Samsung Galaxy Note5
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- 12 Mar 2016
[deleted post]I'm curious what "regular" use is. Do you do some texts and make some calls through the day? I don't game on my phone but I do videos here and there. Do a lot of browsing (sorry, no Flash - PARAG B). I've never had 24 hours on my Note 5 nor has my fiancé had 24 hours on her Note 5.
What the hell is REGULAR USE?
My thoughts are: why buy a Note 5 if you're going to do basic tasks through the day? That's like buying a gaming computer to surf the Web and use Microsoft Office. Do you even use the phone for what it was intended to do?
Just curious.
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- AnonD-513821
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- 12 Mar 2016
I just got my Samsung Note 5 today. Although I do enjoy the phone. I did previously owned the HTC one M8. One big improvement between the phones is the stylus which I'm using as I slide text. It's pinpoint accuracy is fantastic. I do miss my front facing speakers I had on the M8. I also was worried about performance. All together I have 156 applications. On my M8 my background process consumed my phone. All apps are now running on my Note 5 and run perfectly. Battery consumption seems normal for a heavy user like me I'm going to enjoy my wireless charging. I also have on order the wireless battery pack. Transfer was easy. It took a while though. In my transfer I moved 22,012 (yes that many) text messages. All my apps and contacts. It took about an hour to transfer. And about 4 to reorganize. I now have every app on one page in catagories built with folders. Overall great phone besides speaked easy to cover. The Samsung app for utilization on my pc works great. I use Google Drive for school/personal and one drive for work. With my 365 subscription by Microsoft I have all the latest office apps. I also integrated Cortana from windows 10 on my note 5. It really sealed the deal on turning this phone into the ultimate production tool. So sorry HTC, but Samsung was just better at productivity. Apple isn't even a consideration in this productivity level. Sorry to Apple lovers everywhere. Although I enjoy them, Samsung beat you to the productivity level.
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- 12 Mar 2016
Anonymous, 11 Mar 2016Same thing about what's going to happen with sealed battery... moreAnd somebody is claiming that the microphone on top of S7 was the IR blaster.
LOL!
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- 12 Mar 2016
TN, 12 Mar 2016Fortunately you can see the charging on the graph chart as ... moreOh yesterday I got a hold of the S7 on one of the demo unit in store and I cannot find the infrared from the settings. Neither the TV remote from the stock app.
Where did you get the ignorant idea that the microphone on top was the IR blaster?
LOL!
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- 12 Mar 2016
AnonD-430264, 12 Mar 2016Just discovered a nice cheat I'm thinking these bozos are u... moreFortunately you can see the charging on the graph chart as a slope up. The only reason why they get "24 hours" is minimal >1 hour screen on time daily usage, notifications off, using wifi or 3G instead of LTE. Screen On Time usage is one way of measuring the stamina of the battery.
If you have your notifications are on and constantly updating, and on a weak network signal area, your device can get >4 hours SOT over a span of >15 hours. This is not a surprise as Galaxy Notes 2 to 5 are similar in hardware. I even confirmed these findings with my collegues' Notes 4 and .5 models, even S6.
And somebody claim "24 hours" with full screen brightness,
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- AnonD-430264
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- 12 Mar 2016
Anonymous, 11 Mar 2016Same thing about what's going to happen with sealed battery... moreJust discovered a nice cheat I'm thinking these bozos are using to get insane battery numbers.
I was down to 12% with just over 3 hours SOT. I charged the phone for a bit to just over 26% and now I'm back down to 16%. Instead of the numbers resetting in the stats they just keep going. I'm now going on 4 hours SOT. Let's see if I can keep going with small charges.
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Mar 2016
Got my note 5 last December it's ok, but not so impressed by it!
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Mar 2016
AnonD-77443, 11 Mar 2016Any new premium phone can last 24 hours. My Note 4 gets abo... moreSame thing about what's going to happen with sealed battery - it's going to crap out by 18 months for sure. I make sure I change to new set in a year. They think seeing the percentile battery indicator is correct.
As for light usage - my supervisor can even get 3 days on one charge because he uses the Note.5 for mostly calls and text. He turns it off nightly. Total SOT is just 3 hours. Nothing so special in bragging about having a charge lasting "24 hours" because of light usage.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Mar 2016
AnonD-77443, 11 Mar 2016Any new premium phone can last 24 hours. My Note 4 gets abo... moreSame thing about what's going to happen with sealed battery - it's going to crap out by 18 months for sure. I make sure I change to new set in a year. They think seeing the percentile battery indicator is correct.
As for light usage - my supervisor can even get 3 days on one charge because he uses the Note.5 for mostly calls and text. He turns it off nightly. Total SOT is just 3 hours. Nothing so special in bragging about having a charge lasting "24 hours" because of light usage.
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- 11 Mar 2016
Sallu, 10 Mar 2016Which one to buy....note 4 or note5???? as i have never use... moreDepends on your use.
Note 5 is a bit quicker, looks better, has a bit better camera.
Note 4 has 4-8x the storage space with an sd card, better battery life, replaceable battery, is stronger in drop tests and is cheaper.
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- 11 Mar 2016
Tcool, 11 Mar 2016At last somebody who will support my testimony of more than... moreAny new premium phone can last 24 hours. My Note 4 gets about 9-10 hours of really heavy use and can get close to 2 days on very light use (now that i have replaced the 18 month old battery which was at 60% health). The key thing is screen on time and what you are doing. 1 hour of a game like Clash on 4G will chew 4x the battery life of 1 hour of reading an e book which is a lot more than 1 hour on standby.
The Note 5 battery is good (but not great these days) with an 85 hour endurance... im hoping the GN6 will be great with over 100 hours endurance.
http://www.gsmarena.com/battery-test.php3
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- AnonD-493561
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- 11 Mar 2016
Last night I Update My N5 to Marshmallow 6.0.1 in UAE. one Day Experience is Quite Better
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- AnonD-486444
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- 11 Mar 2016
Its been 2 n half month i am using note 5. I am a moderate to heavy user. Playing games, web browsing, YouTube. The phone never hanged. Battery life was between 14 to 19 hours with SOT 3 to 4 n half hours respectively. Sometimes on heavy usage batery has dropped from 100 to 30 in 6 hours with SOT 3 hours.
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- 11 Mar 2016
AnonD-183089, 11 Mar 2016what about the battery life?Just updated it last night. Will have to see it for a few days to have a say about the battery
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- 11 Mar 2016
Anonymous, 11 Mar 2016Model:N920C, size is around 1.6gb. icons have changed a lit... moreSorry it was 1453.10mb
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- 11 Mar 2016
GPS@RSA, 10 Mar 2016Well i believe that the Note series is all about personal p... moreAt last somebody who will support my testimony of more than 24 hours of battery power with Note 5.
Thank you very much.
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- 11 Mar 2016
Anonymous, 11 Mar 2016Model:N920C, size is around 1.6gb. icons have changed a lit... more1378.60MB to be exact.
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- 11 Mar 2016
Nirankari, 11 Mar 2016which galaxy note 5 model you have used?what is the size of... moreModel:N920C, size is around 1.6gb. icons have changed a little....
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- 11 Mar 2016
AnonD-181913, 11 Mar 2016Which country/region?UAE
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- 11 Mar 2016
Lawrence, 10 Mar 2016Just got my marshmallow update on my note 5... finally:)Which country/region?