Samsung launches Galaxy Note 5 into Nigerian market

 Crafted with metal and glass, the Galaxy Note 5 boasts of a large, clear screen and possesses helpful productivity apps to accompany its super precise stylus, the S-Pen. In addition, it is the first device to come loaded with 4GB of RAM. The device also features a curved backside, perfect for the edges of your palm.

“Smartphones have become so central to our lives; so has the demand for larger screens,” said Brovo Kim, Managing Director, Samsung Electronics West Africa.

While speaking at the launching, Kim added that “the first galaxy Note was a breakthrough, not just for Samsung but for the entire industry. Bigger screens have gone from nice-to-have to a must-have and the display once called a gimmick is now the norm. With the Note 5, our customers can achieve more with their devices, quickly write down ideas and notes at meetings or wherever inspiration strikes, video conferencing with colleagues or family delivering an immersive viewing experience.”

The Note 5 has a 5.7-inch screen with QHD Super AMOLED display, which allows for clearer videos and images. The larger screen size is also great for productivity, as emails can be penned quickly, editing and cropping photos and videos are much easier, and reading an ebook is possible without having to bump up the font size.

Another exceptional feature of the S-Pen is the ability to write on the screen without unlocking the device. If the screen is off and the Instant Memo feature is enabled, users can whip out the pen and just start writing. Whatever is jotted down automatically gets sucked into S Note when done, making it so much faster to start writing. With the Instant Memo feature, users do not need to unlock the device, launch a memo app and create a new memo before jotting down; simply pop out the pen and start writing.

Also, the device features Live Broadcast, which allows users to share or broadcast a video in real time over YouTube. With this feature, users can easily share special occasions as they happen with up to 20 family and friends in real time. An additional exciting feature is the video collage. Users can combine multiple short videos and make them into one single video, giving each video a different look and feel. That is, one video can be in slow motion while another is black and white combining them into a single video giving users exhilarating collage of videos that can be uploaded to different social media platforms.

Emmanouil Revmatas, Director, Hand Held Products, Samsung Electronics West Africa, said the company is aware that customers desire a big brilliant display but not a bulky device, causing them to choose between screen size and portability. “At Samsung, we did not think that was a choice our customers had to make. With the Note 5, they have a big display in a slimmer package. The Note 5 is an intuitive and efficient device; it is the Galaxy re-defined, re-imagined and re-designed,” Revmatas stated.

Other demonstrated features of the device include the Scroll Capture Feature, which allows users to capture multiple scrolls of a webpage. The screenshot is saved as an extra-long image file in the Gallery app, which users can then pinch and zoom for more details. S-Pen Air Commands pops up as soon as the pen is ejected from its internal holster, or when the stylus’ tiny side button is clicked while hovering over the display. These commands act as shortcuts to the Memos app as well as screen-cropping Smart Select and full screenshot Screen Write. There is a special option in Screen Write that lets you capture an entire page; so piecing together multiple screenshots for web pages or text conversations is a thing of the past.

The Galaxy Note 5 is available in single and dual SIM versions and users can opt for either the 32GB or 64GB option. Customers can also choose from a range of colors, including Sapphire Black, White Pearl, Titanium Silver and Gold Platinum.