Testseek.com have collected 525 expert reviews of the Samsung SM-N920 Galaxy Note 5 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung SM-N920 Galaxy Note 5.
August 2015
(85%)
525 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(73%)
125 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Beautiful design
Excellent fingerprint sensor
Outstanding display
Sweet camera
Innovative live-to-YouTube feature
Great new design
Easier to hold than previous Notes
Fantastic camera
Refined S Pen experience
Stunning design
Killer screen
Excellent camera
Sleek and attractive design
Premium materials
Curved back creates better ergonomics than regular Galaxy S6
Excellent and spacious display
Exceptional camera
Easytouse fingerprint sensor
Good stamina
Supports Fast Charging
Wireless charging and new
Unbeatable 5.7-inch 2560 x 1440 Quad-HD Display
16 Megapixel Camera that's great for beginners & advanced enough for photography enthusiasts
Completely revamped all-aluminum and glass design
Smaller than the Galaxy Note 4
Easier to hold and use
Fast
Wireless charging
Spring loaded stylus
Fingerprint scanner works great!
The display is still one of the best on a mobile device and Samsung may have that crown for some time
The Galaxy Note 5 is a big phone
But doesn't look or feel like a big phone anymore
No longer a niche. For the past four years
The Galaxy Note line wa
Image quality is very good
Especially in good lighting
Versus other smartphone cameras
16MP of resolution in a smartphone camera is well above average
Secondary/selfie camera offers 5MP of resolution
Extremely fast performance levels
Can record 4K v
Lower cost
Stock Android experience
Original looking design that's premium
Incredibly snappy performance in daily use
Updated premium design that's comfortable to handle
Added productivity features
S Pen for drawing and notetaking
Builtin wireless
Waterresistance is great to have
And a waterproof S Pen even better
The Galaxy S7's 12MP camera absolutely shines
Samsung's latest Android UI is a step in the right direction towards usability
Return of microSD give the Note 7 capacity to spare
Flat
Tall display is great for text / Internet browsing / split screen
Has expandable storage
Waterand dustproof
Conventional display (flat
16
9)
Cheaper
S Pen
Frontfacing
Hardware home button / fingerprint sensor
The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 has an eye-catching design and high-end hardware
And it takes great outdoor photos. Using the stylus has never felt better and battery life is terrific
Excellent design
The Note5 looks great
Superb display
S Pen features useful and well implemented
Powerful and stable performance
Beautiful redesign. Easier to hold. One of the best phone displays on the market
S Pen adds useful new features
Elegant glass-and-metal design
Stunning display
Fast performance
Takes gorgeous photos
Long-lasting battery life
Precise S Pen with accompany productivity apps
Bright
Beautiful QuadHD display
Best camera on the market
Gorgeous display
S Pen works great
Performance is snappy
Premium looks
Great display
Improved S Pen capabilities
Impressive snappers
Loaded innards
Great aesthetic with curves on the back for small bump up in handling
Stellar Quad HD display
Wonderful performance
4GB RAM
Fingerprint reader performs very well
FAST charging almost makes up for standard battery size
S Pen streamlined
Physically a
Amazing screen
Stylus getting more useful
Great performance
New premium design
Skinnier and lighter than ever
Enhanced S Pen features
Captures amazing photos and videos with its camera
Longer lasting battery
Despite the lower battery cell
One of the fastest charging phones around
Updated fingerprint sensor
Premium hardware design with outstanding fit and finish
Stunning display
Best-in-class camera
S Pen makes for a one-of-a-kind smartphone experience
Excellent
Premium design crams a beautifully large display into a manageable body. Performance and camera are just as good as the Galaxy S6. The stylus experience is responsive and refined.
