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The first note I won't buy? (all discussion about lack of microSD and removable battery must go here)
- Mod note: let's keep the discussion on topic please.
From my G4
Android Central Ambassador Team Leader08-15-2015 04:29 PMLike 3 - UJ95xRetired AmbassadorI have a Note 4, so I wasn't going to buy the Note 5 either way, but I still think it's a really good phone. Camera and display should be improvements over the Note 4, while the battery should stay about the same (and that was already great). I can see why some people would be upset over the lack of removable batteries, but those are a very tiny minority of people who are buying the phone. Most consumers will be fine with just the internal storage and batteryGolfdriver97 and Laura Knotek like this.08-15-2015 04:33 PMLike 2
- If I could get over the buttons on the front I'd consider a note 5.
sent via Nexus Assassin Edition. Gonfaloniere.Laura Knotek and belodion like this.08-15-2015 04:46 PMLike 2 - See I've been a stock guy for as long as I can remember and the buttons do take some getting used to, but I think I'd get used to it. And I actually prefer the back button on the right. Makes more sense to me. I also think that the big additions of M will already be on the Note - being the fingerprint scanner and Android Pay. And it sounds like the Samsung version is going to be nice.08-15-2015 05:48 PMLike 2
- RyModerator CaptainThe new Moto X Pure Edition is my next but it won't be because it has an SD card slot.
Posted via Android Central App (Moto X)Aquila and Laura Knotek like this.08-15-2015 06:13 PMLike 2 - belodionCo-Ambassador Team LeadSee I've been a stock guy for as long as I can remember and the buttons do take some getting used to, but I think I'd get used to it. And I actually prefer the back button on the right. Makes more sense to me. I also think that the big additions of M will already be on the Note - being the fingerprint scanner and Android Pay. And it sounds like the Samsung version is going to be nice.
Posted via the Android Central AppAquila likes this.08-15-2015 06:17 PMLike 1 - Yes, you'd probably get used to it if you were using only one device, but in my case all my other devices are bottom left for Back, iPhone excepted. I don't think I could do that. But I don't see why anyone should have to, unless for some reason Samsung CANNOT make their screen nav buttons customisable.
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I don't quite agree with what Samsung did either, but I wasn't going to buy any of the three device they launched this year, anyway.
From my G4
Android Central Ambassador Team LeaderLaura Knotek and belodion like this.08-15-2015 07:33 PMLike 2 - There is a newer device that has dashes in place of the buttons and they are customizable. I can't think of the device offhand, but it was in the blog not long ago.
I don't quite agree with what Samsung did either, but I wasn't going to buy any of the three device they launched this year, anyway.
From my G4
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still works08-15-2015 08:42 PMLike 2 - Who uses an SD card? Pretty much every one on this forum that's unhappy about the lack of SD card support. Those of us who spend 8 - 10 hours a week in airplanes without access to 'the cloud'. Those of us on 6gb/month shared data limits that would be chewed up by streaming just a couple of movies. Those of us that don't have Netflix/Hulu/Prime accounts but still want to watch movies on our phones that we've ripped from our DVD collection.
Congratulations if SD card support isn't important for you, but please stop telling everyone else what should be important to them.08-15-2015 09:14 PMLike 5 - some people kill me. Just because they get rid of two features ( i wouldnt even call them main features, because its just how they were making their phone in 2014 just like the s5 had the removable bat and storage) everyone neglects the other improvements, the MAJOR improvements. literally EVERYTHING is done better, besides the removable things. sure screen size and res is the same, but who cares, it was top notch so why change it?
Remember that feeling of a new snappy phone when you picked up the note 4 for the first time? Go pick up a Note 5 and tell me you dont get that same feeling. If you need a removable battery and more storage, fine, more power to you. But please stop bashing the phone for not having two things that you view as the most important.Note 5 is not the preferred choice for some portion of Note users. We will know in the next several months the general size.
GregMargie and Paravoz like this.08-15-2015 09:41 PMLike 2 - Another thing to keep in mind is that external storage might be useless in some corporate environments. Plugging in external devices is disabled in many cases for security purposes. Use of a corporate cloud service might be the only option available.
