Note 4 Rants & Raves - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Hey everyone I was joyed to receive my Galaxy Note 4 yesterday. I was still using the Note 2 and skipped over the Note 3. So I wanted to make a thread to very feedback on different people's experiences with and impressions on this device.
1. The pedometer does not work like it should it counts non stepping movements quite often.
2. I am having issues with wifi while using Google Play Store and downloading apps from the market. The application speed test shows my wifi has a 20 mbps connection but Google Play Store download applications at less than 500 kbps.

tampaboy1984 said:
Hey everyone I was joyed to receive my Galaxy Note 4 yesterday. I was still using the Note 2 and skipped over the Note 3. So I wanted to make a thread to very feedback on different people's experiences with and impressions on this device.
1. The pedometer does not work like it should it counts non stepping movements quite often.
2. I am having issues with wifi while using Google Play Store and downloading apps from the market. The application speed test shows my wifi has a 20 mbps connection but Google Play Store download applications at less than 500 kbps.
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I tried having the pedometer on my lock screen but noticed when I only walked five feet that I took 80 steps lol needless to say I don't use it anymore.
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dabl198327 said:
I tried having the pedometer on my lock screen but noticed when I only walked five feet that I took 80 steps lol needless to say I don't use it anymore.
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Me too...about only issue I've come across so far!...but probably easy software fix
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I returned mine due to GPS issues.
For many hours a week I stare at my screen playing a GPS game (Ingress) where the usual +/- 3meters accuracy is a tolerable, but my AT&T GN4 was regularly off by 40m or worse.

Definitely loving this battery life though ???
2 hours of screen on time

tampaboy1984 said:
Hey everyone I was joyed to receive my Galaxy Note 4 yesterday. I was still using the Note 2 and skipped over the Note 3. So I wanted to make a thread to very feedback on different people's experiences with and impressions on this device.
1. The pedometer does not work like it should it counts non stepping movements quite often.
2. I am having issues with wifi while using Google Play Store and downloading apps from the market. The application speed test shows my wifi has a 20 mbps connection but Google Play Store download applications at less than 500 kbps.
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The pedometer on anything isn't completely accurate, the phone measures by a rocking motion. If you look at the pedometer while holding the phone, and rock it sideways....you will see it counts, so that is the method they chose to count each step.

Coming from an iPhone 5s with iOS 8.1 and Argus, I've also used a pedometer and it's off by 3 or 4 steps.
3 to 4 steps compared to 80 steps seems really abysmal. I hope I don't have that experience. Maybe there's something wrong with the stock pedometer feature. Couldn't you try again with another pedometer app?

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bad experience with note ii

So I purchased my note ii from att at full price as they won't give any discount. Hefty amount of 700 $. I expected to notch quality but after several months of usage I an already song host of issues. Biggest issue is Screen falls to rotate lot of time. This is becoming almost everyday issue. Browser gets sick in vertical position. Also keyboard intermittently disappear from screen while ia am typing.
Does any one experience during tbeir usage? I took it to att they cld not say anything other than suggesting me to go to their service center?
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So I purchased my note ii from att at full price as they won't give any discount. Hefty amount of 700 $. I expected to notch quality but after several months of usage I an already song host of issues. Biggest issue is Screen falls to rotate lot of time. This is becoming almost everyday issue. Browser gets sick in vertical position. Also keyboard intermittently disappear from screen while ia am typing.
Does any one experience during tbeir usage? I took it to att they cld not say anything other than suggesting me to go to their service center?
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Factory reset yet? Try that
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Are you rooted? I have been running JediX and Clean Rom which are Stock based . Never had any issues. Best phone I ever owned
I do have the screen failing to rotate sometimes too actually... I still love this phone soooo much
Isn't the screen issue a 4.1.2 issue with our device? It doesn't do it on aosp or 4.1.1 with tw.
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Also a slight work around for the rotation problem is you could go to the you tube app and try rotating the way you want
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[Q] Coming from a galaxy nexus

I have a galaxy nexus and I am looking to upgrade to note 2 mainly for the big screen and faster core.I would like to ask some questions from those who have upgraded to this phone from gnex which I have been wondering for some time:
- Is it an upgrade or not?
- How has been your experience so far with the gNote?
- Is the huge screen size a hassle or was it easy to adapt.Do you miss the GNex because this was way too big or not.
