September 25 is keep or return deadline for my AT&T Note 5. I own the iPhone 6+ and I have been trying out the Note 5. I am not new to Android at all. I enjoy both operating systems, they both have their strengths and weaknesses without a doubt. Like many of us here, 99.9% of our friends and family use iPhones so the disconnect is fairly large with them in terms of FaceTime and iMessage. Nearly everyone I have sent a text to from the Note 5 immediately mentioned "Whats wrong with your iPhone or mine?? iMessage is not working", and most of them have not texted me back or as often because I'm not using iMessage, personally I HATE iMessage because it seldom worked and sent as a regular SMS or when sending even simple text it took FOREVER to send, however it does send videos you can actually see which is great.
On to my office uses. I use Mac's exclusively in my office. I guess the only real thing I miss out on by using Android is Photo Stream. If I keep the Note 5 it looks like Google Photos is my go to picture keeper. I do have a Dropbox account but despise the link thing just to share a pic.
I just don't know yet which one will win.....
So far these are my likes/dislikes on the Note 5 in no particular order.
Like:
1. Display
2. S-Pen
3. Size, smaller than iPhone 6+
4. Build quality
5. Speed
6. Camera. Wow!!
7. Fast charging
8. Launching Google Maps direct from a contacts name. Apple Maps launches from contacts name which we all know will send me in the wrong direction LOL.
Dislikes:
1. NFC keeps turning on by itself.
2. Cannot remove com.facebook.appmanager & com.facebook.system
3. AT&T song jingle when powering on, wakes up the whole house.
4. New notifications will not light up the display briefly to view what arrived, must press home button to view.
5. Sending a video via MMS is so compressed it is unwatchable. iMessage wins big here.
6. Cannot move app drawer icon from lower right corner of home screen, I don't want to install separate launcher just to move it.
7. Clock icon on home screen is either not functioning or very poorly designed. It should constantly be running but it only refreshes when the screen initial comes on. Would be nice to see the second hand actually moving.
8. Unable to save all Touchwiz/Note 5 settings and individual app settings just in case I have to do a factory reset. It took me days to get this Note 5 set up and tweaked to my exact liking...If I have to reset the Note 5 it is back to setting up from scratch all over again. iPhone wins big here.
On to my office uses. I use Mac's exclusively in my office. I guess the only real thing I miss out on by using Android is Photo Stream. If I keep the Note 5 it looks like Google Photos is my go to picture keeper. I do have a Dropbox account but despise the link thing just to share a pic.
I just don't know yet which one will win.....
So far these are my likes/dislikes on the Note 5 in no particular order.
Like:
1. Display
2. S-Pen
3. Size, smaller than iPhone 6+
4. Build quality
5. Speed
6. Camera. Wow!!
7. Fast charging
8. Launching Google Maps direct from a contacts name. Apple Maps launches from contacts name which we all know will send me in the wrong direction LOL.
Dislikes:
1. NFC keeps turning on by itself.
2. Cannot remove com.facebook.appmanager & com.facebook.system
3. AT&T song jingle when powering on, wakes up the whole house.
4. New notifications will not light up the display briefly to view what arrived, must press home button to view.
5. Sending a video via MMS is so compressed it is unwatchable. iMessage wins big here.
6. Cannot move app drawer icon from lower right corner of home screen, I don't want to install separate launcher just to move it.
7. Clock icon on home screen is either not functioning or very poorly designed. It should constantly be running but it only refreshes when the screen initial comes on. Would be nice to see the second hand actually moving.
8. Unable to save all Touchwiz/Note 5 settings and individual app settings just in case I have to do a factory reset. It took me days to get this Note 5 set up and tweaked to my exact liking...If I have to reset the Note 5 it is back to setting up from scratch all over again. iPhone wins big here.