Review PHABLET Samsung Galaxy Note 5 – Mobile-review

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Table of Contents

1. Package
2. Ranking
3. Design, size, controls
4. Display
5. Battery
6. Memory, memory card, chipset, performance
7. USB, Bluetooth, communications capabilities
8. Camera
9. Software features Note 5
10. What are removed compared with Note 4 and how without it is possible to live
11. Impressions

Package

• Phone
• Battery charger Adaptive Fast Charging c USB-cable
• Wired stereo
• Short instructions
• Clip for extraction tray SIM- Cards

Position

In contrast to previous years, Samsung decided to make castling – now a leader in the segment becomes a model PHABLET EDGE +, Note 5 and actually turns into a niche product that is only available in a few markets. Initially, this handset sales began in South Korea, and then in the United States. In Russia, the model will appear before the New Year, in the original retail Samsung, but this is an exception, since in the same Europe it is almost never available and this status will remain.

On a similar decision affected the popularity of conventional EDGE, the demand is higher than that of in the Galaxy S6, the deficit was too high, and the Samsung was even forced to hastily increase the production of curved screens. Model liked its unusual appearance, it was the impetus to its sales. In a market where most of the equipment looks like twins, fresh design is accepted with enthusiasm. Therefore, Samsung decided to repeat the same trick and give the market the flagship segment PHABLET with the same design. The idea to supplement EDGE + stylus was immediately noted on the curved screen, use S-Pen uncomfortable, so was abandoned. To promote both the two models in the company did not want to by looking at your own S6 / S6 EDGE, as a result, has turned complicated story for all those who for many years sat on the bar Note.

For people chose and continue to choose line Note? The Samsung has always given to this line the best technological solutions – processor, memory, camera and the latest version of Android out of the box. The superiority of the Samsung components of any manufacturer such that something like a line Note, there is the competition only after two or three years, or not appear at all. For example, Motorola gets AMOLED-display for Nexus 6, which lag the market for three years, do not have the power saving modes, as a consequence, more voracious, are very moderate brightness and a host of other small constraints. Of course, we can assume that the Nexus 6 – a good product, it really is, but to call it the best is extremely difficult. Owners ruler Note – these are people that were looking for the best solution, which has a reserve of strength for several years and / or a very productive, interesting solution in the market. In total, or even on individual characteristics of this line can not be compared one PHABLET from other manufacturers. You can take every option and trying to turn up a competitor. The quality of the screen? No direct competitors, but from year to year called a line Note winners in this private competition. CPU performance? During the year, the same Note 4 holds the first lines in the synthetic tests. The quality of the camera? One of the best cameras on the market, which is second only to the Galaxy S6 / S6 EDGE. Continue the list is endless. Ruler Note – this is the flagship, which run in solutions of tomorrow.

Unfortunately, not always solutions of tomorrow mean saving features that were experimental and did not go to mass. Offhand I can name denial of FM-radio in the flagship – a cheap function, which suddenly became. It’s a shame? Absolutely. Moreover, it is favorably distinguished from the same Samsung iPhone. In 2015, under the reduction fell a larger number of features, the most striking of which – a memory card, and an opportunity to replace the battery. But in fact, such changes are much more they will be typed with a dozen, and we will discuss them in detail in Note 4, compared with the current generation, which will be lower. For those who enjoyed the Note 4, it will be a pity and sad in many ways it seems that there is a setback, performance degradation. However, the whole market goes on a two-year development cycle, the device changes every year less and less, and the same Note 4 will be replaced by a sense of Note 6 in 2016. On the other hand, if you have the desire and opportunity, the Note will have 5 to court. For those who has won the previous models Note line, it’s time to consider Note 5 as a possible replacement of their phones. The device turned out wonderfully balanced but not devoid of drawbacks, which discussed below.

According to a set of characteristics Note 5 – a device which simply do not have any direct competitor. As the experience of the line Note, so competitors and nowhere appear, no manufacturer has the relevant components.

