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Top 5 defects of Galaxy Note 5

Galaxy Note 5 vs Galaxy Note 4: what are the missing features? No Micro SD card support, non-removable battery, no IR blaster, smaller battery, and missing Lollipop features.

By Simon 13 Comments · First published on: August 17, 2015 · Last Modified on: August 26, 2015

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1) Update 1: Galaxy Note 5 S Pen is another design defect. If you accidentally insert the Galaxy Note 5 S Pen in wrong direction, Galaxy Note 5 will not be able to detect whether the S Pen is in the slot or not. There are no solutions except visiting service center. Please rad this page for details.
2) Top 5 defects of Galaxy Note 5: 1. No micro SD card support
3) Top 5 defects of Galaxy Note 5: 2. non-removable battery
4) Top 5 defects of Galaxy Note 5: 3. No IR blaster
5) Top 5 defects of Galaxy Note 5: 4. Smaller battery
6) Top 5 defects of Galaxy Note 5: 5. missing Lollipop features
7) What do you think about defects of Galaxy Note 5? What are the missing features you want to see in Galaxy Note 5?

Top_5_defects_of_Galaxy_Note_5Update 1: Galaxy Note 5 S Pen is another design defect.  If you accidentally insert the Galaxy Note 5 S Pen in wrong direction, Galaxy Note 5 will not be able to detect whether the S Pen is in the slot or not. There are no solutions except visiting service center. Please rad this page for details.

As detailed in this post, Galaxy Note 5 comes with some new or improved features, for example, new design with curved glass back, fast wireless charging, improved S pen features, improved camera, more RAM, faster CPU, better fingerprint sensor.

You will surely enjoy these features and the new Galaxy Note 5.

However, it seems Samsung  failed to get some user feedback of the defects or design flaws of Galaxy S6  and Galaxy S6 edge.  Galaxy Note 5 share some similar defects.

This post will try to summarize the top 5 defects in Galaxy Note 5.

Top 5 defects of Galaxy Note 5:  1. No micro SD card support

All previous generations of Galaxy Note devices, including Galaxy Note tablets (Galaxy Note 8.0, Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition and Galaxy Note Pro), have a micro SD card slot for you to expand the storage or to transfer files.

But Galaxy Note 5 stops this trend. Galaxy Note 5 does not support micro SD card. There is no micro SD card slot.

As micro SD card has similar size to SIM card,  micro SD card slot does not necessarily reside inside the phone.

If you have a SIM card slot, then technically, there is no problem to put a micro SD card slot.

One of the excuses of missing SD card slot is that Galaxy Note 5 is using UFS 2.0 storage, which is 3 times faster than eMMC storage. The micro SD card is too slow to match the performance of UFS 2.0 storage.

The truth is in your PC, you very likely have a very fast SSD drive, together with traditional, slower mechanical hard disk. It does not make sense you should throw away your old mechanical disk because of the new SSD drive. They can co-exist and serve different purposes:  SSD for fast access and old disk for storage.

This is same for UFS 2.0 and micro SD card.

Another commonly cited excuse is that most Galaxy Note users do not use SD card at all, based on some stupid market studies.

The truth is you should still buy medical insurance although you haven’t made any claims in last 10 years. 

One of the major factors we choose Samsung Galaxy Note devices is the “choices”.

The reality is Samsung made a wrong decision by removing micro SD card support. They hope they can get enough Galaxy Note 5 users who do not know what they want.

But Galaxy Note 5 will lose many existing Note users who know what choices mean.

Top 5 defects of Galaxy Note 5:  2. non-removable battery

Removable battery is now a luxury for high-end smartphones.

Apple enjoyed the success of embedded non-removable battery in all their devices. The non-removable battery can give them more freedom in internal design.

Now, more and more Android vendors follow this strategy.

But they forget that Apple has an extensive service network with acceptable service standard all over the world.

This means Apple fanboies can replace the battery easily in almost all places. The cost will be relatively similar in all regions. So, it is predictable.

So, how about Samsung? How many Samsung service centers in your area?

Do you know how much they will charge you for replacing the battery 2 years later?

You have no answer, Samsung has no answer.  Nobody has the answer. Maybe, the part is always out of stock and they will suggest you buy a newly released Galaxy Note 7.

Even worse, in some regions, Samsung relies on local distribution agents. Why do they have interest to stock parts for more than 20 different smartphones  that are 2  years old?

Of course, the non-removable battery is due to glass back cover design. It is hard to design a removable glass back cover.

So, the question is whether the glass is a good choice over plastic as in previous Galaxy Note devices.

