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[Q] nexus 4 performance:? and question before buying this phone

im going to but a phone in 1 month but my current choice is nexus 4 but can anyone tell me about your or... nexus 4 performance? and if u can give me games fps? and should i worry about nexus 4 getting old because almost 1 year ago from this phones announce
and does games graphics change in devices (like dark night rises or nova 3 graphics is same on nexus 4 and htc one:?)

I use PA rom with Semaphore kernel and got 21500 on Antutu (not oc). I play now D-Day without any problem. Very smooth.

kamranhaghighi said:
im going to but a phone in 1 month but my current choice is nexus 4 but can anyone tell me about your or... nexus 4 performance? and if u can give me games fps? and should i worry about nexus 4 getting old because almost 1 year ago from this phones announce
and does games graphics change in devices (like dark night rises or nova 3 graphics is same on nexus 4 and htc one:?)
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Performance is brilliant, the Adreno 320 really is a great GPU. You won't find any frame drops because normally it'll remain at almost 60FPS unless thermal throttling is having an effect. The Nexus 4 is nowhere near a year old, dunno where you got that from. It's been just over 7 months since announcement, 6 from the actual release. Certain apps may have 'Tegra 3' enhancements but they're unnoticeable and if you really want them there are some tweaks you can perform to get them. As for the games you mentioned I think the graphics should be the same across all devices.

and battery life in normal use: ever 2 days (3 hours 40m screen)
1 day 12 hours (5hrs screen)

thanks all im going to buy this anyway Google I/O is tommorow i realized if any nexus coming this year it most be tomorrow and thanks a lot!!!

oh and if i overclock it (if) how hot it gets? if u have done and does overclocking decrease phone life? if yes how much:?
i had sensation and i over clocked it to 1.8 for fun just a while my hands got bruned and turned red i redected speed to 1.5!

trust me, nexus 4 is the fastest phone you ever had. no lags at games, totally great multitasking, flawless playing of HD video..

Mine is so fricken fast that I have smoke coming out of it!

Hasn't been a year!! Was released in November
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sorry! tough it was a year!
anyway 6months is also a little bit long...

kamranhaghighi said:
thanks all im going to buy this anyway Google I/O is tommorow i realized if any nexus coming this year it most be tomorrow and thanks a lot!!!
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Nexus phones aren't usually announced at Google IO, normally there announced quite late in the year.
kamranhaghighi said:
oh and if i overclock it (if) how hot it gets? if u have done and does overclocking decrease phone life? if yes how much:?
i had sensation and i over clocked it to 1.8 for fun just a while my hands got bruned and turned red i redected speed to 1.5!
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There's no need to over clock and I'm certain this phone will be faster than the sensation without over clock
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I would get the N4, unless you can wait 6 months for the new one to release. nothing beats the $337 in US with tax and shipping.

thanks i saw a lot of movies in my phone

i will get the n4 ^_^
even if new nexus announce in 6 months i will sell it

anyway i had a note-n7000 it was dualcore 1.4 it was completely horrible even weren't able to load its own touchwis it lag a lot and also had a lot of problems while my sensation whitout over cloack(1.2) had no problem and were running n.o.v.a 3 and ashphalt whitout any problem or lags but just load some apps slowly

wow i also saw notification Led can change colur its too cool

Nigeldg said:
Nexus phones aren't usually announced at Google IO, normally there announced quite late in the year.
There's no need to over clock and I'm certain this phone will be faster than the sensation without over clock
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anyway as im going to buy this soon can u give me some good roms

Of course I can, good ROMs are all here

i mean best theres almsot mroe than 50 roms! and my net is limited and speed is 25kb! so can download one only

Paranoid Android is the best one, IMHO
Also the N4 is going to smoke your Sensation and Note together.
I went from the Galaxy S3 to Nexus 4 and the speed increase is amazing, double the Antutu score and feels way less laggy than my T999

