Hi everyone,
I received my current Note 3 as a gift around a year ago, and I fell in love with it. Unfortunately though because of my excessive use I managed to damage the system OS, and so the warranty is void. Instead of paying to repair it, I'm thinking about upgrading it.
I was planning to upgrade to Note 4 at first but a friend of mine had one and honestly, it didn't feel like a big upgrade, and at the time my phone was still working nicely. So I'm looking at Note 5 here.
I could care less about the lack of microSD (I rarely ever download big files and I have a Canon for photography/videos) but the lack of replaceable battery is a bit unsettling because I use my phone a lot. I mean a LOT. There are days where I never even lock the screen, music playing in the background, web surfing and chatting with friends for hours (I travel a lot), and my trusty Note 3 offered me a decent battery life for that. After around 5-6 months though the battery stopped being as impressive with charge and usage time so I changed it. So how about Note 5's battery life? What will happen if and when the battery "expires", as it happened before? And will its battery survive the ordeals I will make it walk through?
Also the S Pen. In Note 3 the tip of it wasn't stiff, it would push a few millimeters into the pen when drawing, which made the experience a bit awkward. I hope the Note 5 pen's tip is stronger than Note 3's.
And overall what should I expect from the upgrade performance-wise? I know Note 3 had its moments where it'd freeze to death and a full reboot would be in order. I'm estimating it won't be a thing (or not as common at least) in Note 5.
Any opinions and suggestions are welcome. I could also wait for Note 7 but I don't think it's coming out anytime soon.
Thanks!
I received my current Note 3 as a gift around a year ago, and I fell in love with it. Unfortunately though because of my excessive use I managed to damage the system OS, and so the warranty is void. Instead of paying to repair it, I'm thinking about upgrading it.
I was planning to upgrade to Note 4 at first but a friend of mine had one and honestly, it didn't feel like a big upgrade, and at the time my phone was still working nicely. So I'm looking at Note 5 here.
I could care less about the lack of microSD (I rarely ever download big files and I have a Canon for photography/videos) but the lack of replaceable battery is a bit unsettling because I use my phone a lot. I mean a LOT. There are days where I never even lock the screen, music playing in the background, web surfing and chatting with friends for hours (I travel a lot), and my trusty Note 3 offered me a decent battery life for that. After around 5-6 months though the battery stopped being as impressive with charge and usage time so I changed it. So how about Note 5's battery life? What will happen if and when the battery "expires", as it happened before? And will its battery survive the ordeals I will make it walk through?
Also the S Pen. In Note 3 the tip of it wasn't stiff, it would push a few millimeters into the pen when drawing, which made the experience a bit awkward. I hope the Note 5 pen's tip is stronger than Note 3's.
And overall what should I expect from the upgrade performance-wise? I know Note 3 had its moments where it'd freeze to death and a full reboot would be in order. I'm estimating it won't be a thing (or not as common at least) in Note 5.
Any opinions and suggestions are welcome. I could also wait for Note 7 but I don't think it's coming out anytime soon.
Thanks!