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[Galaxy Note5 General] niftyguy239:
It was a joke. I do use my phone a lot. That was later at night and I was on shift. So, aside from the quick text here or there and minor surfing, I hadn't touched it at that time. I've found it kind of rude when I have my phone out surfing when I'm supposed to be tending to a patient and their emergency.
[Galaxy Note5 General] beartrax:
Another Opinion

I have owned a AT&T 64 gb black saphire note 5 for several days now and love it. Previously had a Note 1, then a 16gb Samsung GS5.

Like:

Battery life: has never gone below 50% in one day. Not worried about the non-replaceable battery.

Camera: Best phone camera on the market right now (including apple). If you stay within the limits of the camera I can make perfect 13"x19" prints from the images. RAW capability gives unlimited post-processing capability with the RAW images.

Screen Size and quality: Size just right for me (heavy e-reader). Brightness and color quality excellent. In fact the screen bezel was too narrow until I added a slim case. (Verus High Pro Shield, black with gold trim) Absolutely beautiful case.

Stylus: Infinitely better than my old Note 1. As far as I am concerned, it is perfect. Fast and accurate. Love the capability to take a quick note with the display turned off. This is very unobtrusive during meetings.

Fingerprint Screen Unlock: If you use the correct procedure to register your prints, it is perfect. It works on the first try 100% of the time.

System Speed: Fastest phone I have ever used.

Storage: I got by fine with 16 gb on my S5, so 64gb is plenty for me. I have over 300 ebooks and 500 photos stored now. I am a photo enthusiast with several high quality cameras, but still appreciate the phone cam and use it fairly often. I only store photos on the phone temporarily and transfer to my pc as needed. Never expect to have more than a couple thousand photos on the note 5 at any one time and not more than a thousand e-books. I use little Meenova micro SD card readers that plug directly into the phone usb port for heavy duty storage. One Meenova a little larger than the size of a quarter with 128 gb card installed will hold well over 100 movies and the movies stream flawlessly to the phone display. How much memory do you need? :)

I have more, but that's enough of the good stuff.

Dislikes:

The narrow bezel: It is so narrow that I frequently inadvertently activated app functions with the edges of my fingers. That isn't really a problem after you add a protective case.

The Glass Back: I really didn't need that. I actually liked the plastic back of the other notes and my S5. However, I don't buy several complaints about the glass being easy to scratch. The hardness and scratch resistance of Gorilla Glass is at least twice that of the aluminum used for phone cases. Easier to crack, though and I wouldn't use the phone without a case.

Other: I have seen numerous complaints by others about minor features from the Note 4 that are missing from the five. To me most of them seem overblown and just a little petulant. I know a lot of Note 4 users will be disappointed, but most of these issues will probably be totally unimportant to the other potential purchasers.

Hope this makes you feel better. :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] pierrekid:
Of course you're happy. That's like upgrading from a 91' civic to a 2015 NASA space shuttle. The hell you were doing with a note 1 in 2015 blows my mind.
[Galaxy Note5 General] jpbl1976:
I didn't say I was. I was only providing an example. Besides, I have 4 phones and a secretary who answers two of them. Mostly i was referring to people who report to me; it's fine to mod your device but you'd better answer if I come calling.
[Galaxy Note5 General] gn4life84:
Just came from a note 2. Very disappointing!!!!

I also do not get the battery life for days claim. When actually using the internet LTE wise this thing drains battery life faster than any phone I have ever had.

Would not suggest this upgrade to anyone. If I can find a new old stock Note 2 i will be returning my Note 5.

Seems with ever "upgrade" Samsung is turning their flagship phones into more like the I Phone. Not a fan of 100% internal storage or internal battery. That just makes problems with either of those things costly repairs or whole phone replacements. Instead of just replacing a simple card or battery. Almost guarantees and locks you into this absurd get a new phone every year or 2 system.

