The S-Pen is short and thin, and has no battery. Charging is accomplished using a standard USB 3.0 power cable, so if for some reason the cable gets lost, it is cheap and easy to replace. The tablet easily lasts three hours in drawing mode, and only once have I gotten the low battery warning when I neglected to charge it before my evening drawing session. If I am in a 3 hour drawing session, I make sure to charge the device in advance, and turn off the screen during any breaks I take. If I am doing typical intermittent reading or watching videos, the device lasts all day (two days, even). 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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