Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Release Date & Price Unknown, Specs & Features Announced At IFA 2014

Samsung has announced the new Galaxy Note 4 phablet that boasts a brand new 5.7in QHD display. Samsung has announced the much-anticipated Samsung Galaxy Note 4 phablet at an event in Berlin. The pre-IFA 2014 press conference confirmed the brand new phablet that builds on the design of the Galaxy Note 3 but boasts a bunch of new features and specs.

The Galaxy Note brand first emerged in 2011 with the announcement of the original Galaxy Note. The massive handset, being something of an oddity back then, was met with a fair bit of derision. However, it was also met with plenty of enthusiasm by consumers, rapidly establishing the validity of the phablet concept. Samsung has since followed on with several new iterations and each has sold very well indeed. Other manufacturers have attempted their own take on the phablet idea, but it's fair to say Samsung still leads the way with arguably the most successful phablet launches overall.

 The Galaxy Note 4 comes with a 5.7in QHD AMOLED display with a pixel resolution of 2560 x 1440. It has a pixel density of over 500ppi matching up to that of the LG G3. It’s the first Galaxy Note handset to come with a metal frame and there’s a 2.5D glass front and removable faux leather rear cover. The 2.5D glass front is Samsung’s own slightly bevelled front panel, the edges and corners come out from the phone to give the impression the screen is floating.

Samsung has announced two different models for the Galaxy Note 4. The first comes with Samsung’s very own Exynos 5433 octa-core CPU that includes four cores running at 1.9GHz and another four at 1.3GHz.

The second version comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 quad-core chip clocked at 2.7GHz. The phone runs Android 4.4 KitKat with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI over the top. Both versions of the Note 4 come with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of on-board storage as standard. There’s also microSD card support.

The camera on the back has jumped up to a 16MP sensor, the same one we saw on the Galaxy S5. Optical image stabilisation has been added to the mix and there’s the ability to capture 4K video. The front facing camera has a 3.7MP sensor.

The S Pen stylus returns for the Galaxy Note 4 (it wouldn’t be a Note without it) with some worthy improvements. The pressure sensitivity had 1024 levels on the Galaxy Note 3 but the Note 4 comes with 2048 pressure levels, so expect writing and drawing to be more responsive and accurate.

A new Smart Select menu has been added to the existing Air Command menu and it now allows you to select multiple options at the same time.

The Galaxy Note 3 is available in four colours, frosted white, charcoal black, bronze gold and blossom pink. It doesn’t look like there will be a blue version as there was of the Galaxy S5, although we all know manufacturers like adding new variants post-launch.

There’s no word on a release date just yet, but we can be fairly certain it will arrive in time for Christmas. If it follows the same way as the Galaxy Note 3 did it may be with us by the end of the month or the first week of October. The price is also unknown right now, and we are yet to here which processor models will hit which regions. Naturally we will keep you updated as Samsung reveals more.