Sent from my Moto X using Tapatalk08-15-2015 09:48 PMLike 0 - I'm a business user of a Note 3 halfway through my second year. After one year my battery went TU and had to be replaced. If I had a closed device, not only would I have had a lot of issues replacing the phone, not to mention cost, but I would have been without my phone for much longer than it took me to get a new battery from Amazon with one-day shipping. It was frustrating enough as it was. Add a glass back and no mSD to that and there is zero to motivate me to upgrade. My N3 is rooted and perfect atm. Why would I want fewer "features" that are important to me and a highly breakable glass back? I was about to get onboard, trade my current 32GB internal and 64GG external (was going to get a 128 mSD) when I realized that the back was indeed glass. Big mistake on the part of Samsung IMO.08-15-2015 10:18 PMLike 3
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- AlmeuitModerator Team LeaderI don't think Ry was trying to say it does - I think he was just mentioning what phone he was choosing.Laura Knotek likes this.08-15-2015 11:15 PMLike 1
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I just bought a Note 4 while reading here. I'm on a Note 3 that has been stellar and my understanding from everyone I spoke with is that the Note 4 is even better. It arrives Tuesday - can't wait!
IF Samsung pulls their head out of the hole they have it in and comes up with some real upgrades in the Note 6 then we can talk. If not, that's okay, too. They aren't the only game in town.08-15-2015 11:29 PMLike 0 - I also have business critical data that I will never upload to the cloud. I also have redundant backups up the wazoo. I backup to at least five different places hourly. The mSD is an important part of the equation, but not the only part. Still, I can't do without it.
I just bought a Note 4 while reading here. I'm on a Note 3 that has been stellar and my understanding from everyone I spoke with is that the Note 4 is even better. It arrives Tuesday - can't wait!
IF Samsung pulls their head out of the hole they have it in and comes up with some real upgrades in the Note 6 then we can talk. If not, that's okay, too. They aren't the only game in town.
I like SD cards, and would have preferred that they had it just for choice. But it's not the end all for me. I just don't understand it. I think those that HAVE to have one are far more of the minority than they think they are.08-15-2015 11:33 PMLike 0 - But that's my point. If it's that critical, are you honestly that worried about your phone failing over an SD card failing? If it's that critical, don't upload it to the cloud. Don't store it on an SD card. Get it to a local drive ASAP. If you're running with that critical of data, then it shouldn't be in either.
I like SD cards, and would have preferred that they had it just for choice. But it's not the end all for me. I just don't understand it. I think those that HAVE to have one are far more of the minority than they think they are.08-15-2015 11:36 PMLike 0 - Laura KnotekModerator CaptainSince you state otherwise, what is your proof that the majority of users require these features?08-15-2015 11:51 PMLike 3
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These forums are an echo chamber for this. I bet 70% or more here like them and use them. I do. I like them , and I wish the Note 5 had it. But if you think normal users care (including every iOS user, by the way), you might want to think again.Laura Knotek and Wildo6882 like this.08-15-2015 11:53 PMLike 2 - This whole issue of the SD card could have easily been resolved if Samsung gave a generous amount of hard drive storage. If for example there were two versions only 64 and 128 GB hard drive. Also rather than investing copious amounts of money in their own processor and Edge version they instead researched into the world's first mobile 256 GB hard drive storage. That would have been an impressive technological achievement and could have commanded the same price as a top tier Apple phone.08-16-2015 12:03 AMLike 0
- And I want to thank them for saving me a ton of money AND saving me from a glass-backed device that will likely break in the first fall and pssssss all that money away. Thank you, Samsung. Love the Note, not the Note 5. Hoping for a better Note 6 (more storage, no glass back).D Android and musique101 like this.08-16-2015 12:05 AMLike 2
- Laura KnotekModerator CaptainWell, if you require proof that users don't need these features, it is not unreasonable to require proof that users need these features.08-16-2015 12:09 AMLike 2
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