Back to 5 to 6 years ago, big-screen smartphone is not popular. At that time, the 5-inch smartphone was criticised for its inconvenience. But now, this feature is a trend. So, let’s have a look at the first phone to sport an over 5-inch display.

First smartphone with 5-inch display: Note

Big screen smartphone is not the “strange” thing anymore. There’ve been many smartphones with huge displays like Xiaomi Mi Max. On 11/2009, HTC HD2 was released with a 4.3 screen size. At this time, this was the first big-screen smartphone in the market. Compared to this moment, 4.3 inches is becoming too small, right? However, you might not know the first smartphone with the screen size of 5 inches.

In January 2011, the Korea giant released its first products with the screen size of 5.3 inches- Galaxy Note. This first Note generation is also the first 5-inch smartphone in the market. With the Super AMOLED display and the resolution of 800 x 1280px, the device immediately drew everyone’s attentions for its display. It is also the first phablet which is equipped with the stylus pen.

In addition to Galaxy Note specs, it is powered by a dual-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9. It packs a 1GB of RAM paired with a 32GB of inbuilt storage (expandable to 64GB). For the photography, Samsung added a 2MP selfie snapper and an 8MP back shooter. The handset is backed with a 250mAh battery life.

Note generations with bigger screen

After the first 5.3-inch smartphone, Samsung continued bringing the other products with the bigger screens. Galaxy Note 2 is with the 5.5- inch display, Galaxy Note 3’s screen is 5.7 inches. This 5.7 screen size remains on the next generations Note 4 and Note 5. Even Note 7 will also have the same screen size. Galaxy Note 7 launch will be on 2nd, August. So, keep your eyes on Note 7. Everything is coming so closed.