In contrast to the ordinary people that choose the best decision for themselves, there is a whole layer of people living in the network and discuss phones, they line Note as a bone in the throat, because it can not be compared with anything, it is in itself and lives separately from the market. Thanks to their efforts, there was a set of ideas about how awful and poorly phones Note. It turns out that they burn out screens and a lot of marriage, they are very fragile and constantly fighting, as they can not keep the one hand, no one toy is not run because the processor is weak, and if run, it will not be able to play. I also really like the stories about the fact that the TouchWiz interface is so slow that you can make coffee until a menu opens. The reality of all this is irrelevant and attention is related only to two things – a flagship that attracts attention, as well as having the characteristics that cover all of its nearest competitor. Many people hurt that the team of producers for whom they are sick, not able to produce anything even remotely resembling such a product. Therefore it is necessary to approach these lamentations with a certain degree of skepticism. One last tip – if you happen to know exactly what to you hampers TouchWiz, you will never buy products Samsung. Why torture yourself? Buy what you think, does not pull up and running quickly.

Before you go to the main part of the review, I would like to remind you that I take all phones as the main line Note, that is with Note 4 lived for a year, and in the description of Note 5 will build on this experience. Let’s go.

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Design, size, controls

In a fashion Now curved, as if it were an element of design that makes the popular devices. If EDGE + curved screen, in Note 5 – backrest. It turns out that the phone is curved at the edges, and it shows, if you put it down the screen.

In practice, rounding makes the phone in his hand is much more convenient than the same Note 4. However, it is a combination of two factors – the width of the machine, which has become a little less, plus the roundness of the rear backrest.

The phone’s dimensions – 153.2h76.1h7.6 mm, weight – 171 grams. For comparison, Note 4 had a size 153.5h78.6h8.5 mm, weighed 176 grams. The fact that Note 5 “lost” has become noticeable in everyday life, phone best fits in your hand when it pulls out of his pocket.

According to the materials of the body all bad – a metal frame around a filling machine, and on the back it is narrowed, a kind of EDGE vice versa. Screen and covers the rear surface of Corning Gorilla Glass 4. massive metal chassis, as well as in the S6, here only plays the role of a larger body size. Changed metal, now it is 7000 series aluminum alloy, it is lightweight and high strength, hence a gain in weight of the phone. The iPhone 6s will apply the same material, nothing is more durable for such devices on the market are not yet invented.

When choosing between two colors to the phone itself, I looked at the white (looks just gave it) and black . Golden did not consider, as I have that color S6 EDGE phones and confused from a distance did not want to, and a number of “gold” – it’s overkill. In the end, took the color of Black Sapphire, a black, a little ink color.

color solutions exactly four (maybe there will be new colors, but hardly fast), it is white, black, silver and gold ( Silver, Sapphire Black, White Pearl, Gold Platinum).

In practice, the rear wall, and the front surface quickly covered with fingerprints, is the lack of windows. If the sun or indoors under dim light that is not visible, under the lights, luminous directly on the body, you will see a divorce in all its glory. At the same S6 / S6 EDGE are not as striking, different size devices.

On the left side are two volume keys in Note 4, this rocker, are separate buttons. Good move, they can not be pressed accidentally while blindly press is not difficult. On / off button – on the right side.

In contrast to the Note 4, which uses a system of three microphones in the unit are only two, they are placed at the ends. Noise reduction system works perfectly well with the conversation, absent a third microphone removed from the recorder can record the conversation round the table when some buddies, but the mode of “Interview” was, it works well.

At the bottom is 3.5 mm jack and microUSB-socket. Note that in contrast to Note 4, each connector has a plastic insert, it protects the cables from damage, it is not in contact with the metal. Over the year with Note 4 no chargers or headphones out of my system did not come, but then added another element of protection. The speaker in the device alone, it carried on the lower end, while it is louder than the Note 4. It is possible that the volume is associated with its location, it is heard well in all situations.

Here, on the lower end, there is a stylus, it is fully recessed into the body, the design changed. Press the tip, and it exits the body. In the S-Pen is now no scratches, it is smooth, but there is no problem to keep him comfortable.

