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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy Note 5
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy Note 7
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Plus Mobile Phone
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Mobile Phone
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Editiorial reviews
14
4.2 out of 5
7 user ratings
5 stars
28 %
4 stars
71 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
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11
4.4 out of 5
6 user ratings
5 stars
16 %
4 stars
83 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
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0 %
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4.0 out of 5
5 user ratings
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4 stars
100 %
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User rating
38
4.1 out of 5
38 user ratings
5 stars
31 %
4 stars
50 %
3 stars
18 %
2 stars
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0 %
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4.1 out of 5
38 user ratings
5 stars
39 %
4 stars
34 %
3 stars
23 %
2 stars
2 %
1 stars
0 %
37
3.9 out of 5
37 user ratings
5 stars
24 %
4 stars
48 %
3 stars
24 %
2 stars
2 %
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0 %
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4.3 out of 5
36 user ratings
5 stars
44 %
4 stars
41 %
3 stars
11 %
2 stars
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 5.1Android 6.0Android 5.0Android 6.0
CPU clock speed2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
N/A
2.1 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core6-core10-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos Octa 7420Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890
N/A
MediaTek Helio X MT6797
GPU modelARM Mali-T760ARM Mali-T880 MP12
N/A
ARM Mali-T880 MP4
RAM memory4 GB4 GB2 GB
  • 2 GB
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB

Display

Screen size5.7 in5.7 in5.5 in5.5 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M
N/A
16.7M
Panel typeOLEDOLEDOLEDLCD
Resolution2560 x 1440 px1440 x 2560 px1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
Technology
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
AMOLEDSuper AMOLEDIPS TFT
Pixel density518.0 ppi518.0 ppi401.0 ppi401.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass
Touchscreen
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Dual screen support
N/A
no
N/A
no
Scratch resistant display
N/A
yes
N/A
no
HDR
N/A
yes
N/A
no
Multi touch
N/A
yesyes
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture1.9 f1.7 f
N/A
2.0 f
Highest video resolution4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps
N/A
30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)120.0 fps
N/A
N/A
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.5"
N/A
N/A
Video recording
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Autofocus
N/A
yesyesyes
Burst Mode
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Face detection
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyesyes
Gesture Shot
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
HDR Capture
N/A
yesyes
N/A
LED Flash
N/A
yesyesyes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Slow-Mo
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Smile detection
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Touch focus
N/A
yesyesyes

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
64 GB
N/A
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readernoyesyesyes
Types of memory card supportedNo memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
microSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
Maximum card storage
N/A
256GB
N/A
128GB

Design

Colour of product
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Silver
Black
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
N/A
  • Aluminum
  • Metal
Water resistant
N/A
yes
N/A
no
Shock resistant
N/A
no
N/A
no
Dust resistant
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesno
N/A
yes
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIM
N/A
Nano-SIM
Bluetooth version4.14.24.14.2
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
A2DP
N/A
A2DP
Bluetooth codecSBCSBC
N/A
SBC
Charging connection
  • USB
  • Wireless
USB
N/A
USB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
3.0/3.1
N/A
2.0
Video outputMHLNo
N/A
No
DLNA certified
N/A
no
N/A
no
Bluetooth
N/A
yesyesyes
NFC
N/A
yesyesno
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yesyesyes
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
Micro-USB
N/A

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