Review of Samsung Galaxy Note 5

Contents of delivery:

Phone

Charger Adaptive Fast Charging c USB-cable

Wired stereo headset

Short instructions

Clip to extract SIM-card tray

Positioning:

Unlike past years, Samsung decided to castle - now a leader in the segment becomes a model PHABLET EDGE +, Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and actually turns into a niche product that is only available in a few markets. Initially, this handset sales began in South Korea, and then in Usa. In Russia, the model will appear before New Year, in the original retail Samsung, but this is an exception, since in Europe it is almost never available and this status will remain.

On a similar decision affected the popularity of conventional EDGE, the demand is higher than to that of Galaxy S6, the deficit was too high, and Samsung was even forced to hastily increase production of curved screens. Model liked its unusual appearance, it was impetus to its sales. In a market where most of equipment looks like twins, fresh design is accepted with enthusiasm. Therefore, Samsung decided to repeat same trick and give market the flagship segment Samsung Galaxy Note 5 with the same design. Idea is to supplement EDGE + stylus was immediately noted on the curved screen, use S-Pen uncomfortable, so was abandoned. To promote both two models in the company did not want to by looking at your own S6 / S6 EDGE, as a result, has turned complicated story for all those who for many years sat on bar Note.

Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy Edge +

Why people chose and continue to choose line Note? Samsung has always given to this line the best technological solutions - processor, memory, camera and the latest version of Android out of the box. The superiority of Samsung components of any manufacturer such that something like a line Note, there is the competition only after two or three years, or not appear at all. For example, Motorola gets AMOLED-display for Nexus 6, which lag market for three years, do not have power saving modes, as a consequence, more voracious, are very moderate brightness and a host of other small constraints. Of course, we can assume that Nexus 6 - a good product, it really is, but to call it the best is extremely difficult. Owners ruler Note - these are people that were looking for the best solution, which has a reserve of strength for several years and / or a very productive, interesting solution in market. In total, or even on individual characteristics of this line can not be compared one PHABLET from other manufacturers. You can take every option and trying to turn up a competitor. quality of the screen? No direct competitors, but from year to year called a line Note winners in this private competition. CPU performance? During year, the same Note 4 holds the first lines in synthetic tests. The quality of camera? One of the best cameras on market, which is second only to Galaxy S6 / S6 EDGE. Continue the list is endless. Ruler Note - this is the flagship, which run in solutions of tomorrow.

Unfortunately, not always solutions of tomorrow mean saving features that were experimental and did not go to mass. Offhand I can name denial of FM-radio in the flagship - a cheap function, which suddenly became. It's a shame? Absolutely. Moreover, it is favorably distinguished from the same Samsung iPhone. In 2015, under reduction fell a larger number of features, the most striking of which - a memory card, and an opportunity to replace battery. But in fact, such changes are much more they will be typed with a dozen, and we will discuss them in detail in Note 4, compared with the current generation, which will be lower. For those who enjoyed Note 4, it will be a pity and sad in many ways it seems that there is a setback, performance degradation.However, the whole market goes on a two-year development cycle, the device changes every year less and less, and same Note 4 will be replaced by a sense of Note 6 in 2016. On other hand, if you have the desire and opportunity, the Note will have 5 to court. For those who has won the previous models Note line, it's time to consider Note 5 as a possible replacement of their phones.The device turned out wonderfully balanced but not devoid of drawbacks, which discussed below.

Judging from characteristics Samsung Galaxy Note 5 - a device which simply do not have any direct competitor. As experience of the line Note, so competitors and nowhere appear, no manufacturer has the relevant components.

In contrast to ordinary people that choose the best decision for themselves, there is a whole layer of people living in the network and discuss phones, they line Note as a bone in throat, because it can not be compared with anything, it is in itself and lives separate from market. Thanks to their efforts, there was a set of ideas about how awful and poorly phones Note. It turns out that they burn out screens and a lot of marriage, they are very fragile and constantly fighting, as they can not keep one hand, no one toy is not run because the processor is weak, and if run, it will not be able to play. I also really like stories about the fact that TouchWiz interface is so slow that you can make coffee until a menu opens. The reality of all this is irrelevant and attention is related only to two things - a flagship that attracts attention, as well as having characteristics that cover all of its nearest competitor. Many people hurt that team of producers for whom they are sick, not able to produce anything even remotely resembling such a product. Therefore it is necessary to approach these lamentations with a certain degree of skepticism. One last tip - if you happen to know exactly what to you hampers TouchWiz, you will never buy products Samsung. Why torture yourself? Buy what you think, does not pull up and running quickly.

Design, size, controls:

The mod is now curved, as if it were an element of design that makes popular devices. If EDGE + curved screen, in Samsung Galaxy Note 5 - backrest. It turns out that the phone is curved at the edges, and it shows, if you put it down screen.

In practice, rounding makes phone in his hand is much more convenient than the same Note 4. However, it is a combination of two factors - the width of machine, which has become a little less, plus the roundness of rear backrest.

In comparison with Galaxy Note 4

The phone's dimensions - 153.2h76.1h7.6 mm, weight - 171 grams. For comparison, Note 4 had a size 153.5h78.6h8.5 mm, weighed 176 grams. The fact that Note 5 "lost" has become noticeable in everyday life, phone best fits in your hand when it pulls out of his pocket.

Based on materials from body all bad - a metal frame around a filling machine, and on the back it is narrowed, a kind of EDGE vice versa. Screen and covers rear surface of Corning Gorilla Glass 4. massive metal chassis, as well as in the S6, here only plays the role of a larger body size. Changed metal, now it is 7000 series aluminum alloy, it is lightweight and high strength, hence a gain in weight of phone. The iPhone 6s will apply the same material, nothing is more durable for such devices on market are not yet invented.