I have come back to Note 2 from S4

I got my S4 on day of release, and have just, yesterday, swapped it back for a Note 2 (plus cash).
I had a Note 2 before the S4 and I liked the size of the screen etc.
I was impressed with the S4, but after a while I noticed a few things that actually annoyed me intensely with it.
Battery life is awful. It would last only around 5 hours, and that was not doing a lot, and would drop from 100% to around <10% in such a short time.
The heat issues the S4 have are incredible, especially when charging. I actually wondered if one day the thing would burst in to flames.
It would be uncomfortable to hold at times, especially on a warm day. It seemed to exacerbate the problem.
Another thing, the screen in direct sunlight. Even though it would be set at the highest brightness, it still would not be bright enough, and because it would get warm, it would dim the display more to "save it"
I guess that's AMOLED for ya.
The Note 2 I have now, I got it at around 12 pm yesterday, and after setting it all up how I like it, programs, themes etc, after around 5 hours unplugged, it had only used around 16%. That was after messing with it a lot. Had that been the S4 it would be way down almost out of action and I'd have to charge it again.
So, I'm sad to say, I only had the S4 for 23 days.....
The S4 looks and feels nice in the hand, has some nice features, but I have to say, the Note 2 does it for me due to battery life.

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I believe the Note 2 is the best smartphone at the moment.

He he. Confirms my suspicious that the s4 is not an upgrade from the Note 2.
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Im only will switch if there is any other brand phone that can compete with S pen..so far non......
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Welcome back, I was almost on my way out for the S4 and now I am content with my note2...
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Thanks to this post. I'm sticking with my Note 2.

I believe a major cause of the shorter battery life is due to the 1080p screen, which is existent in other high end phones like htc one and Xperia z. The race for Bigger and higher resolution screens have put battery life to the catch up game. I recalled when I first got the note 1 the battery sucked real bad due to the large screen size albeit 720p.
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Honesty s4 looks like a small cheap toy infront of our mighty note 2.
sent from: The New S-Pen

Screen issue
"Another thing, the screen in direct sunlight. Even though it would be set at the highest brightness, it still would not be bright enough". This is exactly the same with GNote2. I live in Cannes, France, a really sunny place, and i always have problems with that. If i'm outside, and wanna check my phone, i have to hide in shadows like thief, even if the brightness iss on maximum.

tompika72 said:
"Another thing, the screen in direct sunlight. Even though it would be set at the highest brightness, it still would not be bright enough". This is exactly the same with GNote2. I live in Cannes, France, a really sunny place, and i always have problems with that. If i'm outside, and wanna check my phone, i have to hide in shadows like thief, even if the brightness iss on maximum.
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You could always turn on negative colors in accessibility. That works.
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Definitely note 2 is the best smartphone realized till date

Everyone at work is getting s4 and making me doubt note 2. Even though I think I would miss note 2. But threads like this keep me going. S4 is not a update to note 2!
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how have you tried to get back to a HD screen?

Is it just me is the note2/gs4 a great phone tablet combination. Probably even more so when the Google gs4 comes out.
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@rbiter said:
Is it just me is the note2/gs4 a great phone tablet combination. Probably even more so when the Google gs4 comes out.
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No.... note 8 with the S4 GE would be the combo
scribbled from my note 2 (N7100)

pakure said:
No.... note 8 with the S4 GE would be the combo
scribbled from my note 2 (N7100)
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any one seen the Xperia Z ultra , allthough it doesnt come with stylus , you can use your regular pen or pencil to write onit ,, but the dowside is its gonna carry only 3000Mah .. so lesser than our beast.. but on the other hand full HD screen with Snapdragon 800

I'm already use n7000 because i have no money for buy n7100,anyone to donate me?
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anirudhks said:
any one seen the Xperia Z ultra , allthough it doesnt come with stylus , you can use your regular pen or pencil to write onit ,, but the dowside is its gonna carry only 3000Mah .. so lesser than our beast.. but on the other hand full HD screen with Snapdragon 800
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FHD is not that big a difference. I can't tell at all post flashing custom kernels in fact. And surprisingly it looks much better than some FHD LCD phones IMO. And regular pen or pencil or even other stylus is not a replacement for S Pen - when it comes to pressure sensitivity, accuracy etc. - with it's wacom digitizer.
And 6.4 inch apparently - too large for my liking. Might as well get a tablet then. By the time it's out, N3 will be out anyway.

Is now a bad time to buy an s4?

