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[Galaxy Note5 General] SC36DC:
Does anyone have an official email or contact form for Samsung where we can leave our complaints about the Note 5? We could only hope they have someone scouring the Web for topics like this so they can get a fill for how people are feeling about their products.. I would like to make how I feel official and let someone with Samsung know why I WON'T be buying the Note 5 and why I was so very disappointed.

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I must ask again, am I the only who was hoping for a larger screen size on the Note 5 than the same 5.7 inch size as the Note 3 a s 4? After using the Note 3 for almost 2 years, I got so use to it that I no longer consider it big and was hoping for an upgrade in size.
[Galaxy Note5 General] oneandroidnut:
I think 5.7" is pretty much perfect size maybe a 5.8 or 5.9 with very very thin bezels but note 4 size is perfect for me. Small enough to use one handed but still great for video viewing etc.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mgbotoe:
Get a tablet.

For once, I am happy Samsung isn't listening to consumers about the whole bigger is better. We are already at a stage in mobile life where 5.2 is the minimum size...we do not need 5.7 to become the minimum size for smart phones. Enough is enough I say. Anyone wanting anything bigger than a 6 inch need to get a 7 inch tablet and put it in their pocket.
[Galaxy Note5 General] SC36DC:
We all have a personal preference, when it comes to smart phones there definitely is no "one size fits alll". All I want at this point is a high end 5.9 to 6.1 inch phone. Judging by all the leaks lately, there seems there will be quite a few announced at IFA in the coming weeks. I'm excited to check them out. Just hoping again, they are high end. Note 1 and Note 3 were nice phones, but no way in hell I'm "settling" for a Note 5. Samsung has their head so far up Apples ass it's embarrassing.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mgbotoe:
Can't agree with you there more.

What I have come to notice now a day is lower end third party manufacturers thriving to fulfill the request of those wanting a huge phone....lower specs, bad camera and well...bad everything for users like u and I.

I don't know what came of Samsung...with the line between their S series becoming blur, you never know...maybe they will release a new line of large screen to redefine the definition of a phablet. They have done it before....if they are smart, they might do it again.
[Galaxy Note5 General] SC36DC:
This phone is as good as it's gets. But it's like, be careful what you wish for, it may come true. ;) Everything about this phone is so much better than the Note 5, at least according to ME! Although I must admit, the rumored Ascend Mate 8 at 6 inches and 4GB of ram, may be the perfect fit, literally.

http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/worldwide/p8max/
[Galaxy Note5 General] rsawoseyin:
Samsung is killing its smartphone business by trying very hard to be like Apple. Instead of playing up the unique selling points of its smartphone, it is dropping those very features because it thinks it has to be an "iPhone cloner" to succeed. How can Samsung release a "premium" smartphone that has a breakable glass back cover, no SD card or removable battery - all to be like an Apple?
[Galaxy Note5 General] mgbotoe:
Well they are failing miserably...Apple Iphones all receive the same OS once a new one comes out. If you have samsung? Your only choice is to pray you receive a port. Otherwise, you will have to go buy a NEW device to get things.

s4 does not have s5 "new" touchwiz" and s5 does not have s6 "newest" touchwiz either. Same thing for Note 3, Note 4, and Note 5.

I understand for s3 to s4 or note 2 to note 3, there was a HUGE hardware base features...but we can't say the same for the others to justify a lack of access to newest OS.
[Galaxy Note5 General] iceman4601:
I hear what everyone is saying but i just got my note 5 yesterday (previously had a note 3) and i absolutely love it so far. i was worried about no sd card slot and also the removable battery.. but so far the smaller battery on the note 5 is outperforming the note 4 in most aspects. the extra gig of ram is making this one of the snappiest phones i've ever seen. the screen is beautiful in low light and outside. the speaker is impressive to say the least and the new note s pen features are pretty sweet. it's smaller than the note 4 and lighter. and they have clear case options out there if you want to see that premium build on the device itself. my sd card slot stopped working on my note 3 about 6 months ago and i haven't needed it since. so the 32 gigs is perfect for me. everyone is different but it's not the downgrade that everyone is making it out to be. i am a little worried about the glass back but it does look very nice so i'll be getting the clear case so i can still show it off.
[Galaxy Note5 General] sauron0101:
The sad irony here is that Apple was the one who copied Samsung in releasing an iOS phablet.

That being said, I wish that Samsung would be able to make an SOC as good as Apples A-series (outstanding single threaded performance and GPU), while releasing the needed documentation for an AOSP port. Not happening any time soon though.

With the Exynos, it will make that all but impossible. AOSP based ROMS simply will not happen.

Look at the Galaxy S6. The development community there is minimal. The same thing will plague the Note 5.
[Galaxy Note5 General] lbtaylor198401:
I hate to break it to most, but replaceable batteries and memory cards is a very out modern design.

