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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.
Regards
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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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dr.m0x said:
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....

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 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] Note 3 or S4 if I plan on running custom roms

I know hardware wise the Note 3 is better. What I am interested in knowing is, probably hard to really say, what the outlook might be on custom firmware for the Note 3's. There seems to be a vast selection for the S4...
With either one I would run firmware that would void the warranty.

tukane said:
I know hardware wise the Note 3 is better. What I am interested in knowing is, probably hard to really say, what the outlook might be on custom firmware for the Note 3's. There seems to be a vast selection for the S4...
With either one I would run firmware that would void the warranty.
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Judging by the custom ROM ratio in Note2 vs S3 I would say that if you are a flashaholic you are better with the S4; for everybody else the extra RAM, screen size, CPU power and eventually the stylus might make the Note 3 a more tempting choice.

If you'd like to run the latest Kitkat 4.4 right now and customize every single piece, the choice obviously would be S4. Otherwise Note3 is much better according to the incredible specs. The stylus and related apps are very useful and work pretty well together. The rom can be modified as well, such as removing stock apps, remapping hardware keys, and so on.
In my opinion, Note3 is way better than S4 on every aspect except the higher price. I chose Note3 over S4 and Sony Z1 one month ago. So far I am very satisfied.

Pen or no pen is the question to you, decide that and you get your answer. Both devices are great for me with N3 a bit better hardware wise but not too much than S4 except the pen.
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[Q] should i upgrade from gs3 to gs4?

Hi im a gs3 user and want to own gs4...but ive heard many problems concerning this phone, like random reboots and freezing while call..also autorotate problems after uodate to kitkat
Does these problems can be solved with customs roms? Or should i stay with my s3?
Thnksssssss a looooooooooooooooooottttt and sorry if its repeated thread....bcz im in rush. ..

tarekboukaf said:
Hi im a gs3 user and want to own gs4...but ive heard many problems concerning this phone, like random reboots and freezing while call..also autorotate problems after uodate to kitkat
Does these problems can be solved with customs roms? Or should i stay with my s3?
Thnksssssss a looooooooooooooooooottttt and sorry if its repeated thread....bcz im in rush. ..
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I had a S3 i747 and I was pretty satisfied with it, I had it with CM11 and just love it badly and think that an S4 upgrade will be unnecesary because I didn't see why the people get excited when it was first launched.
Recently I had the oportunity of hold a S4 in my hands and I see that is not larger than a S3 and I liked so much its design, the size of the LED button, its screen size and the quadcore procesosr improvement also was good so I decide to go for a S4. I bought a second hand i337m S4 for about US 300 after sold my i747 in about US 250 so it was a no thinking situation for me. I haven't noticed any annoying bug on stock rom, the camera app was pretty cool with plenty of effects and WatchOn app was great to control your TV. I'm a hardened CM fan so I can't wait to see it on my cellphone so I installed it and so far (I have CM for about 5 days now) the only bug I have see is that while the phone is charging, you can't power on the cellphone (you just have to disconnect it and power on, not a big deal), for TV control I use Peel Smart Remote App and it works just as good as Samsung's app
In conclusion: I would say that if you feel good with your S3 you have no particular need for buy a S4 (probably get the same experience with some improvements) but if you have the oportunity of upgrade at a good price, then go for it

