We prefer this approach as it makes TouchWiz more focused on the content and less inclined to place design elements everywhere for their own sake. Samsung has reduced the number of features you get in the TouchWiz UI. You can alternatively choose the old tabbed settings menu. At the top you can place a list of favorite apps as quick settings. The settings menu is a vertical list of apps divided into categories.
Gone are the small app thumbs with inexplicable teal backgrounds and now you get a vertically-scrollable list of apps much like in Google's Android L - thumbs are very big and responsive and scroll naturally.
It lists apps but can also hold folders of apps. The app drawer has multiple windows that can be reordered.
Quick Connect allows you to connect to devices through Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth and mirror your screen or share media. At the very end of the search you'll get the option to search Google but we feel a productivity boon has been lost here - it would've been much better if S Finder listed the top Google Search results as a default instead of forcing one more step upon us. S Finder can search through the phone's memory for just about everything. The toggles work as usual and below them are two buttons (S Finder and Quick Connect) and below that is the brightness slider, which can be hidden to save space, but you're stuck with the two buttons. The notification area is similar to what we've seen on recent Galaxy smartphones (Galaxy S5 and Alpha) with its design and circular icons. Once inside an article, you can browse more articles in that category with the familiar Flipboard effect. News, Business, Facebook) are displayed as tiles, each displaying its top article. Both are powered by Flipboard and you get categories (e.g. On by default the Briefing pane differs from the My Magazine pane by name only. You can also enable and disable Flipboard's Briefing, which replaces the left-most My Magazine pane. You can move homescreens around, place widgets and choose a transition effect.
The main homescreen is the usual affair of widgets and apps with four docked shortcuts next to the app drawer shortcut on the far right.
wet fingers), the phone will ask for a password so you'll never get locked out. More importantly, you can now fingerprint-secure it - the Galaxy Note 4 can be set to recognize up to three fingerprints. The lockscreen no longer has widgets aside from a few special controls. Here's a quick video to get things started. Most of the gimmicky air gestures are no longer in service on the latest Note 4 and in their place Samsung has put a lot of multitasking features, which we welcome wholeheartedly. Samsung has added multiple features that increase productivity and enhance security but also reduced the number of S apps and features out of the box. You can compare how does the Galaxy Note 3 specs and dimensions stack up with the current new smart phones here.The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 runs on the latest available Android 4.4.4 KitKat customized by the most recent incarnation of TouchWiz for smartphones. The Galaxy Note 3 now also offers 4K video recording from its 13MP shooter and its battery capacity has also being bumped up to 3,200mAh. It’s signature S-Pen has also been further improved for greater usability as well.
In terms of specs, the Galaxy Note 3 is its 3rd generation phablet which now comes with a 5.7″ Full HD Super AMOLED display and comes powered with a top notch quad-core processor and 3GB of RAM. If you’re eligible, the free watch is redeemed at their roadshow event at the Gardens on 25th September. Samsung too is also giving out 100 Galaxy Gear smart watches in a form of an online contest.
U Mobile has also joined the bandwagon by initiating its registration of interest. If you plan to buy it outright without being tied to contracts, SenHeng is also offering the Galaxy Note 3 from their online store which gives additional bluetooth headset and one year extra warranty for its PlusOne card members.