Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Review – The Mega Master

Overview and Introduction

Well, their’s no doubt that Galaxy Note series from Samsung has been influential in phablets. They have had good success with their Galaxy Note devices. Later Windows Phone phablets such as Lumia 1520 has also got appreciations but of course didn’t match the success of Samsung’s Note series. Now when Apple has also jumped in with their own phablet iPhone 6 Plus, is it the time that Samsung is going to have tough competition? Wait, Nexus 6 is also an option now if you are more of Google buddy.

The latest phablet from the Korean smartphone manufacturer, Samsung, Galaxy Note 4 is here. If you are planning to buy this as your new phablet, an upgrade or if you are switching, you better spend some time with our in-depth review which may help in your decision.

Note 4 has some major upgrades over the previous Note 3 which mainly include the the higher display resolution, the improved camera with additional features, the fingerprint reader and the pulse scanner. We’ll talk in detail about these features in this review, however look let’s just revise the full feature list of Note 4 below.

Specifications

• Network Frequencies: 2.5G, 3G, 4G/LTE
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
  • CPU: Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450
  • GPU: Adreno 420
• Chipset (Under Review): Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)
  • CPU: Octa-core processor
    • Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A57
    • Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53
  • GPU: Mali-T760
• Display: 5.7 inch (143.9mm) Quad HD Super AMOLED (2560 x 1440)
• Dimensions: 153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5mm, 176g
• Memory:
  • 32 GB Internal memory ＋ micro SD slot (up to 128GB).
  • 3GB RAM
• Camera:
  • Rear Facing: 16 Mega pixel Auto Focus camera with Smart OIS (Optical Image Stabilization)
    • HDR (Rich tone), Selective Focus, Rear-cam Selfie, Beauty face, Virtual Tour Shot, Shot & More, Dual Camera
  • Front Facing: 3.7 Mega pixel camera with f1.9
    • Selfie, Wide Selfie
• S Pen Features:
  • Air Command (Action Memo, Smart Select, Image Clip, Screen Write),
  • S Note, Snap Note, Direct Pen Input.
• Other Features:
  • Multi Window, Ultra Power Saving Mode, Voice Recorder (Normal Mode, Interview Mode, Meeting Mode, Voice Memo), Download Booster, S Health 3.5, Dynamic Lock Screen, Briefing.
• Connectivity:
  • WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (HT80) MIMO PCIe,
  • GPS / GLONASS / Baidu.
  • NFC, Bluetooth® v 4.1 (BLE,ANT+).
  • IR LED (Remote Control), USB2.0, MHL 3.0.
• Sensors:
  • Gesture, Accelerometer, Geo-magnetic, Gyroscope, RGB, IR-LED, Proximity, Barometer, Hall Sensor, Finger Scanner, UV, Heart Rate Monitoring, SpO2 (Dependent on market).
• Battery: Standard battery, Li-ion 3,220mAh, Fast Charging (Adaptive Fast Charging & QC2.0)

Note 4 Unboxed

Before going on with the detail about Note 4, if you have not checked the unboxing of Samsung Galaxy Note 4 yet, head over to it and checkout the full unboxing of the Note 4. Or just move on to the next part of the review where you can learn about the design and the build quality of the Note 4.

Build and Design

Until recently when a phone wrapped in the metal body Galaxy A5, Samsung has been very friendly with the plastic material for their smartphones – no matter if they are low-end, mid-range or the high-end flagship phones. Note 4 is no different and has the same plastic material all over which specially on high-end phones, I didn’t prefer. Some may think that it could be better plastic than most however – at last it’s light plastic.

To make their phones light in weight specially, Samsung had to adopt this of course. It depends on the users what matters the most to them – the slimness and the lightness in their big phones or they want some real solid thing. But this time, back panel is where only the full plastic was used. Opening and closing the back panel feels like always it is with Samsung Galaxy smartphones. It’s light, slim and very scary to be broken.

The frame is made of metal and plastic combined like Galaxy Alpha. As well Note 4 features the curved glass which actually is preferable than the predecessor. What’s not good is the silver edges on the frame still started getting scratches in a couple of weeks. Although, the buttons on the frame are cool to use, I liked them.

 

What didn’t impress me in Note 4 was the faux-leather on the back panel. which looked much realistic in Note 3. The stitching part around the panel is not present in Note 4 which easily made it faker. Even the touch on the back panel doesn’t present some real feel. In Note 3 it was much much realistic.

Weighing 176 grams, Note 4 is a little heavier as 8 grams than the Note 3. When comparing, iPhone 6 Plus comes at 172 grams as 4 grams lighter. Probably due to the curved glass screen, Note 4 is as well little as 0.2 mm thicker than the Note 3. Also the frame is bit raised above the curved edge of glass which doesn’t feel good anyway.

What matters the most is that how it helps you handle it. Bigger sized devices or phablets are every easily blamed to be not good for single handed use. That’s true as I have used the Lumia 1520 – though it was little bigger than Note 4, with its rounded frame it wouldn’t help better handling even if it was equal in size. That Lumia however helped with its sharp corners. The very new iPhone 6 Plus looses in all aspects as it’s rounded at every place. Samsung’s phablet is much better in handling while single handed.

 

Components on the front

On the front we have “Samsung” branding as usual above the 5.7″ display. Centered is the earpiece little above the branding while at its right the proximity sensor and the ambient light sensor are separately visible. 3.7 megapixels camera with larger lens on the front placed at the top-right corner.

The non-standard from Android yet standard from Samsung, the navigation keys are placed under the display. A physical home button in the middle while capacitive touch keys for back and task switcher on the right and left respectively.

Components on the back

Touring at the backside of Note 4 you can find the primary camera at the upper part of the phablet with an LED flash module combined with the pulse scanner and another “Samsung” branding. Samsung impressively used this pulse scanner not only for detecting heart rate but also to trigger an other event in any other operation – one is to use it as shutter release when taking selfies from front-facing camera which is really useful instead of using the on screen capture button.

The speaker is placed on the lower part of the back side. This is an obvious move from Note 3 where the speaker was placed at the bottom of the phone which actually was better practically. On Note 4 it’s very likely to block the speaker voice when the phone is lying on its back.

Components on the sides of the phone

Bottom of the phone hosts the microUSB 2.0. Well, it’s an interesting and surprise move that everyone noticed but appreciated as well. Note 3 was the first to feature the microUSB 3.0 port on the phone to support fast data transfer as well as for fast charging. But here the fast data transfer is sacrificed for the more common and currently standard microUSB 2.0 port while the Samsung Note 4 itself supports fast charging now.

S Pen can be pulled out from bottom right while a couple of mics are also located at the bottom around the microUSB port.

Top side hosts 3.5mm audio jack and another mic. The IR blaster is also present on the top like many other Samsung devices. Other manufacturers have also started putting this feature on their smartphones.

The right side of the phone hosts the power/lock key which is easily accessible with the thumb. On the left side the volume rocker is provided. That’s it.

Back cover can be opened for microsSD card and SIM card placement. 3220mAh battery is also user removable. With Note 3 the battery was 3200mAh with only 20mAh difference. The thing to mention is that micro SIM card is not hot-swappable. To replace or remove the SIM card, the battery must be removed first. Micro SD card can be removed or replaced anytime anyway.

Display Quality

The display of Note 4 comes in the list of upgraded components over the predecessor Note 3 which was at full HD 1080p resolution. Within the same sized screen of 5.7″, the latest phablet serves even higher resolution as QHD resolution of 2560px x 1440px. With that increment of resolution the Note 4 serves the display at pixel density of around 515 PPI.

The Super AMOLED on the Note 4 is really stunning to be informed about with the specified resolution and the pixel density that allows the Samsung Note 4 features like “multi-window” to be more seamless to work with. At this level of density along with the Super AMOLED display, you will have really nice experience with the text and graphics on it screen. More importantly the contrast ratio is really impressive. That also gives a greater options of viewing angles – watching videos will be really good experience on Note 4.

Next there, we’ll see what hardware components are lying inside the Note 4.

Hardware and Software Features

Samsung Note 4 ships with either a 2.7 GHz Quad-core processor on a Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 805 SoC or an Octa-core processor (1.9 GHz + 1.3 GHz) on Samsung’s own Exynos 5433. The later model is called “SM-N910C” and that’s what we have been using for review. Note 4 switches between two Quad-core processors in Exynos SoC depending on the load.  Both the variants are shipped distinctly in regions and both comes with the 3GB of RAM, 32 GB of internal storage along with the support of memory expansion with micro SD card up to 128 GB.

A major and interesting change in Note 4 was the “opted-back” to USB 2.0 from the USB 3.0 introduced in the previous Note 3. Well looking at the usage of USB 2.0 commonly in almost every other mobile device, this move by Samsung doesn’t seems to have a great loss.

One reason was of course the fast charging which however Samsung has brought into Note 4 anyway while on the other hand Snapdragon 805 also supports quick charge feature. What we feel with USB 2.0 Note 4 will loose over Note 3, is the fast data transfer when connecting to PC via USB.

When talking about sensors, Note 4 comes built with Accelerometer, Geo-magnetic, Gyroscope, Proximity, Barometer – well they are usually found in smartphones. Hall Sensor – in Note 4 is of course less common which works with the smart covers on your Note 4 which detects the covers when they are closed or open and put the Note 4 on sleep or wake it up respectively.  Ultraviolet sensor tracks UV levels in the bright sunlight and helps built-in S Health recommend you with sunblock advice. Another addition in Note 4 is the built-in fingerprint scanner.

Fingerprint Scanner

The common application of any fingerprint scanner is a quick security feature alternative to the manual password or pass code lock codes. In Note 4, the fingerprint scanner is embedded into the home button which you can use for device unlocking, sign in to websites with stored password and registered fingers, verify Samsung accounts, linking your PayPal account in your device.

Registering fingerprint is  easy though. Simply tapping “Finger Scanner” in Settings > Personalisation, you can follow a wizard steps to register your fingers.

Screens from Settings

Fingerprint sensor in some smartphone is good enough for you if you don’t want to enter your pass codes or passwords every time you unlock your phone, open a locked app or sign in to some website.

Heart Rate Sensor

Another thing there in Note 4 is the heart rate sensor or pulse scanner on the back which is also primarily added into the phablet to help S Health app to sense your heart rate. But interestingly it seems to be a trigger that developers might use in their app to initiate some function as with the native Samsung Camera app – that also uses this sensor to use as a camera shutter button when you want to take selfies with the front-facing camera.

The sensor is really well located under the rear camera along with the LED flash.  The sensor lightens up immediately when you place your finger tip on it and keeps the static light up until you move your finger away. The light also turns off if your finger is miss placed from the sensor and it’s not able to detect – means you need to place it right on the sensor to work correctly.

Screens from the S Health App

 

Well, a heart rate sensor is not that important as fingerprint is in a smartphone, it’s well implemented into Note 4 and actually good for individuals who really concern about their health and keep track of their daily doings. With other features of S Health, the heart rate sensor is a good addition anyway.

S Pen

Weighing 15 grams, the S Pen with the Note 4 has got real improvements over its predecessor. It’s square-barreled with a little back portion of silver with the Samsung branding on it. The S Pen slots into the bottom right corner of the phone.

Visually there’s been no change in the S Pen design, however the pressure level of the S Pen is 2,048. Previously it was 1,024. The nib can be detected when hovered as near above the screen as 15 mm.

Pulling out the S Pen from the phone initiates the Air Command and brings up a radial menu to serve you with the features which support S Pen – the Smart Select, Image Clip and Screen Write are one of them. The Air Command menu can be opened anytime by pressing the button provided on the S Pen.

 

Smart Select from the Air Command menu performs text selection on the screen. With S Pen it’s actually as easy as with a mouse on the computer – hold down the button on the S Pen and swipe through the text.

Image Clip is another option for you to capture a part of screen as an image and re use it later or share it with your friends. With this feature you can draw on the screen with the S Pen and then choose shapes to easily apply on the area you selected. The image is automatically copied to clipboard and provided you with a share screen.

Screen Write option in the Air Command is also useful to capture a screen and write with the S Pen over the screenshot. If you want to capture a screen with some content or image, choosing Screen Write option from the menu captures the current screen and presents it to you instantly with editing tool bar on the top. You can enter text or draw over the captured screenshot with the S Pen to guide someone or to archive it for your later reference.

Battery and Power Management

Battery life is one of the major factor in any mobile device. I keep this factor on top of the list specially when it’s mobility, it has to stand by you as long as possible – the longer the better.

Regular power saving has been available for years in mobile and smartphone and can give your phone a push to support for a couple of hours more. Ultra Power Saving mode is one step further to the regular power saving which we have seen in Huawei Honor 6 before. Turning of all the visual and battery prone features in the phone, the Ultra Power Saving mode leaves you with a set of simple mobile features with complete black and white screen in the Note 4. The Ultra Power Saving mode was first introduced by Samsung in Galaxy S5.

With Ultra power saving mode, the Note 4 can give you surprising battery time of multiple hours after turning off all the unnecessary features and switching the display completely to black and white.

Performance and Benchmark

Out of the box, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is pre-loaded with the Android 4.4 KitKat while running on top – its TouchWiz user interface. The predecessor, Note 3 was actually praised by many owners which indeed was good with its features. But usually the thing is different between a list of features on paper and the actual usage of those features in real world.

Note 4 has a bundle of features upgraded from its predecessor as well as some which were not present in the Note 3. When we talk about those features, they look actually good such as the fingerprint scanner hidden inside the home button on the front, the heart rate sensor on the back below the camera lens, and the S Pen which has improvements in double.

What’s more about the device is its performance. In words, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is a fast phablet and you really are going to love its fast and smooth performance if you happen to have it as your next phablet. But for that you need to take a good look into all the aspects you will want to have in your next phone. However I would want to add a remark from a friend of mine who has been using Note 4 for a couple of months and is having reservations about its performance as his Note 4 started getting stuck and slow over time.

As mentioned earlier there are two variants of Samsung Note 4. One with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 805 SoC or the other one that we have performed the following tests with – the Octa-core processor on Samsung’s Exynos 5433. While we have not tested with the Snapdragon 805 SoC, the scores with the chipset from many other reviews on the web were not significantly lower than the scores we got with the Exenos 5433. Galaxy Note 4 performed best in the Antutu Benchmark test with a good lead. The followed the predecessor Note 3.

Benchmark OS II is a good all rounder to test performance across smartphone platforms including iOS and Windows Phone along with the Android. So our tests do not complete without it where in this test the Note 4 couldn’t beat iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus but performed better than a year and a bit old Lumia 1520.System performance is not the only thing to test, the browser and web performance is also one of the factors a consumers would want to know how will be the surfing experience on their smartphone. The JavaScript performance is also quite good from Note 4 in the Kraken test where it came under both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. However the the Note 4 couldn’t perform well in the SunSpider test.

Note 4 with the Samsung Exynos 5433 performed well in cases when compered with others, however looking at the higher clock speed of the Octa-core processor we expected a lot more than it performed.

Camera, Photos and Videos

The primary camera in a mobile phone today has been capable to replace simple point and shoot cameras since we seen the innovations like larger image sensors in mobile phones (such as Nokia 808 PureView and Lumia 1020) to take sharper shots with good detail and Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) first introduced by Nokia in their Lumia 920 Windows smartphone following by other high-end device by Nokia. Due to being physically large in size, the larger sensors have not been yet featured in other smartphones but the OIS is now a common feature in smartphones from other manufacturers too and has been featured in devices for example LG G2, Nexus 5, HTC One.

The consumers interested in Samsung Galaxy Note 4 will be pleased to see that Galaxy Note 4 is the first smartphone from Korean manufacturer to feature optical image stabilization in its camera. In addition to that, Galaxy Note 4’s has Sony’s IMX240 16 megapixels camera has inside 1/2.6″ BSI CMOS sensor with the F2.2 lens – this is the step-back move by Samsung after using its own sensor in Galaxy S5 for the first time.  There is also a 3.7 MP front-facing camera with even wider aperture of F1.9 to take wider and brighter selfies in low-light. With the improved camera I would have loved a dedicated camera shutter key in the Note 4.

Initial remarks about the Note 4’s camera performance is that it’s really improved from previous Android smartphones and yes the higher resolution camera did quite well and managed to provide impressive detail overall when shooting in daytime but mostly the smudged distant objects are easy to find out like always. On the other hand OIS did show its presence in the Note 4 and did great job while shooting in low light.

Unfortunately, it’s not same as we have seen in Nokia’s camera hardware where the OIS can even be felt on screen before taking a shot – thanks to the two-step shutter keys on Nokia devices. On the tech note, the Note 4 could only go down to 1/10th of the second for exposure time which we assume the lowest speed OIS in Note 4 could mange to steadily capture shots handheld. On Nokia’s devices, the OIS seems to be better that could manage steadiness with lowest shutter speed of 1/7th of the second.

Most importantly, with this improved camera and added features in Note 4, we still can’t manually control things with its camera as we want. Nokia Camera has given almost everything to the user while HTC One M8 has also the feature to give you manual control over its camera settings. Even OPPO has provided to control some settings of the camera in Find 7 smartphone.

I liked the focusing of the camera in Note 4, it was fast and it was pretty accurate. Like mostly on Android smartphone, the colours from were usually vibrant, white balance was also good. Mostly the exposure handling was good but dynamic range on deep difference between highlighted and shadow areas was not impressive, although additional built-in HDR feature did better in such situation. The digital noise was also well controlled but still it’s noticeable specially in shadows and deep colours.

    

When capturing closeups, Note 4’s F2.2 works good to provide you an impressive blur on the background (the Bokeh effect). However a background blur feature is built-in to the camera app to help you take somewhat distant shots with the artificial blur on the background or foreground. The later technique is software based and for an unknown reason the final shot comes very high in disk size.

 
Naturally blur (left, 4 MB) – Background Blur feature (right, 21 MB)

HDR feature in Note 4 is also pretty fine to bring you well exposed image in every depth of field with varying exposure. There were no halos. The artifacts were really minimal as well as specially considering, it’s HDR, I didn’t notice any fade on the moving subject. That means Samsung has not used combing the images at different exposures to make and HDR. Instead it’s software based or on-sensor enhanced image. Following are some HDR images on the right beside their natural counter parts on the left.

[av_one_full first]   [/av_one_full]

[av_one_full first]   [/av_one_full]

[av_one_full first]   [/av_one_full]

But there were some places where the HDR did actually look plane colored painting unimpressively, specially when I took the following photo that revealed the fact of removing highlighted areas completely to combine into shadows and vice-versa.

 

When talking about low-light performance of the camera, it also did well if compared to other Android smartphone. But I didn’t feel it could do better than the Lumia smartphones we have tested so far. In fact the OIS in the Note 4 technically went as down as to 1/10th of the second but it won’t give you control over that. You have to manage with the default automatic settings decided by the camera unless it’s the white balance, the exposure or the ISO value.

In one statement – overall, the low-light shots from Note 4 were fine and impressive. The optical stabilizer in Note 4  actually helped it taking shots in low light conditions with the lower shutter speed. Which none other smartphone could take without the optical image stabilizer.

The left shot below was taken with controlled exposure and ISO value while the shot at the right was automatically taken by the camera settings at ISO-800. Both shots used the exposure time of 1/10th of the second. The sharpness on the image is really fine on the left along with a little noise on the dark part. Note 4 actually performed better with this shot.

 

Checkout the full resolution images below.

 

I am sorry I could not take out the Note 4 specially for the camera tests due to less period of time allowed for the trial. For the low-light comparison I tried use the indoor lighting which however is another aspect used widely. Here I also used to the Samsung Note 3 for comparison sake.

Galaxy Note 4 indoor shots against Note 3

Following shots was taken in the normally lit drawing room with both the Note 4 and Note 3 set at ISO 100. Interestingly the Note 4 even went down to use exposure time of 1/8th of the second. Here it actually informed me that it can go even down from the 1/10th. Anyway the Note 3 on the other hand could only at the minimum of 1/17th of the second. The visual difference is just easy to tell as Note 4 is delivering very nice detail in the image with less noise where the one from Note 3 is not pleasing.

Full resolution images (Note 4 left, Note 3 right)

 

Next we tried the ISO 200 on the same image and the difference is still prominent. The results from Note 3 are really not comparable to the ones from the Note 4.

Full resolution images (Note 4 left, Note 3 right)

 

Comparatively of course Note 4 is way too good than its predecessor. Here are some more indoor low-light and outdoor night shots from Note 4.

    

Note 4’s camera is good indeed with still photos and much better than previously found on Samsung smartphones including Galaxy S5.

Panorama resolutions in Android smartphones have been impressive than any other platform. With 16 MP sensor the Note 4 takes up to around 55 megapixels of resolution in portrait mode. Unfortunately I couldn’t manage to provide any sample here but the panorama from Note 4 is extremely huge and contain impressively detail in the image.

Front-facing camera on Note 4 has a larger 3.7 megapixels sensor with wider aperture of F1.9. To test the front-facing camera is now mean to take a selfie these days and I am sorry that I am not very fan of taking selfie and sharing it. However I did try them and they quite good in quality.

