The Faceless Master
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Get the Note 4.
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Samsung announces the Galaxy Note 4 and the Galaxy Note Edge
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Devil Theory
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For LG G3 owners, what's your experience with battery life thus far?
Jazzy Network
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Mine's really good. Very close to the G2 if not around the same. But this also depends on the version I think. Some people seem to have bad battery life. I personally can get around 20 hours of battery life with about 4-5 hours screen time.
The Faceless Master
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Yoooooooo, you can tap the heart rate monitor sensor to take a picture?
1st Course
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Note 4 looks great
Victory Red
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Yup, but only in "Selfie" (front facing camera) mode.
The Faceless Master
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more Samesung bloatware -_-
I feel like I really want the Note 4, but only after XDA has their hands on it for a few months so they can hack it.
Running a custom on my S4 and loving it.
faux leather backing
physical button
touchwiz
that edge design looks pretty cool though, but i wonder how it actually works it your hands. 160pxs seems too small to do anything actually useful besides just a simple app launcher or date/time thing. and the sides of your fingers might hit something on the side if you're holding it with two hands
physical button
touchwiz
that edge design looks pretty cool though, but i wonder how it actually works it your hands. 160pxs seems too small to do anything actually useful besides just a simple app launcher or date/time thing. and the sides of your fingers might hit something on the side if you're holding it with two hands
FaintDeftone
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Yeah, not feeling that Edge. It just looks awkward to look at and use.
Loving the Note 4 though. Kind of wish I waited for that instead of grabbing the S5.
Loving the Note 4 though. Kind of wish I waited for that instead of grabbing the S5.
Which brings up a great point as to wtf XDA/others will do with that 160 pixels on the Edge.
Victory Red
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faux leather backing
physical button
touchwiz
that edge design looks pretty cool though, but i wonder how it actually works it your hands. 160pxs seems too small to do anything actually useful besides just a simple app launcher or date/time thing. and the sides of your fingers might hit something on the side if you're holding it with two hands
I know I'm going to be leading the Leather Back Defense Force for the next few weeks.... but I felt the "NEW" Galaxy Alpha leather back (that this has) and it feels great. Much better than the Galaxy S4/S5 and Note 3.
faux leather backing
physical button
touchwiz
that edge design looks pretty cool though, but i wonder how it actually works it your hands. 160pxs seems too small to do anything actually useful besides just a simple app launcher or date/time thing. and the sides of your fingers might hit something on the side if you're holding it with two hands
What are you talking about, physical buttons are the best.
HahahahahahahahahaNO
WarMacheen
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Going from note 2, to 4. I'm in
Physical buttons rule.
Fuck having to press on the screen to make the option to press the back button appear.
Oh yeah that too.
Fuck having to press on the screen to make the option to press the back button appear.
Oh yeah that too.
Hhhehehehehe yes, because on-screen buttons take up screen real-estate.
The Abominable Snowman
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Is it just me, or does the back look more like the BB Bold's old leather backing and less like the S5's? I like the look, even though it has historically not looked great coming from Samsung. Thank god they've improved.
And I for one prefer a physical/off screen button.
shadowsdarknes
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And now my note 3 feels old 
threetri333
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The Galaxy Note Edge is good for one handed users. It would be hard to hold it with 2 hands with your other hand touching the Edge part of the screen.
Jazzy Network
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And now my note 3 feels old
Welcome to the world of smartphones.
DrFaustPhD
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Indeed. Its those capacitive buttons that are a problem. I remember on my old Droid X, I never accidentally hit back or opened Google Now.
Naked Snake
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I'm impressed. Well done Sammy.
OriginalThinking
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In the case of the edge, they might actually have solved some of their left handed issues with on screen buttons. Sammy have done really well with the Note 4, I'm genuinely impressed in a way I haven't been since probably the S2.
If they insist on keeping with buttons, they need to put them in the right order (Back > Home > Multitask) and go full capacitive. No idea why they still insist on that physical home button, which is a throwback to the iPhone.
If they insist on keeping with buttons, they need to put them in the right order (Back > Home > Multitask) and go full capacitive. No idea why they still insist on that physical home button, which is a throwback to the iPhone.
Naked Snake
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MKBHD impressions video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tU-0Uxz6jw
Old Gimlet Eyes
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I think I found my new phone in the note 4. Have a galaxy 3 right now and note 4 just seems amazing. Little worried about having a larger sized phone, but it is something I can get used to in order to get everything else the note has to offer. Still interested to see what apple will do next week, but I am 99% sure the note 4 is my next phone.
The Faceless Master
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this is where i normally say "get the Apple 6" but just for you... GET THE NOTE!!!
The Abominable Snowman
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I don't see what the GN4 does that's so thrilling coming from a GN3... Am I missing something?
The most interesting 2 things to me the GN3 don't offer (Yet) are the Oculus Rift compatible headset and the Ultra Low Power mode (Both things that could easily come to the GN3 via software update)
People complain that it's slow and/or laggy. A complaint I honestly haven't seen make sense, since the Galaxy S4. Most complain because it looks too different and often delays the handsets getting updated Android versions.
I use an S3 often and havent seen a problem. I even use the stock launcher. Only thing I disabled was S-Voice and a few other auto-startup Samsung services. The fact that you'd have to spend a minute to mess with settings to do that often disgusts phone purists.
It's slow to update than stock, has dozens of gimmicky features that no one uses, and comes with dozens of samsung apps that are shitty shadows of other better apps
It's not the worst skin...but it's not the best. It's hovering somewhere near that middle ground
Barkley's Justice
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Needs more commercials about vs. iPhone products.
Old Gimlet Eyes
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Check cut, now the waiting game begins.
Well for me, there are a few reasons. While my S3 is nice, the screen is cracked and I am due for an upgrade/contract renewal. Better camera, build quality, battery and a much better screen. Overall, it would be a nice step up from the S3.
Now my S3 doesn't seem like a dinosaur or anything like that. It actually runs well and if the screen wasn't cracked and I wasn't due for an upgrade, I could certainly wait a while to upgrade.
The Faceless Master
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it sucks! it's not stock AOSP and looks different!
that's what i said about the Note 3 because i have the Note 2.
OriginalThinking
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Couple of reasons,
1) Subjective, but most agree that visually it's worse than stock Android. It's been given a makeover recently, so it's not as bad as it was.
2) Performance. The Touchwiz skin is notorious for slowing down Android. Noticeable frame drops, and sometimes taking a while to load apps such as the camera or gallery. Even to the point where UI performance on the flagship S5 has been trumped by low to mid range handsets. Hopefully Sammy has optimised the UI on the Note 4 so it may be a thing of the past. Reviews will let you know.
3) Delay in updating to the latest version of Android. Due to the sheer number of changes Samsung make to the Android framework it can take a while for updates to come to your handset of choice. Amongst OEM's Sammy are by no means the worst and are usually good (eventually) for supporting Android updates on their flagship phones. They have recently been put to shame by Motorola and obviously, Nexus phones.
4) Software bloat and gimmicks. Samsung tend to duplicate the Google Apps, in many cases for debatable value, with most inferior to the Google alternative, for example S Voice. Then there's gimmicks such as smart scroll (scroll using your eyes rather than your fingers). In theory sounds awesome, in practice it doesn't always work and isn't particularly practical. It's a case of Samsung throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks. They can be disabled, but it does lead to the impression that their software execution can be shoddy.
I think that pretty much covers it. Much of this may be corrected in the Note 4, time and reviews will tell.
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