I traded in an old iPhone 5 which fell under the promotion they were doing for the iPhone 6 so I didn't use the promotion they were doing with Samsung.
Returned Note 4, BRING ON THE NEXUS 6
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I traded in an old iPhone 5 which fell under the promotion they were doing for the iPhone 6 so I didn't use the promotion they were doing with Samsung.
To be honedt My note 4 lags pretty often scrolling threw messages switching apps even lowering the notification bar sometimes the bar just stops in the middle of the screen it is pretty annoying cause it does it with me multiple times a day
I don't get where you see lag in note 4...mine has no lag and is lightning fast. ..oh well maybe you had buggy apps. I guess saying note 4 lags makes you feel better with ya purchase, no one knows if the Nexus 6 will lag or not.
Things like lag only truly become noticeable when you have another device against which you can compare it, for a frame of reference. Without that, you're likely to assume it is 'working as intended' and not lagging, but rather just taking what time it is supposed to take for the hardware it has.
Umm duh, i have a ipad air 2 and a note 3 as well...I can do good comparisons that way and my note 4 is just as lag free as my new iPad air 2...thanks
Re: Giving up the Note 4 for the Nexus 6
Note 4 is in a different league than the Nexus 6, the functionality of the note series places it as a real phablet. The Nexus 6 should be compared to the iPhone 6 plus which I'm sure will murder it in benchmarks.
Note 4 is in a different league than the Nexus 6, the functionality of the note series places it as a real phablet. The Nexus 6 should be compared to the iPhone 6 plus which I'm sure will murder it in benchmarks.
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I think it'd be in a different league if the functionality was really as game-changing as it's made to look, but going over so many people's experiences with the added Samsung perks in the Note line, it seems like there's a pretty big consensus that most people stop using them not too long after getting the phone or just for situations that they rarely find themselves in anyways. I know there's people who swear by them but that seems like a much more niche group and not the general public, so I think all three phone's can be mentioned in the same breath easily. (A lot of people just want more screen real estate and it's as simple as that)
Worst case, I've seen multi-tasking functionality being brought up when it comes to Lollipop featuresm and I wouldn't be surprised if there's more things on Google's mind to make use of the larger screen as well.
I think it'd be in a different league if the functionality was really as game-changing as it's made to look, but going over so many people's experiences with the added Samsung perks in the Note line, it seems like there's a pretty big consensus that most people stop using them not too long after getting the phone or just for situations that they rarely find themselves in anyways. I know there's people who swear by them but that seems like a much more niche group and not the general public, so I think all three phone's can be mentioned in the same breath easily. (A lot of people just want more screen real estate and it's as simple as that)
Worst case, I've seen multi-tasking functionality being brought up when it comes to Lollipop featuresm and I wouldn't be surprised if there's more things on Google's mind to make use of the larger screen as well.
Re: Giving up the Note 4 for the Nexus 6
A majority of Note users never use the stylus or multi window. If those things don't matter then the phones can and should be compared. And Nexus 6 has its own list of advantages as well.
A majority of Note users never use the stylus or multi window. If those things don't matter then the phones can and should be compared. And Nexus 6 has its own list of advantages as well.
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I love the screen and the camera on the Note 4. They seriously make it difficult for me to give up the device. But I'm not a fan of touch wiz and prefer stock android. Decisions, decisions.
I love the screen and the camera on the Note 4. They seriously make it difficult for me to give up the device. But I'm not a fan of touch wiz and prefer stock android. Decisions, decisions.
No it doesn't. You're simply wrong or outright lying.
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Re: Giving up the Note 4 for the Nexus 6
I've felt the same way in the past. The funny thing is, I have always gotten a Galaxy Note. I've had every version but have always gotten it months after its release. I have got it after having a Nexus phone and most of the time end up rooting it to get stock Android on it.
With the current pre order issues, I'm tempted to get it, but I need to be patient because I most likely wont keep it.
I've felt the same way in the past. The funny thing is, I have always gotten a Galaxy Note. I've had every version but have always gotten it months after its release. I have got it after having a Nexus phone and most of the time end up rooting it to get stock Android on it.
