The Note 5 that I wasn't going to like or buy

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I went and got the phone day one. I do love it, but i also really like my S6 edge. Not 100% sure I like the N5 So much more that i need to sell the S6 edge and keep the note.

i wish people would shut up about the battery and SD card already. We get it. you want them. people who bought this phone couldn't care less that you won't buy it because of the battery and SD card.

The Note 5 is an awesome device. if the battery and SD card is butthurting you, stop clicking on Samsung Note 5 posts. simple.
 
Great post! I watch and read a lot of phone reviews and do extensive research (geek) before I buy something. Many reviewers opinions I highly regard.

I have learned, once I form an opinion based on all that info, when I actually use the device, my preconceived ideas are rarely even 50% accurate. There have been phones that I thought, meh, I will give it a try, then finding myself loving it. Other times, I can hardly wait to get a certain phone and once I do, I am like, why again did I think this phone would work for me?

Spec sheets, pictures, videos, just don't give an accurate feel of what a phone can do. It drives me crazy, baring some known must have feature, people who trash a phone without actually using it are missing A LOT. I am not saying people should run around dropping $600-800 at every turn, just to give a phone a chance, but at least be open minded. And certainly, PLEASE stop trashing phones you have never even seen in person. Holding something in your hand and playing with it for 5-10 minutes could make all the difference. And this is coming from someone who has never even owned a Galaxy, but like where Samsung is headed and I am willing to now maybe give one a try.
 
Impressions change.

I was actually one of those "NO SD CARD SLOT, NO BUY" folks when the S6 came out. I initially had a very negative impression of the S6 and even mentioned once that it would flop.

My impressions totally changed when I played with the S6 Edge. I loved using it. Though memory management could be better, it is one of the best phones I have ever used this year, period. Battery life wasn't great, however, but the phone ticks all the right boxes everywhere else, with snappy performance, great camera and a superb display.

My current impressions of the Note 5 is largely similar to current Note 5 owners, and I'm pretty sure I'll come to like the Note 5. But when it comes to a phone I'd use as my daily driver, it has to be one with an SD card slot. I'm sorry, but I love my SanDisk 128GB SD card way too much. xD
 
Tadrift said:
Great post! I watch and read a lot of phone reviews and do extensive research (geek) before I buy something. Many reviewers opinions I highly regard.

I have learned, once I form an opinion based on all that info, when I actually use the device, my preconceived ideas are rarely even 50% accurate. There have been phones that I thought, meh, I will give it a try, then finding myself loving it. Other times, I can hardly wait to get a certain phone and once I do, I am like, why again did I think this phone would work for me?

Spec sheets, pictures, videos, just don't give an accurate feel of what a phone can do. It drives me crazy, baring some known must have feature, people who trash a phone without actually using it are missing A LOT. I am not saying people should run around dropping $600-800 at every turn, just to give a phone a chance, but at least be open minded. And certainly, PLEASE stop trashing phones you have never even seen in person. Holding something in your hand and playing with it for 5-10 minutes could make all the difference. And this is coming from someone who has never even owned a Galaxy, but like where Samsung is headed and I am willing to now maybe give one a try.
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I'm usually not that far off from what I think of the phone in the store and what I think of the phone as I own it (HTC phones excepted). I tried the Note 5 in the store and can't see anything great just from a five-minute try. If Samsung gets more of the Notes 5 for the iPhone owner test drive, I'll sign up for that to try it for a longer period of time. I still don't think that I would buy the Note 5, though.
 
I was a bit hesitant on this issue too, but I picked up a 64 gb USB OTG drive that fits on my key chain.
 
Moderator Note: Please keep the thread on topic. This is not going to devolve into a debate about SD cards, pengate, etc. There were other threads for those discussions - this is not one of them.
 
My 2 weeks and 2 days with the Note 5

I can honestly say that this phone is the best overall phone I have ever owned.

I have owned the Note 1,2,and 3 before and each were very good devices and for one reason or another I was lured away from the series is hopes of finding the perfect phone. That never happened, since I had refused to give any phone without a removable SD card a good chance until my last phone which was the s6 Active.

I had a couple Windows phones and even a iPhone for a little while and then went back to Android with a HTC m8,and moved on to the LG g4..... and thought everything was excellent until a very nasty issue popped up with it and grabbed the s6 Active as a last resort. I figured that I might as well have a rugged phone with a great camera and it is that and a hellof a lot more, but... I wanted more internal memory and while it is a awesome phone I was just not 100% satisfied. I learned all about the external SD card solutions really quick but that old hardheadedness wouldn't go away until I read and re-read Andrews article about the Note 5 several times. I asked myself could I be perfectly happy with a 64 gig Note and a external SD card and the resounding answer was yes. I had already learned about the latest Touch Wiz from the Active and it's not as bad as most people believe. But could I learn to love it's fingerprint magnetic glass back... Well let's not go to far because even though it is top of the line it is what it is and for my own personal opinion there are better solutions to be had.