- How is touchwiz.I really really like the smoothness and look of stock android,so does touchwiz deliver,is it fast like stock?
- I already use my both hands to type in gnex,but I surf the net one handed in portrait mode.So can I one hand browse on note 2 as well?
gambitflash said:
I have a galaxy nexus and I am looking to upgrade to note 2 mainly for the big screen and faster core.I would like to ask some questions from those who have upgraded to this phone from gnex which I have been wondering for some time:
- Is it an upgrade or not?
- How has been your experience so far with the gNote?
- Is the huge screen size a hassle or was it easy to adapt.Do you miss the GNex because this was way too big or not.
- How is touchwiz.I really really like the smoothness and look of stock android,so does touchwiz deliver,is it fast like stock?
- I already use my both hands to type in gnex,but I surf the net one handed in portrait mode.So can I one hand browse on note 2 as well?
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Definitely an upgrade in every aspect. .....
Touchwiz is smooth....my ph never lags....yes....for a tiny bit here and there.....and thats normal with every ph...even s4 or OG pro.....
Note is awsm.....very practical ph but not made for single hand use...ive already dropped it once.....
Verdict: if possible get a note 3 .....or else buy note 2 with your eyes closed if single handed use does not bothers you
The note2 is amazingly fast and if you install Nova launcher, you get rid of the Touchwiz user experience, but all the extra "note goodies" remain. There are tons of ways to enhance your note2, just like any other Android phone *and* the Nexus series... If you have the money though, go for the Note3.
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Well money is an issue so I cant get the note 3.I understand its an upgrade to note2 but i cant buy.
I intend to get it in the next week or so.
Gnex doesnt lag even for a little bit,but then again i dont use many apps on it.So I guess the Gnote will be the same
I just got my note 2 and its friggin awesome!!
I m still checking out all the features and loving the screen
There is just a small problem of extreme slow playstore downloads
Experience over time shown quite some variation in download speeds of the play store. I should not worry too much. Maybe your Wifi connection is a bit weak or the frequency band it's configured on is rather crowded there? You can try Wifi Manager to find out and that can help you with more Wifi related stuff too. ..
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Yrcimim said:
Experience over time shown quite some variation in download speeds of the play store. I should not worry too much. Maybe your Wifi connection is a bit weak or the frequency band it's configured on is rather crowded there? You can try Wifi Manager to find out and that can help you with more Wifi related stuff too. ..
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Thanks for the reply.I just downloaded and installed updated play store apk which fixed it
gambitflash said:
I just got my note 2 and its friggin awesome!!
I m still checking out all the features and loving the screen
There is just a small problem of extreme slow playstore downloads
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Welcome to the club mate. Make sure you use the S-pen to the fullest so you get the REAL NOTE EXPERIENCE:good:
And I'd also suggest Nova Launcher coz it has more options in terms of customization even though you'd lose Page Buddy.
Buy this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-PU-Le...d=100033&prg=1011&rk=1&rkt=4&sd=121001283707&
And you dont have to be worried for dropping it so easy... The back cover on the Note 2 (and all the others in this series) is so incredible slippery...
I had a galaxy nexus for two years and a couple months ago i upgraded to the Galaxy note 2 and let me tell you, It is SO MUCH BETTER in every possible way. Screen is better, touchwiz is snappy ( i was skeptical about the touchwiz), and the spen has changed the way I use my phone. Also has an sdcard slot which is a huge bonus. Battery life is night and day. I had to charge my nex twice a day every day, with this phone, I could make it go 48 hours if I reeeeeaaally wanted to, it's crazy. Def an upgrade! Do it.
Since most has been said. Im going to tell you something quick.
The biggest improvements that made me 'wow' are:
-app switching (almost always doesn't kill apps in the bg for faster multi-tasking)
-battery life is god-like. 6 hours of screen on time with 20 hours unplugged on hsdpa+ all day. And it also charges quickly.
- I switched to nova launcher and it's so much cleaner.
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been away from Android a while, question note 2

Got the opportunity to swap my Iphone 5 for a galaxy Note 2, have owned a note 2 briefly before, but been using iphones for so long I thought id pop into PCworld and have a play on a note 2 again...alas it was terribly laggy, love the screen, a bit lower res than some of the new beasts out there, but still looks fine, quite fancy doing the trade, only the lag on the tester device was awful, could there have been something wrong with it, im not compare Ios with android, so lets not start that game, just would like to know if the device suffers like some of the older android devices
No man note 2 is ligtning fast its not old device lol.
