Samsung Galaxy Note 5: Innovation or an Afterthought?


The launch in the Samsung Galaxy Observe 5, along while using the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ in Thursday didn't have too many unexpected moments due to the leaks prior to event, but the confirmed details of the new phablet, in conjunction with its specifications, made us wonder concerning the future of the particular Note line within Samsung's product array.

The first Samsung Universe Note launched throughout 2011, and right at that moment, many people felt the 5. 3-inch display meant the phone was too big to hold in a relaxed manner. It felt comically outsized at a time when the iphone 4S was the particular reigning king, which has a 3. 5-inch screen. The Samsung Universe SII was a complete inch smaller versus Note, with any 4. 3-inch screen.

Whether you loved the Note or even not, in 2011, you had to admit that this was an unusual product that in some way stood out. Through the years, the "phablet" category would carry on and grow, driven simply by demand in marketplaces like India along with China. Soon, there seemed to be a growing say of local brands which are making phones together with 5-inch plus exhibits.

Over the many years, the Note has evolved right into a premium product that is certainly properly distinct via its S-series brothers and sisters, and as we noted in this review of the particular Galaxy Note some, with a exclusive looking device in which represented the top quality for Samsung, regarding design, specifications, and - due to the S-Pen - even functionality.

The brand new Note 5 however appears to erode this legacy of music, and the final results don't look good in case you are a Note enthusiast.


For one thing, the design of the Note 5 feels like a very basic retread of the looks of the Samsung Galaxy S6. Our review of the Galaxy S6 praises the phone, but also notes that the Galaxy S6 feels like something of a missed opportunity in terms of a breakout design. With new materials and new priorities, Samsung could have gone in exciting directions but the Galaxy S6 not only carries forward most of its predecessors' style, it somehow simultaneously manages to look like it has borrowed cues from Sony and Apple.
The Note 5 meanwhile looks like a bigger S6, ditching the textured back and features like a removable battery - and also cutting down on the battery size - in order to look and feel a lot more like the S6 than its direct predecessor, the Note 4.

That becomes more evident comparing the three phones. The revolutionary Note is slightly lighter and possesses a slightly smaller battery pack, and like the S6, this doesn't happen have a removable battery pack. Like the S6, the Note 5 additionally lacks the microSD card slot you will discover in the Note 4. Of course there are generally technical benefits for these kind of changes, but people already are complaining about them.

It maintains the 5. 7-inch display screen size, so it's still larger than the S6 by a reasonable margin, but as the actual baseline size for cell phones keeps increasing, how long will that remain a tremendous factor?

Then there's the situation of specifications. The Note 4 was significantly different from the Samsung Galaxy S5, that has a higher resolution, more effective processor, more RAM, plus more storage, to name a few key differences.

The Note 5 as well as the Galaxy S6 on the other hand have very few significant differences. The two run with the same display resolution, and so are both powered by a good Exynos 7420 1. 5GHz octa-core processor chip, and have 32GB associated with internal storage. The only difference in some recoverable format is that the Note 5 has 4GB associated with RAM, while the S6 provides 3GB. That means the only meaningful difference relating to the two phones today, will be the inclusion of the S-Pen using the Note 5.

And using the phones getting bigger still (as Apple fans discovered last year), the small differences could easily disappear likewise. Because of this, we have to ask - is Samsung's Universe Note family becoming a good afterthought, from its as soon as paramount position? It certainly seems like that.
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