Having the same battery as the S6 and S6 edge is a joke...more so when my battery life is very below average on my edge. Never lasts anywhere near a full day when on 3G
It's 450mAh bigger than the S6 in fairness. (400 than the S6e ) We will see in due course if it's extra size makes it more power hungry. If it doesn't then it should in theory get a good 20% more battery based on the math. However it'll likely due to increased screen size be closer to 10% increase.
S6 Edge Plus design combined with the S-Pen is what the Note 5 should have been. Why would I want a curved back vs a curved screen?
I'll be sticking with my S6 edge for awhile.
I think it was a wise decision from a practicality perspective, trying to write on a curved glass screen would not have been practical and if they portioned off just the non curved area (the Note 4 Edge treats each section independently but singles out main area from its edge) then the usability area would have been much smaller and the software in its current form simply could not have worked.
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Personally I think the Note 5 is a great looking device - especially the titanium one MKBHD covered in his hands on. The only true baffling thing from my perspective was the decision to not release it globally which will inevitably hinder its sales performance, the suggestion that they may not release it in 128gb and of course the fact that the Edge plus is not really the answer for existing Note owners in Europe. If anything it should have been the reverse with the Edge plus only having a select market release and Note 5 released global.
Outside of that, I did call all its specs so I am not disappointed in that regard. It's screen will inevitably be one of the best out there quality wise, the CPU is blazing fast in the S6 - so again no concern there. The extra 1gb ram should in theory provide a safe buffer to the aggressive ram issue which on the whole will make the device feel very very snappy in day to day use.
The S-Pen has been improved and the aesthetics generally of Touchwiz work well - the blurred people edge affect for S-Pen actions looks nice.
SideSync improvements especially for mac support is welcome albeit not actually new. It has been around since the S5 with PC user support.
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Essentially biggest issues here is that ...
Samsung did a poor job selling its phone in the presentation and clearly a poorer job 'selling it' by not actually releasing it to 750 million people.
Starting your presentation telling everyone how you've defined the market and then choosing to opt to ignore one of those markets will go down in the annals of terrible blunders.
The pricing of the S6 Edge Plus in Europe does not aid the situation or provide a good trade off.
They do deserve the flack here.
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But outside of that its a great pity that many of us simply won't see what looks like a great looking and still because of the S-Pen 'unique' phablets in the market. I truly hope the Note 5 sells enough in Asia & USA to warrant a Note 6 and that sales are not so affected that they decide not to go down the Note route in future. That would be a horrible event for consumers.