When my son insisted on having my working Active I put him off a few days to go and really look for a replacement or even another Active. Then Andrew wrote his article here and I had to go see for myself.

That was 2 weeks ago and the time has flown by. I have found a nearly perfect phone. It's not waterproof, but waterproof cases are available. It's got a glass back that draws fingerprints and smudges like a moth to a flame, but I have a awesome minimal leather case for it and I don't even see them anymore.

OK it's got a fixed battery and that really is the pits right... Not really because I can get a fast charging battery pack for it right from Samsung and never worry about being out of power for normal use.

The camera on the s6 Active was excellent, the camera on the Note 5 is even better. I am sure it will catch up sometime but when is the question.

The spen.. I love it and had forgotten how much but taking notes on it without having to unlock it makes it a no brainer now.

I like many others here seem like fan boys and that isn't it at all, it's just that this phone is all that and more. I am still po'd at Samsung for removing the SD card, and I know some have said it was because they wouldn't work with the newer controller, if that is truly the case they need to improve the interface and make it super easy to use the external setups and not just the cloud.

Having 2 of the free themes from Samsung's store running on top of Nova Prime, coupled with the Package Disabler makes this as close to a custom rom without rooting as you can get.

It's fast, beautiful, useful, and sounds great,with the display which looks awesome and it has a spen to use. I honestly don't know how it could be any better for me.

Samsung has built a near perfect phone that actually seems smaller than many but has a bigger display.

Yup I too love this phone

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I was dead set against Samsung and Android but I fell in love with the Note 5 and bought one a week ago. I can't put this thing down!!!
 
Riki Fitzgerald said:
I was dead set against Samsung and Android but I fell in love with the Note 5 and bought one a week ago. I can't put this thing down!!!
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Riki, I just got mine a week or so ago as well. I also have the s7 but broke the screen. So I decided to get something bigger. I have the gold one with a clear case on it and a tempered glass screen protector! I'm loving it so far!!!

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I've had my Note 5 since October. Absolutely loving it. My only complaint is the slow updates from AT&T.

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Thoroughly love my Note 5. Makes my Note 4 feel like a brick. (Still have a quiet respect for the Note 3. Quite a phone.) I can handle the battery issue by using a battery case when needed. SD card is not necessary as 64 gigs is sufficient for my needs.

I have had all the Notes and the 5 has finally overcome the lag problem.

But I need an IR blaster and hdl compatibility to cast to my TV. I'm aware of the alternatives and they are all inferior. Cannot comprehend why these features were eliminated.

Would very much like an option whereby I could listen to my TV through my phone earphones and eliminate keeping my wife up by the need to raise the volume. Just a thought.

Will be purchasing the Note 6 on release. Cannot ever use a phone without a stylus and related software.

My biggest problem with the nonremovable battery is twofold. First, the battery is eventually going to go bad which will most probably require some protracted replacement procedure. My Note 4 keeps plugging along and I expect to be purchasing batteries and going on forever. Next, pulling a battery essentially cures a myriad of problems that sometimes a factory reset will not remedy. Had an IPOD go bad because it got confused and I believe I could have cured it with a battery pull. Instead, it sits there inert and useless after less than a year's use.

Don't see switching from the best Samsung device available. But I can understand people being seduced by the Oneplus+3 and similar inexpensive offerings from the People's Republic.
 
A couple of months ago, my wife needed to upgrade out of her HTC one into something that suited her. She had been eyeballing my note 5 ever since I had my minimalist leather case on it and how slick the s-pen worked.

I made a switch to a LG v10 and gave her my note.

While the v10 does have a removable battery and SD card along with a awesome DAC and camera.... It's not a Note. It is a good phone but it just doesn't match up in everything that the note has going for it. Sure there are some little things that are annoying, but the same thing with the v10.

Someone started a thread and asked if the 5 is still worth buying and I can honestly say yes it is. The fit and finish is still better than any other phone I have seen including the new s7 variants and I owned a AT&T s7edge briefly and should have just got a 5, instead of another v10 but didn't...

Bottom line the note 5 even with it's lack of SD card and removable battery to me is the best note yet and leaps and bounds above most others.

I hope that Samsung makes a non-edge version with the better Soc and DAC for the US

So I just use my wife's 5 when I can... Lol

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Can I ask which minimalist leather case you have?

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The light brown one does, but the black leather has worn like iron for me and you can hardly tell it's used.

I use a good leather conditioner on mine before using it and it helps

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