Samsung Galaxy Note 4
A visitor holds a new Samsung Galaxy Note 4 smartphone at the Unpacked 2014 Episode 2 event ahead of the IFA Electronics show in Berlin, September 3, 2014. Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke

A few days before the Galaxy Note 4 release date this October 2014, jumping from Samsung's 2013 flagship phablet to the new generation device seems to have been made easier by the fresh advantages pointed out below:

Solid build and better specs

The Note 4 marked the transition of Samsung's phablet series from plastic to metal, giving the device the premium look that Sammy fans have been asking for. While the two devices practically shared a similar lay out, the enhancements delivered by Samsung from the Note 3 to the Note 4 are easily noticeable.

The word modern is written all over the Note 4 look and feel, which readily overwhelms that of the Note 3 design language. To begin with, the latter was deemed outdated when it first came out, most notably its use of faux leather, accentuated by simulated stiches, as back cover.

On the specs department, the leap may not be too huge as the Note 4 retained the Note 3's 5.7-inch screen profile but the former's inside components mix made for a beastly handset that is bannered by a quad-core Snapdragon 805 chip that is paired with 3GB of RAM.

To nail, perhaps, the upgrade decision is the gorgeous AMOLED display panel that radiates in 2K screen resolution (2560 x 1440) in 515 pixels per inch.

Improved S Pen

The Note 4's signature tool is likely to gain more fans as Samsung streamlined the stylus functionalities of its hero phablet that saw the elimination of bloated features. In the latest build, the spotlight is on the simplified Air Command menu that encourages easier access to productivity actions.

One notable enhancement is the more responsive S Pen as Samsung took pains to increase the tool's sensitivity by 100 per cent from its immediate predecessor.

Killer camera

The camera mix packed with the Note 4 is nothing short of a killer - the main shooter is laced with 16MP plus optical image stabilisation that is absent from the Note 3. On that respect alone, the new device is a clear showdown winner.

Samsung, however, has decided to simply make it a lopsided duel in favour of the Note 4 as the latter came stuffed with a 3.7MP front camera that obviously caters to the worldwide selfie craze.

Just the right TouchWiz treatment

In the Note 4, Android KitKat 4.4 seems to blend well with TouchWiz. The notion that Android must be modified was accurately achieved with the TouchWiz flavour that was deployed by Samsung with the Galaxy Note 4.

The bloats that plague other Galaxy devices appear almost non-existent on the Note 4 as Samsung's Android render on its latest phablet is far from being overkill. Most of the stuffed features are phablet-friendly and therefore fully usable.

As Dom Esposito of 9to5Google rightfully puts it: Android on the Galaxy Note 4 with the appropriate TouchWiz layering has moved from boring to exciting.

The global availability of the Galaxy Note 4 starts on mid-October, which is seen as the actual release date for the fourth-gen Samsung phablet.