With the current pre order issues, I'm tempted to get it, but I need to be patient because I most likely wont keep it.
This may well be stupid question but is there a decent s-pen like stylus that will work with the Nexus 6? (I only want it for taking quick notes in Evernote).
I was deciding between Note4 and Nexus6 but I much much prefer the Nexus and dislike TouchWiz and a lack of instant updates. The only real Note4 feature useful for me is the s-pen...but not even the s-pen/samsung features and apps as I wont use any of them, just the actual super thin nibbed stylus for jotting quick notes.
I was deciding between Note4 and Nexus6 but I much much prefer the Nexus and dislike TouchWiz and a lack of instant updates. The only real Note4 feature useful for me is the s-pen...but not even the s-pen/samsung features and apps as I wont use any of them, just the actual super thin nibbed stylus for jotting quick notes.
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Is that your sole criteria for buying phones?
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Re: Giving up the Note 4 for the Nexus 6
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Samsung places size as the criteria for it being a phablet or not.
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Having had, and returned, the Note 4, and having had the Note 2 and 3 in the past, I don't believe they make the most of the screen size. Yes, they have multi window features that some claim make them true phablets, but what's funny about that is that I've never had an actual tablet with multi window features so how can that be a requirement of a phablet? Then there ate the people that argue the S Pen makes it a phablet, but I say again, I've never had an actual tablet with a capacitive stylus, how is that a requirement of phablets?
Anyway, screen size... The Note phones just seem to blow everything up to fill the screen. Yes, this makes text bigger and easier to read, but you're not actually getting more content on the screen at the same to reduce scrolling and whatnot. When I had the LG G3 I recall it displaying more content, not just bigger content, so it seems to be an issue with how Samsung makes use of the screen and not just an Android thing.
When I got the Note 4 I gave my month old S5 to my wife and I did a comparison using the following apps:
Facebook
Plume (Twitter)
Gmail
Chrome
Internet
I looked at the same content in each app on both phones and on both phones I saw the same amount. The browsers showed identical amounts of text, pictures, etc. My Facebook feed had the same number of posts, same number of tweets in Plume, same number of emails in Gmail.
I thought maybe I had some zoom enabled by accident in the Note 4, but I didn't, it was all set to 100% zoom, normal text size, etc. I then compared all the apps to my Nexus 7 and the Nexus 7 kept the text size reasonable and readable from a natural distance but showed waaaay more content. I don't expect the 5.7" screen to match a 7" screen, but it should show more than a 5.1" screen. I don't know if any of you have played with the iPhone 6 Plus, but the Note 4 feels like it has the 6 Plus's zoom mode enabled at all times, but has no way to turn it off.
Speaking of the 6 Plus, I checked and compared what I could in the apps I could (pretty much just the browser) when I returned my Note 4 and the iPhone 6 Plus, with a SMALLER screen, shows way more content in the browser compared to the Note 4. I'm talking like a full paragraph of additional text.
Yes, the Note 4 has cool multi tasking features and the pen that some find useful, but I don't feel it makes good enough use of its screen space and, to me, that actually hurts it as a phablet. Then again, to me a phablet isn't about a bunch of proprietary multi tasking features added via a nasty UI like Touchwiz. To me a phablet is a phone that has a larger screen and uses it to give you more content with less scrolling, just like an actual tablet. That makes it easier to work on things, consume content, use your favorite apps, etc.
The Nexus 6 may end up the same in the end, but I hope it doesn't. I'm hopeful because the screen is only 1" smaller than the Nexus 7 and the Nexus 7 shows waaaaay more content than the Note 4 - more than the extra 1.3" would have you believe. Some of you may like having the same amount of content displayed as smaller phones with nothing but bigger text, by my eyes are fine and I just want more of it with less scrolling - blowing everything up should be an option, not the norm, and the Note 4 fails at this.
