Additional features include a fingerprint reader inside the Home button and the all-important S Pen stylus.īeing in the display business, Samsung's customers have come to expect more from its smartphones and the Note 5 Dual SIM does not disappoint. Also available is wireless charging, with a dock that sells separately. The front-facing camera is a 5MP unit but again sports an f/1.9 aperture and can also pull video.Ĭonnectivity options include dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v4.2, NFC and microUSB v2.0 port. On the back we have a 16MP sensor with a bright f/1.9 aperture, OIS, and an LED flash. It runs on Android 5.1 with the familiar TouchWiz UI atop it. There's 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 32GB of internal storage that sadly cannot be expanded. Inside we have an Exynos 7420 chipset with an Octa-core processor clocked at 2.1GHz and a Mali-T760MP8 holding the fort for the graphics. This includes a brilliant 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560x1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display with a screen made of Corning's Gorilla Glass 4. As for the features, the Galaxy Note 5 Duos packs in everything under the sun. The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Dual SIM packs in plenty of punch and adds some more with a dual SIM slots, something that many power users may have been waiting for. We would have preferred if these were thicker as they often ended up feeling a bit too sharp that makes it even more uncomfortable to press them every time. What we also did not like were the fine buttons that have the thickness of a staple pin. While glass surface on the front sports an oleophobic coating (that does its best to repel fingerprints) the back was a greasy mess that also made the smartphone slippery and hard to grip. The design looked modern with minimal bezels and curved back, it was not all that practical in day-to-day use. Next to the loudspeaker sits the S pen stylus. Topside we have the camera module flanked by heart-rate monitor and the LED flash.Īt the top edge we simply have secondary mic and a slot that reveals the dual SIM card tray.Īt the bottom we get a 3.5mm headphone jack, microUSB port and the speaker grille accompanied by the primary microphone. On the back we have another slab of glass, but this time it is curved at the edges delivering a look that is similar to the front face of the S6 edge. At the bottom end we have the home button that also features the fingerprint reader flanked by the capacitive multi-tasking and back keys. On the top is the receiver with the LED notification lamp, proximity and ambient light sensor on the left and the front facing camera on the right. On the front we get a massive glass slab with the display taking up 5.7 inches of real estate. The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Dual follows the footsteps of the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge with a metal frame sandwiched between two glass panels. Still then, it is no slouch being the bigger older brother, but as our review points out, we did have a few problems with its design and to an extent its battery life. While the dual SIM variant did arrive a bit late, there is still plenty of time till the next Samsung Note smartphone arrives (around September) so it does make sense to consider one if you are a Note fan or are looking for a flagship smartphone with a stylus and dual SIM.Įven though it sports one of the faster chipsets currently available (yet a year old), the newer Exynos chipset will soon be dethroned by Samsung's very own Galaxy S7 series. After launching the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 in September 2015, Samsung eventually gave in and delivered to power users the Note 5 Dual SIM in January 2016.
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