Good exposure and dynamic range in most lighting conditions
Very good white balance
Very good detail preservation in good lighting conditions
Vivid
Pleasant and realistic color in most lighting conditions
Good flash perfor
Brighter and more accurate Super AMOLED 1440p display
Thinner and lighter than Galaxy Note 4
Push-button feature works without issues
Metal edges and corners
Solid construction
High-performance Exynos 7420 SoC with 4 GB RAM
Good outdoor usability
Top-tier performance
Much-improved S Pen experience
Greatcamera
The editors didn't like
Inadequate battery life
Slippery exterior
Some power-user features turned off by default
Underwhelming speaker
Glass back still somewhat slippery
Seriously expensive
May cause Galaxy S buyer's remorse
Expensive
Unconfirmed for the UK
Fingerprint magnet
Large form can be awkward to use and uncomfortable to carry
User interface less polished and attractive than Google's core Android OS
Apps and Web pages frequently refresh after brief periods of inactivity
Lacks removable battery and SD card slot prese
No micro-SD slot to expand storage
No removable or replaceable battery
Smaller battery than last years Note 4
Slippery
No micro SD slot
No replaceable battery
IR blaster feature removed
The non-removable battery might be a no-go for some users. However
We have had pretty great battery life in our time with the device
Lack of expandable storage might also be a no-go for some. As they are used to Samsung offering that
This is a fragile
Low light image quality could be better
Some photos occasionally appear overprocessed
This unit is extremely large because of 5.7inch touchscreen
Note 5 is tough to hold while using the camera because of its size and smooth edges
Note 5's buttons cann
With a nonremovable battery and no external storage option
The Note 5 strips away some of last year's features. It's pricey compared with large-screen competitors like Motorola's Moto X Pure
Pricey at launch
It's time to move on from USB 2.0
Samsung should have kept the removable battery and microSD card slot
Gone are the removable battery
MicroSD card slot and IR blaster. Expensive
Pricey
Live Broadcast could use more features
Lacks microSD slot
TouchWiz makes Android look a little garish and comes with apps you can't delete
Speaker is poorly placed
Battery life could be better
Slippery without a case
No IR blaster
Slippery design
Nonexpandable storage
Average battery life
Design is prone to fingerprints and smudges
No removable battery
Battery life could be longer
No expandable storage
Can't replace battery
No 128GB option and no microSD expansion
No more removable battery
MicroSD card slot
& IR blaster
Phone feels slippery & it's a fingerprint magnet
No commenting interaction with the YouTube Livestream broadcasting service
Sharp sounding internal speaker
No MicroSD expansion
Despite storage-hungry features like 4K and RAW capture
Merely average endurance and no removable battery
Sluggish advancement in pioneering features like Multi Window
The extra size comes at a hefty cost. No expandable storage or removable battery in a phone designed for power users.
Beautiful design, Tall display is great for text / Internet browsing / split screen, Has expandable storage, Waterand dustproof, Conventional display (flat, 16:9), Cheaper, S Pen, Frontfacing, hardware home button / fingerprint sensor
Both the Galaxy S8+ and Galaxy Note 5 were built to be the most advanced and most premium-looking handsets that Samsung is capable of producing at their respective times of release. For that reason, the S8+ is a futuristic-looking piece of mobile technolo...
Waterresistance is great to have, and a waterproof S Pen even better, The Galaxy S7's 12MP camera absolutely shines, Samsung's latest Android UI is a step in the right direction towards usability, Return of microSD give the Note 7 capacity to spare, Flat
There are so many things the Note 7 does better than the Note 5, or offers features wholly missing on last year's model, that it's difficult to point to one main selling point for the new Note.Maybe the biggest downside – and this is a huge matter of pers...
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Good exposure and dynamic range in most lighting conditions, Very good white balance, Very good detail preservation in good lighting conditions, Vivid, pleasant and realistic color in most lighting conditions, Good flash perfor
Ringing strongly visible, Noise noticeable in blocks of color, Some autofocus failures in macro mode
Image quality is very good, especially in good lighting, versus other smartphone cameras, 16MP of resolution in a smartphone camera is well above average, Secondary/selfie camera offers 5MP of resolution, Extremely fast performance levels, Can record 4K v
Low light image quality could be better, Some photos occasionally appear overprocessed, This unit is extremely large because of 5.7inch touchscreen, Note 5 is tough to hold while using the camera because of its size and smooth edges, Note 5's buttons cann
While the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 smartphone may be best known for its S Pen stylus and its large, high-resolution display screen, its impressive camera should be under consideration for top billing too...
Abstract: When it comes to the phablet domain, Samsung's Galaxy Note smartphones have consistently been the frontrunners in its class ever since the segment's inception. This year's latest iteration, the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, sees a tremendous shift in its design...
Lower cost, Stock Android experience, Original looking design that's premium, Incredibly snappy performance in daily use, Updated premium design that's comfortable to handle, Added productivity features, S Pen for drawing and notetaking, Builtin wireless
Much like anything, a phone's value and worth hinges a lot on its price, and in this case, there's more of a compelling argument going for the Google Nexus 6P. And why's that? Well, for being the newer of the two, while also packing a premium design that'...
As a bigger guy I have always been a fan of the Galaxy Note series. Not only does the larger size fit my hands better, but typically the larger phone has taken advantage of its size with features like a larger battery capacity. This generation was no dif...
Great aesthetic with curves on the back for small bump up in handling, Stellar Quad HD display, Wonderful performance, 4GB RAM, Fingerprint reader performs very well, FAST charging almost makes up for standard battery size, S Pen streamlined, physically a
Design is prone to fingerprints and smudges, No removable battery, Battery life could be longer, No expandable storage
The Galaxy Note 5 may not feel like a power user's device anymore, but it takes the best of what the Galaxy S6 offered and brings it to a bigger and better package. The stellar display is even better at 5.7-inches, the performance is super smooth and reli...
