Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 review with features

The Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 is standing at the very top of a lineup, whose fourth generation has hit the fast lane again after a less than impressive showing last season.
The size of the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 is controversial, but Samsung already has the Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014). It's also the feature that sets it apart in a good way - some people prefer larger laptops to tiny ultrabooks and that carries over to tablets as well. The work you did on the office PC just looks different when shown on a small 10" screen.

We've seen Android tablets try to wedge into the ultrabook market by adding a detachable QWERTY keyboard. Those efforts brought mixed results, but will a bigger screen do better?

This is a gamble for Samsung, but the company can afford it - the Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 and the Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014) are there to catch the users the Note Pro 12.2 will miss. The Galaxy Note phablet was a gamble too and look how that turned out.

Features

1. 12.2" 16M-color Super Clear PLS capacitive touchscreen of 2560 x 1600 px resolution
2. Wi-Fi only model: quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mali-T628MP6 GPU; Exynos 5420 chipset
3. LTE model: quad-core Krait 400 processor at 2.3GHz, Adreno 330 GPU; Snapdragon 800 chipset
4. 3GB of RAM
5. Android OS v4.4 KitKat with TouchWiz UI
6. S Pen input and great software backend
7. One of a kind split-screen multitasking and pop-up mini apps
8. Quad-band GPRS/EDGE/HSPA and hexa-band LTE connectivity Cat.4
9. 32/64 GB of built-in memory
10. 8 MP autofocus camera, 3264x2448 pixels, geo-tagging
11. 1080p video recording @30fps
12. 2MP front-facing camera; 1080p videos
13. Side-mounted stereo speakers
14. Wi-Fi 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
15. Stereo Bluetooth v4.0
16. HDMI TV-out (adapter required), USB host (adapter required), Ethernet (adapter required)
17. microSD card slot
18. Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
19. Infrared port
20. GPS with A-GPS support; GLONASS, digital compass
21. 1080p XviD/MKV video support with subtitles
22. Accelerometer, three-axis Gyroscope sensor
23. Office document editor preinstalled
24. 9,500mAh Li-Po battery

Disadvantages

1. Sky-high starting price
2. Size will put some people off
3. Relatively poor audio and video codec support
4. Air view works with S-Pen only, no thumb support
5. Notification area not optimized for the large screen