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Shouldn't be laggy at all. Do a factory reset and see if that helps. I am over 90% sure that t will.
the Note 2 is lightning fast in my experience IF the software is up-to-date (the original firmware was a bit laggy for me but that lag disappeared with 4.1.2.
Could also be a device on display with people playing around and no reboot in weeks of course....
Depends on when you experience lag. In general, there shouldn't be any. There is however a slight input lag, and some of the touchwiz apps aren't well optimised at all, ie s note.
Actions like opening the dialer, gallery or contacts might not be instant (about the only thing that was actually better with gingerbread...), these also depend on the size of your database, meaning amount of contacts and pictures for instance.
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No lag on mine either, just got it back from Samsung after a screen repair.
Of course, if you go back to your iphone and update to iOS 7 it'll feel a lot more android-y than ever before. My wife has an iPhone 5, I have a Note 2. I can't even read her screen it's so tiny but my phone is certainly not slow or laggy compared to hers.
THUDUK said:
Got the opportunity to swap my Iphone 5 for a galaxy Note 2, have owned a note 2 briefly before, but been using iphones for so long I thought id pop into PCworld and have a play on a note 2 again...alas it was terribly laggy, love the screen, a bit lower res than some of the new beasts out there, but still looks fine, quite fancy doing the trade, only the lag on the tester device was awful, could there have been something wrong with it, im not compare Ios with android, so lets not start that game, just would like to know if the device suffers like some of the older android devices
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well if u are stock get a factory reset, or wipe data ,cache and dalvik see if it solves .
Fear that if u have a original one and not 100% clone
Theres a small lag pressing home due to a wait period to see if you are double tapping to get svoice up. I think this can be disabled though.
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scote said:
Theres a small lag pressing home due to a wait period to see if you are double tapping to get svoice up. I think this can be disabled though.
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Correct and yes it can.
There should be no lag on a note 2.
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Did anyone actually bother to read the OP?
He tried a Note 2 in PC World - that's the store demo unit. Mauled by hundreds of people each day.
That it lags is not surprising, it's amazing that it runs at all.
OP - store demo units tend to get interfered with by all the potential customers who start all the programs and then walk off. You cannot judge a unit based on an in-store one.
Agreed and lije the op asked.
No this device is not like other older Android devices it doesn't suffer from lag.
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I'm a Note 4 owner, bought a XXX but returned to the Note 4

So this is for Note 4 owners like me who decided to try another device, but ultimately return to the Note 4. Somewhere to rant.
My weakness was a Nexus 6. The monster arrived yesterday but after less than 24 hours it's back in the box for return BIB4R. Too big, unwieldy, slower than Note 4 at loading apps, screen not as bright, camera produced circa 2013 quality pictures. Not a winner.
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i did same mistake.... i gave it a month but wen back to my note 4
I had the nexus 6 prior to getting the note 4. I liked the device I didn't have lag issues but the battery is terrible. I'm moving on from the note 4 to the LG G4. I feel crippled without root. I don't see the AT&T SM-N910A getting permanent root anytime soon.
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I keep looking at the G4. Actually I think it has a great screen too. There were ebay deals for 499 last week. Quite compelling.
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I played with the S6 edge and liked it. Bright and sharp screen. Snappy too. Sticking to my Note 4 because I enjoy watching movies on my gear vr. Plus the battery life.
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So this is for Note 4 owners like me who decided to try another device, but ultimately return to the Note 4. Somewhere to rant.
My weakness was a Nexus 6. The monster arrived yesterday but after less than 24 hours it's back in the box for return BIB4R. Too big, unwieldy, slower than Note 4 at loading apps, screen not as bright, camera produced circa 2013 quality pictures. Not a winner.
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I keep looking at the 6 and thinking of jumping from the note to it. This thing is so locked down, it drives me nuts and I am getting tired of it.
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I keep looking at the G4. Actually I think it has a great screen too. There were ebay deals for 499 last week. Quite compelling.
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I got mine for that price. G4 H815. I think the G4 battery is close to or equal of the note 4 as well. Not to mention perm root with greenify would be nice to have again. My brother in law has the G3 and loves it. Supposed to be here Monday and I'll set it up and I already listed my note 4 for sale which won't end until after I get the G4. I was hesitant to come back to samsung. If I did I should have got the unlocked model. I'm buying all my phones that way from now on.
