Saturday, February 18, 2012

Samsung Galaxy Note flip cover review



The HUGE expanse of glass on the Samsung Galaxy Note just cries for PROTECTION.

Samsung's own flip cover mounts on the phone in place of the back cover, and protects the screen with a rigid wrap-around front cover, coated with a leatherette finish. 

One cute design trick is that the back side of this case is slightly thicker and tougher than the phone back cover it replaces. This means that the camera lens on the back of the phone is recessed and protected.

Nutshell summary: With the cover in place, your phone looks like a small black paper notepad, and it's well protected. 

Samsung Note: Great but some peeves.





























Goodbye iPhone! I switched. Now I can read the screen of my phone without squinting. I like:
  • GREAT SCREEN! Out of this World! I'm over 50, and this really lets me read stuff easily.
  • Google Mail and Google Maps are professional strength. These are not your iPhone toy apps.
  • Finally, a PEN that writes rather than just scribbles. 
  • The Note comes with decent annotation tools built-in.
  • It's really, really FAST. Apps are responsive. Did I say it's fast?
  • The battery lasts a whole day's browsing, and it's REPLACEABLE.
And I dislike:

  • The "HURT ME" power button is exactly where your finger goes when you hold the phone like a notepad. My device keeps getting switched off when I want to look at it.
  • The pen calibration is slightly faulty, writing does not quite track the pen.

To be continued …