So iam Thinking of selling my note 2 and buy an s4, but after seeing the vast bad consumer reviews on both the german and uk amazon about the failure rates of the display and overheating issues its starting to worrying me.
Did you guys have any issues with your s4?
Should I wait for a less defective batch?
The version available to me is the l9505

People are going to have different opinions. Some will say fw will fix problems. When the Note 3 and/or the S5 come out, I know what I'm doing. I'm going to wait a little bit, not too long though and get a feel of what consumers have to say about the device before purchasing. To each their own.

alundra212 said:
So iam Thinking of selling my note 2 and buy an s4, but after seeing the vast bad consumer reviews on both the german and uk amazon about the failure rates of the display and overheating issues its starting to worrying me.
Did you guys have any issues with your s4?
Should I wait for a less defective batch?
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Problems you read about on the Internet can happen, however, in the case of S4 some of the problems have been solved by Samsung with firmware updates.
Overheating seem to happen more often on i9500 than on i9505. I personally never had a problem with overheating.
I personally wouldn't wait.

Therr are 2 versions of s4.
1. I9500 - has heating problem due to the octa core processor.
2. I9505 - comparitively, gets lets heated up.
About the screen issue, most of it is caused due to not handling s4 properly or by heating issue.
Anyway, note 2 is an awesome device. I own one too. Apart from note 2, I own s4. I must say that s4 is way better than note 2. You can see significant performance with s4 along with the amazing software support from samsung.
The choice it yours. You should look at some reviews on youtube becuase there is nothing called as 'less defective batch of s4' unlike the defects found in htc one.
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alundra212 said:
So iam Thinking of selling my note 2 and buy an s4, but after seeing the vast bad consumer reviews on both the german and uk amazon about the failure rates of the display and overheating issues its starting to worrying me.
Did you guys have any issues with your s4?
Should I wait for a less defective batch?
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If you are using note 2 then at least you should wait more one or two months...i dont think s4 is so big update over note 2
Yes..if you are using other devices like note 1 , s2 (or s3 may be) etc then you can buy s4 now and now you can get much price cut on s4
After all its your choice

if you come from the note 2 then my advice is to wait for the note 3
its the best choice for you and the note 2 is still a very capable device that runs anything currently out well
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This thread is going towards comparison b/w S4 and Note 2. isn't it.?
BTW, I do have both devices S4 octa V & Note 2.
Both have different parameters. Better to use this thread for comparison -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334012

I have SGSIII E210K and SGS4 I9500. Both have heat issue. And i wouldn't say I9500 have exceptional heating. Nope. It's comparable to E210K, but may be a little more hot. But, hey, I9500 has more powerful CPU as well.
Thus heating level is normal if compare to other powerful devices. If u don't play 3D games and don't use live 3d wallpaper then I9500 won't heat much.
Note 2 (and Note 3 will as well) has bigger size and thus more efficient in heat dissipation. So, it's obviously will work better even with the same CPU. And has room for bigger battery as well.
If you are user of Note 2 then upgrade to Note 3 will be more pleasant than to S4 where u will have some trade-offs.

As a i9500 user I haven't experienced any reset due to camera or heating. Heating is moderate even when I am running benchmarks. Everything seems fine to me and performance is extraordinary! Only thing I wonder is we might not get google edition rom but there is a possibility that samsung will release a fw for i9500 that will run all 8 cores which is exciting!
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soralalp said:
As a i9500 user I haven't experienced any reset due to camera or heating. Heating is moderate even when I am running benchmarks. Everything seems fine to me and performance is extraordinary! Only thing I wonder is we might not get google edition rom but there is a possibility that samsung will release a fw for i9500 that will run all 8 cores which is exciting!
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??? all at the same time? samsung must be evil
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soralalp said:
As a i9500 user I haven't experienced any reset due to camera or heating. Heating is moderate even when I am running benchmarks. Everything seems fine to me and performance is extraordinary! Only thing I wonder is we might not get google edition rom but there is a possibility that samsung will release a fw for i9500 that will run all 8 cores which is exciting!
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8 cores at the same time would equal very low battery time.

Well that might be the reason behind late developing process.
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soralalp said:
As a i9500 user I haven't experienced any reset due to camera or heating. Heating is moderate even when I am running benchmarks. Everything seems fine to me and performance is extraordinary! Only thing I wonder is we might not get google edition rom but there is a possibility that samsung will release a fw for i9500 that will run all 8 cores which is exciting!
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+1 on that
if you read forums you will notice there are more heating problem on i9505. my 9500 never heatting over 50 degrees.