tarekboukaf said:
Hi im a gs3 user and want to own gs4...but ive heard many problems concerning this phone, like random reboots and freezing while call..also autorotate problems after uodate to kitkat
Does these problems can be solved with customs roms? Or should i stay with my s3?
Thnksssssss a looooooooooooooooooottttt and sorry if its repeated thread....bcz im in rush. ..
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Hi,
some users have problems with Kitkat and some don't.
In general custom roms are running better than the original system. My guess. I'm very satisfied with S4 developed custom roms
It is your choice. There aren't any big hardware changes except full HD screen and camera quality.
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cristianpark said:
I had a S3 i747 and I was pretty satisfied with it, I had it with CM11 and just love it badly and think that an S4 upgrade will be unnecesary because I didn't see why the people get excited when it was first launched.
Recently I had the oportunity of hold a S4 in my hands and I see that is not larger than a S3 and I liked so much its design, the size of the LED button, its screen size and the quadcore procesosr improvement also was good so I decide to go for a S4. I bought a second hand i337m S4 for about US 300 after sold my i747 in about US 250 so it was a no thinking situation for me. I haven't noticed any annoying bug on stock rom, the camera app was pretty cool with plenty of effects and WatchOn app was great to control your TV. I'm a hardened CM fan so I can't wait to see it on my cellphone so I installed it and so far (I have CM for about 5 days now) the only bug I have see is that while the phone is charging, you can't power on the cellphone (you just have to disconnect it and power on, not a big deal), for TV control I use Peel Smart Remote App and it works just as good as Samsung's app
In conclusion: I would say that if you feel good with your S3 you have no particular need for buy a S4 (probably get the same experience with some improvements) but if you have the oportunity of upgrade at a good price, then go for it
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thanks for yr reply, i very appreciate it ... nice if y didnt have issues with it, some people does... bcz there are some who has the issues that i have mentioned before, and i thought they will be resolved by a custom rom....
thanks again................

DarkerTimes said:
Hi,
some users have problems with Kitkat and some don't.
In general custom roms are running better than the original system. My guess. I'm very satisfied with S4 developed custom roms
It is your choice. There aren't any big hardware changes except full HD screen and camera quality.
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thanks for yr reply...... yes custom roms are amazing... ill buy a S4 and see....hope no problems
thanks a lottttttttttttttttttt

I had S3 and I have now S4 (i9500) with Kitkat update, S4 have 2 GB Memory (S3 only 1 GB) & it is more smooth than S3, S4 also doesn't lag as much as S3 do.
in general S4 is a nice update for your current S3, but if you want my advice try to get S5, the screen in S5 is way more accurate and better than S4 screen, the battery also is more powerful.
it depends on how much you are ready to pay $.

Hi i also upgraded from s3 to s4 last October, i would. Recommend You to upgrade to s4 as it is a really good and compact device with 1080p display and thin bezels, unlike the ugly s5 which isn't compact.
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Jumping from the S5 over to the Note 4 worth it ?

like the title says, i am currently owning the Galaxy S5 , my question is ,
is the Note 4 worth getting when i have a s5 ? i would like to experience the Note phone as i never had one before and i like the spen thingie looks cool.
did anyone here had a s5 and jumped to the Note 4 ?
i dont really want to get the S6 nor the Note 5 mainly due to no Removable back for battery swapping and the use of msd.

yesterday i had sell my s5 for a note 4! it is really better for performance battery camera everything! for me is it a good option!!!

ferencs90 said:
yesterday i had sell my s5 for a note 4! it is really better for performance battery camera everything! for me is it a good option!!!
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awesome thanks, but how much extra did you pay on top of it ? i think if i sell my s5 in the city here i would barely get 200$ for trade in and would need to pay about 250$ for getting the note 4.
my biggest question is the screen bro,
how is the screen in your eyes??? i saw the note 4 screen from a friend and i didnt like it like MY eyes hurt from looking at it , as it is a QHD display will you get used to it ?? its sooo sharp ,
thanks for the feedback

I sold together with the gear neo 2 so I did not pay anything. an affair!
the screen is much larger of s5, MUCH! and everything is very clear ..sharp! the best display for me. the brightness is very high, to not have problems I keep it to less than half !! if you can buy it!
the memory is 32 gb ..i have 32 micro sd therefore at the top with removably battery!

ferencs90 said:
I sold together with the gear neo 2 so I did not pay anything. an affair!
the screen is much larger of s5, MUCH! and everything is very clear ..sharp! the best display for me. the brightness is very high, to not have problems I keep it to less than half !! if you can buy it!
the memory is 32 gb ..i have 32 micro sd therefore at the top with removably battery!
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nice , i am thinking of getting the 910F variant so i can have CM installed on it
thanks for the feedback, so in your opinion it is defintely worth it and it is much better than the s5 in everything ?:fingers-crossed:

I've had s5 for a year and I think it is much better. pictures at night for example are really the best.It is reactive with the TouchWiz !!! good buy!
ps i have 910F european version!

