Last year, I switched from the iPhone to the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Going from the slender Apple device to the five-inch “phablet” took some getting used to, but these days I hardly notice it’s larger than guy-sized phone, thanks largely (tee) to my oversized paws. I’m not sure those paws are ready to handle the eight-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0.
Coming in the second quarter of this year, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is the iPad Mini of the Note line, falling in-between the Note II and the 10-inch Note 10.1. It’s a bit prettier than the Mini, its 1280×800 display kicking out 189 pixels-per-inch to Apple’s 163ppi. It’s sporting Samsung’s 1.6GHz quad-core Exynos 4 processor, 2GB of RAM and comes with either 32GB or 64GB of storage. It’s a powerful little tablet with an OK screen.
And it’s also a phone. A phone so big you could rest it against your face and take a nap on it.
From a gaming perspective I love the form factor. I’ve said it before and I shall say it many more times — seven to eight-inch screens are the sweet spot for mobile gaming. If you’re going to get a device solely for mobile gaming, that’s where you should go.
But as a phone?
Maybe if I were big into Bluetooth headsets I’d consider it. It would look great sitting on my desk with a wired headset hooked up. I just couldn’t see myself tooling around town with it in my purse. Not that I carry a purse, but I would pretty much have to if this were my primary phone, and then where would I carry my makeup?
Hit up Gizmodo for hands-on impressions of the Galaxy Note 8.0. If only I had bigger hands.
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