I have always gravitated towards the note, I dunno why but it's ability to exchange memory and battery,

It was its functions and screen size.

With 4G cloud storage being much more accessible a vast majority don't need these features anymore.

I've stored a large amount of stuff on my devices but nothing my internal storage choice couldn't hold.

The design is better as is the software.

I think people need to look past the fixed backplate and look at the devices abilities.

I will be looking at different phones myself this year but in the respect of. Pi want AOSP on my next device as you really can't beat it
[Galaxy Note5 General] oneandroidnut:
Note 4 still doesn't even have root does it? On Verizon I mean
[Galaxy Note5 General] mgbotoe:
For me, as a user, I really dont care for the lack of SD card nor the Lack of removable battery. To remove IR blaster? Oh come on! Can someone double check if this is really true?

My issue is that they are sacrificing features for build quality and have focused far more on build quality, than internal. They are slowly becoming other companies where they take the software inside, and smack it in a body that offers no improvement what so ever. They pulled an HTC...but unlike HTC, the device actually look drastically from the previous.

It is nice, device is great...I simply just can't justify dumping the note 4 for it...if that make sense? I feel if I can justice dumping the previous year model for the newest...we are talking. Otherwise...its heh...
[Galaxy Note5 General] gshaw1967:
Best Buy has the Note 5 on display in the Samsung area. The IR blaster is gone.
[Galaxy Note5 General] xeeshan:
Alternatives

Apparently LG may come out with a stylus but it will take time to mature.

Then there is this Microsoft Surface Mobile which will also have a stylus. Seems rather more promising if you want to wait a bit - I probably won't though :)

http://bgr.com/2015/08/18/microsoft-surface-mobile-windows-10-smartphone/
[Galaxy Note5 General] frankgreimes:
Way to piss of your customers Samsung. This thing is a step backwards, oh yeah it looks pretty till the first drop or fingerprints in it.

Also I am really surprised how any people are blindly falling into the PR trap and would use the biggest anti privacy service instead of a sd card.The cloud is spyware period .

Samsung is so out of touch with the reality it's not even funny. No sd card , ir blaster and a smaller non removable battery this phone should be an April fools joke...

Now I hope LG builds an Inote killer use the new snap dragon cpu, 4k display and keep the sd card and removable battery.
[Galaxy Note5 General] gshaw1967:
I am in for a new Note 5, went and checked it out and like it. I really don't think they are coping Apple, as much as, it's following the design ques from Google. Google killed the SD card and the removable battery, no? Google converted it's tablets to 4:3 and Samsung followed suit, no? Like it or not, this is the direction that Google prefers. I know that this is supposed to be a **tch session but here a few of the updates that made it for me. I want one! Also, I just pre-ordered from Best Buy and got free wireless charger and $200 gift card! My reasons for getting one:

Video Stabilization

Gorilla Glass 4

Denser Screen resolution

Deeper Black Colors

Screen more efficient

CPU more efficient

Battery lasts about 9.5 hours

Smaller/lighter Device

Better CPU

Better Video Card

4GB of LP-DDr4 Ram

Better Camera f/1.9

YouTube Live Streaming

Portable wireless charger

Bluetooth 4.2

Cat9 LTE Chip (up to 600mb d/l)

Samsung Pay (Supports all mag strip readers)

Lighter Touch-wiz

Better Fingerprint reader

Better Stylus

Wireless Fast Charge (0-100 2 hours)

Keyboard Case

Ultra High Quality Audio bit-rate

Write on screen without turning on device
[Galaxy Note5 General] frankgreimes:
No they are copying Apple instead of trying to ease their existing customers. Just look at the silver bezels and the bottom. Google can take their guidelines and shove it upon their ass, sd cards and a removable battery aren't going anywhere . I'm willing to bet Google would sell more Nexus phones if they had these features.
[Galaxy Note5 General] spriteboost:
I won't be getting the new note 5 I wasn't really planning on it my note 3 is good enough for me for a lot more time but always love reading about new tech. This is the first time I've felt like if I wanted to upgrade I'd actually go to the note 4 before the 5. The read of the specs where awful how do you step backwards and the software optimization's I'm sure will be ported to the note 4 and 3 (fingers crossed). Only upgrades I've seen is the better ram (finally) better camera which i'm curious how much better it is than the previous one, I guess the keyboard(makes it look like **** tho), and fingerprint reader (but i don't use lockscreens mostly because I have nothing to hide and my phone is always by my side really).