I see everyone talking about the overheating but what about the display failure rates?

alundra212 said:
I see everyone talking about the overheating but what about the display failure rates?
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Never had one. Can you briefly explain what do you want to know exactly.
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alundra212 said:
So iam Thinking of selling my note 2 and buy an s4, but after seeing the vast bad consumer reviews on both the german and uk amazon about the failure rates of the display and overheating issues its starting to worrying me.
Did you guys have any issues with your s4?
Should I wait for a less defective batch?
The version available to me is the l9505
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I had i9500 and now I have i9505g.
I bought first a week after an official release and I got the second delivered last monday.
I have never ever had a single issues with either of phones.
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criszz said:
+1 on that
if you read forums you will notice there are more heating problem on i9505. my 9500 never heatting over 50 degrees.
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Same here for 9500, no heating at all. I'll try to OC soon to see if it's going to overheat a lot
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No issues here since i bought my 9500 last May 7.

Idk but on my i9500 i have major heating issues am w8ing for a firmware update but there arent any coming so if u wud buy buy an i9505
damn it where is that update

This is my Second I9505 my first was fried because of my misuse, neither of mine have had any overheating issues i have always had mine either in low usage simply for facebook or high usage and benchmarks never have had any overheating issues since Day 1

I9500 or i9505 help!!

Hello everyone, i'm planning to sell my Xperia Z due to overheating problems and buy a The new SGS4 but I'M VERRY CONFUSED which model is the best I know that the best for performance is the I9500 although I saw some people say that it overheat so please i9500 owners do u have any problems with your phones?
Thank you
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Walid Rouabhi said:
Hello everyone, i'm planning to sell my Xperia Z due to overheating problems and buy a The new SGS4 but I'M VERRY CONFUSED which model is the best I know that the best for performance is the I9500 although I saw some people say that it overheat so please i9500 owners do u have any problems with your phones?
Thank you
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I dont know about overheating but I know I looked everywhere for 19500 which it looks like you can only find online. From what ive read the proc itself is better .. not so much right now but has room to be used way more effectivly.. If there is no overheating issues i would get the 9500 just in case down the road these fine people are able to unlock the xtra power. As for me I couldnt wait for an order and just bought the 9505 and Im super happy with it.. Good luck either way im sure youll be happy.

I am happy with my i9505 and the development seems better also.

Walid Rouabhi said:
Hello everyone, i'm planning to sell my Xperia Z due to overheating problems and buy a The new SGS4 but I'M VERRY CONFUSED which model is the best I know that the best for performance is the I9500 although I saw some people say that it overheat so please i9500 owners do u have any problems with your phones?
Thank you
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If you plan to install roms such as CM or AOKP then the i9505 is your choice, if not then it really doesn't matter, just buy the cheapest of the two.

Get the one which is being officially sold in your country. If you can have either one, I would recommend i9505.

Thank you all but does your i9505s heat up?
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Walid Rouabhi said:
Thank you all but does your i9505s heat up?
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Mine doesn't have a heating problem. Is normal to be hot when playing demanding games, but it is not extremely hot.

Snapdragon version (i9505) should be a little bit cooler (not too much though).
For better custom ROM support I suggest the I9505. But i doubt the Galaxy S4 will be much coolee than the Xperia Z.

Stay away from the i9500 , I thought I was getting a good phone and here are a few things that made me decide to stay away from samsung from now :
- It overheats like crazy (no matter what you are doing on it , even idle charging)
- It's less powerful than the i9505 (don't kid yourself , A15 @ 1.6GHz is weaker than the 1.9 GHz Snapdragon)
- Freezes and reboots itself several times a week (due to application/stock rom issues)
Horrible , horrible experience.

