This is an unofficial review of the Galaxy Note Edge

Don’t push cause I’m reviewing the Galaxy Note Edge, I’m trying not to lose my head, ah huh-huh-huh. OK, sorry for ruining one of the catchiest classic hip hop choruses. As much as I like the name of the Galaxy Note Edge, it really isn’t easy to play around with the word ‘Edge’. So I’ll stick with what I’m supposed to do here, the unofficial review of the Galaxy Note Edge.

By now I’m guessing you know the drill – after all, you’ve probably read my unofficial reviews of the Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 4 part 1 and part 2. So, as far as you are concerned, this review will avoid technical details instead will check out the key features that draw your interest in the most personal way. And for the Galaxy Note Edge, there is only one thing and one thing only I would like to check out, the Edge Screen.

The very first thing I wanted to check out about the Galaxy Note Edge wasn’t the 16MP rear-facing camera or the 3.7 MP front camera (although they are awesome); nope,I wanted to find out how it utilizes the Edge screen.

The Galaxy Note Edge has the camera/video control buttons on the edge screen, both on regular or landscape display mode. The obvious advantage of this is that the main screen of the Galaxy Note Edge makes the most of its real estate. However, the control buttons are actually ergonomically placed on the edge screen, so it makes it much easier to take photos.

You might have noticed from the pictures above, but the Galaxy Note Edge that I got to use has a Charcoal Black Flip Wallet (sold separately). You will notice that this wallet is specially designed for the Galaxy Note Edge leaving the ‘edge’ visible even when the cover is closed, which makes sense because the edge screen has various features on its own.

For example, when you rub the edge screen, like how you would rub a genie’s lamp, you can check out the time and date without having to open the flip wallet (or activate the main screen), which is pretty convenient. Later I also found a ‘Night Clock’ feature, which dimly displays the time on the edge screen, during a pre-set period of time,  for up to 12 hours. Time display on the edge screen and the night clock saves more power compared to activating the main screen just to check the time.

Now, I was going to go over main features of the Edge Screen, but the blog already had it covered with a colorful infographic. So, I thought it would be better to show you something that the blog has not.

First, you might have already heard about the famous ‘Revolving UX’, the UX of the Galaxy Note Edge, which lets you control it with the swipe of a thumb (or any finger). By swiping right or left, you can get quick access to frequently used apps, alerts and program control functionality – even when the cover is closed.

The next (big) thing I immediately wanted to check out was the settings for the edge screen. First, if you swipe down the edge screen from the top of the screen, you get the 5 quick tools: ruler, stopwatch, timer, flash light and voice recorder.

If you swipe up from the bottom of the screen, you get an icon for settings and if you tap on it, it directs you to the ‘edge screen settings’.

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Here you can see settings for ‘manage panels’ ‘express me’ ‘information stream’, ‘night clock’, ‘personal message’, ‘rotate 180’ and ‘style clock on edge screen’.

For example, on the manage panels, you can not only select/deselect the panels you want/don’t want to show on the edge screen, you can download additional panels. You can also select which app you want to show on the panel.

On ‘express me’, you can edit images, texts and handwriting and also apply effects to have it show on the edge screen.

You can also select the kind of feed/notifications you want to get on the edge screen and write personal messages on it as well. Personally, customization is very important (I only play games where I can make my own character), and the degree of customization of the edge screen was pretty impressive.

I felt a bit guilty not talking about the main screen of the Galaxy Note Edge. Although I expected the main screen to be pretty similar to the Galaxy Note 4, having the edge screen really makes a difference, and it is felt as soon as you see the home screen. For example, you could see how it can provide you much more uninterrupted display real estate with all the frequently used or favorite apps placed on the edge screen.

Besides the benefit the edge screen can provide, most of the features are the similar to the ones from the Galaxy Note 4. It supports photo note, multi window, voice memo and other cool features we talked about on the unofficial review of the Galaxy Note 4, so if you are interested in more features and functions, feel free to check them out.

The blog has plenty of other detailed information coming regarding the Galaxy Note Edge, so you should definitely stay tuned for more. I really hope this review gave you a better idea of what the Galaxy Note Edge is about. No matter how biased this may sound, I can say this with certainty. Considering how innovative the curved display on the side of the device is considered, the design of the device and intuitiveness was quite impressive. What do you think? Leave us a comment to let us know! Thanks for reading!

*All functionality features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation.