Rating 4.2 67 reviews
Manufacturer: Samsung
Brighthand
10 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Note5 Review: Great, Big, & Pricey

Note fans will not be disappointed in the Note5. It's big and powerful, with a top-notch design and one of the best displays on the market. It excels at just about everything, and is a leading contender for the best overall smartphone to date.
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Gadget Guy
10 years ago

Samsung's best phone yet: the Galaxy Note 5 reviewed

The latest iteration of Samsung's other major smartphone series (the other being the regular "Galaxy" phones) is here with a faster belly, more solid skeleton, and a brighter view on the world.
Pros:
  • Feels fantastic in the hand
  • Beautifully built
  • One of the best and brightest screens ever
  • The pen feels better than ever
  • with a tip that feels more like you're using a pen
  • S-Pen clicks at the back
  • allowing you to annoy people during a meeting (!
Cons:
  • Only 32GB of storage
  • and it isn't expandable
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HotHardware
10 years ago

Samsung has done very well with a couple of key design elements in their previous smartphone offerings, curved displays and the larger format Galaxy Note line. The Galaxy Note series has done especially well for the brand, with a user base that doesn't mind a bit more heft in exchange for more...
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review.goodgearguide.com.au
10 years ago

Once again, Samsung makes the best phablet money can buy

A lot of the Note5's DNA comes from the Galaxy S6 range released earlier this year. Some of these changes might come off as familiar, but compared to its predecessor, the Galaxy Note 4 , the Note5 represents a complete overhaul.
Pros:
  • Excellent 5.7-inch Super-AMOLED display
  • Extended functionality with improved S-Pen stylus
  • Made from glass and aluminium
  • Improved ergonomics with curved back
  • Competitive 16MP and 5MP cameras
  • Fast wireless charging and support for Cat9 LTE
Cons:
  • No support for expandable microSD memory
  • Only offered as a 32GB variant
Read more on review.goodgearguide.com.au
Top Ten Reviews
10 years ago

When Samsung released the Galaxy S6, its first flagship with an all metal-and-glass construction, we were understandably excited. Other smartphones had done the same thing, certainly, but this was Samsung – for years, the company packed incredible components into phones with rickety, cheap-feeling...
Pros:
  • The Note5's components positively scream
  • They shredded our benchmarks, and the camera bested every one we've previously reviewed
Cons:
  • Despite improvements
  • the device is still hefty enough to scare away anyone who prizes comfort and usability over screen size
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Tech Advisor
10 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 review

The Samsung Note series has always stood out of the crowd, mainly thanks to its larger-than-life display and the inclusion of a stylus, or S Pen as it's called. When the Note was first announced, people were shocked at the size of the 5.3in display – after all, the average screen size in 2011 was...
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PC Advisor
10 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 review

Samsung's Note 5 is the biggest and beefiest Samsung phone yet, and we've just heard whispers it will come to the UK after all. In our Galaxy Note 5 review we explain why you should be excited about that.
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The Good Guys
10 years ago

Samsung?Galaxy Note 5 - Black

Pros:
  • Been a note user from the beginning
  • very happy with image quality
Cons:
  • Inbuilt battery and no slot for extra memory card
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Digitaltrends
9 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Review

The Galaxy Note 5 is still one of the best phablets you can buy.
Pros:
  • Stylish look and quality build
  • Cool new S-Pen features
  • Comfortable to hold
  • Great camera
  • Quick charging is super fast
Cons:
  • Glass back picks up fingerprints
  • No MicroSD card slot
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CNET
9 years ago

The Best of Androids!

Having been an HTC One M7 happy owner since its release in 2013, I hoped to replace it by a new flagship from the Taiwanese manufacturer, but neither M8 nor M9 with their poor camera performance had enough strong points to want them.
Pros:
  • Screen
  • performance
  • 64GB of internal memory
  • camera
  • stylus
  • quick and wireless charging
  • speakers
  • fingerprint sensor
  • Screen Mirroring
Cons:
  • Not easy to hold and unlock the phone by same hand using fingerprint sensor due phone size
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