2+ years in... still love my Note 5

Sampson0420

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I bought my N920i off of ebay for $589 shipped over 2 years ago in August 2015... and I still love this phone. I'm two batterys later, prob 6 different glass backs, plus she's never had a case, and has been dropped countless times, yet still chugging along. I keep eyeing up "upgrades", but I still love this screen, this camera, the UI is good, and performance is still good. Kudos to Sammy, I'm having a hell of a time finding a suitable successor :)
 
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gmfirebird

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I have had my Note 5 since April 2016 and still love it. Like other people I have looked at upgrading to the note 8 but only looked. I will keep using the 5 until it fails me ( which it has never done). Like the saying goes why fix what isn't broke
 

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I bought my N920i off of ebay for $589 shipped over 2 years ago in August 2015... and I still love this phone. I'm two batterys later, prob 6 different glass backs, plus she's never had a case, and has been dropped countless times, yet still chugging along. I keep eyeing up "upgrades", but I still love this screen, this camera, the UI is good, and performance is still good. Kudos to Sammy, I'm having a hell of a time finding a suitable successor :)
Does this mean that anyone in the market currently to buy a used Note 5 should assume price for a new battery etc also? I'm thinking yes.

I noticed a lot of "refurbished" devices but I doubt they replace the battery ,unless it's a Samsung refurbished unit.

Also how do you folks cope with 32GB only?

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SpencerA99

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Does this mean that anyone in the market currently to buy a used Note 5 should assume price for a new battery etc also? I'm thinking yes.

I noticed a lot of "refurbished" devices but I doubt they replace the battery ,unless it's a Samsung refurbished unit.

Also how do you folks cope with 32GB only?

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The 32 GB is not a big deal imo. I use google photos to back up all of my photos and I periodically delete my photos from my gallery to save space. I have about 2 pages of apps (around 50) and I also have Titanium Backup with all of my apps backed up to my internal storage and same with Spotify premuim music downloaded. I have around 10 GB of space left. I don't see a need for a ton of space unless you are downloading videos/movies for offline use.

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I agree the note 5 is a wonderful future proof phone. I have had to replace my phone once because I was working with it in my front pocket and I leaned up against the side of a truck bending down in the bed and I messed up the digitizer on the screen. That was summer 2016. Besides that this phone has done wonders. I will probably keep is until it is very outdated. Now a days, phones only get minor upgrades. Nothing huge! So the Note 5 is a good competetor to the Note 8 imo. And once this slows down, we can always flash stock android to speed it up
 

bsharp8

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Does this mean that anyone in the market currently to buy a used Note 5 should assume price for a new battery etc also? I'm thinking yes.

I noticed a lot of "refurbished" devices but I doubt they replace the battery ,unless it's a Samsung refurbished unit.

Also how do you folks cope with 32GB only?

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We buy the 64gb version lol.
 

BlackGodRaven

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l still have note 5, bought in weak later of selling start.... and.. only what l need to do to replace to normal back cover and l still don`t want to change it.
 

Lasse58

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I´ve had the whole Note-serie from 1-4. Couldn´t get the Note 5 in my country so I tried some other phones like OP3, Axon 7 etc. Two weeks ago I was able to buy a brand new Note 5 64GB N920C from a guy who bought it in Dubai. I really love the phone, it'srunning Android 7.0 directly out of box. Two days ago I also got a firmware uppdate that included 1th November security patch! Somehow I think that Samsung still find this device as their real flagship! Think about it, they started the edge-era of phones, they also started the "panorama.-screens", but what do they really like? I think the Note 5, like me.