PERFORMANCE: Scrolling Smoothness

[svetius]

Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the Note5 under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

 

[TachyonGun]

With bloatware enabled, many processes creep onto your CPU load and make things worse than usual. Without bloatware, smoothness is a little better, but still choppy and it skips more beats than any phone with such ludicrous hardware should. Many weaker phones perform much better in this regard, which is disappointing. I wish reviews would mention it because as it stands, people have the impression that the Note5 is the smoothest phone out there. It simply isn't, it's smooth when scrolling through stock applications but load up a long Play Store list and other lists with plenty of graphics and then fluidity takes a hit that Samsung shouldn't be proud of. Hopefully further optimization will help here.

 

[Willyman]

^ what he said.

 

[boszmon]

bc of android it will never be as buttery smooth as an iphone

 

[Willyman]

bc of android it will never be as buttery smooth as an iphone

That's not the point. Other Android phones, with much less processing power are way smoother.

 

[busab]

bc of android it will never be as buttery smooth as an iphone

I disagree. My Nexus 6 was just as smooth if not smoother than my wife's iPhone 6.

Stuttering on a phone of this caliber is inexcusable. Especially with this being the 5th one.

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[Mandeep148]

I sold iphone 6 to buy big screen phone like note 5 i bought it. Its good featured phone no doubt and its fast too. But smooth? No. Scrolling is worse than ever. Like a 1 core phone.

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[tiguy99]

I dold iphone 6 to buy big screen phone like note 5 i bought it. Its good featured phone no doubt and its fast too. But smooth? No. Scrolling is worse than ever. Like a 1 core phone.

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Wow...just wow.
Was hoping I didn't see that.

Hopefully Android M will fix this

 

[Mandeep148]

Wow...just wow.
Was hoping I didn't see that.

Hopefully Android M will fix this

Ah typing is difficult and also laggy in forums.
Btw when 6.0 is expecting to launch

 

[playya]

I agree with others there is definite lag in this phone but not all the time. To me its probably Touchwiz even though I have removed it and I am using different launcher its fully built into they system. Sadly I got this phone for Samsung Pay which works great and I wont be rooting this phone which I am quite sure would help.

Too gain more customers Samsung should give you the ability at setup to include or exclude what apps you feel fit. This with the option of an OEm based rom or a Touchwiz based version would also make many such as myself happy

 

[Mandeep148]

I think note 5 is not ready to sell in market. Ita down side of android. I mean its just a joke. Is that 8 core phone. Shame 2 core and 2 gb iphone is 5 times stronger.
Im not hater. I had s4 s5 all series but they weren't like note 5. Everything lag in scrolling.
Investing big money and we have no right to get it smooth?
Why should we ignore it? I really like camera and display is best in market. But i believe hands on performance is most important. For now im selling 3 days old phone.
Btw im using moto g3 i really liked this phone. Smooth and cheap. Unlike note 5

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[farfromovin]

Well, lot's of android haters in here, that's odd. Anyway, I started with iPhones, went to android for a couple years and had all the flagships, switched to the iPhone 6 Plus last year, and just bought a Note 5. I think the Note is very fast and fluid. Zero complaints here. Then again, I rooted and installed a custom ROM and kernel immediately but still... When I used it in the store it seemed pretty quick. People are a little quick to say Android will never be as fast as iOS. iOS has it's own share of little glitches and hiccups too.

The launcher is fast, the app drawer is fast, apps open fast, camera is fast, fingerprint scanner is fast, this is a fast phone.

 

[miditechindia]

bc of android it will never be as buttery smooth as an iphone

i agree with you because my Samsung Note-II lost network itself without any notification.

 

[Willyman]

Well, lot's of android haters in here, that's odd. Anyway, I started with iPhones, went to android for a couple years and had all the flagships, switched to the iPhone 6 Plus last year, and just bought a Note 5. I think the Note is very fast and fluid. Zero complaints here. Then again, I rooted and installed a custom ROM and kernel immediately but still... When I used it in the store it seemed pretty quick. People are a little quick to say Android will never be as fast as iOS. iOS has it's own share of little glitches and hiccups too.

The launcher is fast, the app drawer is fast, apps open fast, camera is fast, fingerprint scanner is fast, this is a fast phone.

Mate, you're completely missing the point here. People are reporting on scrolling smoothness problems with stock Touchwiz, not some custom ROM and kernel. Of course performance can be better in that case. And nobody here is blaming Android. There are perfectly smooth Android phones out there with much less horsepower, which adds to the frustration.

 

[alleshi]

bc of android it will never be as buttery smooth as an iphone

iphone is not buttery smooth !!!

i have iphone 6s and note 5....
Note 5 its way better. its masterpiece

 

[Zanr Zij]

iphone is not buttery smooth !!!

i have iphone 6s and note 5....
Note 5 its way better. its masterpiece

I'm crazy with iPhone 6s scroll speed, acceleration. But I can say with you that iPhone 6s will smoother than Note 5. Just now 6s come with buggy, lagging iOS version. If you stay with 9.0, it is very smooth! After jailbreak, I can speed up animation. Only scroll speed is problem I'm finding out the solution!

 

[xdathekilljoy]

bc of android it will never be as buttery smooth as an iphone

But iPhones were never truly always butter without a stutter or bug themselves. As well as for many years iOS has had a large lead over all mobile OS's in app crashes.

 

[Maknora]

I can't take the slow molasses type of scrolling in iPhone safari browser. I need it to be quick like chrome on Android.

 

[norbarb]

Seems little freezes here and there but I think all is do to network and internet connection. Overall on internal looks great..

 

[succumbtothegreater]

I agree that scrolling smoothness isn't what it should be. It should be up to par with other android phones. I got it two days ago and im really considering taking it back for the S6 but i really don't know if it'd be any better. Anyone used the s6 to know?