One of the short-sighted journalists discovered a gigantic problem: it is possible to break the mechanism for determining the extraction of the stylus, if you insert it upside down.

pulls over and break inside the body lever, it will become available on the record off the screen, and several other pleasant things. The find was quickly dubbed Pengate, wrote hundreds of notes, and narrow-minded people began to spread the word about the critical flaws that incapacitates Note 5. My friend ohlamon, when I went away to wash hands before eating, independently tested the stylus and broke it. Asked why he did it, replied: it was interesting to stick properly and see how it breaks. Well what can I say? Consciously broken stylus, a little later to fix it, do not see much of a problem for themselves.

Is there a problem for ordinary people? The answer is obvious – no. And I have a reinforced concrete evidence: in Note 4 stylus can also insert other party. If you want to do it. During the year all over the world, no one did not have such a desire, and no one complained about this “critical flaw”. Apparently, there was no pseudo-journalists that have drawn public attention to this stupidity. It reminds me of the old story about the fact that, with his incandescent bulb in your mouth, you can not remove it. There are always alternative talented individuals that try it for yourself, and then go to the ambulance to take out the bulb. However, in recent years, the media come up with a lot of idiotic stories, for example, bendable iPhone out of the same series. Contrived problem that almost no one is likely to encounter in real life. But hyped the story so that it turned into a media hysteria.

On the possibilities of S-Pen compared with Note 4 we have the video, look at it.

On the front side there are the sensor approach, coverage, and a 5-megapixel camera for self, it’s all over the screen. Frames at the screen have become, although its size has not changed.

Center Key became a little higher and shorter, but it is more convenient, since it entered fingerprint sensor.

One of the advantages compared with Note 4, the sensor operates at touch on it is not necessary to spend a finger, everything works the same way as in the Galaxy S6. There is one thing that many seem pleasant addition, the version of the sensor is changed (from the S6 / S6 EDGE), it became bigger, well-detects your fingers in any position – the difference with the same iPhone 6/6 Plus no, reads fingerprint instantly. Including if you have sweaty / wet hands. iPhone will receive the sensor in the new version in September. In the video there is a moment where I show how different unlock these devices, due to greater speed, for Note 5 instantly opens a menu.

On the back side you can see the rim of the chamber, it stands above the body that has become familiar and no problems – even someone’s sense of beauty can suffer from this, they say, the camera should be flush with the body. I do not see this lack, I think this is a very far-fetched.

Next to the LED flash has a pulse sensor, you can use either the S Health and measure her heart rate, oxygen saturation of blood, the level of stress and a number of other parameters. Toy for most, but sometimes the sensor is needed. It is extremely rare, but still.

Now we have about a contrived problem. Quite often I have to deal with the claim that the phones from Samsung are fragile, easily broken, and stuff. In everyday life, it happens that accidentally drop your phone. With confidence I can say that the Note is very tenacious. I broke down the screen after it dropped the camera (and the unit itself worked). After the fall of any damage, but it all depends on your luck. In principle, you can look at how difficult it is to damage the S6 EDGE, to understand that he is able to endure Note 5. The same iPhone crack from much smaller drops and bumps, mineral glass is very fragile there that will tell you in any service at Apple, where major work – a replacement of screens (or rather, the phones themselves if this is official service).

And another tip. If you order the operator Note 5, keep in mind that US operators have ordered absurd inscriptions on the back of the device, they look terribly.

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Display

Samsung is the market leader for the production of screens mobile devices, and technology companies went a few years ahead of all rivals anything similar on the market is not there. Every year we get a screen that are different from the previous generation of better color, higher contrast, lower power consumption. It has become a tradition, and I look forward to progress in this area will stop. But until that happens, and in the same Note 5 taken a new height – indeed, about everything in order.

Let’s look at the specifications of the screen in Note 5. Diagonal remained unchanged – 5.7 inches, as well as the resolution is QHD – 1440h2560 points, 518 dpi, SuperAMOLED.