The international G4 is a six core 3 gb phone. They always get the power house compared to the US models.
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Ive done this a few times and biggest issue for me has been the following.
I use my phone heavily for work. I do at least 4-6hours of conference calls a day on it as I mainly work from home. For the business folks on the forum you know most of these conference calls are standard 800 number followed by a pin. Example would be like 888-123-1234 pin/passcode 1234567#. Coming from blackberry days (about 5yrs ago) this was a great feature on the BB that you could format the number correct and the BB could dial the 800 number first, then wait and auto dial the passcode or wait for you to hit a button to auto dial it. Example being say if you formatted the number correct on the location field as 888-123-1234;1234567 or even 888-123-1234x1234567# or 888-123-1234,,1234567# it would work just fine. Even iPhone works on this now.
I find it extremely painful and mindboggling that only (from what I can tell) Samsung has this feature off their native calendar. IF you use say have google calendar, it doesn't work. So that being said, when I went to a OnePlus same issue, it would piss me off that I had to remember the entire number before dialing.
I don't get why this is such a hard feature to implement across the board on android. Same issue with LG, Sony, etc. Ive tried those, every time, those been deal breakers for me.
Dixit
dixit said:
Ive done this a few times and biggest issue for me has been the following.
I use my phone heavily for work. I do at least 4-6hours of conference calls a day on it as I mainly work from home. For the business folks on the forum you know most of these conference calls are standard 800 number followed by a pin. Example would be like 888-123-1234 pin/passcode 1234567#. Coming from blackberry days (about 5yrs ago) this was a great feature on the BB that you could format the number correct and the BB could dial the 800 number first, then wait and auto dial the passcode or wait for you to hit a button to auto dial it. Example being say if you formatted the number correct on the location field as 888-123-1234;1234567 or even 888-123-1234x1234567# or 888-123-1234,,1234567# it would work just fine. Even iPhone works on this now.
I find it extremely painful and mindboggling that only (from what I can tell) Samsung has this feature off their native calendar. IF you use say have google calendar, it doesn't work. So that being said, when I went to a OnePlus same issue, it would piss me off that I had to remember the entire number before dialing.
I don't get why this is such a hard feature to implement across the board on android. Same issue with LG, Sony, etc. Ive tried those, every time, those been deal breakers for me.
Dixit
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abzdev.confcalldialerstd
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abzdev.confcalldialerstd
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Will look at this more but tried it briefly, didn't work well. I get people who put the conf call in multiple different formats, some use X as the split between the 888 number and the conf passcode, some spell it out like CONFERENCE CODE: 1234567. Some do it a different way.
Be nice is android in general just follows the same concept iphone and BB do and just look for values in the location field and if its in a few different formats it knows how to handle it from a dialing perspective.
Dixit
dixit said:
Ive done this a few times and biggest issue for me has been the following.
I use my phone heavily for work. I do at least 4-6hours of conference calls a day on it as I mainly work from home. For the business folks on the forum you know most of these conference calls are standard 800 number followed by a pin. Example would be like 888-123-1234 pin/passcode 1234567#. Coming from blackberry days (about 5yrs ago) this was a great feature on the BB that you could format the number correct and the BB could dial the 800 number first, then wait and auto dial the passcode or wait for you to hit a button to auto dial it. Example being say if you formatted the number correct on the location field as 888-123-1234;1234567 or even 888-123-1234x1234567# or 888-123-1234,,1234567# it would work just fine. Even iPhone works on this now.
I find it extremely painful and mindboggling that only (from what I can tell) Samsung has this feature off their native calendar. IF you use say have google calendar, it doesn't work. So that being said, when I went to a OnePlus same issue, it would piss me off that I had to remember the entire number before dialing.
I don't get why this is such a hard feature to implement across the board on android. Same issue with LG, Sony, etc. Ive tried those, every time, those been deal breakers for me.
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I don't have a Note 4 but did have S4... and for these types of numbers where you have to enter pin, you just save the number in contacts followed by "p", which tells the dialer to pause after dialing the first set of numbers. So you'd enter something like 888-444-5555p123456. Once the phone dials in and it's time for you to enter the pin, then there's an option on the dialer to send out the remaining numbers which is the pin. Try that. Hope it works for ya.