Although many Galaxy Note owners criticized the plastic back cover. But what they complained is the poor-quality plastic Samsung used.

If you try Motorola or Nokia phones, you will know plastic is not created equally. Motorola even shows us you can customize your $180 Moto G with all-plastic construction.

The reality is that Samsung made another wrong decision to go to glass for the back cover, instead of using better plastics.

Metal is not a good option if wireless charging is needed.

Top 5 defects of Galaxy Note 5:  3. No IR blaster

Surprisingly, Galaxy Note 5 removed the IR blaster, which some of Galaxy Note 4 owners have enjoyed.

Very likely, “most” of Galaxy Note 4 owners never used it. And removing it can save about less than $1 in each device.

And therefore, Samsung decided to remove this feature from Galaxy Note 5 to cater for the mass market who do not know what they want.

As mentioned, this means Samsung slammed the doors to users who know why choices matter.

Top 5 defects of Galaxy Note 5: 4. Smaller battery

Galaxy Note 5 has an identical screen size (5.7″) to Galaxy Note 4.  But the battery capacity is reduced from 3220mAh to 3000mAh.

Probably, Samsung’s home-made 14nm Exynos processor in Galaxy Note 5 may be more power efficient than the 28nm Snapdragon 805 processors in Note 4.

But you should not expect longer battery life than Galaxy Note 4.

This is really bad for heavy users who have problems to access the wall charger often, although you can charge Galaxy Note 5 battery faster

For Galaxy Note 4 owners, you can just prepare a spare battery.  For Galaxy Note 5 owners, you have to learn to save battery and reduce the usage.

Top 5 defects of Galaxy Note 5: 5. missing  Lollipop features

Android allows all sorts of customization.

This makes a colorful Android world. HTC Android phones may have some unique features. LG can customize it to get some unique features.

Samsung is infamous of adding too many useless (sometimes also unique) feature to Android phones.

But the backlash of many half-baked unique features in Galaxy S4 dragged Samsung “back to basics” in Galaxy S5.

Now, Samsung is heading to another extreme. |

They trimmed many useful features in the TouchWiz. Now, they also trim some Android features.

Some excellent Android Lollipop features were removed in Samsung Galaxy Note 5 as they did for Galaxy S6.  This is surely another defect of Galaxy Note 5.

Here are a few examples:

  • no guest user support. Android Lollipop offers guest user mode and multiple users in smartphones. This makes device sharing easier and safer. But you cannot find these features in Galaxy Note 5.
  • no multiple user support.
  • messed notification and interruption system. Although Android Lollipop notification and interruption system received some negative feedback, it is still the best notification system compared to iOS, Windows phone. In Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Samsung implemented a hybrid of new notification system and the old one. It simply makes more confusions for new users.

What do you think about defects of Galaxy Note 5? What are the missing features you want to see in Galaxy Note 5?

Please share your thoughts in the comment box below.

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  1. Dan says

    November 18, 2020 at 3:47 pm

    Totally agree with the post, the Note 5 was, without a doubt, the biggest downgrade in the Galaxy Note phone series.

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  2. Micha says

    December 9, 2015 at 4:46 pm

    Is it possible to continually scroll through the pages on the phone without needing to backup and reverse at the last page.

    Reply
    • Simon says

      December 10, 2015 at 12:45 am

      No, you cannot. You will be stopped in the leftmost and rightmost pages in Note 5. This is a “new” feature in TouchWiz since S6.


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    • Jerry Rodd says

      January 4, 2016 at 6:55 pm

      I beg to differ. Defects for the way I use these phones. I preordered the first Note Cell. So I was as bad as an Apple Fanboy, being the first one to show up on release day to acquire that big guy. I remember when the phone guy set it in my hand. I thought to myself, “WHAT HAVE I DONE”. That thing was scary huge. By days end, I was smiling ear to ear.

      The fact my fantasic display was 2.25 times larger then the current 3.5″ iPhone, 16gb standard memory, (Apple had 8gb and charged $100 to go the 16gb. Apple charged $99 to replace the battery, they only had 3g with a max possible 21mb download speed. The Note was my 2nd 4G on ATT was hitting up to 49mbs down. I popped in a 64gb micro sd and that Note was King of the Hill.

      Sorry, I use a 128gb sd now, and since the Android Wear LG smart watch, with Location and Blutooth on constantly, I change batteries by 3pm daily. I require an SD card, for 2 reasons. The amount of data I carry and the ability of grabbing the sd card from my mp3 player when the battery dies, inserting it into the phone in order to hear the end of a book..I had to pass on the Note 5.

