Hopefully the higher-capacity battery provides enough juice to get the phones through the day. Right now, that's my only real concern with the Note 5 and S6 Edge+. One of the biggest complaints we had about the S6 and S6 Edge was battery life.
The phones are attractive, well-made, and perform across the board. The Galaxy Note 5 and the S6 Edge+ are great smartphones - if you love phablets. The phones have a whopping 4GB of super-fast RAM. The processor is a 64-bit job with four cores at 2.1GHz and four cores at 1.5GHz in what the industry likes to call a big.LITTLE configuration. Samsung is using its own processor to power these phones, the octa-core Exynos 7420. The only other standout is HD Broadcast, which lets people push live video feeds to people or to YouTube.
EXPANDABLE MEMORY NOTE 5 SOFTWARE
The software is more or less identical to that found on the GS6 and GS6 Edge, save for the extra S Pen and edge screen features.
EXPANDABLE MEMORY NOTE 5 ANDROID
Samsung loaded Android 5.1 Lollipop on the Note 5 and S6 Edge+, but as always covered it with TouchWiz. Oddly, the phones come in only 32GB and 64GB versions there will be more 128GB version for the U.S.
EXPANDABLE MEMORY NOTE 5 FULL
Samsung boosted the wireless charging capabilities so the phone can reach a full charge in just two hours on its super-charged wireless charger. The good news is the phones have 3,000mAh batteries that support Quick Charge technology, and wireless charging (both WPC and PMA specs). Those could be deal breakers for some people. The Note 5 and S6 Edge+ carry over the two significant weaknesses we pointed out on the S6 and S6 Edge: no removable battery and no memory card support. I like that Air Command lets you customize some of the shortcuts available in the little curved control strip. Samsung updated the S Pen software too, which leaves a little controller hovering on the screen whenever the S Pen has been removed. Instead, Samsung added a little spring top to the stylus that, when pressed, pops the top out. The stylus is flush with the rear surface and there is no notch to help remove it. It is tucked into the bottom edge of the phone, near the speaker, USB port, and headset jack. The Note 5 has the S Pen Stylus, of course. The screens have bright and vivid colors, but they aren't always accurate. Samsung often boosts colors a bit, and that's the case here. The Super AMOLED screens are supremely bright, and the resolution is simply fantastic. The displays measure 5.7 inches across the diagonal and boast Quad HD resolution. They have a great profile and excellent travel and feedback thanks to the metal design. I was pleased with the volume buttons and screen lock button, which are on the left and right edges, respectively. It is flanked by capacitive back and multitasking buttons. Below it, you'll see the oblong home button that doubles as a fingerprint scanner. The speaker grill and sensors/user-facing camera are above the screen. The bezels on the Note 5 and Edge+ are super thin.
They'll fit into pockets, but not small pockets.Īs is typical, the front face of both phones is mostly display. I'd say they are manageable, but not for people with small hands. The phones beg to be used with two hands - especially the Note 5, which comes with the S Pen Stylus. Truly, it is a hair slimmer and thinner, which does help the phone feel less awkward to use.
Samsung says that, despite the 5.7-inch screen on both, the overall footprint is smaller than last year's Note 4. They are clearly assembled with great precision. The phones feel sturdy and strong, but the metal frames (especially on the Edge+) cut into your hand just a bit. The idea here is to help it sit just a bit deeper in your palm when holding it. Where the Edge+ has curved glass on the front, the Note 5 actually has curved glass on the back. The frame is sandwiched between two glass panels, made of Corning's Gorilla Glass 4. The metal is chamfered, which creates a high-class look. Both the Note 5 and S6 Edge+ have aircraft-grade aluminum frames that wrap all the way around the outer edge of the phone.
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