RTudoRR said:
Stay away from the i9500 , I thought I was getting a good phone and here are a few things that made me decide to stay away from samsung from now :
- It overheats like crazy (no matter what you are doing on it , even idle charging)
- It's less powerful than the i9505 (don't kid yourself , A15 @ 1.6GHz is weaker than the 1.9 GHz Snapdragon)
- Freezes and reboots itself several times a week (due to application/stock rom issues)
Horrible , horrible experience.
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Dude, something's terribly wrong with your phone. Sounds like problems that the phone had with its original first firmware. Update, wipe and than come back in.
I have I9500 and I'm on Omega v11 with stock kernel, have no issues with overheating in idle or simple tasks. Demanding tasks or games makes phone hot, but tolerable. Battery life is great, especially now on MG5!
And since I bought it, I have never had even one random reboot or freeze.
And to notice. A15 with its GPU is more potent than Snapdragon 600 with its Adreno.
Regards
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admir83x said:
Dude, something's terribly wrong with your phone. Sounds like problems that the phone had with its original first firmware. Update, wipe and than come back in.
I have I9500 and I'm on Omega v11 with stock kernel, have no issues with overheating in idle or simple tasks. Demanding tasks or games makes phone hot, but tolerable. Battery life is great, especially now on MG5!
And since I bought it, I have never had even one random reboot or freeze.
And to notice. A15 with its GPU is more potent than Snapdragon 600 with its Adreno.
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I have tried almost every single firmware out there (Stock only) , I refuse to root it and/or apply modded roms since it will null my warranty (and yes , most of the bugs I came across are from firmwares but still a phone someone should stay away from)

He's right. The octa processor isn't really ready for prime time yet. It doesn't really work the way an octa core should and doesn't give any advantage over the quad at this stage. It seems it was mostly a marketing gimmick - some people will buy it because they assume more cores makes it better.
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He's right. The octa processor isn't really ready for prime time yet. It doesn't really work the way an octa core should and doesn't give any advantage over the quad at this stage. It seems it was mostly a marketing gimmick - some people will buy it because they assume more cores makes it better.
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"some people will buy it because they assume more cores makes it better. "
Sorry but I had no choice when buying it at AMAZON site. Only choice was the color ' black or white".
For me it was only one S4 and not many different model as today (more than 6 versions!!!) That's a funny way Samsung is playing with prodduct names.
Anyway I am happy with what I get, no LTE available in my country and it will take long time to open, so when ready I'll be buying S8!!! may be....

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Stay away from the i9500 , I thought I was getting a good phone and here are a few things that made me decide to stay away from samsung from now :
- It overheats like crazy (no matter what you are doing on it , even idle charging)
- It's less powerful than the i9505 (don't kid yourself , A15 @ 1.6GHz is weaker than the 1.9 GHz Snapdragon)
- Freezes and reboots itself several times a week (due to application/stock rom issues)
Horrible , horrible experience.
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Dude your phone is a faulty unit. I have a 9500 ( stock, rooted ) and haven't had any of the problems you are saying.
I recommend the 9505 because it has a better battery life than the 9500

[Q] why I'm not happy with note 4??

Hello everyone I had to use LG g pro 2 and I was very impressed and happy with it's performance and everything
Now I had note 4 why I'm not impressed and not happy with it I feel it is lagy and overheat and hate tw?
Is it something wrong with me? I wanna replace it with LG g 3
What is you opinions my friends? ?

rowihel2012 said:
Hello everyone I had to use LG g pro 2 and I was very impressed and happy with it's performance and everything
Now I had note 4 why I'm not impressed and not happy with it I feel it is lagy and overheat and hate tw?
Is it something wrong with me? I wanna replace it with LG g 3
What is you opinions my friends? ?
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Yes there is something wrong, 1 you didn't put this in the right forum and 2 you need to do some research before buying in the future.

So what is the right place to write my post? ?

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So what is the right place to write my post? ?
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Here would be good. http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general

I have a Note4 stock ROM, Rooted, no Xposed. I can tell u its blazing fast man. Why urs lags, i cant say. I hear of cases where their ones lag, others, say its just like mine, fast (as it should be). Even TouchWiz is fast, much better than the previous Note's. I love this phablet man. Way better than the LG G Pro2. Mine hardly gets hot. Only when playing an intensive graphical game for 20 - 30 mins. & the hot it get's on mine is nowhere near un-bearable. The Note4 when all is good is almost...perfect

Sell off the note 4 to someone who loves it and buy a G3. Problem solved.
(Note 4 beats G3 any-day in terms of H/W, we just need to wait for the development to kick in.)