Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Review - SlashGear
Big, clever, and finally beautiful: the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 has come of age. Heir to the phablet empire Samsung itself created, the Note 5 takes the esteemed features of its predecessor and clads them in a premium package worthy of the equally high-end price tag. There'll be tears on the S Pen, mind, as in doing so Samsung has jettisoned some of the key advantages that owners of prior Notes were most vocal about. Question is, has the mainstreaming of the Galaxy Note 5 come at too great a cost. Now glass, the back panel tapers to the edges - a little like the Galaxy S6 edge+ , but upside-down - helping disguise some of the phone's sheer size. The Note 4 may have been relatively drab in its looks, but you felt like it could take a drop. Even with Gorilla Glass 4 front and back, I'm not so confident about saying the same for the Note 5. Oh, I'm sure Samsung has drop-test statistics to back up its decisions, and I didn't find the Note 5 to be too slippery in my grip - unlike some... Hardware and Specifications Glance through the Note 5's spec sheet and it all feels strangely familiar. Samsung has carried over several of the key features from the Galaxy S6 launched earlier this year, though the phablet is obviously bigger than its more mainstream cousin. Source: www.slashgear.com
