You comments are on point, this part is critical:

“from what i could find, you cannot normally (without rooting) view individual Samsung Notes files. they are hidden inside the phone. as well, you cannot choose to discard changes in a Samsung Note file, it is automatically saved when you exit a note. S Note on the other hand had individual files for every note, and you could create a personal backup of your notes.”

I feel very insecure not being able to backup every note, knowing where it is located and that I can back it up on my own hardware.

I have a Note 10+ and a Tab S6 and I did install S Note from the Galaxy Store, it was available as well as the extension packs.

Correction: The “S Note” app does allow to export to PDF on Android 6 and Android 10. But not to Word or Powerpoint.

I will add the following:

-The post is quite relevant still today (2020-11-18)

-Yesterday I discovered I can install “S Note” on my Note 10+ as well as in my Tab S6, from Galaxy Store. I was really happy to know this and I immediately installed the app and all the related packs on both devices. I previously thought S Note was no longer available for newer phones and Samsung Notes had replaced it.

-I also have a fully functional Galaxy Note 4 with Android 6.0.1, I installed the latest version of S Note available for it with all the extension packs, and it does have the extra functions on S Note just like you’ve shown here (Action memo, Photo Note, Easy chart, Idea sketch). Still a great phone and even more considering this S Note app, hugely better than the much older S Note app I had on Android 4.

-The last version of Samsung Notes as of today (2020-11-18) does have many functions you say it doesn’t have, they were incorporated in the preceding months. I can say Samsung Notes has at least these features:

-Layers, you can send things to front or back. However, I havent seen an option to adjust the transparency of each layer, in neither software (Note 4 “S Note”, Note 10+ “S Note” and Note 10+ “Samsung Notes”). Maybe it’s there but I can’t see this transparency option.
-Shape recognition mode, similar to that of S Note, ie you draw a freehand rectangle and it’s transformed into a perfectly straight rectangle.
-Pages, a few versions back Samsung Notes incorporated the posibility to write in finite pages instead of doing everything in one infinite page.
-It has a function similar to Magnified Notes (in spanish it’s called “Panel de escritura fácil” something like “Easy write panel”).
-You can also manually convert your drawing or writing into text, BUT not into formula, or shape.

There are still several features missing on Samsung Notes compared to S Note, but some have been implemented as I listed.

Also Salmsung Notes has features (some of them highly relevant) not available on S Note. The most important I know of is saving to PDF, Word and Powerpoint formats.

One of the most impressive features of these apps is the search function, it will search text on handwritten and typed text on all your notes, and the search speed, even if you have hundreds of notes, is EXTREMELY fast, not only in the latest phones/tablets, also on older devices like the Note 4.

Great content on this site BTW!

Will add a few additional items to the desirable features of future Note devices, as I said, if any new models are ever released:

-Efficient high performance processor and ONE PROCESSOR FOR ALL flagship Notes. We don’t like the “Exynos / Snapdragon” thing that’s happening behind the non-informed customers backs. All Notes should perform the same and should be equally energy efficient.

-Keep the big RAM size, 12GB ór 16GB, no less.

-Maybe make the device a little thicker, with a bigger battery, like 6000 mAh or above.

-It’s the last Galaxy Note device with a removable battery, a VERY IMPORTANT feature for power users and people that want their devices to last for many years. This feature also allows the Note 4 to be almost instantly recharged to 100% by swapping batteries, which for the current phone market, is a notable feat.

-It has microSD card slot, compatible with huge card sizes (I think it even works with 512GB cards). This is a game changing feature because it allows to greatly expand the phone capabilities and even allows this currently “old” phone from 2014 to have the same storage capacity than the most expensive 2020 iPhone.

-It has a flat screen, again, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT feature for the S Pen users, because the S Pen loses usability with a curved edges phone (ie Galaxy Note 4 Edge and Galaxy Note 8 and above).

The three features above are in my opinion the most important features that were lost over time, and only the microSD card slot was recovered later on the top of the line, flagship Note models of subsequent years (I’m not counting the “non ultra” Note 20 in this category, only the true flagships).

Other important features that were lost over time and the Note 4 had:

-The 3.5 mm headphone jack, a universal connector lost from Note 10/10+ on. Yes you can connect USB-C headphones and yes you can buy a USB-C to 3.5 mm jack dongle, but out of the box the phone is less versatile.

-A fully capable S Note app. The latest Note phones (10, 10+, 20, 20 Ultra) don’t come with S Note pre installed; you can install it from the Galaxy Store BUT some features are no longer available. The following S Note app features are not present on these newer phones: Insert Photo Note, Scrapbook, Easy Chart (lets you insert and edit table, bar, line and circular charts), Idea Sketch (lets you insert tons of downloadable pre-drawn very detailed sketches like animals, planes, ships, cars, food, sports, buildings, furniture, body parts and a large etc., you can resize and colour these sketches). Nowadays the main notes app is “Samsung Notes” instead of “S Note”. Samsung Notes is a great app, but it doesn’t have these features of the older app.

-Infrared beam capability, it was forever lost after the Note 4. With this you can control a TV, projector, air conditioner, and many other remotely controlled devices, straight from your Note 4.

-The ruggedness. If you had a decent case, for example the Spigen Tough Armor, the Note 4 was a considerably rugged phone, that is, it could survive many falls without a scratch, at least on a flat floor. Nowadays, with the very large curved screen and the glass back, the flagship Notes look much more fragile even with a comparable case on.

What I’d like to see on future Note devices (if any new models are ever released):

-Removable battery. I know it’s against the “mainstream phone design philosophy” these days, but I don’t care. This feature is very important, even if you lose IP certification, even if you need a durable plastic back.
-Completely flat screen. It’s equally important as a removable battery, it improves S Pen usability dramatically, also improves on-screen keyboard usability.
-A not so tall screen, and make it slighly wider. The keyboard usability would increase a lot (more space between keys, all keys on flat surface, bigger spacebar) and the phone would be less fragile.
-A much more rugged device. Something that doesn’t shatter or break when falling to a hard flat floor. I think ruggedness is more important than sofistication.
-microSD card slot supporting from smallest to biggest storage size available on the market.
-Big telezoom camera like the N20U or better, maybe with a bigger sensor for better quality.
-The 3.5 mm heaphone jack
-Reduce the latency on wireless DeX (an incredibly amazing feature, this is future stuff!). Provide a dongle or adapter sold separately if necessary, for the lowest possible latency.
-Continue supporting and improving Samsung Notes. Currently it has great new features not previously avalilable on S Notes, like exporting to MS Word, MS Powerpoint, PDF, Text file, etc. This app is of paramount importance on the Galaxy Note phones and Galaxy Tabs.

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We do update outdated contents regularly. It seems the plugin showing the last update time field was deactivated inadvertently. I will enable it.

But anyway, for Samsung Notes vs S Note, this post is still relevant.

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