[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SMARTPHONEPC:
[Q] Note 4 Vs Note Edge & encryption-AndroidL concerns (Nexus 6 no more me thinks;)

Any Note 4 Vs Note Edge owners-thoughts (only saw Note Edge for ~15 minutes today but liked it more than expected, now that I seem over the Nexus 6 as an upgrade to my Note2;))?

Note Edge concerns are would the curved screen make the display more vulnerable to breakage & would the Edge screen become more or less distracting over time as well as privacy concerns with side bar notifications etc?

Has anyone encrypted their Note 4, internal storage-external storage or both & how much does it slow boots, data access etc?

ETA for official Android L (that encrypts everything by default) on T-Mobile Note 4 December (& would Android L on Note4 make it harder to root)?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56869912&postcount=1559

Have to agree, I finally played with both these at T-Mobile side by side & Note 4 won. I considered walking out with a Note 4 but they couldn't sell me a black & I also happen to stop by Best Buy next door after & finally played with the Note Edge which was cooler than I expected but I'm still leaning toward the Note 4 yet will look into the Note Edge more before a final decision.

I'll say the speaker on the Note 4 sounded much better even at max volume at T-Mobile than at Best Buy where it sounded terrible at max volume so not sure why there is such a difference. If the T-Mobile Note 4 or Note Edge I pick up sounds as good as in the T-Mobile store I'll be cool with it but if it sounds like the demo Note 4 at Best Buy at higher volumes (those are in demo modes however) I'd have to return it. The Note 4 speakers at T-Mobile sounded better than expected & while the Nexus 6 dual front facing stereo speakers were nice & occasionally quite impressive they didn't consistently blow me away like the screen on the Note 4 & its superior camera & Spen features. I'm coming from a Note 2 (didn't upgrade to Note 3 because its speaker sounded much worse than my Note 2 but that was also only tested at Best Buy demos & wasn't crazy about its build quality) & the Nexus 6 on paper really appealed to me but didn't impress me in person as much as I was hoping. I'd prefer unlocked for sure but T-Mobile Note 4 should be ok for now. I had no problems with the Nexus 6 size & feel in hand, it was the screen & camera compared to the Note 4 that brought me back there.

The Nexus 6 was butter smooth but the Note 4 didn't stutter in the T-Mobile store so hoping that mostly remains that way. The Nexus 6 battery was 15% when they handed it to me & ~15 minutes later it was down to 7% at which point I "Turbo charged" it for 16 min where it returned to 20% but definitely prefer the Note 4 removable battery & sdcard options as long as the encryption remains fast which I'll also have to test. I'm curious when & what the Note 4 will be like on Android L but someone in the store mentioned Android L on non-Nexus handsets will also make it harder to root?

Below is a shot of both at 100% brightness (didn't notice a salmon color on the Nexus 6 at lower brightness levels or much yellow tint but the Note 4 is just stunning & brightness levels at max & min are amazing).

[IMG="Nexus 6 Vs Note 4 (both max brightness)"]http://i61.tinypic.com/2w1tjbd.jpg[/IMG]

Ref: http://i61.tinypic.com/2w1tjbd.jpg