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Having had, and returned, the Note 4, and having had the Note 2 and 3 in the past, I don't believe they make the most of the screen size. Yes, they have multi window features that some claim make them true phablets, but what's funny about that is that I've never had an actual tablet with multi window features so how can that be a requirement of a phablet? Then there ate the people that argue the S Pen makes it a phablet, but I say again, I've never had an actual tablet with a capacitive stylus, how is that a requirement of phablets?
Anyway, screen size... The Note phones just seem to blow everything up to fill the screen. Yes, this makes text bigger and easier to read, but you're not actually getting more content on the screen at the same to reduce scrolling and whatnot. When I had the LG G3 I recall it displaying more content, not just bigger content, so it seems to be an issue with how Samsung makes use of the screen and not just an Android thing.
When I got the Note 4 I gave my month old S5 to my wife and I did a comparison using the following apps:
Plume (Twitter)
Gmail
Chrome
Internet
I looked at the same content in each app on both phones and on both phones I saw the same amount. The browsers showed identical amounts of text, pictures, etc. My Facebook feed had the same number of posts, same number of tweets in Plume, same number of emails in Gmail.
I thought maybe I had some zoom enabled by accident in the Note 4, but I didn't, it was all set to 100% zoom, normal text size, etc. I then compared all the apps to my Nexus 7 and the Nexus 7 kept the text size reasonable and readable from a natural distance but showed waaaay more content. I don't expect the 5.7" screen to match a 7" screen, but it should show more than a 5.1" screen. I don't know if any of you have played with the iPhone 6 Plus, but the Note 4 feels like it has the 6 Plus's zoom mode enabled at all times, but has no way to turn it off.
Speaking of the 6 Plus, I checked and compared what I could in the apps I could (pretty much just the browser) when I returned my Note 4 and the iPhone 6 Plus, with a SMALLER screen, shows way more content in the browser compared to the Note 4. I'm talking like a full paragraph of additional text.
Yes, the Note 4 has cool multi tasking features and the pen that some find useful, but I don't feel it makes good enough use of its screen space and, to me, that actually hurts it as a phablet. Then again, to me a phablet isn't about a bunch of proprietary multi tasking features added via a nasty UI like Touchwiz. To me a phablet is a phone that has a larger screen and uses it to give you more content with less scrolling, just like an actual tablet. That makes it easier to work on things, consume content, use your favorite apps, etc.
The Nexus 6 may end up the same in the end, but I hope it doesn't. I'm hopeful because the screen is only 1" smaller than the Nexus 7 and the Nexus 7 shows waaaaay more content than the Note 4 - more than the extra 1.3" would have you believe. Some of you may like having the same amount of content displayed as smaller phones with nothing but bigger text, by my eyes are fine and I just want more of it with less scrolling - blowing everything up should be an option, not the norm, and the Note 4 fails at this.
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Here are some examples of what I'm talking about with Chrome. This is my wife's S5 and my Nexus 4. If the Nexus 4 hid the soft keys in the browser you'd have almost identical amounts of displayed content and this is a 4.7" screen vs 5.1". The Note 4 at 5.7" showed the same amount of content to the letter as the S5...
I really, really hope the Nexus 6 makes better use of the screen. I think it will because it seems the home screen is 5x5 stock where the Note 4 is 4x4 stock.
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Here are some examples of what I'm talking about with Chrome. This is my wife's S5 and my Nexus 4. If the Nexus 4 hid the soft keys in the browser you'd have almost identical amounts of displayed content and this is a 4.7" screen vs 5.1". The Note 4 at 5.7" showed the same amount of content to the letter as the S5...
I really, really hope the Nexus 6 makes better use of the screen. I think it will because it seems the home screen is 5x5 stock where the Note 4 is 4x4 stock.
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I did try that, but that isn't the issue. 100% font should make better use of the screen and it is on a per app basis unless I'm missing something. If I'm not, reducing the font size in every app used to better utilize the screen is ridiculous when other phones just make better use of it out of the box.
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I did try that, but that isn't the issue. 100% font should make better use of the screen and it is on a per app basis unless I'm missing something. If I'm not, reducing the font size in every app used to better utilize the screen is ridiculous when other phones just make better use of it out of the box.
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