I had to go to AT&T for a new Sim today and while there I was looking at all the phones while waiting for a tech guy to also check my battery on my Note 4. I browsed over what's there, I can tell the LG 4 is too small, not impressed by the S6, stopped and actually liked the size and sound of the Nexus 6 after playing a bit, then finally found the Note 5 and briefly listened to it and held it.
First, I hate the glass back and the feel of the phone. No grip whatsoever. Something I'd surely drop if not enclosed by a case (but most likely would be). It didn't feel slimmer to me, actually felt cheaper to me, just my opinion. The build is what I mean by the last comment. The Screen looked nice like the Note 4. It sounded good when I played some youtube music on it, once again Briefly. I wanted to see the SPen, but none on Display with it, so a no go there. Really, didn't change my initial impressions from seeing the review of final specs. It's just a little beefed up Note 4. Once again, my opinion.
Now, I did BRIEFLY play with it, so that isn't much of an impression to go by. I would have to go to Best Buy some time and really play with it in the future. I'm not looking to upgrade, nor do I care for the beefed up price either. My note 4 I hope lasts a long time. While there though, as I said, I listened to music and played a bit on a Nexus 6. I've never been a Nexus guy, not sure I would enjoy totally vanilla Android, but the phone it's self was nice. I liked the different button position of the sound and power buttons. I too often find I grab my phone in the pocket and turn the volume down to nothing, but just habit. The size was great. It would be hard for me to deal with no Stylus. I've become dependent on the S Pen, as I suck at typing on the onscreen keyboard even with the Swype option and Swiftkey Keyboard. So I like being able to write notes and stuff.
Later tonight, I was called from an AT&T tech rep regarding some dropped call issues I've had as of the last few weeks and he upgraded from the Note 4 t0 N5 and he's loving it. He told me about the SPen having the popout feature at the top, a clicking mecnanism or something, he likes no lag (I've really never noticed anything I'd call lag on my Note 4), how fast it is, and a few other points. I told him, I wasn't that impressed and either was he at first, but he's glad he did it. That said, If I had the money and I'm a techie guy too, I love android phones and tablets and the NEW stuff that comes out, just content with my phone for once and in no hurry to move on to the next newest greatest like I use to be. It still interests me, just no worth the upgrade in my opinion. Especially at the higher price. So I wished him luck with it, as I do all you guys who jump on the Note 5. I"m sure it's a good phone, I'm just not that impressed with what I saw, the changes, and this one at least is not for me. So just wanted to share. I am hoping the rumors someone mentioned on here about an LG phone coming out with a Stylus are true in the future, because I did look it up and it seems like it might happen, but I definitely see what they come out with to rival the Notes and if at a lower price, hmmmmmmm.............? But that's another thread. LOL. Just thought I'd share.
First, I hate the glass back and the feel of the phone. No grip whatsoever. Something I'd surely drop if not enclosed by a case (but most likely would be). It didn't feel slimmer to me, actually felt cheaper to me, just my opinion. The build is what I mean by the last comment. The Screen looked nice like the Note 4. It sounded good when I played some youtube music on it, once again Briefly. I wanted to see the SPen, but none on Display with it, so a no go there. Really, didn't change my initial impressions from seeing the review of final specs. It's just a little beefed up Note 4. Once again, my opinion.
Now, I did BRIEFLY play with it, so that isn't much of an impression to go by. I would have to go to Best Buy some time and really play with it in the future. I'm not looking to upgrade, nor do I care for the beefed up price either. My note 4 I hope lasts a long time. While there though, as I said, I listened to music and played a bit on a Nexus 6. I've never been a Nexus guy, not sure I would enjoy totally vanilla Android, but the phone it's self was nice. I liked the different button position of the sound and power buttons. I too often find I grab my phone in the pocket and turn the volume down to nothing, but just habit. The size was great. It would be hard for me to deal with no Stylus. I've become dependent on the S Pen, as I suck at typing on the onscreen keyboard even with the Swype option and Swiftkey Keyboard. So I like being able to write notes and stuff.
Later tonight, I was called from an AT&T tech rep regarding some dropped call issues I've had as of the last few weeks and he upgraded from the Note 4 t0 N5 and he's loving it. He told me about the SPen having the popout feature at the top, a clicking mecnanism or something, he likes no lag (I've really never noticed anything I'd call lag on my Note 4), how fast it is, and a few other points. I told him, I wasn't that impressed and either was he at first, but he's glad he did it. That said, If I had the money and I'm a techie guy too, I love android phones and tablets and the NEW stuff that comes out, just content with my phone for once and in no hurry to move on to the next newest greatest like I use to be. It still interests me, just no worth the upgrade in my opinion. Especially at the higher price. So I wished him luck with it, as I do all you guys who jump on the Note 5. I"m sure it's a good phone, I'm just not that impressed with what I saw, the changes, and this one at least is not for me. So just wanted to share. I am hoping the rumors someone mentioned on here about an LG phone coming out with a Stylus are true in the future, because I did look it up and it seems like it might happen, but I definitely see what they come out with to rival the Notes and if at a lower price, hmmmmmmm.............? But that's another thread. LOL. Just thought I'd share.
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