Video Recording

Samsung’s Android smartphones have been well known for its video recording – the Note 4 does benefit from the addition of OIS as well as from the Snapdragon 805 SoC as the system supports 4K Ultra HD video capture with specified Hollywood Quality Video™ technology (in HW) for post-processing.

User Interface doesn’t add anything new but the same recording modes for users – 4K or 2160p at 30fps, 1080p at 60fps or 30fps. In addition the HDR feature is also available with the video recording. However there are limitations as the video stabilization is only available when recording with 1080p mode. If you decide to record 4K video or turn on the HDR feature, the OIS will not be used by the system.

Video Switch (Youtube, Vimeo)

1080p at 30fps (no stabilization)

With the 1080p at 30fps, I didn’t see any major problem with the footage. Camera shake is really noticeable due to not having stabilization on in this recording. This video was recorded at the bit rate of 17 Mbps.

HDR – 1080p at 30fps (no stabilization)

HDR option is also pretty good in the video mode and delivers a noticeable difference from a normal video. However, where the vibrant colours experienced throughout the video, unpleasant over exposed areas are also there.

4K / 2160p at 30fps (no stabilization)

The 4K or 2160p mode at 30fps results a video recording at 48 Mbps. Obviously you will see a prominent increase of detail in the picture quality comparatively to the one at 1080p but you will have a limit to record video only up to 5 minutes and start over again with another clip of 5 minutes.

1080p at 30fps with Stabilization

With stabilization on, the presence of OIS is perfectly noticeable but now instead of the camera shake issue, the jerky behavior is prominent in the video. We don’t have any specifications about what kind of OIS Samsung has put into it so we can’t tell exactly what’s the issue behind it. Another thing is that only this mode is where the OIS can be turned on as well the 60fps with 1080p is also supported with the OIS.

Let’s move on and wind up with the review.

Final Words and Conclusion

Hope you have had a deep look into the review of Note 4 before reading our final conclusion as we found the Galaxy Note 4 is impressive having good design for a phablet with excellent grip and handling. Overall, we liked it here unless we go into different aspects.

There are factors, Samsung still needs to improve extensively at software side. However the user interface and the software on the Note 4 with all those additional hardware components gives excellent experience of anything you use, do or play on the Note 4. No matter it’s the same TouchWiz you will find on any other Samsung smartphone.

The Super AMOLED display with quad HD resolution has been one of the greatest features by Samsung on their smartphones. The same on the Note 4 delivers excellent viewing experience all the way in different lightning situations which actually will help you in any kind of visual needs whether it’s a video playback, game or your office work. In addition to that, you have options to configure the brightness and contrast as per your needs.

A bunch of good hardware components and features like the heart-rate sensor, the finger print reader also come with a plus points of course if you need them or not. But they have their value at some extent to some individuals such as health conscious or the ones with high security needs.

16 MP camera on the Note 4 is also one of the factors that has been improved at a level that never have been, by Samsung. The OIS is really a welcome addition that works quite well in still photography when shooting in low-light conditions but seems not as nice in the video recording. The benefit of the OIS you have seen against the Note 3. Specially where over user interface of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is favorable, the camera interface is not something I would appreciate. The manual control over the camera really means, which is not present.

If you talk about the battery life which of course is the major factor a mobile phone, then the Note 4 will not fail you in the middle of something. The only reason in Note 4 to take more battery power should be its large display with higher resolution but I really don’t think you should be worried of. With the option of Ultra Power saving option, you’ll have it for more than usual. Plus the adaptive fast charging feature with Note 4 is, no wonder, a healthy feature to get ready with your stuff in just minutes.

Feature wise, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 leaves nothing behind and it should get even improved with the software upgrades – we believe the Android Lollipop will push it strong. Seriously, I have never been keen of the Galaxy S line up. The Galaxy Note 3 was the first device which I liked and the Note 4 jumped it nicely. Most people want to see a question answered if the Galaxy Note 4 is the best among phablets? No one can answer it. It all all depends on your preferences and your priorities for a brand.

What comes in the middle of your choice is only one thing, that is the price. And for Samsung Galaxy Note 4, it’s way too much. I always imagine to be an average guy to check for price of something. PKR 80,000/- or (~ USD 800) for the Galaxy Note 4 is only fine for you if you don’t care about price. If you care, you better wait for the price drop or look for a used Note 4. It all depends.