      The real reason, I believe, that Sammy chucked the swappable battery, was because they were tired of the goofy writers always beating up on the plastic backs. Who cares, I put on an elegant case, several actually, and the thin plastic or carbon whatever cover popped off for a quick battery change. Who wants to carry a thick portable power block and cord to keep the phone going.

      So I was hoping the 950XL was going to live up to the rumor and be inkable. Bummer. A digital pen is imperative for me, I have owned every Note tablet ever made. Now Sammy has not produced a high end Note S Pen tablet for almost 2 years. I have a Surface Pro 3, but not the best for simple web duties.

      After realising how pure and simple the Windows Lumia 640 LTE was to use, I am hoping for a Surface phone with the features I require to release before my Note 3 dies. Or I will use a Note 4 until something shakes loose.

      But those missing features are “defects” for my needs.

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      • Simon says

        January 5, 2016 at 12:54 am

        Thank you for sharing your thoughts.


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  3. Ed Sc says

    November 11, 2015 at 9:08 pm

    Sorry for the typos. My Galaxy tablet has almost QUADRUPLE the screen real estate (not double). Batter is meant to be battery and hopefully you will forgive the other typos and see what I am saying. I just want to inform people who look forward to this marvelous device (which it would be with a decent battery) to go through the hassle of purchasing or leasing, activating, data transfer, etc., only to find the battery is inadequate for the device and IMO I should not have to turn off the features that make this device a great device because of Samsung’s scrimping on the battery. If plugging it in every few hours to use the great features does not bother you, go for it. But if you expect to go away for a weekend without a power outlet to charge the phone you will be SOL in day 2 unless you turn off virtually everything on the phone. And the 101.99 MB update that is supposed to fix the cell standby battery drain DOES NOT WORK.

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    • Simon says

      November 12, 2015 at 12:59 am

      Thank you for sharing your experiences with Note 5.

      I am not impressed with the battery life of Note 5 either. It’s also stupid to eliminate removable battery with glass back. But the battery life, based on my usage, is still comparable to most other flagship android phones (e.g., HTC One M9, LG G 4, Moto X Pure edition, Nexus 6…). I normally can get 3 -5 hours screen time with almost all features on. This is usually enough.

      The poor battery life problem you encountered is primarily due to some issues with software and apps. Turning on/off WiFi or mobile data frequently actually may use more battery. A lot of settings are actually counter- intuitive for battery saving.

      If I were you, I would backup there phone and try to reset the phone. If you don’t want to reset, you can try to clear cache partition by following this guide http://gadgetguideonline.com/galaxys6/samsung-galaxy-s6-guides/how-to-boot-into-galaxy-s6-recovery-mode/


