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this video is brought to you by talk talk business what's up everybody John rendering techno Balu here at the for review for you of the largest tablet I have ever used this is the Samsung Galaxy Note 12.2 I put it through its paces let's go ahead see if it deserves a pretty big spot in your bag as I do with all my devices I want to give a disclaimer Before we jump in I use this as my only tablet for 10 days in Brendan Russell who did the written portion used it for five I'm gonna go start a top level in the review if you want to get more granular hit that link down below to go to Brandon's full review a lot more pictures in detail there as well so with the Samsung Galaxy Note pro 12.2 Samsung answers a lot of questions and I'm not really sure who is asking so what happens when you just super-sized Android so described by Samsung is the device that quote changes the rules the Galaxy Note pro 12.2 features every last mobile idea that company has ever had in the last few years but super amplified multi-view is also been enhanced s-pen is more prominent than ever you get to benefit a full-size on-screen keyboard not you mean full size there are other features too like Samsung if you move PCE meetings in a ton of Cisco Suites largely designed for a business environment the Focus 2 is not unlike Microsoft Surface RT and surface 2 kind of a tablet laptop hybrid meant to do more than just watching YouTube videos so the version we had the pleasure of reviewing was octa-core it's really just two quad-core chips one at 1.9 gigahertz and one at 1 point 3 gigahertz it's got any make a pixel camera on the back although just don't be this guy taking just gigantic pictures it's got 3 gigs of RAM which is really important for multitasking we'll talk about that a bit later a beastly 95 hundred million power battery it's got the s-pen Wi-Fi and third queues of internal storage it comes out of the box with Android 4.4.2 KitKat and also microSD support a single USB 3.0 port and other ports that you see often including micro USB port 3.5 millimeter headset jack and a few others a Samsung also offers an LTE acquits model which you can just you can make it like in say it's like the Galaxy Note 12 and just make phone calls but that model is only gonna support a dragan 800 ship so bear that in mind if you need more cores not gonna get LTE all right so let's just jump right to design because it seems mostly about the design it's a it's big but you know all that at eleven point six inches long and eight inches tall that's a behemoth let that to sink in for a minute eleven point six inches long this thing is absolutely huge with the screen of 12.2 inches however Samsung's behemoths nope rotators on the edge of necessity and the tablet Bermuda Triangle with someone that already owns an 11 inch or 13-inch laptop really need a 12 point 2 inch prosumer tablet usually when I review devices I try and figure who it's gonna be for and put myself in that mindset I had a really hard time figuring out who this tablet was gonna be for so even if the note pro promises to be more a convenient and portable option this isn't like a Kindle Fire HDX just focus solely on providing consumers with the platform to consume this is an everything in the kitchen sink to device stuff inside a really really large tablet body supposedly putting your business needs first and consuming needs somewhere else in the periphery so if you want to think of this think of it as an adult tablet if there really was such a thing just an adult tablet you need a giant bag to carry around a tablet this size it expect me a multitasking powerhouse I think Samsung actually did a really really nice job with this with a few caveats a brand if you did the written portion disagrees hit the link down below if you want to see his counter-argument so for me multitasking was super easy you just dragging from the right pick one and designated apps drag it right in and you are just good to go with support for up to four apps so it really is true multitasking they run like any other apps they're running on their own you do however have to pick from a limited supply of Samsung's sanctioned apps though it worked well for me and situations like these is really worth three gigabytes of RAM came in handy I wish that all apps could you have do that multitasking but know it's only the Samsung ones that get that blessing so since it is a note model the s-pen is here and handy but doesn't add anything they haven't already seen on the note 3 it works you can draw with it and it works like any other stylus you'd expect as expected though watching movies is awesome on its twelve point two inch display it's got a 2560 by 1600 screen both in speakers provide a nice audio and a real enjoyable experience actually really loved watching movies on this propping it up on my pillow and just sitting there and watching for games though I think the tablet's a bit too big get to hold the device with two hands I mean you can only go back as far as your arm so you can't really go back that far assuming you aren't using a Bluetooth controller actually made me feel a bit dizzy playing games on it but your experience might differ so with this tablet Samsung you really didn't change much they just made it bigger bigger settings menus bigger pulldown drawers I would have liked to seen unique features men take advantage of such a giant screen but things are just made bigger the no pro 2 does it better than most Samsung tablets but really not by much frankly though the cost of the Galaxy Note pro 12.2 compared to other Samsung slates isn't warranted I think you might be better served to buy just a Nexus 7 a Chromebook or just a cheap Windows laptop the competition is cheaper in some cases better and the functionality of the note pro is sometimes more trouble than it's worth think of like remote PC in the magazine UX neat additions kind of there might be a small group consumers out there who crave a 12 point to which tablet I try to imagine who they were but I think that probably people might be more interested in smaller form factors wouldn't it be really where the tablet market is trending you know Samsung has got a tablet that offers sizes for every single market this is certainly had one extreme end of that market the note pros batteries pretty great the build quality is pretty top-notch too but taking consideration everything this really were 750 or 850 bucks pending on which model you get not many consumers I don't think are gonna be convinced no matter how many competition bashing commercial Samsung releases but really get full usage out of the note Pro you need to purchase the external keyboard the on-screen keyboard can be sometimes awkward or you can download other options set you back another 69 bucks and comfortably prop the note Pro up you'll need Samsung's book cover which also gonna set you back in another 69 bucks combined you looking to spend a minimum of 888 bucks 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users there are way too many compromises and the note Pro can be frustratingly slow and really pushes limits that's really disappointing given the devices specs in price however though if you feel like you can deal with the note pros quirks and can stomach the unwarranted price by all means you jump right in still be able to watch movies read books and send out email without any issue at all there just so many other cheaper and better options out there whether you're simply buy a nexus 7 and a laptop or just going to the surface to the no pro 12.2 swings for the fences but can only manage a double at best this gets a seven on the TechnoBuffalo scale it offers a lot of features it comes down to price and without that giant screens can be usable for you I like phones to be bigger haven't always like giant tablets I prefer a smaller screen size it was really harder for again for me to imagine who this tablet is going to before but if you're one of the people that I might before I'd love to hear your thoughts and why and why would you get it to both point two over a 10 or an eight or a seven or any of the other varying Android sizes out there even though other offerings and Samsung's own line up I'd love to hear your thoughts please leave that in the comments right down below until next time I'm John rent you from TechnoBuffalo see you guys next video what's up everyone thank you for watching that video if you want to see more the latest and greatest tech news you can subscribe to our main TechnoBuffalo channel by clicking the button right down below in my pants region or click on the buttons to your right to see more videos