Note 4 switch?

[faith3935]

Hello. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 AT&T no contract and I am turned off by the lag when you open apps, by the Bluetooth playback issues andby the size of the device as I have small hands thus making it harder to get a good grip of it. I was wondering are there any good smaller alternatives to the Note 4?

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[PublicImageLtd]

Hello. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 AT&T no contract and I am turned off by the lag when you open apps, by the Bluetooth playback issues andby the size of the device as I have small hands thus making it harder to get a good grip of it. I was wondering are there any good smaller alternatives to the Note 4?

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[cwbcpa]

Short answer is no. There really isn't any other phone that can do what the Note can do and do it as well as the Note. I would say that you need to figure out what features you need and then match that to a phone. Depending on what those are you may have to make sacrifices in other areas.

Sent from my Note 4

 

[Jude526]

I am a woman with small hands. No issueswith handling the Note4

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[brothamoveson]

Try the one handed function. As far a last goes I have no complaint.

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[natehoy]

There are a lot of really great one-handed phones out there, at least one solid one from each of the major flagship manufacturers (Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola, etc etc). It all depends on which features you are looking for.

Each has its signature/important features, and its drawbacks. You've mentioned what you don't like about the Note 4 - and fair enough - but you are using it as your reference for "finding a one-handed alternative to". In order to find an alternative to it, you'll have to determine the things you DO like about the Note 4 so you can look for another phone with those features.

So what features do you like about the Note 4 well enough that you are using it as your reference point for a good phone? Obviously not the screen size - because you've said the phone is too big. S-Pen? Infrared? Fingerprint reader? What is it that makes the Note 4 the ideal phone for you, "if only it was a little smaller, the bluetooth worked for me, and it didn't lag"

 

[anon(2383976)]

Note 3 neo

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[faith3935]

Turns out that I may keep it in the long run, just ordered a Zerolemon battery for it and I'm getting used to the size. As for the Bluetooth issues during music playback I heard that if you were to keep the screen on while playing music it prevents it from skipping

 

[heavyvino]

I use it one hand on full screen but I have hams for hands

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[zkyevolved]

LG g4 or HTC M9. They're good devices with a smaller footprint. If you're set on Android, those are your best bets. The Zenfone 2 is a great option, too. Pretty well rounded device. All of these are smaller.

I am keeping the Note 4 until 5.1.1 comes our August. Whatever happens first. But KK has been solid for me (I recently rolled back from 5.0.1).

 

[faith3935]

I reverted back to Kit Kat since I bought the phone off of eBay with Lollipop preinstalled and so far the Bluetooth issues and lag are gone.

 

[faith3935]

There are too many bugs with Lollipop.

 

[philip42]

Yeah, same here. Back to Kitkat about two weeks ago and I don't miss anything of lollipop. Kitkat is bug free. I'm hoping the July release of 5.1.1 will be the lollipop version of the current version of Kitkat.

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[faith3935]

Same here. Google screwed up with Lollipop which explains why you seen more devices launched with Kit Kat then when we seen devices launched with Lollipop this year.

 

[Drayk]

Something needs to give with the lag. I'm seriously contemplating going back to my gs4. That was the snappiest, most responsive phone I've ever owned.
Truthfully, I can't remember if kitkat was a better performer or not.

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[faith3935]

Something needs to give with the lag. I'm seriously contemplating going back to my gs4. That was the snappiest, most responsive phone I've ever owned.
Truthfully, I can't remember if kitkat was a better performer or not.

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Are you on Kit Kat?

 

[Drayk]

Are you on Kit Kat?

I'm not. Lollypop 5.0.1. I'm not sure how to go back to kitkat

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[faith3935]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-att/general/roll-to-4-4-4-5-0-1-ota-t3063452

 

[beh]

I too have short stubby fingers and have no issues with using the Note 4. I don't use it with one hand nor do I use my thumbs to keyboard. I use the S pen for everything so my use method is apparently different than others. But I would never go back to KK because L allows me to use my large ExtSD storage for program data and program parts, photos and videos from the camera, etc. So I have 7 GB of HERE maps downloaded to use off line on the extSD card along with 1 GB of bird identification data along with numberous smaller files. Giving me 8 GB of space on the internal storage that is free for other stuff.
We all each have our priorities for how we use smartphones. And for me the Note series is the only phone with L is the only one for me.
Your mileage may vary.

 

[aximtreo]

I reverted back to Kit Kat since I bought the phone off of eBay with Lollipop preinstalled and so far the Bluetooth issues and lag are gone.

I just bought the Note 4 from Swappa. It comes with Lollipop. How do I go back to Kit Kat?