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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Mobile Phone
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14
4.2 out of 5
7 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
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4.3 out of 5
11 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
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3 stars
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4.3 out of 5
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5 stars
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4 stars
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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
0 %
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4.4 out of 5
38 user ratings
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34 %
3 stars
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4.1 out of 5
38 user ratings
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36 %
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18 %
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 5.1Android 5.0Android 6.0
CPU clock speed2.1 GHz2.1 GHz2.15 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-coreQuad-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos Octa 7420Samsung Exynos Octa 7420Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996
GPU modelARM Mali-T760ARM Mali-T760Qualcomm Adreno 530
RAM memory4 GB3 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.7 in5.1 in5.1 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution2560 x 1440 px2560 x 1440 px2560 x 1440 px
Technology
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • Quad HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Super AMOLED
Pixel density518.0 ppi576.0 ppi576.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
Touchscreen
N/A
yesyes
Dual screen support
N/A
no
N/A
Scratch resistant display
N/A
yes
N/A
HDR
N/A
no
N/A
Multi touch
N/A
yesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture1.9 f1.9 f1.7 f
Highest video resolution4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)120.0 fps60.0 fps
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.6"
N/A
Focus adjustment
N/A
Automatic
N/A
Video recording
N/A
yes
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
1280 x 720 px
N/A
Autofocus
N/A
yesyes
Burst Mode
N/A
yes
N/A
Digital zoom
N/A
yes
N/A
Face detection
N/A
yesyes
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyes
Gesture Shot
N/A
yes
N/A
HDR Capture
N/A
yesyes
LED Flash
N/A
yesyes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
Slow-Mo
N/A
yes
N/A
Smile detection
N/A
yesyes
Touch focus
N/A
yesyes
Number of rear cameras
N/A
N/A
1

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Number of front cameras
N/A
N/A
1

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readernonoyes
Types of memory card supportedNo memory slotNo memory slotmicroSD
Maximum card storage
N/A
N/A
256GB

Design

Colour of product
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Green
  • Blue
Grey
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Aluminum
N/A
Water resistant
N/A
noyes
Shock resistant
N/A
noyes
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Height6.03 in5.59 in5.86 in
Width3.0 in2.76 in2.95 in
Depth0.3 in0.28 in0.39 in
Weight6.03 oz4.66 oz6.53 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnono
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
Bluetooth version4.14.14.2
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
N/A
Bluetooth codecSBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
N/A
Charging connection
  • USB
  • Wireless
  • USB
  • Wireless
N/A
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.0
N/A
Video outputMHLMHL
N/A
DLNA certified
N/A
yes
N/A
Bluetooth
N/A
yesyes
NFC
N/A
yesyes
Type of USB connector
N/A
Micro-USBMicro-USB
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yes
N/A

Cellular

Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
LTE frequencies
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
Streaming standardsMiracastGoogle Cast
N/A
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)
N/A
yesyes
Data transmission
N/A
  • EDGE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • LTE Advanced
HSPA+
Navigation system
N/A
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
GPS
2G GSM
N/A
yesyes
3G UMTS
N/A
yes
N/A
4G LTE
N/A
yesyes
Mobile hotspot
N/A
yesyes

Battery

Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh2600.0 mAh4000.0 mAh
Standby time336.0 h302.0 h384.0 h
Talk time21.0 h18.0 h32.0 h
Wireless charging standard
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
N/A
Replaceable battery
N/A
no
N/A
Fast charging
N/A
yes
N/A
Wireless charging
N/A
yesyes

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