"Beloved smartphone" to "Galaxy Note8" First Impression

S PEN menu displayed when S Pen is pulled out.Tap the icon to activate each function

"S PEN", the identity of the Galaxy Note series, is also evolving.Unlike general stylus pens, S Pen adopts an electromagnetic induction type, which has a reputation for its writing, which has led to the high reputation of the Galaxy Note series so far.It is said that there are many users who have the creative enjoyment you mentioned at the beginning because of the excellent ease of use of S Pen.

In this Galaxy Note8, the pen tip is 0.It is 7mm, can detect 4096 levels of pen pressure, and the scan rate has been improved from 240Hz to 360Hz of Galaxy Note 5.Basically, it will be inherited last year's Galaxy Note7, but the writing taste is very smooth, good follow -up, and you can write notes quickly.

However, this Galaxy Note8 S Pen has more attention to apps and functions than the writing taste of S Pen itself.In the past, the Galaxy Note series had the impression that S -PEN gave S PEN and wrote something on a dedicated app such as S Note, but this time Galaxy Note8 can make use of S Pen in various scenes for actual use.。

For example, in "Live Message", which can be started from the S Pen menu, you can enter messages and pictures by hand, convert them to GIF animation, share them on SNS, or send them by e -mail or MMS.It is also possible to add a little word or picture to the photos taken while traveling, and create a message that adds that movement.In addition, since the animation effect is added to the movement of the brush when writing, it can be finished so that even a small word looks quite flashy.

Instead of making these new communication functions available only between specific models, they can be converted into general -purpose GIF animations in the device, so that communication with more people is fun.The point of trying to enhance it can be highly evaluated.

By the way, there is also a function to cut out a part of the video and convert it to a GIF animation, using the same function as the function converted to this GIF animation.For example, you can use a scene where a child blows a candle off on a birthday, cut out only that part, and send it to the family.

In addition, Galaxy S8/S8+has a function called "Always on Display" that allows you to display time and notification information, etc., but you can display information written in S Pen here.Functions have also been added.In addition, the practicality has increased, such as editing the contents of the note and composing it on multiple pages.

In addition, a memo is added to the familiar screen capture with S PEN, a loupe function that switches the running app to a small window display, displays it repeatedly, and enlarges a part of the screen.It will be done.

In addition, the translation function that was installed in Galaxy Note7 has been enhanced.For example, when the English -language web page is displayed, if there is an unknown word, the translation function is launched and the translated word is popped up just by approaching the unknown word.In this Galaxy Note8, you can translate the entire block by switching the translation mode to the sentence (sentence) mode.