Also, Android seems to be doing the same. Lollipop is also limiting content and cutting support for a lot of the things that made them stand a part from the I-phones operating system. I don't think I can ever get over this lack of flash support thing. All the hacks and 3rd party browsers still do not do or handle what the stock browser could on the older Notes flash wise....
[Galaxy Note5 General] coolfire:
This is the exact reason I can't see myself getting one too...
[Galaxy Note5 General] rushless:
I know you were joking :)

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I have zero speed issues with the 128gb or the 200gb card. I have tunes, hidef movies, VR content, photos, game roms, books, comics and not one time have I noticed a stutter or lag performance with content.

The 200gb is loaded up and working great. The 128gb is going to be used in a tablet. Local content FTW :)

The Gear VR was my motive to get the 200gb, since tired of content juggling. Got it used at Amazon Prime for $180. Costly, but prefer the convenience and not a fan of the cloud or the caveats of OTG. Plus OTG does not work with Gear VR.

Having my entire music collection in one place is really nice too :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] motoxstyle:
Patiently waiting

I think Note 5 is a pretty awesome premium device, waiting to get my hand on one.
[Galaxy Note5 General] joshuah22a:
Just scooped up a 128gig SanDisk card off amazing for 60 bucks they were running a deal... so now I'm part of the 32+128gig crew... having now so much free space just can't be beat compared to having just 64gigs and having that anxiety of when I will start having to erase or load my files somewhere else..
[Galaxy Note5 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
This is bizarre...I have seen tons of people on this forum say that Samsung removed everything in the Note 5 that made the Note series unique and for power users.

The things they mention are the removable battery, micro SD card slot and IR blaster. How exactly are those things unique to the Note series? The answer is that they are not. It's simply just another way of *****ing about this phone.

The only thing unique to the Note series compared to the S series are the pen and larger screen for the most part. The Note 5 has both of those. So what's the issue exactly?

Furthermore, this all started with the S6. Why is anyone surprised? More importantly, why are they even here complaining? There are plenty of other companies to buy phones from. If you dislike Samsung so much for doing these things, why waste time complaining on a forum which will accomplish absolutely nothing?

At the end of the day it's just a phone people. Go out and grab what fits your needs and move on with your lives. It's really not that serious.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Pat.:
For people who loved the large screened Android Note series of phones with expansion slot & removable battery ( which made them a unique device) it's sadly the end of an era.

Note 5 is a bizarre product to offer us as an "upgrade" such a shame for serious business users.
[Galaxy Note5 General] drbveb88:
This is crazy... Almost every aspect has been upgraded. Get one in your hands for a week and live with it. Then you will see that it is considerably nicer than the n4. Even the shape is better in your hands, pocket, etc..

The removable battery, sd card and ir blaster are important to some but not having does not deminish all of the physical and hardware upgrades they made.

I love how people dont even own one or use one that want to say its a crap upgrade. The phone is an absolute beast and very nicely built. A considerable upgrade coming from the N3 and N4 edge.

~ Ladies.. Its not a beer belly, thats the pride we have swallowed over all these years."
[Galaxy Note5 General] Pat.:
There's an age old saying in retail.. "The customer is always right" obviously the customer isn't but it means you need to produce goods that the customer wants to buy. I'm a customer & I don't want to buy it.

Who can forget Nokia, once the best phones you could get & then they stopped listening to customers & everyone jumped ship.

; )
[Galaxy Note5 General] niftyguy239:
I just don't get why someone needs to carry their entire 19 year photo and video library with them at all times. I get the whole movies, TV shows or music. Even if you carry them in FLAC you could still hold over 250 songs in your music library without needing additional SD card support. In reality how often are you going to pull up a picture from January 20th, 2008? 250 songs that your probably only going to be able to listen to the first 20 at most throughout your day. People just need to learn to let go. There was a good story a few weeks ago, that prior to the 1960s there wasn't a single public (not for business) storage building in the US and since the 70s they exploded to just about 1 in every 10 sq miles in the US. Pretty sad we've become a society of packrats. I update my music library regularly and only carry the top 100 songs on my playlists. The rest I have avail through my Plex server that I can stream or download. Don't try to argue that your class 3 128gb card is superior, well because its just not true.
[Galaxy Note5 General] JasonJoel:
People don't like options taken away from them, and that is understandable.

