[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] sdgmcdon:
I had the note 4 for two weeks and really, the only thing i miss about it is the screen size and maybe the s pen a bit, though I rarely used it anyway.

I have the turbo now, loving it.

But, it depends on what you like/want/need. If you need the stylus and dont care about touchwiz jank, by all means, the note 4 is a good phone.

I just got sick of waiting (as usual with samsung) for the wireless charging back cover and spare battery system to be available, plus, i MUCH prefer stock android over touchwiz (jank). Additionally, the note 4, due to touchwiz, does have some significant lag to it where the turbo has ZERO lag aside from a small bit of lag with the camera shutter, which is a software thing so could be fixed in a future update (some 3rd party camera apps are instant, zero lag, showing its a software thing).

The most noticeable lag on the note 4 is hitting the recent apps button and then touching an app to go back to...in both instances its lag city. It also lags everywhere else too, but not as obvious because the lag in say opening gmail, or SMS is just that it does it much slower than the turbo does it. Touch gmail at the same time on both and the turbo will open almost instantly and be displaying the full inbox, updated etc before the note 4 manages to get the app open at all.

As for cameras, for the first time ever (and I've owned every droid flagship since the first) Motorola FINALLY put a GREAT camera in the turbo...the note 4 only bests it in two ways, the shutter is faster on the note 4 and it does a *little bit* better in really low light situations...otherwise the images they produce are virtually the same quality, both are stunning.

Also, remember, the buttons on the note 4 are REVERSED from stock android (still dont know why Samsung insists on doing that?).

Two more things, with the note 4 I needed the extra battery, with the turbo I dont need it (likely due to smaller screen, much bigger battery and no touchwiz). Plus, it has wireless charging builtin (which I have a lot of wireless chargers around the home and office).

Also, turbo size is MUCH more manageable and one handed use friendly.

Last but not least, the specific moto apps are enormously useful...in the car I'm COMPLETELY hands free, automatically (it knows when I'm driving and automatically switches to voice control, which works VERY WELL for text reading (listening as it were) and replying etc...then turns the automatic reading of messages, calls etc off as soon as i m out of the car. Very useful.

And, the turbo really does feel better in hand, much better...subjective I suppose? I will say though that Samsung finally seriously stepped up their game in the build quality department, they did a fantastic job with the note 4.

If Samsung ditched touchwiz completely and just loaded the note specific apps on top of stock android (and used the correct button placement) I probably would have kept the note 4...touchwiz is 100% the Achilles heal of the phone.

All down to preference, but for me, the unofficial nexus (Turbo) is the clear winner for me.

---------- Post added at 11:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:30 PM ----------

WAY WRONG...ive had both and the turbo due to having a much larger battery, no touchwiz and a smaller screen absolutely smokes the note 4 in battery life.

The only advantage to the note in terms of battery is being able to swap them if needed, but with the above mentioned reasons the Turbo just doesnt need it.