[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] iunlock:
I'm pretty sure it'd be an oxymoron to call Samsung a wannabe, when they were the ones who've created the Phablet in the first place with Apple copying the Note from the get go. Wasn't it Samsung Note, then iPhone 6 Plus many generations after the Note Series? Yeeeah. I think so. Might want to think about that one.

Mind you, Samsung also makes a large portion of Apple products.

Current A8 Processor - Made by: Samsung

The new A9 chip sets for new Apple product line. - Made by: Samsung

Motherboard, Memory Controller and Memory Chip sets. - Made by: Samsung

IPS Display - Made by: LG (S.Korean Giant) and some supplied by Sharp, which Samsung owns a large share of the company.

First to come out with a candy bar design phone. LG ... not Apple my friend.

SnapDragon 820 CPU will be - Made by: Samsung as well. Read that again...yes it's true. Snapdragon just doesn't have the technology, ability or time frame to produce the smaller nm chips so they've already signed a deal for Samsung to do what they do best. Make amazing quality tech!

Samsung's new 1.0 micron ISOCELL camera sensor will make its way into majority of the future phones. No more Sony IMX240 sensors, although they've served us well, but bye bye....welcome Samsung.

I know we're not happy with the Note 5, but I think it's our high end expectations that's semi-blinding us from seeing the reality of things.

Everything would change I would assume if we had the ability to flash FK13x/F14 on the Note 5. I'd buy a Note 5 in a heart beat. Why? Well here's the obvious, whether we like it or not. (Again just as a reminder, I too am on the disappointed list like everyone else, but specifically due to the software.)

Note 5 vs Note 4

Better built | Well built

Exynos 64bit Octa Core Processor | SnapDragon 805 2.7GHz

4GB RAM | 3GB RAM

4100mAh? | 3220mAh

Smarter S-Pen | S-Pen

5 Megapixel Front Camera | 3.7 Megapixel Front Camera

0.31 inches thin | 0.33 inches thin

Should the Note 5 have....

USB C? - IMO no. It's still early as even Apple is barely rolling out with USB C on their notebooks. At this point because it's still early, rolling out with a USB-C would be somewhat proprietary, still yet. The OnePlus 2 has USB-C, but at USB 2.0 Speeds! Let alone it's a crappy phone. 1080p with tons of missing features? WTH.... LOL so what's the use? Worthless.

Removable Battery? - That's subjective. Personally I wouldn't mind the 4100mAh BEAST since I upgrade every year. Well except this year.

Removable SD Slot? - To 90% of the users no. It doesn't matter. With the existence of Cloud and how efficient they are today, being able to slap a 128GB card in there is becoming more and more obsolete in a way for 'most' users. Sure it'd be nice, but this isn't one of my determining factors of buying a new phone.

6 inch display? - That's subjective as well. I wouldn't mind, but anything beyond that is getting a little too tablet for me.

As a reminder the Note 4 had some downgrades from the Note 3. Remember?:

Note 3 vs Note 4

USB 3.0 | USB 2.0

Temp Sensor | Removed

Humidity Sensor | Removed

3GB RAM | 3GB RAM (SAME!)

3200mAh | 3220MAh (~SAME!)

0.33 inches thin | 0.33 inches thin (SAME!)

Yes the N4 battery is removable. Yes there's a SD slot on the N4, but for someone who upgrades yearly to the latest device, it doesn't really matter. I've never had to change out my batteries. That's what battery banks are for. Well with the Note 5 wireless too if you want. As for the Storage space, the N5's 32gb is just the lowest variant. There will be a 64GB and a 128GB. (I would assume if the Samsung Executives quote was accurate.) So for storage, 128GB is plenty for the phone and with the use of an Unlimited Cloud (which I use), there is no storage issues. I don't store all my crap on my phone anymore. I keep some important stuff on there, but for the rest I stream my music from my own 36TB NAS at home or from my cloud. I couldn't fit my entire media library on my phone anyway, even if I had 128GB internal + 128GB external SD. Streaming is flawless, granted you're not in the boonies, but for anyone in or near a city with LTE/4G/even 3G you're set. Most of us are.

BUT...as much as I would like to get the new Note 5, all my wishes are frozen due to the STUPID LP firmware. Darn LP! Burn!

The Note 3 til' this day is one of my favorite devices. I actually like the ergonomics better than the Note 4 and how the glass screen protector actually has end to end coverage due to it having a flat glass, rather than the 2.5D going on with the Note 4. Let alone the USB 3.0, which I utilize a lot for file transferring, temp sensors was awesome and so was the humidity sensor. I favor the older firmwares as well personally. JB 4.3 was my favorite.

What to look forward to with the Note 6:

Better CPU

More RAM

Better Camera w/ Samsung's own 1.0 micron ISOCELL sensor.

Bigger battery

Bigger Screen

Samsung's own Tizen OS. (Open-Source!) Screw Google!

USB-C

So the solution to the Note 5?

[Samsung Galaxy Note 4 running FireKat V14 ROM]

Cool facts related to the N4 on FK ROM.

The removable battery on the N4 is pretty much obsolete. If you're not making it through the day on a full charge, you're doing something wrong.

The SD card slot is also pretty much obsolete for me that is....because I use my own Cloud. (You can get decent storage on a Cloud for FREE these days.)

Problem Solved. Well hopefully until next year....

2 more days until D-Day.....have your tissues near by as we all watch the revealing of an amazing device with the Worlds crappiest firmware, LP. Thanks a freakin' a lot Google. NOT!