[Galaxy Note 4 General] SAO:
Note 4 first impressions after 48hrs (vs G3 and S5)

edite[MENTION=2181552]DelBoy[/MENTION]/ hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread. but i thought this was worth being in your thread, than me creating another one. If you disagree, please let me know, and i'll open a new thread.

I got my Note 4 on Friday, 910U.

First, to be clear, i am not a fan boy. I like good hardware, i like good quality stuff and most important no headaches. I have moved from and back to Android over the years and decided to stay away from iPhones due to their lack of flexibility and boring theme.... i did try the iphone+ , laughed and gave it back.

The following is "compared" to a G3 & S5

1. Connection :

Do you also have reception issues, Wifi & Network.? Compared to the G3 which has great reception and the S5 which also had no issues, the Note 4 tends to have way less "reception" power. Places where i get 50% wifi with the G3 and S5 I get 20% with the note 4. On a network, when i am on full "edge" with the S5 & G5 the note 4 wants to be stubborn and still prefers to hang on a " 1 " difficult bar of 3G... or doesn't catch any reception.

2. Battery:

Wow.. i was very impressed with how the draining was happening.... some strange things happen also. DMCService (Gallery) is not optimised to use the 8 cores, or it is, but uses it in a strange way... . and when you leave it open (check with Watchdog app) it uses up to 17% of the CPU... thus draining battery. With the G3 (not the S5) i could hang on a whole day with no issues. On the Note 4, not possible. I honestly see the percentage going down when i use it...

3. Memory:

With cleanmaster installed, i see my memory usage at MINIMUM 65% but on average it is used 70-85%.... tried to clean, close all apps, but still i have the impression that a lot of RAM is used (ROM issue?) . doing the same on the G3 i am at 45% usage., S5 around 55%.

4. Camera

i am pretty impressed by it... really. Was not expecting this. The OIS, quality, speed i'm impressed. But got curious, so decided to take the G3 and N4 out today for a spin, so will post pictures later on today. Will also try videos ( but not sure if i have time to do all this today).

5. Screen:

really nice, sharp, explosive colours (samsung's amoled, ya know.) G3 though is slightly sharper (less explosive), and I can see the difference... but one thing i didn't understand.. why a four grid row? i had to install Nova launcher to make it as i like it. (Nova rocks btw). G3 has a 5 grid...

6. Stylus

fantastic! Recognises really well, can do all that is advertised and works really well.

7. Handling

I know it's a phablet... but still.. i miss being able to reach the return key with my left hand ( i have size L gloves hands). And pleaaaase, although the metal touch is cool.. but that back cover is really cheap. Way worst than the S5 (which in fact isn't that bad).

8. CPU

Not sure if there is a big difference with Snapdragon. From what i have seen, it's fast, lag free, etc.. Well in fact i had some lag reading an article, but that is maybe because at that time many apps were in the background. But still, didn't have that issue on the G3 or S5. Will need to get my hand on a 910S(?) snapdragon to see the real difference...

will be posting pictures and videos later.

PS: we need to root this baby to get it to full potential.

EDIT: i just added a screen shot of the PowerSaving menu so you see.