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  4. Ed Sc says

    November 11, 2015 at 8:54 pm

    I would call these bad design decisions but they are decisions that will cause me to never buy another Samsung smartphone. The number 1 issue is the pitiful battery life. Sure, one can get the batter to live longer than 16 hours and even eke it out to perhaps 27-30 hours. What this means is that a lot of the features we have come to take for granted in smart phones either have to be turned off completely or severly curtailed (which you cannot do with this device and Lollipop; sync is either on or off – no setting the polling to 2 hours instead of constantly, to save battery). The brightness of the beautiful screen has to be dialed down to 10%, which is barely viewable except in a dark room or closet. Some of the S-Pen features have to be disabled. Location services (even gross area) have to be turned off so you are constantly turning location on or off to accommodate apps that need it such as Google maps, sky, etc. Wifi and bluetooth have to be disabled so taking advantage of free wifi hotspots for calling and data have to be turned off which means your plan is going to deliver the data, and in these days of limited data plans it means a lot of the data features have to be either turned off or watched like a hawk (how do you turn off push updates without turning data off completely) lest you be hit with a $500 bill for data overages. Samsung listed in some of its promotional materials screen on time (SOT) of 12 hours. Ha!! At 10% brightness and virtually everything else turned off on the phone I have yet to break 6 hours! That is a specific performance contract issue. With the glass back it requires the use of a super protective, bulky case to protect it from minor drops lest it shatter. The “cell radio standby” uses more power than the screen! This is simply unacceptable. Why is that radio burning up all that power when the phone is in standby mode? Not to sound paranoid, but is has occurred to me that it allows for the transmission and receipt of data I may not want transmitted. In a couple charge cycles 50% of the battery consumption was the CELL RADIO STANDBY. My old Motorola Droid Razr Maxx can still go 6 days and have enough charge left to make a few phone calls, on the original battery which is pushing 5 years old. I maintain the Note 5 is not a MOBILE phone, but a PORTABLE phone as you move from charging spot to charging spot where it can be plugged in. If one cannot use all the advertised features because lack of sufficient battery power of what use are they? If you go camping for a weekend I guess you better be prepared to run your engine at least a couple hours a few times or take along a portable generator just to charge the phone. Again, this was no worry with my Motorola Droid Razr Maxx (rooted after warranty expiration and running the same OS as the Galaxy Note 5) and I could easily take a 4 day weekend starting with 100% charge and return on Tuesday with more than 20% charge remaining, this without having to perform the mental calculus of which features to curtail or turn off each time I used the device, because basically the only features I’d have to watch were wifi and bluetooth but that said, plenty of times I forgot to turn off wifi and/or bluetooth and would not notice it until 3 days later and the Maxx would still have ample power. Beware the listed storage capacity because it is not even CLOSE to what the device actually has available to the user. I bought the 64 gb version and only 51 gigs were available! 13 gigs for OS and other system storage? If you buy the 32 gig model you will probably have only 22 gigs available. This is absurd. Again, this is a specific performance contract issue. These devices have at least 20% of their internal storage (the ONLY storage) occupied with who knows what. The OS uses only a fraction of that. My Balaxy tab pro 12.2 is a fabulous device that I can get 2 days out of a charge with moderate to heavy use and 12 hours screen on time. It has almost double the screen real estate of the Note 5 (and a resolution of 2560 x 1600 so a lot of pixels) so why can’t Samsung put a battery in its high end phones that lasts like the ones in their tablets? I have 3 of their tablets and the screen on time and performance is fantastic, With the Note 5 I have to turn off so much stuff I am left with essentially a dumb phone with a touchscreen, and for the $$ paid this is unacceptable. I know a lot of people who love this device maybe angered by my comments but if a REASONABLE (i.e at least 24 HOURS; preferrably 36-48) time period between charges with features like wifi, bluetooth, sync, location services, etc., cannot be accomplished this is just a Mazerati with a 3 gallon gas tank. I don’t want my phone’s inadequate battery force me to constantly be on the lookout for charging stations or to carry multiple external portable chargers just so I can go a weekend without having to worry if I need to use the phone. Had I not been really sick during the end of the 14 day return period I would have returned the device and gotten a Moto X Style or some other device. This is my first Samsung phone. It will be my last Samsung phone.

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  5. Shane says

    September 15, 2015 at 4:07 pm

    The only real defect on my note 5 is when I hit the “call” button, most of the time the call doesn’t send. I literally have to try like 10 or more times just to make a phone call. Some times “double tapping ” it works though.

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  6. John says

    September 10, 2015 at 4:01 pm

    Not defects! They may be missing “features” but are in no way defects.

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    • Simon says

      September 11, 2015 at 2:40 am

      It depends on your viewpoint. For most existing Galaxy Note users, these are serious design flaws, not just missing features.


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      • Michael says

        January 28, 2016 at 3:04 pm

        Totally agree. Crazy design flaw/defects indeed. I totally depended on the micro SD to carry around my media library with me when I travel on the road, and I have quite a few of these cards with different media loaded, depending on my mood. I have been doing this for the last few NOtes, 2 and 3 and then 4. I upgraded to the note 5 when it was launched, in part for its beautiful screen, before I realized the some “geniuses” had REMOVED the micro SD card slot ! Now my travel media library is totally useless to me.
        If they do not put the micro SD card slot back with their next Note, this will likely be my the LAST NOTE I play with.

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        • Michael says

          January 28, 2016 at 3:10 pm

          And did I mention I was stuck with the 32GB model which was the ONLY model available at launch (And for a few months afterwards). A big chunk of which was already occupied by useless pre loaded bloatware, leaving little for my actual use.

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  • AirPods 3 vs AirPods 2: Top 8 improvements and new features of AirPods 3
  • How to Use and Adjust Force Sensor on AirPods Pro like a Pro?

RSS Google Home Guides

  • Understand the layout of Nest Hub (including Nest Hub 2nd Gen, Google Home Hub)
  • How to connect Google Home to a Bluetooth speaker?
  • Google Home Mini Guides
  • How to reset Google Home Mini?
  • Google Home Mini layout and buttons
  • How to customize Google Home settings?
  • How to change Google Home WiFi network settings?
  • Meaning of Google Home LED lights (and colors)

RSS Android Guides

  • Android 13 Guides
  • Top 10 New Features of Android 13
  • Extra Dim in Android 12: The Definite Guide
  • How to update to Android 12?
  • How to quickly snooze notifications in Android 12?
  • Android 12 Guides
  • Top 12 new features of Android 12 you should know
  • How to use notification history and notification logs in Android 11?
  • How to use native screen recorder in Android 11?
  • How to use dark theme scheduling in Android 11?

