HTC one m8/m9 or Samsung Note 4?

[carter17]

Re: Doubts about buying the Note 4. Please help!

Honestly I would probably go with the note 4 TouchWiz is getting better and better and the screen size and quality. m9 is newer I just wanted a big screen so note would be what I would get. Don't trust people that say phones don't lag even the all mighty iPhone lags at times it's just the nature of the beast after months of using it junk gets built up

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[ibcop]

I'd do the Note 4 over the M8/M9 just based on the camera alone. Yeah, people say the M9 will get a software update but I don't see if fixing it. The Note 4 is a big device - once the M9 is released go to your carrier and try them out. With the M9 ready to drop within a couple of weeks, I'd push the M8 out of the equation as the M9 beats the internals of the M8.

 

[zizu101]

I still am using the m7, now with lollipop, and still smooth as butter. Bad apps can crash, but that's the developer's fault. I had an s3 before, and used the note 2 and 3. There was lag for the time I used them.

 

[davidtm]

Same here - zero lag on my M7 even with Lollipop. I would think that the M9 with better internals should be just as smooth.

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[bobxxz]

Re: Doubts about buying the Note 4. Please help!

One thing I wish is the note 4 to be snappier. Phone is not completely smooth. But anyways this is one of the best phones out there. Get it!

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[msndrstood]

Re: Doubts about buying the Note 4. Please help!

Note 4 on 5.0.1 is an *** kicker. No issues at all. Would buy it again in a heartbeat.

via The Note 4

 

[lovenokia]

The camera on the note may be marginally better, the size of the image sensors are negligible. If your trying to pictures with your smartphone your doing I wrong. If you want fantastic image quality with s compact budy I'd recommend the Sony a6000. Now the software experience the HTC is much better and I'd recommend the m9 over the note 4 unless you need the use the s pen.

 

[zizu101]

Thanks to the front ultra pixel sensor, video chat is gonna be better for dimmer areas. Just something to keep in mind.

 

[Rukbat]

Touch Wiz? Wazzat? I have a Note 3 and I haven't seen TW since the first day I had it, unless someone asks a question here and I have to run TW to see what to tell them.

I always run Nova Launcher, a lot of people here do also. But there are a few dozen free launchers. Install the ones that look good, keep the one you like best and look for icon packs and themes for it if you want. (I'm running Lollipop icons.)

Camera? A 35mm slide is about 1GP, and you can't blow that up to 8X10 without losing a lot. You're worried about the quality of a camera with 0.16 times the resolution vs 0.2 times? That's like a pail of water in the ocean.

Photography is 1% camera and 99% photographer. Ansel Adams, probably one of the greatest 2 or 3 American photographers, proved that with a Kodak box camera - the kind of thing you can buy for a dime at a yard sale. He took some fantastic pictures with it, just to show that it's not the camera. (Okay, so it cost about $5 back then.) Dorothea Lange used a Hasselblad, but it wasn't the camera that spotted those faces, it was Ms. Lange. I take pretty good shots with my 12MP Fuji J30. It's old, it's nothing special, but I understand depth of field, the rule of thirds, I know how to lock focus and/or exposure. Kodak has gigs of tutorials on line. Read them and the worst camera will take great pictures.

The only problem I have with HTC is the battery. If it goes into thermal runaway I'm going to lose a finger or two breaking the back off to get the battery out - or I'm going to watch my phone turn into a puddle of plastic.

I love the fact that HTC doesn't consider rooting or ROMing a reason to void the hardware warranty. They actually understand how computers work. But that's not enough to overcome the fact that I can't swap in a spare battery when I need to. (And I do use the S-Pen a lot.)

My only problem with a Samsung phone (I'm running the note 3) is that I'm on AT&T, so the bootloader is locked, welded, glued, mortared and shut off in every way possible. If not for Safestrap, I probably would have sold it and bought a TMO version long ago. (Last week I was playing with some ROMs, just to see if there was anything I liked. I bricked the phone about a dozen times. What a waste of an hour [less than 10 minutes to get back working each time]. Without SS? I'd probably be paying the copay for another phone. And it would have taken a day or two to reinstall all my backed up apps and data, even if I got the phone working.) But I still won't buy a phone without an external SD slot and a removable battery.

 

[zizu101]

I run nova also. The thing are the stock apps/settings app/notification area. Those remain touchwhizy.

 

[benny3]

Its all personal preference. Im a hardcore HTC user but i have to say that the S6 Edge is a sweet device and would be at the top of my list if i were to go with Samsung. But the Price of it is going to turn alot of people away from it, But if its in your budget its the way to go

 

[swharshbar]

Re: Doubts about buying the Note 4. Please help!

