>That's another rub against the new Samsungs for me
>too....glass looks good...but it's probably the WORST choice
>in material for a phone!

on the Note 5/S6 Edge+, the glass looks especially good. but I'd have to keep that in some kind of case. you'd be continually wiping it down, or it falls out of your hands, etc.

the material on the iPhone and other such sealed phones don't have that problem.

>I'm really not in the market right now since my Note 4 is only
>a year old...but yeah, by the time next fall rolls around...I
>will indeed be checking for the LG V11 if they continue down
>the path they're on.

Note 4 is still my favorite Samsung phone. I was going to get one on my last upgrade, but my phone died before it came out.

What I like about it (still) is that you get the good parts of the S5, on a larger phone, with less of the BS. If you're coming from a 2011 model phone like I was when I got the S5, the S5 will seem godlike. nowadays, 16GB storage all dedicated when you have to keep a lot of apps (for productivity/work reasons) isn't enough. Thankfully, microSD is still an option on that phone, so that you can keep your "junk" away from the apps... but it doesn't help the apps all that much.

thankfully, the Note 4 was a 32GB phone.

So is the Note 5. The problem is that many US carriers did NOT take the higher storage options for this phone. and some territories don't even sell it. If you could get that phone in 64GB or 128GB that really would justify taking the plunge.

(but then again, I have a bias: if you're gonna take away expandable storage on an Android phone, then it's best to go Nexus or GTFO)

>One review I read about the Nexus 6P really pointed out some
>shortcomings that I hadn't even thought of.
>(http://www.anandtech.com/show/9820/the-google-nexus-6p-review)
>He talks about how the stock android doesn't really have the
>ability to take full advantage of large screens, whereas folks
>like Samsung (and LG i think) are optimizing their models to
>scale on screen text in a way that maximizes the size and
>resolution capabilities of the larger format...also the whole
>multi-tasking thing (which I personally don't care for). I did
>notice on my boys Nexus 6(moto), it's a big ass screen...but
>then the interface is all chunky too...almost like when old
>folks be having 27" monitors with the resolution at like
>900x400...just tragic...lol

Yeah. Stock Android is in many cases a template.

I wish you could get that experience with minimal-to-no-bloat AND an experience that matches the hardware in most if not all aspects. Off-contract, non-carrier specific Moto phones do this, but they usually fall flat in the camera space.

I wish that the big Android manufacturers could afford to stiff-arm the carriers to avoid the bloatware.

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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