Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Screen sensitivity

Screen sensitivity is an important aspect of smartphone displays these days, mainly for those who live in cold regions where removing their gloves to use their phone isn’t always an option. Samsung has offered an option to increase the sensitivity of its phone’s displays since last year, and it looks like the Galaxy Note 4 display is so sensitive that it can be used with a knife. That’s right, someone on YouTube actually shot a video showing the Note 4 being operated with a knife. The capacitive buttons work as well, and thanks to the Gorilla Glass protection, the display comes out unscathed at the end of the entire ordeal.

Hit the play button below to watch the Galaxy Note 4 being put under the knife. Literally.

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Samsung Gear S available in the US

Samsung has announced that its high-end Gear S smartwatch will be launched in the US on November 7th through all the major carriers. Apart from AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, consumers will be able to buy the Gear S from Samsung Experience stores at Best Buy throughout the US. The SIM card slot equipped smartwatch would be available in black and white colours. AT&T will be selling it the Gear S starting November 7 for $199 on a two-year contract. Sprint will be selling it for $384 without any contract but it would also be available for $16 per month on a two-year contract. Sprint is also ready to wave off the $10 fee which is normally required to add Gear S to the family plan if the user is paying for at least 20GB of shared data.

At $349 outright or at $14.58 per month on a two-year contract, T-Mobile would be selling the Tizen-based Gear S smartwatch at the cheapest price. T-Mobile is also offering a special $5 per month plan for unlimited data and texting with up to 500 MB of data. Verizon is yet to announce its rates for the Gear S.

Samsung S Health app update

A new update for the S Health app has been released, and is slowly rolling out throughout the world. The S Health update to v3.5.1 0668 brings weight control, measuring and managing sleep time with compatible wearable devices. The updated also adds ways to measure and manage UV and SpO2 levels. SpO2 is a way to measure the amount of oxygen being carried by red blood cells. SpO2 indicated how effectively a person is breathing and how well blood is being transported throughout the body. The S Health app can be installed or updated through Samsung App Store and is compatible with 62 products which are listedhere.

Samsung S Health app turns the smartphone it is installed on, into a personal-health-management powerhouse. S Health can be used to track health statistics, like blood pressure, blood glucose levels, sleep time, SpO2, and weight. Users can even view and track environmental conditions such as UV levels and even track exercise regimen.

S Health update v3.5.1 0668 changelog:

• Weight control is added.
• Measuring and managing UV and SpO2 added.
• Measuring and managing sleep time with compatible portable device has been added.

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Galaxy Note Edge might be available through T-Mobile

Even though Samsung had announced that the Galaxy Note Edge would be a “limited edition concept device“, looks like almost every major carrier in the US might launch it at some point of time. Even T-Mobile has put up a page for the device on their official website, but its actual launch date wasn’t available. Well, it looks T-Mobile is in the process to launch the Galaxy Note Edge on November 14. A tipster has revealed T-Mobile’s internal document which lists the release dates of various devices, including the Note Edge, to WPCentral. As per the information available in the image, looks like the Galaxy Note Edge will be launched two days after the launch of the Motorola Nexus 6 and the HTC Nexus 9 on T-Mobile’s network.

The Galaxy Note Edge was announced alongside the Galaxy Note 4, and has already been launched in Japan through NTT DoCoMo and in South Korea through SK Telecom and KT. Traces of information has been leaked earlier which shows that it might be launched in the US through AT&T, US Cellular, and Sprint.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 selling better than the Note 3

Samsung’s profits and revenues might have taken a major hit in recent months, but when it comes to the sales of its latest flagship, it seems the company might not have much to worry about. During Samsung’s earning conference in South Korea today, Senior Vice President Kim Hyun revealed that the Galaxy Note 4has been selling better than the Galaxy Note 3 in North America and Western Europe. Earlier reports had said that the number of Note 4s sold within a month fell short of the Galaxy Note 3 by 500K units, but it looks like the performance of the Galaxy Note 4 is actually better than its predecessor in two key regions.

Analysts have predicted that Samsung should be able to sell 11 million Galaxy Note 4 units by the end of this year, and given it has apparently sold 4.5 million units within a month, it shouldn’t be hard to reach the 11 million sales target put forth by industry experts. To remind everyone, the Galaxy Note 4 went on sale in South Korea by late September, and in other major markets in the second/third week of October. It brings considerable improvements over the Note 3, including a higher-resolution display, a much more accurate S Pen stylus, the latest Snapdragon/Exynos processors, and a 16-megapixel camera with hardware-based optical image stabilization.

Read our review of the Galaxy Note 4 here.

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