Things I wish they didn't "upgrade" (and left snapdragon processor and sd card and battery(I actually use spare batteries and battery packs are an annoyance)) : the screen honestly for me they could go back to 1080p or i (foget which one is better lol) the screen is to small and the more pixels the more power but that's me actually that's all i can see as an upgrade maybe the gpu. Wow i thought there would of been more sad ah well there's my addition to the bashing of samsung this time around.

Hope people don't buy to much into this and into the note 4 more and vote with their wallets. Or even the lg g4 that'd be the device I personally upgrade to well probably the g5 if it keeps removable everything (or note series of that would be nice). Good luck samsung I always thought the note series were for travelers and power users and the features you took out seem like you don't think so. My two cents :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] wase4711:
Nexus 6
[Galaxy Note5 General] Rippley05:
No. Nexus had these features, didn't "sell more phones". The vanilla android Nexus lovers are a minority with or without SD cards.

Some of you guys need to relax. What are you putting on your SD card that desperately needs to be guarded from so called spyware? I'll let you in on a a secret, you're probably not as highly sought after as you think. Nobody cares enough about your movies and pictures to steal them. Relax.

The real disappointment for me is software related. The note 3 had so many spen features that have slowly been removed on the 4 and 5. Not the biggest deal, but I liked some of them.

Also, no IR blaster? That's just silly. Overall, it's still an upgrade over the 4 in most areas.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrpickem:
There are a lot of great points made here and after assessing them all I have decided I want the Note 5 and will pick one up Friday on Jump on Demand so if I'm not happy I can switch right away if something else comes out I like better.

After messing around with the demo unit in the store, I must admit the quality feel & aesthetics are unsurpassed by anything I've ever used including the iPhone 6. I did not have an S6 or Edge.
[Galaxy Note5 General] rushless:
Good reasons :) I would be there too, but need the sd slot. Travel too much to rely on the cloud and OTG does not integrate well with media apps or game emulators I use. Prefer the convenience of the sd :)

Just imagine the love fest here if the Note 5 had the sd slot and 4300mah battery as rumored. People would still complain (no IR, glass back and fixed battery), but a minute itty bitty fraction of what is going on now.
[Galaxy Note5 General] hello00:
what most areas are you talking about? in software yeah but thats all
[Galaxy Note5 General] frankgreimes:
It's just principle I don't trust the spyware known as cloud and I don't see a point in having to be connected in order watch my stuff. SD Cards are convenient, fast enough and they provide me with all the needed storage (having 3 128 ). As far as batteries well I can go over a week without charging thanks to 3 batteries. I don't need wireless charging because you can't use your phone while charging and of course an even smaller non removable battery has to be the dumbest decision since Samsung partnered with MS to release even more bloat ware

I fully agree about the S Pen Samsung hasn't put in much work since the Note 3 which is a shame because the S Pen is great.
[Galaxy Note5 General] @rbiter:
Strange. I got 5+ easily on s6. It was binned 8/8/10/8 too. Stripped a lot of app bloat but Samsung lied to us about the bloat. The bloat is in the ram and part of the memory management problems.
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechBSwift:
Well I'm still running the s6 edge right now, and I'm only getting 4 hours on average. I had a day where I got almost 7 hours sot (posted results on xda) but it all depends how you use your phone, what apps you have etc.. Most of the s6 users are lucky to get 4 sot hours and there's threads to support that lol

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[Galaxy Note5 General] borisb:
Note 4 people will not upgrade. This is going to be bought by people that did not have a new phone for two years or the owners of a small screen phone.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Rippley05:
Oh man, are you serious?

Over the Note 4..

Better processor

More ram (the phone is faster than the Note 4 and S6, you can feel it.)

Better camera (Best camera available on a phone)

Better fingerprint scanner

Better build quality

Better S-Pen

Wireless charging built in

Rapid wireless charging

Better audio (Google it, this isn't huge IMO)

The screen is also better. While being the same tech and size, it's 21% more efficient which is why this phone has better (although slightly) battery than the Note 4.

I'm sure there is more, but it's silly to me. You're basically asking me what areas aside from software are better...like, what else is there other than hardware and software? So, you obviously agree the software is a significant upgrade, I listed a few hardware upgrades. My question is, what in the world do you want the phone to do? I get why people are upset over the SD card thing, I do..but if it's that important AND you don't feel like this phone is an upgrade over the Note 4 then just keep/purchase a Note 4. There's no law or man code violation against that. It's an upgrade in almost every available department over the Note 4. It removed some things, which IMO always sucks even if it's something I don't care about, but that's the only fault that can be found.

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Smaller battery means nothing since this phone gets better battery life per cycle. Being non-removable, I get why people hate that and the SD card thing.