RSS Galaxy S8 Guides

  • How to use the new features in Android Pie update for Galaxy S8 and S8+?
  • How to use app shortcuts in Galaxy S8 Home screen in Android Oreo update for Galaxy S8 and S8+?
  • Use notification dots/notification number badge in Galaxy S8 Android Oreo update
  • How to Install Galaxy S8 Android Oreo Update for Galaxy S8 and S8+?
  • New status icons in Android Oreo update for Galaxy S8 and S8+

RSS Moto G Guide

  • Moto G8 vs Moto G8 Power vs Moto G8 Power Lite vs Moto G Power vs Moto G Stylus vs Moto G Pro vs Moto G fast: What are the differences?
  • Moto G8 User Manual for Moto G8 Plus and Moto G8 Play
  • Moto G8 Plus vs Moto G8 Play: Differences and common features
  • Official Moto G7 user manual
  • Moto G7 vs Moto G7 Play vs Moto G7 Plus vs Moto G7 Power: what are the differences?

RSS Moto X Phone

  • Official Moto X4 User manual (User guide for Moto X 4th Gen , Moto X 2017)
  • What’s new in Android Marshmallow update for Moto X (Moto X 2015, Moto X 2014, Moto X Style and Moto X Pure edition)?
  • Top 5 new features in Moto X 2015 (Moto X Style, Moto X Pure edition and Moto X Play) vs Moto X 2014

RSS Moto E Guide

  • How to use Moto E6 camera?
  • How to use SIM cards on Moto E6, E6 Plus, E6 Play, and E6s 2020?
  • How to remove Moto E6 back cover (including Moto E6, Moto E6 Plus, Moto E6 Play)?

RSS Kindle Fire For Kids Guide

  • How to Use Dark Theme on Fire Tablets with Fire OS 8?
  • How to use Quick Settings on Fire tablets?
  • How to take a screenshot on a Fire tablet without using any apps like a pro?

RSS All About Chromecast

  • How to use Chromecast Ultra to stream 4K contents?
  • Chromecast Preview Program: Everything you need to know
  • How to use Chromecast Audio multi-room group playback?

RSS Galaxy S6 Guide

  • Android Nougat Update Guide for Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge and Galaxy S6 edge+
  • Official Galaxy S6 user manual with Android Nougat update
  • Changes on waiting time for wrong input on Galaxy S6 lock screen in Android Marshmallow update

RSS Galaxy S7 Guides

  • How to use Galaxy S7 blue light filter in Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Nougat update?
  • How to use screen zoom to adjust the size of icons, notifications, and lock screen keypads in Android Nougat update for Galaxy S7 and S7 edge?
  • Top 7 new features in Android Nougat update for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge
  • How to use volume key to take photos in Galaxy S7 camera app?
  • How to disable and adjust touch button light in Galaxy S7 and S7 edge?

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RSS Samsung Galaxy S4

  • Galaxy S4 KitKat update: top 12 new features and improvements
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 User Manual in Persian (Farsi)

RSS Galaxy S5 Guide

  • Samsung Galaxy S5 Android Lollipop Update Guide
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 Android Lollipop User Guide (PDF)
  • How to use Galaxy S5 camera voice control?

RSS Chinese Classical Music

  • How to Cast Chinese Music Radio to Chromecast or Google Home?
  • 十面埋伏 (Ambushed,Pipa,琵琶曲,Shi Mian Mai Fu)
  • 高山流水(High Mountain and Running River, Gao Shan Liu Shui, Guzheng, 古筝曲)
  • Meet in Yurt(敖包相会, Ao Bao Xiang Hui,Hulusi,葫芦丝)

RSS Drive In Singapore

  • Top 5 rules of driving in Singapore safely and legally during COVID-19 Circuit Breaker period
  • Understand COE Price by 10 Simple Questions
  • How to convert a foreign driving license to a Singapore driving license?
  • How to get a Touch ‘n Go card as a Singapore driver?
  • What is covered in the car warranty in Singapore? What is not?
  • What is the Singapore Road Speed Limit?
  • How to register, collect and use Malaysia Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP)?
  • Why are cars in Singapore are so expensive?
  • Drive to Malaysia
  • Car Maintenance and Servicing in Singapore

RSS Funny Jokes

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RSS Free Hosting Answers!

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  • How to create a 404 page?

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