Back in winter 2013, I had a note 3. I liked the note series, but I always wanted something different. Had a coworker tell me of the nexus 6 coming out, and I was all aflutter. Finally, another 6" phone. Well, I got my preorder in, and it finally came in the mail. Yay, a new phone, and a new GUI to learn and have fun with. I kept that phone for 2 days. Thankfully, I sold it on Craigslist to someone who really wanted it, and it allowed me to pay off the ATT payment plan. I think I lost a net of 5 dollars on it, between the case and the phone. I went to the Note 4 at that point. The 4 is an impressive phone. Definitely a bigger upgrade than from the 2 to the 3. I felt like I wasted money on that one. I could have kept the note 2 for a long time, it was a great phone.
I currently have the Note 4. My wife has the G4 and I have to say I'm pretty enamored with that phone if only for the cameras. Samsung needs to realize that selfies are a thing and these sh*tty front facing cameras are ridiculous.
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Got the Note 4 when it released. Then got the Nexus 6 in March, sold the Nexus about a week later. Just got a Sony Xperia Z3 last week so we'll see how long that one lasts ?
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I currently have the Note 4. My wife has the G4 and I have to say I'm pretty enamored with that phone if only for the cameras. Samsung needs to realize that selfies are a thing and these sh*tty front facing cameras are ridiculous.
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Camera looks ridiculous from pics I've seen and the front cam is what like 8 mp? I missed mine being delivered yesterday I'm p1ssed. Now I have to wait to pick it up monday. This will be my last Samsung phone. I said I was never going back after the last lol. If I ever do it will be unlocked.
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Ended up switching to the nexus 6. Don't think I will be switching back to the note 4. The nexus 6 is just smoother and opens apps faster than the note. I have been messing around with both of them for a couple days now and haven't found a reason to go back to the note.
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Ended up switching to the nexus 6. Don't think I will be switching back to the note 4. The nexus 6 is just smoother and opens apps faster than the note. I have been messing around with both of them for a couple days now and haven't found a reason to go back to the note.
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My main question for you is why would you decide to switch to the nexus 6 right now? I was faced with the same choice as you in october when both the note 4 and nexus 6 were new. I went with the note 4 for the s pen, screen, camera, better battery life and removable battery/ sd card. However, nexus did have lollipop at the time. But Android M is just around the corner and surely google will release a new nexus along with it. Why not just keep the note (which has lollipop, although the att one doesn't have 5.1) and wait until whatever Google calls the next nexus?
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My main question for you is why would you decide to switch to the nexus 6 right now? I was faced with the same choice as you in october when both the note 4 and nexus 6 were new. I went with the note 4 for the s pen, screen, camera, better battery life and removable battery/ sd card. However, nexus did have lollipop at the time. But Android M is just around the corner and surely google will release a new nexus along with it. Why not just keep the note (which has lollipop, although the att one doesn't have 5.1) and wait until whatever Google calls the next nexus?
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I just couldn't deal with the performance lag of the note 4 any more or the lack of root. Plus I want to unload the note before the note 5 comes out and the prices for the 4 drop. And I got the Nexus for free so I didn't have anything to lose by trying it out. Now I am glad I did.
I've had the Note 1-3, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Oneplus One. I've played with the S6 edge at best buy. That thing was snappy and build was great. But I don't think I could live with the battery life.
Love the Note 4. Great camera, battery life, ir blaster, I actually use the spen at work to jot down notes, great 2k display, I have the gear vr and I enjoy using it for movies. I've manage to reduce lag by disabling the bloat, animations off except transitions set to .5. Going into every app and making sure sync and error reports are off. Stock everything. Ram usually sits around 2 gb.
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I just couldn't deal with the performance lag of the note 4 any more or the lack of root. Plus I want to unload the note before the note 5 comes out and the prices for the 4 drop. And I got the Nexus for free so I didn't have anything to lose by trying it out. Now I am glad I did.
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On the Fence

Hi folks,
I am thinking about getting the Note 7 on VZW. Mainly for the camera and spen. However, due to carrier bloat, and everything else that VZW has done to this phone to screw it up. At the end of the day, is it still worth it?
Thanks!
I love mine I've disabled everything that I don't need and there is only a couple apps you can't hide or get rid of. I honestly can say that I haven't had any issues with the phone despite the recall and what not. What are you coming from?
Getting my replacement was quick and easy on one their corporate stores. Glad I waited for the new batch, as I personally feel that there is no other phone in the market that is comparable to the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. All new Note 7's are marked with a 'Black Square Symbol' on the box, and the on screen the battery indicator will be green after you run the first Security Update. :cowboy
Moto X from 2014, ugh. Only other phone I am interested in is the Pixel, mainly because it's stock Android. How is battery life on the device by the way?
