As the saying goes, bigger is always better and nothing says it more than big screen phones, or better known as phablets. It’s not surprise then that this year’s Samsung Unpacked would be the stage of the unveiling of the company’s hero phablet, the Galaxy Note 5. That’s not all that’s been revealed as Samsung has also decided to show off its other, non-stylus phablet, the Galaxy S6 Edge +.
So what can we expect from these two phabulous smartphones? First of we do expect some decent performance and that comes in the form of Samsung’s Octo-core Exynos 7420 processor which in some early hands-on has managed to hit a great 67,000 AnTuTu benchmark points. That’s not all. There’s a whopping 4GB of RAM installed so you won’t have to worry about either phablets crashing when you open too many apps.
Pure power performance isn’t the only thing that we’re expecting though. As expected from phablets, both the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge + come with a decently large 5.7-inch screen. It’s interesting to note (don’t mind the pun) however that Samsung has decided to push out a phablet version of the S6 flagship out. Hopefully they won’t be eating into the Note 5’s market or vice versa.
Aside from the large screen there’s of course both phablet’s screen quality. With both sporting a Quad HD Super AMOLED screen with 518 ppi, you’re bound to be wowed watching HD movies on them. We can’t forget the “Edge” moniker on the S6 Edge +, and like it’s smaller sibling, it does come with a curved edged screen on the side and this time round, it comes with Apps Edge which allows you to put 5 app shortcuts within a thumb’s reach.
And where the Galaxy S6 Edge + has its side edge screens, the Galaxy Note 5 comes with its signature S-Pen which now can released via a push eject mechanism. Let’s not forget the accompanying features that it’ll work with like Action Memo and Screen Write and increasing pressure sensitivity.
How about battery life? Both phablets come with pretty large 3000 mAh battery which should last both devices a pretty long time (we’ll have to test them to be sure of course) and with the devices’ Adaptive Fast Charging, you can expect that large battery to go full in 90 minutes. Not a fan of wires? Then you could still pony up a little more for the wireless charger though a full charge would take slightly longer at around 120 minutes.
Then lets not forget about the looks. The S6 Edge + follows the same design as its smaller sibling so there isn’t much changed there aside from the size. The Note 5 however is not encased in metal and glass, what seems to the be the favourite premium material of choice for smartphone makers now.
Last but not least we come to the camera. We of course expect the best and we do get it with a 16-megapixel sensor on the back with Optical Image Stabilisation coupled with a 5-megapixel front camera.
Both the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge + are expected to hit Malaysia as early as first week of September.
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