Numerous unnecessary apps that complement its also pre-installed Google counterparts (S Voice, S Translator). Lack of performance optimizations in some apps (S Planner, Flipboard homescreen). Furthermore, the lack of attention to Android standards such as the Holo UI to complain about – why you still can not horizontally through wipe by categories in the settings menu and the music player, is and remains a mystery to us
can with these criticisms. you undoubtedly come to terms, especially since significant progress in TouchWiz can be identified from earlier versions. Nevertheless, Samsung
Bitching about Samsung has still some way to go until you reach the visual consistency of HTC Sense 6 or even stock Android.’s En vogue, it will also tend to forget that the South Koreans are quite a few things get right. As could be mentioned, for example, the options in the notification bar, the way they are, work fine. Or the excellent integration of the S Pen, Stylus that which has established an entire device category at Samsung and 12.2 even more makes sense for such a large tablet like the Galaxy NotePro as for devices with smaller display.
The S Pen as a unique selling
The circumference of the cut on the S Pen functionality is identical to that in the Galaxy Note 3 (test), even the S Pen itself with its pressure-sensitive tip is the same. We will not go into at this point to every single function, particularly useful but we found them (depending on the user type and requirements):
S Rating:. Notes app with support for handwritten notes and text recognition, synchronized over several (Samsung -) units of time
Sketchbook: Free enclosed characters app from AutoDesk.. A little getting used to the UI, but very powerful. Supports multiple levels, and the like
Air View:. In several apps the S Pen, you can hover over certain elements and can thus display additional information. In the gallery about the contents of a folder in the calendar “S Planner” for example details of an appointment.
Subtracting the S Pen from the bay or pressing in screen close a button on the stylus, a kind of shortcut menu opens (above) – also can be for example a screenshot Note (below Create left). The enclosed drawing program Autodesk SketchPro (bottom right) benefited particularly from the pressure-sensitive S Pen
multi window mode with four apps
Samsung also gives special attention on the multi-window feature, which quickly proved to be useful in the test. Was it on earlier devices only possible to use two parallel apps, go on the NotePro four – which is useful for the screen size: So you have, for example, Twitter, browser, a note app and Hangouts parallel in view. Here, although the performance of the individual apps suffers a bit, it can be so but still work well in general. The size of the Appfenster can be changed by moving the center of the “grid”.
On Galaxy NotePro 12.2 you can use parallel multitasking thanks to the extended up to four applications that abdockbare software keyboard is useful for
Annoying is simply that the drag Drop-selection bar to open apps in multitasking mode does not, as other devices from Samsung’s touch series, is a visible or hidden by long press on the back button, but always with a swipe from the right edge appears – in many apps and Play bothers das. can disable the one bar only comparatively cumbersome a quick toggle in the notification bar. In addition, you can now also drag Drop between windows use, such as shown in the browser images into a new Office document or a chat conversation insert. While this does not always work very smoothly (sometimes, for example, the image URL instead of the graphic inserted), but is a function with a lot of potential.
bonus content and additional apps
Moreover, it is possible to plug into a computer using the “Remote PC” application and this remote control with live screen sharing, which depends either on the same network or elsewhere on the Internet. Remote PC requires installation of special client software on the PC and the application via a web service. Then you see the screen contents of the computer on the tablet and can be made by finger movement or S Pen remotely control the mouse or even keystrokes. The direct transfer of files in both directions is possible. This is comfortable, even if this kind is now to accomplish with free third-party software -. Greet leave TeamViewer and Chrome Remote Desktop
The supplied Samsung software keyboard is pretty well implemented. Who are the tablet as on a table in front of him, can use this with a little practice, almost like a “real” keyboard. Particularly liked the fact that even the arrow keys as well as a Delete (appoint) button are available (on the also existing Caps Lock key, we would, however, can do without). src=”data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsQAAA7EAZUrDhsAAAANSURBVBhXYzh8+PB/AAffA0nNPuCLAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC” data-original=”http://static.androidnext.de/2014/06/samsung-galaxy-notepro-12-2-notepro-stehend-rechts-500×331.jpg” src=”http://static.androidnext.de/2014/06/samsung-galaxy-notepro-12-2-notepro-stehend-rechts-500×331.jpg” src=”data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsQAAA7EAZUrDhsAAAANSURBVBhXYzh8+PB/AAffA0nNPuCLAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC” data-original=”http://static.androidnext.de/2014/06/samsung-galaxy-notepro-12-2-notepro-stehend-links-500×331.jpg” src=”http://static.androidnext.de/2014/06/samsung-galaxy-notepro-12-2-notepro-stehend-links-500×331.jpg” src=”data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsQAAA7EAZUrDhsAAAANSURBVBhXYzh8+PB/AAffA0nNPuCLAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC” data-original=”http://static.androidnext.de/2014/06/Samsung-Galaxy-NotePRO-122-Test-Badge-androidnext-500×500.png” src=”http://static.androidnext.de/2014/06/Samsung-Galaxy-NotePRO-122-Test-Badge-androidnext-500×500.png” onclick = “rate_post ();” onkeypress = “rate_post ();” onclick = “rate_post ();” onkeypress = “rate_post ();” onclick = “rate_post ();” onkeypress = “rate_post ();” onclick = “rate_post ();” onkeypress = “rate_post ();” onclick = “rate_post ();” onkeypress = “rate_post ();”
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