I had the option to preorder the iPhone 7 or wait for the new note7's to come in when I returned my note7.
At first I caved in because I've been using Android for years and years, and I thought a change to a somewhat different, and, at times, a smoother user experience will be a good change.
However, I found that I love the camera, the display, and the Spen features too unique. Especially when I use the Spen to take notes in college! It's so useful! Plus, I love Android too much.
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Moto X from 2014, ugh. Only other phone I am interested in is the Pixel, mainly because it's stock Android. How is battery life on the device by the way?
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My battery life is great, typically I am doing a lot on my phone daily....calls, texts, emails, videos, social media, the only thing I really do not do is games. My phone tends to get me through the day and what I mean by that is I leave my house at about 7am and it doesn't see the charger till about 9pm. Sometimes I have some juice left and sometimes its almost dead. For me, it works and its great but it is of course going to vary with usage and what you have on your device. As far as the stock experience goes I have a launcher on mine and what not so I get as far from touchwiz as possible.
I'm coming from a note 3 on sprint but I was rooted running a note 5 rom. I'm really not impressed with the note 7 and the videos I took this weekend were equally unimpressive. Don't walk and record video is all I gotta say. I have lag constantly that I thought would be long gone being that it's much faster than my note 3. The Verizon signal is a million times better though and for that reason alone we will be sticking with Verizon. I ignore bloat or disable so whatevs on that. I'm contemplating the s7 edge considering the cost difference and being nearly identical. Plus with all the note taking good options out there like Google keep, I don't even use an spen hardly anymore. I can type 10 times faster than I can write plus I can actually read what I wrote
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BEST PHONE OUT!
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My battery life is great, typically I am doing a lot on my phone daily....calls, texts, emails, videos, social media, the only thing I really do not do is games. My phone tends to get me through the day and what I mean by that is I leave my house at about 7am and it doesn't see the charger till about 9pm. Sometimes I have some juice left and sometimes its almost dead. For me, it works and its great but it is of course going to vary with usage and what you have on your device. As far as the stock experience goes I have a launcher on mine and what not so I get as far from touchwiz as possible.
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Thanks man. Truth be told, I have owned Samsung phones in the past and I am not a huge fan. Not much else on VZW that I am interested in. Curious about the Pixel in a way but, have a spare N5X when I feel the need. With the dope camera, spen, and IP68 it seems like a no brainer. Kinda wish Moto was not sold by Google to Lenovo or I would have got another Moto device.
That said, just ordered a Note 7 on VZW in black! Now, the hunt for cases begins!
xsisbest said:
I'm coming from a note 3 on sprint but I was rooted running a note 5 rom. I'm really not impressed with the note 7 and the videos I took this weekend were equally unimpressive. Don't walk and record video is all I gotta say. I have lag constantly that I thought would be long gone being that it's much faster than my note 3. The Verizon signal is a million times better though and for that reason alone we will be sticking with Verizon. I ignore bloat or disable so whatevs on that. I'm contemplating the s7 edge considering the cost difference and being nearly identical. Plus with all the note taking good options out there like Google keep, I don't even use an spen hardly anymore. I can type 10 times faster than I can write plus I can actually read what I wrote
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Say what? The camera on the Note 7 is dope!
Just picked up two N7's last night. Immediately did a full data reset and did not restore from backups, but installed everything fresh.
Thus far, I'm thrilled with my N7 as is my wife. I've been using the phone for most of the day, tweaking things, installing apps, and playing around. I came from a Note 4 and LG G3 prior. I'm very pleased.
Trooper27 said:
Say what? The camera on the Note 7 is dope!
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The pictures yes. They look amazing. And even video I've recorded by propping up and recording looks beautiful. But I recorded the Redwoods this weekend as we walked through and it looked pixilated and horrible. It's like it couldn't keep up and studdered allot.
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I took the plunge today! Got a steal of a note 7 on CL so I am going to try as soon as case comes in!
xsisbest said:
The pictures yes. They look amazing. And even video I've recorded by propping up and recording looks beautiful. But I recorded the Redwoods this weekend as we walked through and it looked pixilated and horrible. It's like it couldn't keep up and studdered allot.
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Recorded to sd or internal?
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