Quick review of the Note 5

[ekerbuddyeker]

So I was at Best buy and played with the 5 for an hour. I tested it side by side with my Note 4. I ran a number of apps and it is a little quicker than the 4, but not in any wow factor way. Camera did open faster and the left multitasking didn't have the lag that my Note 4 has. The screen is slightly more saturated, but again, not really significantly. Side by side they look the same, in fact it's really hard to see the difference (especially if it was in a case).

Exterior is nice and it is slightly narrower, but unfortunately my fingers kept sticking to the glass back.

The 6+ is nice, and I like the new side launcher. Both devices are just supersized s6 and s6 edges.

Feels like when a car company goes from its 2014 to 2015 model. It's basically the same with a few bells and whistles.

Aside from SD and no removable battery (which are probably deal killers for me anyway), I could not justify buying this device unless the price was $450. Then I would put up with the compromise of no sd and changeable battery. But no way I would spend $850-900, especially with other offerings coming up. I bet I am not alone here.

Nothing out there today is a step up from the note 4, for me anyway. This should have been the note 4. I think Samsung has a problem on its hands. I hope I am wrong.

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[sshafranko]

You're def not alone...i have the Note Edge and I've been dying for the N5 release. Truthfully I'm not very happy with the Edge and wanted to go back to a regular phone. I cant get away from Multi window as i use it every day and i love the spen so it was go back to N4 or wait for the N5. Needless to say i waited and am pretty dissapointed with the battery and sd situation. I think i will still try it out and bring it back within the 15 days if i dont like it and maybe jump to a plain N4. How could they lower the mah to 3000 it just boggles my mind. I have a 24,000mah anker battery but one of the reasons i get every note is so i dont look like an Iphone user trying to find a plug ? at restareas, bus stops, etc...the sd im not too worried about with the 64 model plus a flashdrive i can make do but the battery is just simply dissapointing. I may be judging prematurely but im basing my judgement on the S6 battery life which has the same exynos chip less mah but also a smaller screen and less features so im guessing it will balance out and be about the same as the s6 which from my understanding is sub par to begin with. As for them using the glass as an alternative to plastic and calling it a superior build quality, does anyone use their phone without a cover and if you do will you now with glass? You wont even see the back so they could have just as easily used a removable titanium, aluminum, plastic back instead of glass...im just dissapointed plain and simple

---------- Post added at 05:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:03 PM ----------

Hopefully ill get 7,8 hrs sot and ill change my mind...i use to get 8 to 10 sot with my N3 running Tweaked rom and Lean Kernel, now with Edge i get 3 to 4 hrs sot..we'll c i guess

---------- Post added at 05:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:07 PM ----------

This is a good sign tho....put a smile on my face

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62324314