I seriously consider a factory reset on your S4. My son has the S4 and it's been an awesome phone for him. No lag at all. He's running all kinds of games on it and various social media software and doesn't have any lag. Sounds to me the phone needs reset and you'll be fine IMO. But.. if a new phone is what you want, then thats what you want. I wouldn't be afraid of the Note 4 at all. I've heard nothing but good about the phone.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

Re: Doubts about buying the Note 4. Please help!

I'm a major HTC fan, but let's be honest here.

The Note 4 is the ultimate big-screen phone out there. It offers expanded functionality with the S Pen and gives users powerful multitasking on a mobile device. The camera is also great and also includes what the M9 doesn't have; OIS (for shame, HTC). A**-kicking hardware and a build that's far better than any Samsung device before it make this the best phone Samsung has made to date (Sorry, the S6 isn't on my list)

The M9 has newer hardware, however, and there's still the best-in-business BoomSound front speakers. Sense is also fast and fluid and I have very little lag whatsoever on my M7, albeit with some hiccups (it's a 2 year old phone). Really, what comes down is whether that pen makes sense to you and whether you multitask frequently and whether you love gigantic screens. To me, yes to all 3, though I don't own a Note.

 

[JuriaanDB]

Re: Doubts about buying the Note 4. Please help!

Thank you all for your answers, you have greatly helped me. I'm leaning towards the note 4 now and will probably get it soon since I've been wanting a big screen for a very long time now

 

[ansa82]

Re: Doubts about buying the Note 4. Please help!

I really like my note 4 but see plenty of lag over several different functions, camera being the worst. I hope it improves with lollipop

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[CollegePartyBoy]

Re: Doubts about buying the Note 4. Please help!

I, too had concern. I was going from the M8 to the N4. The M8 was fantastic, very fast and smooth. I played with this in the stores a number of times before I jumped. So glad I did. I did turn down my animations through the developers portal. Easy to do, even for a neophyte like me. I also had heard a lot of crappy things about Touch Wiz. There are a few things that it takes an additional step to do. Overall, it is fine. I have since loaded Nova Prime Launcher on my N4 and really enjoy that experience! Would not turn back. Screen is beautiful and the camera is worth the jump, alone.

 

[rdjr74]

Re: Doubts about buying the Note 4. Please help!

I have the M8 and the note 4. I like certain features of both phones. TW doesn't bother me and sense was really nice on the m8. Over all the note is ever so slightly slower then the m8 in doing everything. And I mean ever so slightly. Not lag at all just a bit slower, hardly noticeable. The m8 is lightning fast and just seems to run overall smoother. Now this in no way makes me want to go back the m8. I am completely satisfied with the note. I like the bigger screen of the note, the pen I really don't use much. Camera is far better then the m8 but looks like that is being taken care of with the m9. Metal body on the m8 is sweet but I cover my phones with cases. Speakers are really nice on the m8, amazing for a phone. I like the removable battery on the note.

 

[NYVET]

I use Go Launcher EX and love it. Also the Note 4 is the best device on the market! (My biased opinion of course LOL). This is a PHENOMENAL device! The S-pen is something you don't find in any other phone and is highly useful, but what great about this phone is you don't NEED to use the S-pen. The features and functionality of the Note 4 is just second to none. I would highly recommend the Note 4. You WON'T regret it! That's not opinion...that's a fact! (Ok...so I really love this phone...). Also, the ONLY thing that lags (had this since December) is when you take a picture and select the image to open it, there is sometimes a slight lag. That's it. But if I go directly to my gallery it opens immediately. This phone is fast and awesome! I paid full price cuz I wasn't eligible to upgrade (just got my S4 6 months prior). Hope this helped.

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[NYVET]

Re: Doubts about buying the Note 4. Please help!

Thank you for all the responses. The kind of lag you get from opening contacts or accessing the photo gallery is what scared me. I spoke to many people with a HTC one m8 and they swear they feel no lag whatsoever. What really attracts me to the note 4 is the screen size and quality but if the lag comes close to my experience with the s4 it's a huge turn off.

So you guys are saying to buy the note 4 over the HTC one m9?

Absolutely go with the Note 4. I think you might have gotten a bad S4 as MY S4 had NO lag (or other) issues to speak of, nor does my wife's S4. I have had HTC before and had NOTHING but horrendous problems with them! Had one that had to be replaced 7 times! So I'm definitely done with High Tech Crap. Maybe they've gotten better, and I AM biased toward the Note 4, but I'm being honest when I say this device gives me flawless, fast reliable service no matter what I'm doing with it. From call quality to pictures and games, this is the best piece of technology I've ever held in my hand!

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[ahutchga1972]

Re: Doubts about buying the Note 4. Please help!

I moved from the M8 to the N4. My HTC was a solid device and the speakers were great! But I wanted a bigger screen. No regrets. In fact, my Note has replaced my Kindle for books, movies, baseball games, etc.

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