Whether samsung made a "huge mistake" or not will be determined by the sales numbers.

If customers don't buy it because of the changes, they will add them back. If sales are fine with the changes, they won't. Simple really.

As always, if a product doesn't meet your needs, you don't buy it. No need to get emotional.
[Galaxy Note5 General] masri1987:
so should i get a note 5?

I have a note 4 which i love, and a s6 which i hate.

I get regularly 7 hrs of sot on my N4.
[Galaxy Note5 General] BarryH_GEG:
Well put. I had 70GB worth of "stuff" on my Note 4. I went through it as part of the move and got down to 30GB. I'll miss none of what's gone which was old documents, files I'll never need, and a bunch of games at 1GB each that I don't think I played more than once. I upped my data plan on AT&T to 15GB and, like you, I stream via Plex and also use PlayOn. I have my docs and files on an FTP server. I'm not saying there isn't a loss of convenience and peace of mind going with a 64GB fixed storage threshold card but the times they are a changing.
[Galaxy Note5 General] MrCapcom:
This! Before I had the note series I had a 16gb Nexus 4 and it rocked. I never have any more than 1gb of movies at the most, I mean MOST 1gb of music and this is just from Google Music. Now I can say ill have maybe 5-6 gb at most pictures/videos of my family but I can easily archive them off I only really need say the last 3-6 months of photos which shouldn't be more than 3GB. So all in all 5gb for videos/shows/pictures/music. Now I Have my 64gb sd card filled to the brim because im packing but im ok to archive it all off and go to the Note 5.
[Galaxy Note5 General] niftyguy239:
You know what's even cooler then cloud storage? Having a thumb drive that you can hook up through the mini USB port on the phone and push it all onto that. It works great. I just don't get people when the balk at the fact that the new phone doesn't have SD card storage and state that's the only reason why they wouldn't upgrade. We need people to purchase said device so our line of phablets will continued to be supported and/or upgraded.
[Galaxy Note5 General] princeasi:
On paper, the note 5 doesn't appear to be much of a successor to the N4. After using the N5 for a number of days, I definitely taken notice to the better build quality of the shell, the buttery smooth and stability of the OS, and the quality of images taken from the upgraded camera. Yes Samsung has omitted a few features here and there. However it Was at the cost for a much better device that "just works" right out of the box. My previously owned N4 was definitely a beast of a phone with many features, but nowhere near as smooth and solid feeling as the N5. My experience with the N5 is based on a non-rooted version.
[Galaxy Note5 General] drbveb88:
If all that is important to you is battery life than "no", Although i get just as good of battery life if not better, if you need to replace your battery all the time stick with the N4.

If you want your phone to be a remote, than "no".

If you just want the most powerful phone with the most ram memory, An incredible camera, buttery smoothness and functionality, the amazing spen, amazing sound quality and a host of other things. Than "yes"!!,

Lastly, Wireless fast chargjng will change the world once Starbucks and restaurants, hotels, etc put them in their tables. And when you can place it on your dash and wireless charge, game over for plug chargers.

~ Ladies.. Its not a beer belly, thats the pride we have swallowed over all these years."
[Galaxy Note5 General] M5Rahul:
I'd like to know what constitutes a ' serious business user ' ?

I have a 3 retail stores, and the Note 5 serves me great. I even use WhatsApp, Facebook, Google+, Twitter and Periscope for business and personal use.

Then, a lot of Excel, Word, and phone [ actual calling] usage. The first 3..4 days the battery was meh..but now it's a lot better!

The N5 is leaps and bounds better than the N4, in terms of performance, ergonomics, and build (trivial for me, but still)

I'm absolutely loving the off-screen note taking feature. I find myself using the S-Pen even more with this release. I travel often, and always have 2x spare flash drives (256 GB) plus this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VLNT9KW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00

While swapping out for a fresh battery and going from ~10% to 100 in seconds is ultimate, there are times (more often than not these days for me) when it's inconvenient.

