“The Galaxy Note 5 is the Best performing Smartphone display that we have ever tested. ![]() You won’t need to get close to top brightness in most situations, but in very tricky bright outdoors situations the newer phone is stronger.ĭisplayMate’s tests back-up our findings too. With the right display setting you get great colour accuracy, and terrific contrast.Ĭolour performance is a bit better in the new phone, but what’s most obvious is that the Note 5 offers much greater peak brightness. They’re both 5.7 inches across, have a QHD resolution and use Super AMOLED panels. However the quality of these screens is roughly similar in most areas: both are awesome. Note 5 vs Note 4: ScreenĪs the king of screens, you might expect Samsung to have made loads of progress since the Note 4. It’s much better in general use, feeling much more reliable. Where the old Note 4 has a scanner that needs to be swiped, the newer version reacts to a finger just resting on it. However, the Note 5’s is significantly better. This softens out the feel of the phone, making the difference in thickness seem even greater than it actually is.īoth phone have fingerprint scanners, which sit under the central home button. Rather than having a flat back, the Note 5’s rear curves around at the sides, much like the S6 Edge+ does on its front. It makes a difference, as does the new rear style. What matters more is that the Note 5 is also significantly narrower and a bit thinner, making it a good deal easier to handle. That’s not the most important change, though. ![]() The dodgy look and slightly cheap feel of the Note 4’s textured plastic is gone. The Note 4 has a leathery textured plastic back and real metal sides, where the Note 5 is made of Gorilla Glass 4 and aluminium alloy. The Galaxy Note 4 arrived at an awkward time, as Samsung was transitioning from its nasty plastic-fantastic design to the glass and metal seen in the Note 5. Note 5 vs Note 4: DesignĪ lot has changed in a year. We’ve been using the two phones side by side to see what progress Samsung has made in a year and whether it’s really worth the upgrade.Īs well as observations from just using these phones, we’ll be looking a bit deeper with specific camera and battery tests too. ![]() The Note 5 has arrived, and while Samsung seems to want to push the Galaxy S6 Edge+ instead as its killer Android king, the new Note is still a corker.īut how much better is it than the classic Samsung Galaxy Note 4? Note on Note: Samsung Galaxy Note 5 vs Note 4.
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