Choosing between two colors of the phone for myself, I looked at the white (looks just gave it) and black. Golden did not consider, as I have that color S6 EDGE phones and confused from a distance did not want to, and a number of "gold" - it's overkill.In the end, I took the color of Black Sapphire, a black, a little ink color.

Color solution exactly four (maybe there will be new colors, but hardly fast), it is white, black, silver and gold (Silver, Sapphire Black, White Pearl, Gold Platinum).

In practice, the rear wall, and front surface quickly covered with fingerprints, is the lack of windows. If sun or indoors under dim light that is not visible, under lights, luminous directly on the body, you will see a divorce in all its glory. At same S6 / S6 EDGE are not as striking, different size devices.

On left side are two volume keys in Note 4, this rocker, are separate buttons. Good move, they can not be pressed accidentally while blindly press is not difficult. On / off button - on right side.

Right there, on the bottom, is the stylus, it is fully recessed into the body, the design changed. Press the tip, and it exits the body. In the S-Pen is now no scratches, it is smooth, but there is no problem to keep him comfortable.

In comparison with Galaxy Note 4

Center Key became a little higher and shorter, but it is more convenient, since it entered fingerprint sensor.

Monitor:

Samsung is the market leader in production of screens for mobile devices, and technology companies went a few years ahead of all rivals anything similar on market is not there. Every year we get a screen that are different from previous generation of better color, higher contrast, lower power consumption. It has become a tradition, and I look forward to progress in this area will stop. But until that happens, and in the same Samsung Galaxy Note 5 taken a new height - indeed, about everything in order.

I try not to use automatic backlight, it is often wrong, and I consider uncomfortable pictures. In Note 5 changed their algorithm and now lights work very well, guess my preference. Especially since this mode makes screen readable under any sunlight, the brightness is increased to maximum.

if earlier minimum backlight automatically was not comfortable it was dull, but now it is not. Another point that is associated with device screen, despite the fact that resolution and the number of ppi not changed due to other color picture looks much fresher and better.

Battery:

People are living in illusions, where a large number always means something better. If you follow this paradigm, the camera with a resolution of 13 megapixels is always better 8-megapixel, and 4000 mAh battery to always be working on phone for longer than that of 3000 mAh. To my joy, this approach does not work in electronics during operation depends on a number of components, and not only the battery capacity.

Note 4, as well as in Note 3, the battery had a capacity 3220 mAh, whereas in Samsungh Galaxy Note 5 is 3000 mAh battery. The fact that this is an obvious deterioration expressed a lot of consumers and made it in absentia. The game is a simple arithmetic, 3220 - more than 3000, and therefore better.

In practice, all slightly different. Phone quietly live from morning to night (in fact, he lives day, but let's not be penny wise) with heaviest load. Video playback non-stop at maximum brightness (HD-video, unconverted, MX Player) can take up to 13 hours with a little. Previously, it was about 10.5 hours. If you change the backlight settings, that will be achieved 14-15 hours of video. None of machine with battery in 3000-4000 mAh (and comparable to the size of screen) does not achieve these figures. If you look at the Chinese smart phones, they limit - about 8-9 hours when battery in 4000 mAh.

I do not know people that use smartphones to watch movies day and night, usually the load is distributed between different applications - calls, SMS, social networks, watching videos, listening to music. With automatic adjustment of the backlight at half or a little less than you quietly get up to 5-6 hours of screen provided a small number of calls (up to an hour). In games it will be a little time, but it all depends on the game, three-dimensional toys can get about 5-6 hours, lights above average.

Memory, memory card, chipset, performance:

M - 4 GB ( system is running on 64bit (LPDDR4)) instead of 3 GB previously. The naked eye can see, interface runs significantly faster than Note 4 or Galaxy S6, although this growth is an annual, and it seems that the speed is already sufficient, so as not to increase it even more. Nevertheless, there is room for development, and interface is very responsive.

While model is entering market with a storage capacity of 32 and 64 GB version will appear later on 128 GB (Limited Edition or something similar).

For fans of synthetic tests will give their results in different programs. Note that, as before, this device showed best results, they are among the highest. But due to the fact that the graphics accelerator was old and pretty average, do not wait to test three-dimensional graphics staggering numbers. But with all games that exist on Android, this device, all other smartphones have worse opportunities in this area, with exception - iPhone, which bypasses any chart Android-powered device.

Note Software features 5:

One point that is important for perception of device. sound quality of Samsung has long brought to the highest level, there is now an option, obviously copied from Walkman from Sony, it is called UHQ Upscaler. For MP3 files, this option completes devour contraction frequency, making sound better. In some compositions, this option works well, somewhere not working. But its presence is rather a plus, because there is not asking, and it can always be turned off.

Impression:

According to speaker volume Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Phablet flush with the S6, speaker and one is in the end - it is very clear and loud enough for almost under different conditions. You can say that the sound is one of biggest and pleasant company vehicles.Vibrating alert is average, there's no achievements.

Quality of the phone connection is not satisfactory in any form. Tried to find a contrast to his Note 4, I could not find them. Only exception is that the default is almost always included HD-codec, Quality of audibility of interlocutor is excellent, you can even listen to music with good quality.

The quality of work in LTE and flawlessly, drew attention to fact that the phone is better than clinging to Wi-Fi-network than Note 4. Subjectively, it seemed that he was in general a bit better connection quality. Maybe it's far-fetched, but about Galaxy S6 I have same feeling :) .