Huh? Where did I say i was doing that?
I’m planning on getting the iphone 6 plus S
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Galaxy Note 5
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I’m planning on getting the iphone 6 plus S
Does the Note 5 have a smaller battery? All the reports I saw was it had a bigger battery than the S6.
No concrete rumours I'm afraid as I have read some say it's smaller and some say it's bigger. Think it's one you'll have to wait for the official launch next week to find out.
Based on leaks ...
Yep it will be 3,000 mAh compared to 2,550mAh in the S6 ..
However with a larger screen to power and extra 1gb memory I predict it will end up giving similar (or slightly better) battery life to the S6 ..
If it is 3,000 mAh it will be smaller. The previous were 3,200 & 3,220 respectivly.
Can't help but think they'll be making a mistake if they only manage S6-like battery life. 3-5 hours won't fare too favorably with the Note 4. And then there's the other changes...hmm. Style and slim on the S6 I understand but, as good as quick charge is, I'd happily have a chunkier Note with awesome battery.
Is it? Motorola's and LG's phones are very, very thick, and the Moto G is their best seller ever. Sony's phones are slim and they don't sell. Samsung's galaxy S6 is slimmer, just like Samsung's Mobile profits.
It seems to me that Samsung should focus on their strengths and the strengths of the Android ecosystem, and being successful by conquering a nice here, a niche there... Trying to bring their flagships close to the iPhone (features and appearance) is clearly eating Samsung Mobile alive and alienating those that really enjoyed those features.
A typical Galaxy Note buyer loved the great battery life and ability to exchange batteries, the flexibility of the Micro SD and so on, no? Clearly the strategy of showing the middle finger to those users and try to conquer iPhone buyers won't work, not with Apple making such fantastic products with a very powerful and unmatched ecosystem.
I agree that there's only room for one Apple, but there's also room for Samsung phones if they focus on their strengths.
If the galaxy note 5 sells poorly compared to the edge plus, it might be the end of the stylus and the note series.
Rumors say it will be slightly smaller. I think it is a mistake tbh. I would rather have a slightly thicker phone and have 2 day battery life.
Agreed ... An extra millimetre or so for significant increase in battery capacity seems overall a better trade - the obsession with thin is getting to the point of silliness.
If it turns out that it has less battery life - I think more users will turned off by that fact than attracted because of shedding a mil of thickness.
And if they made the Note 5 thicker than the 4 to accommodate a bigger battery, everyone would lose their crap.
I doubt that will be the case. Everyone cried that the Note 4 would have less battery life than the Note 3 due to the screen and most benchmarks show the Note 4 actually has better battery life. http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung-phones-f-9-0-r1-p1.php With power saving mode and ultra power mode you can literally user your phone for 2+ days. 30 minutes to top the battery off 50%. What do you guys take your phones to the Himalayas or somewhere power outlets don't exist? The software is tuned, the hardware is made more efficient, battery technology improves. I highly doubt it will have the battery life of the S6. Give me thin or give me nothing at all !!!!
As for the screen being larger, I thought it was going to be 5.7 same as the Note 4?
The difference is its 220 mAh less than Note 4.
Also as for confusion re: size - it was a comparison to S6 edge rather than Note 4 we were looking at.
It's only 350 mAh more than S6 Edge which for many hasn't the greatest battery life at all.
However with the Note 5 then carrying a bigger screen and more ram than the S6 edge even with 350 mAh extra the question is will it produce more battery life or with the extra dimensions and ram produce around the same.
If it produces around the same or only even slightly more it will still be less than the Note 3 or 4.
Well it's meant to have bigger battery than the S6 (350-400mAh greater depending on S6/S6e) but it's also driving a much bigger display and has an extra 1gb of ram. It's still highly possible it will get greater battery life than the S6 - but we should temper the expectation of such. It may end up being very similar.
Take this for what it is worth. I know I would, since I am always skeptical of the "my friend works for BLANK" and this is what the phone is post....but my little brother works for Best Buy mobile.
He claims (I live six hours away) to have held and played with both the s6 edge + and note 5.
His claims match the rumors. Curved back, glass and metal, etc. No ext. sd slot, and in his words "it's so fast!"
Sounds like a nice device. I currently have the deal locked in with T-Mobile so that I get the next iPhone at a reduced cost.
Going to take one hell of a phone to pull me away from that.
He claims (I live six hours away) to have held and played with both the s6 edge + and note 5.
His claims match the rumors. Curved back, glass and metal, etc. No ext. sd slot, and in his words "it's so fast!"
Sounds like a nice device. I currently have the deal locked in with T-Mobile so that I get the next iPhone at a reduced cost.
Going to take one hell of a phone to pull me away from that.
