hi,
For those forum members, who are still undecided about getting Note5. This is my impressions so far.
Got the Note5 yesterday at Gateway
Gold in color. (I also have the Note 2,Note 3,Note 4, all running smoothly with good battery life, ) My original opinion was meh... not much to upgrade...! but i got the Note5 and I have changed my opinion...! The most important point for me is how very smooth and responsive Note5 is , no hiccups) I must admit better than my other Notes devices (facts.... root, tweaks and all ) that i have. Also changing device themes is is also a big plus for me.... (no modding or hacking ) So got some nice black themes for Note5.
So far battery 24 hours plus has been good, (on par with other devices)
So now my opinion overall is, that Note 3, Note 4 are very good phones but Note5 is up there also....
Also got a clear case as to highlight phone's nice shiny back.. (thus, no fingerprint magnet)
good luck.
O, yes just to add the two drawbacks on
Note5, no removable battery and no ext sd card. I had a usb otg adapter and use it. It's is a good alternative /work around for no ext sd. Works fine. (I have two other devices that has no removable battery Htc and Note 8.0 tab, so i have accepted that.. change)