After reading about your beefs, I'll say it again. It sounds like the perfect phone for you is the Note 4. It's available now =p
[Galaxy Note5 General] oneandroidnut:
The smaller battery which will die quicker everyday and in turn also hurt the overall batteries health and make you buy a new note quicker. Also the screen is the exact same as the note 4 panel big upgrade here with the 20% increased brightness that will suck the battery even more now. Also the note 4 developer edition is no longer available so no my perfect phone is not available like you said. Anything else you want me to call you out on?
[Galaxy Note5 General] alex9898:
That's not the same panel as the Note 4. Some progresses have been made in power consumption according to the DisplayMate review.

And battery capacity does not equal to battery life, there is a lot of factors that impact battery life and not just the battery capacity.

But I agree that a Note 5 will age faster that a Note 4 because you can change the battery when it dies.

Battery life remains to be seen because US users reports progresses on battery life with 5.1.1 on the Note 4.
[Galaxy Note5 General] robertopod1968:
You are just wrong. The display is MORE EFFICIENT and so is the processor/software. Battery lasts longer on the note 5 than the note 4. It is also replaceable. Why is this stuff being said over and over when it's shown to not be the truth.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Pappy35:
Because people will believe what they want to believe regardless of the truth laid before their eyes. Global warming for example? Moon landing was a hoax? I got a guy that sits next to me at work that swears it was all fake so I personally know what this kind of person is like. Just give up and enjoy your phone (or not if you don't like it and bought something else of course).
[Galaxy Note5 General] oneandroidnut:
It's the exact same panel with better brightness and power consumption thanks to the processor not the amoled panel. And the battery life on lollipop on the note 4 is atrocious.

The display is the same exact panel like I stated above it's more "efficient" due to the new chip and whether or not it is really more efficient well we don't know that yet. Oh you say it's truth? Do you have a note 5 and currently comparing it to your note 4 with the same signal, same use etc etc??? Yeah didn't think so. Scroll back a few months to before the s6 & s6 edge came out and all the hype about efficient exynos etc etc and boom everybody complains about s6 battery life issues. I see it on a daily basis. So just wait and see the second biggest Samsung flop of all time.....
[Galaxy Note5 General] robertopod1968:
Yes I have both. Top is a picture of my final average with the note 4 and bottom is my current with note 5
[Galaxy Note5 General] hello00:
im just stating my opinion..some may agree some may not..i could careless..all im saying is that for me the note 5 isnt really an upgrade for most ppl
[Galaxy Note5 General] cashyftw:
LOL why are you trying so hard to sell yourself on not getting a note 5? It's pretty pathetic.
[Galaxy Note5 General] drbveb88:
Believe me, Samsung will not fall from there perch because the 5% of flashers have decided not having storage is to much to overcome.

The masses can live off 64 gb and cloud storage.
[Galaxy Note5 General] DAvid_B:
samsung pay. built in finger print scanner. smaller. better processor, bluetooth, wifi, display, battery life, faster built in memory. better camera. built in wireless charging. not sure how anyone can say this isnt better than a note 4.

a thinner lighter faster phone with built in quick login (fingerprint) that you can set down on a wireless charger you keep in your most used places, and a universal card swipe technology that lets you carry around just your phone if you want.

people are not looking at the lifestyle improvements of this phone and are obsessing over things they probaly hardly used and can replace with other techniques.

this phone is one of those things you have to use and live with to see what a huge improvement it is.

after getting an iphone 6 at work, i can say apple is missing so many key things, like a notification led, and poor interface design compared to android and touchwiz that living with a note 5 over any apple device will be a massive improvement.
[Galaxy Note5 General] bhagiratha:
If anyone doesn't like the Note 5, I will buy if the price is right. T-mobile model.

Cheers!

http://www.ritetechservices.net/tech-news
[Galaxy Note5 General] Rippley05:
Call me out on what? It's proven that the note 5 screen is 21% more efficient AND the battery life is longer.

Is that the best you got? Give me a break

Who cares if the battery degrades quicker..it'll take forever for that to happen, and, if you're here looking at the Note 5 while you have a note 4 it just means you upgrade often and will be ready for the Note 6 before it degrades. This phone is clearly a significant upgrade.

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It's obviously an opinion. The upgrades are there, it's always going to be incremental because everything has been done. Sorry you can't feel it, almost everyone else does.

Lucky for you the Note 4 is still an excellent phone and has everything you need.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Qwallace70129:
I'm wondering, how can ANYTHING be "proven" about a device that for the most part doesn't even get mass released until tomorrow? Oh, and ftr....every time you say "who cares" it hurts a lil. Lol. Not at all really. But it is funny that you are feverishly defending your own reaming of the arse by samsung. Just remember that each time you say "who cares" you're not caring about a feature that was stripped away or totally disregarded. They stole from you rich hardware features that would have saved you a good bit of money. And they are charging you more for it. They taxed you to become a samslave. And you're defending it.