For example (true example), I'm on the phone with 2 clients (different times zones, or could be in a different country) on a 3 way conversation, and jotting notes while talking and the *low battery* sign comes up.. Now what ? Do I tell'em I have to change my battery and will call back again ? Or, is it simpler to just plug in my Note to the external power source via USB and carry on with business ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] masri1987:
As long as the battery is better than the S6

and i think i used the IR port on my N4\S6 twice lol
[Galaxy Note5 General] jon_htc:
I have opportunity to use the Note 5 with the option to switch back to the Note 4 at anytime.

Hopefully some of you can use this fine device without having to worry about being stuck with a phone you do not like.

Do not let the changes and the spec sheet fool you.

The way this phone is configured is much more efficient.

It's like an efficient team. All the parts work well together.

The only thing that I can mention that I haven't read about is the sound quality using wired headphones and Bluetooth headphones. It is much better than stock note4. Maybe not as good as a rooted phone using viper4android but if you want to stay within warranty and have great sound take the note 5 over note 4. I'm gonna research and see if this exynos has a Wolfson chip. I haven't had the luxury of using previous samsung devices with Wolfson sound.

Overall I have a much better experience using the note 5.

I doubt I will go back to the note4

Both phones are stock through tmobile.

We'll see how long this will last since it's only been a couple weeks.
[Galaxy Note5 General] M5Rahul:
The Note 5 has a Wolfson chip
[Galaxy Note5 General] Pat.:
Maybe the people complaining dont all just use their phones for leisure activities like photos videos movies ETC

Try to imagine things from other people's perspective.

I don't even bother loading music on my Note ever.

For my business I need quick access to a ton of .pdf files with engineering diagrams & pages & pages of part numbers for a huge range of products.

I bought Notes over the years because it meant I can have all that information with me on a decent size screen on a pocket size device without worrying about whether I have a good data signal to access the info.

Some of us use them mainly as a business tool & only occasionally as a toy ; )
[Galaxy Note5 General] rushless:
Based on past devices including the S6, by this time of release Samsung is usually touting sales numbers and record preorders. The only think so far is a comment they sold out their test drive devices (with no numbers) and that N5 sales are outpacing Edge sales. There could be a lot of people taking your suggestion for other devices.

As far as the S6, that is not the same segment of device, so this is unique to the Note phablet series of Samsung.

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Not me. I travel and like my content in one local place as well as my Gear VR content. I have all my tunes, books, comics, Gear content, game roms and favorite movies on a 200gb card.

My choice and you have yours. I'm not being incredulous to your storage behavior and nor should anyone to me :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] BarryH_GEG:
I totally agree. There's a percentage of people who really are screwed by Samsung's new storage direction. 4K TV's are flying off the shelves and all flagship(ish) phones now record in it. Where the hell are those files going to go? Same thing for FLAC and RAW files. Based on my use I can get by with 64GB (and no less) and the cloud. I travel a lot too and usually stock my device(s) with content for plane flights and when I can't find Wi-Fi. I have a NotePRO 12 with a 128GB card in it so it's my new go-to media device whether I like it or not. The whole storage "thing" is definitely a YMMV. That's why it's frustrating so many people (not you) keep trying to make it black and white.

P.S. - Pity the Canadians. They only have a 32GB option and faced with that choice I'd have to pass no matter how much I wanted the phone.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mobilephil:
Wine wine wine winger winger IDRR!
[Galaxy Note5 General] ryanalan82:
Notice how u comment on build quality... Congrats you own an isamsung phone
[Galaxy Note5 General] drbveb88:
Nope i own a note 5. No comparison to a icrap. Just because a vette and a kia is made out of fiberglass, are they really the same. Get a grip people. Lol
[Galaxy Note5 General] Pat.:
I hate to Whine & be a Whinger but anyone know what that was about ?

: D
[Galaxy Note5 General] BarryH_GEG:
I came from a Note 4 and am a heavy productivity user. I also use all Samsung's apps (e-mail, messaging, calendar, etc.) vs third party equivalents. Moving to the Note 5 was initially a shock because all their apps have been minimalized and some less used previous features removed. I'm assuming it's part of the diet TW was put on to improve performance (which worked). Nothing I rely on or am dependent on isn't there. I'd be curious what you can do on the Note 4 that you can't do on the Note 5.

