I like the Note a lot more than I expected. And the only time that I pull the stylus out of its socket is to mess around with it. I don't use it yet. The Note's size is my only complaint. The S7E was just small enough that I can use it one-handed. I can't do that with the Note.
The thing that I really didn't like with the S7E was the edge screen. If we can believe the early reports, both S8 phones will have curved edge displays. I had the edge features disabled, but then the curved edges kind of got in the way of using the phone. For me, the flat-edged display on the Note 5 is a big win. The battery isn't quite as good as the S7E, but it gets me though the day and I always have my 10A Anker power cell with me.