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at one point in the industry we saw this trend of phone companies producing thinner lighter more compact phones but that all changed with the introduction of the Samsung Galaxy Note series Samsung definitely started a different trend where bigger was definitely better hey guys john b here from android authority and this is a quick history of Samsung's Galaxy Note series with trouble back to 2011 for the original note prior to it most people agreed that phones with 4.3 inch displays were considered big but of course that all changed with the note and it's 5.3 inch display yes it was massive and even some people thought that it was kind of nauseous but it introduces us to two things the first being this new category that they called phablets a device that was smaller than a 7-inch compact tablet but still bigger than most of smartphones at the time and secondly it reintroduced us to the stylus because with the capacitive screens it pretty much made the stylist obsolete but with the note it was an enhanced stylus the s-pen was pressure sensitive so it bought that and some additional functionality that we didn't see before but the biggest thing about the note was that it was a conversation starter it wasn't really all that successful when it came to when it came to sales and it was still a niche product but it got people talking because of its gigantic size you pull in your pocket user for a phone call it definitely raised a lot of eyebrows as for the note 2 it was more of an iterative product than anything else it had all the improvements should expect so that meant a beefier battery a faster processor double the RAM the display went from 5.3 inches up to 5.5 inches it was still relatively the same size as the original and you also had more s-pen centric functions that include a new air view function which basically allowed you to hover the S Pen over the screen so you get useful information like email previews or calendar appointment previews besides that the phone itself was by and large more evolutionary than revolutionary so the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 arrived in the fall of 2013 and it had a lot of first for the series so the first one being a 1080p resolution of the screen you had also an IR blaster so it doubled as a universal remote it had also a micro USB 3.0 port for faster charging and data connectivity and it also had the new multi window feature with TouchWiz which really enhanced its productivity side so what everyone were most about the note 3 was the attention to the design for the first time you kind of had that sophisticated look because now it had this stitching pattern around the back instead of being completely plastic they add that element of a businesslike device like a BlackBerry smartphone because now you have this faux leather like material which kind of complemented its sophisticated law but besides that it's pretty much an iterative smartphone all the specs were a boost it was just that attention to that sophisticated look that we listed out the most now a lot of people probably say that Note 5 was the best in the series but for me it was the note 4 that's because it featured a lot at first and it was just an impressive foam I don't anywhere you look at from the design to the spec sheet it was just a powerhouse no compromise smartphone and shaniek because it started that change for Samsung with the design language we had now this metal trim bezel and on top of that it was just a feature switch handset which had a fingerprint sensor of quad HD screen heart rate sensor an IR blaster pretty much the Swiss Army knife for smartphones along with the note 4 Simpson announced a valiant the Samsung Galaxy Note edge it matched the note 4 spec sheet but it did have one compelling feature that was the curved screen and with that it brought on some practical features although some people thought of it as being gimmicky back then you had notifications but this edge transformed into something more when you open certain apps like the camera so you have some additional buttons and functions available there rather than cluttering up the viewfinder besides that the phone which operated similarly to the note 4 but it did cost a lot more and it definitely started this whole trend of curved screens for Samsung and then there was the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 now we know why this phone is beloved that's because of the new premium design language it has it followed after the new Galaxy S a six line with that metal meat glass package post slightly tweaked because on the back they kind of curved it rounded to give that slowly more ergonomic feel and for once it felt like a premium smartphone but besides that it had great specs new features like wireless charging and a slightly tweaked s-pen implementation but overall it was just a great performing smartphone that had a equally compelling design with it and that's a brief look at the history of Samsung's Galaxy Note series we know that the next generation Note it's going to be announced very soon but before all that what was your favorite device in series mine was the note 4 for all the obvious reasons so if you guys wanna learn more about any devices I talked about in this video check out our website Android authority com