The only feature I really miss is Side Panel which was great when using the phone on the move with one hand.
[Galaxy Note5 General] princeasi:
On the N4, you can't sync samsung calendar to your samsung account or google. Yet, that feature is available in the N3 and the N5. It appears samsung loves to omit and add to every new model!
[Galaxy Note5 General] Zanr Zij:
Next year, when S7 id available, Note 5 will face the same problem like Note 4 today: bad OS/Rom upgradre from Samsung. 5.1.1 on Note 4 just core update, no more new software functions like S6, Note 5. No hardware limit on Note 4 compare to S6, Note5!

I come with Samsung from S1 to Note 4. But Note 4 will be the last Samsung phone buy if they will not change software update policy!

Backwards for me: non-removable battery ( if they increase capacity about 3500mAh and go faster charging speed about 1h, it will be ok ), no sdcard support ( if USB 3.1 type C, it will be ok ).

I have more than 64GB contents, I have to use spare battery in about 50-80 days/year.

After 7 months, I bought another original spare battery, it help me got better battery life ( about nearly 1h SOT ). I doubt about non-removable battery in Note 5, S6???
[Galaxy Note5 General] DAvid_B:
You need to carry a tablet and just get over trying to use a phone for real work..
[Galaxy Note5 General] rushless:
Millions of professionals that use the Note and 6+ devices would disagree. I use my Note mainly for games and media, so not one of those millions.

Ordered a 64gb Moto X P15 and will compare to my Note 4. Note 5 though is several steps backward for my own use. Based on Samsung not yet touting sales in the U.S. like they normally do by now, maybe a lot of others think the same thing.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ryanalan82:
And you need to stop trying to convince everyone your shinny new toy is the end all be all of phones.

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Well said. People keep trying to justify their shinny new toy. You shouldn't have to change your usage that much from one device to another. I use 30-40 gb of data a month plus have 32+128 gb storage. If I couldn't use that much data and have as much storage, that would change how I use a phone and I would find other alternatives. I have 15,000 songs on my phone and in Google music, but I don't use or like Google music. I use poweramp with eqs I setup combined with viper audio and eqs I setup, and sounds much much better on my system than through Google music and viper. It's always going to be better to have the actual audio/video file on the phone instead of streaming. Streaming equals more data usage, more battery drain, and being dependant on having a good data connection when you actually want to watch or listen, not when you get to because of possible poor signal. I feel sorry for all the iPhone users that can only afford a 16/32 gb iPhone and are extremely limited to how they can use their phone throughout the day. A girl I work with just got an iPhone 6+ 64 gb and was so happy how she could now have a good amount of music/pics/video and more than 1 big game like gta. Everyone at work that streams music through their lil iPhone has it charging at the same time. But not me I turn data off when not I use and just play through poweramp just barely sipping the battery. Even if this was 2012 a phone topping out at 64 gb is unacceptable. Oh I feel Barry is going to comment on this one.... Form over function blah blah blah. Note 5 is the prettiest phone out and that's what everyone wants, right? Wow, chess vs checkers, you aren't on your high horse are you?

Anyways glad you changed your mind and didn't just put up with the way you were going to have to completely use your phone differently.
[Galaxy Note5 General] princeasi:
I have the 32gb, and carry an otg micro sd card reader in case I need more storage options.
[Galaxy Note5 General] rushless:
Folks have different preferences and perspective on convenience, disposable income and that is fine. The issue is where some try to impose their own perspective or standard on everyone else.

If you are happy with the cloud, OTG, glass casing, and do not mind paying premium prices for more storage, fine. Apple users pay a premium too, but most are captive to the ecosystem and iTunes.

Android users are not captives, so have other options besides the Note 5.
[Galaxy Note5 General] BarryH_GEG:
Great post and I agree. There's never been a wider selection of high-end(ish) smartphones; some at remarkable prices. I wish more here would take your closing sentence to heart rather than martyring themselves over Samsung's decisions which can't/won't be changed.