The battery is purported to last 13 hours for typical internet use, and that has been my finding as well. MicroSD and USB 3.0 ports on the right-hand side of the tablet

For a mobile device that is not a full-fledged computer, this tablet is very powerful. My Samsung Galaxy S4 phone was recently updated with Android Lollipop, and I am looking forward to when that update gets pushed to Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 users outside of Europe.Īside from the aforementioned extra 2.5 inches of screen and pressure-sensitive stylus, the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 also has a 1.9 GHz Exynos(R) 5 Octacore Processor, 3GB Internal RAM, and a microSD capacity up to 64GB, bringing the total potential storage up to 96GB and enabling multiple windows multitasking. This Samsung tablet was released with the super-smooth Android KitKat 4.4.2 OS with Magazine UX. I have been using Android phones since the original release of the Motorola Droid in 2009, and hacked my Barnes and Noble Nook Color to Android in 2011, so I have watched the development of the Android OS and felt comfortable buying an Android tablet. I discovered that for about the same price as the iPad Air 64GB, I could get a 12.2” screen and a pressure-sensitive stylus from Samsung. When I went to get the upgrade at the store, I decided to look at the Samsung and other tablets available before finalizing my iPad purchase. In April 2014 when I acquired the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2, I had originally wanted to get an iPad Air as an upgrade of my iPad 2. I am classically-trained with traditional media and so I appreciate effective digital mimicry of a real-life artistic experience.

Before I had this Android tablet, I had an iPad 2, but I did not use it regularly for artistic pursuits as I found the lack of a pressure-sensitive stylus frustrating. This tablet is a drastic leap forward over any digital platform for creating art I used in the past. I used it for weeks straight, foregoing all other media (despite recently completing an exciting remodel of my studio). Once I started experimenting with this tablet to make art, I enjoyed it so much I became addicted.

My name is Amy Lewark and I have been using a Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 for sketching and art since February 2015.

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