I didn't have an S5 but I did upgrade from a Note 3 to the Note 4.
In my opinion the Note 4 is a fantastic phone- the camera is superb and the screen is face-meltingly awesome.
However, just it can be laggy at times- I'm pretty sure it's a common issue amongst Note 4 users (I have lag and I'm running SimplRom- which in my experience gives the smallest amount of lag in comparison to other custom ROMs I've tried).
The battery life is pretty good too.
Personally I'd make the upgrade but just be warned- there is a fair amount of lag.
Perhaps have a look at review videos etc on YouTube? There's bound to be a comparison video somewhere.
Good luck!

thedarkmunk said:
I didn't have an S5 but I did upgrade from a Note 3 to the Note 4.
In my opinion the Note 4 is a fantastic phone- the camera is superb and the screen is face-meltingly awesome.
However, just it can be laggy at times- I'm pretty sure it's a common issue amongst Note 4 users (I have lag and I'm running SimplRom- which in my experience gives the smallest amount of lag in comparison to other custom ROMs I've tried).
The battery life is pretty good too.
Personally I'd make the upgrade but just be warned- there is a fair amount of lag.
Perhaps have a look at review videos etc on YouTube? There's bound to be a comparison video somewhere.
Good luck!
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yep i do look at many videos thanks for the feedback !
and i think you should try CyanogenMod if you own a QualComm Note, the n910f < CM will give you zero lags bro , TW lag is in every Samsung phone XD

leondestiny said:
nice , i am thinking of getting the 910F variant so i can have CM installed on it
thanks for the feedback, so in your opinion it is defintely worth it and it is much better than the s5 in everything ?:fingers-crossed:
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Hmm, difference in performance from your S5 to a SD Note 4 will be very minor. Specially because the display has a higher resolution.
Quite frankly, official 5.1.1 by Sammy is looking glorious. Phone is so ridiculously fast that I find myself playing of opening and closing apps.
I used CM variants at my S3 for 2~3 years straight, but apart from the cleaner look I honestly don't miss anything about it.
If you're dead set on using CM then the 910F is going to achieve daily driver level much sooner, but the 910C is a better device.

Artoriuz said:
Hmm, difference in performance from your S5 to a SD Note 4 will be very minor. Specially because the display has a higher resolution.
Quite frankly, official 5.1.1 by Sammy is looking glorious. Phone is so ridiculously fast that I find myself playing of opening and closing apps.
I used CM variants at my S3 for 2~3 years straight, but apart from the cleaner look I honestly don't miss anything about it.
If you're dead set on using CM then the 910F is going to achieve daily driver level much sooner, but the 910C is a better device.
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i see.. well i like CM alot, i had the Exynos S5 900h and i swapped it with a QualComm 900f, i really dont want to do that again, since the 910c is a Exynos based model, i think there isnt much of a difference personally.. cause i know this from owning the exynos/qualcomm based s5's.
how much do you like the Note 4 ? is it a very fun phone , like more fun than the smaller displays e.g s3/s4/s5 etc. the ones ranging from 4.7'' - 5'' etc. ?
oh and one more thing, how long will it take me to get used to the sharpness of the n4 screen ? the qhd is the thing that hurts my eyes, when i looked at the one from my relative his n4 hurt my eyes, it is non fake , he has the 910h < exynos one.
will my eyes adapt to the huge sharp screen in a matter of days ?

1st samsung, considering note4, noob questions .)

Hello all note4 users
considering note 4 - to get as new phone
why note - because of spen
why note4 - because easy qi charging, replaceable battery, sd card, maybe because of IR
the question is (for now) - are there any disadvantages of using root on note 4 ?
i know advantages, but dunno if i dont get something wrong when i root the phone ?
i mean disfunction of some spen apps - i will use spen for all wacom advantages, not only as finger replacement.
thx for answers
and second one - which "smart"watch u use with note 4?
thx again
sorry for my english

tlacenka said:
Hello all note4 users
considering note 4 - to get as new phone
why note - because of spen
why note4 - because easy qi charging, replaceable battery, sd card, maybe because of IR
the question is (for now) - are there any disadvantages of using root on note 4 ?
i know advantages, but dunno if i dont get something wrong when i root the phone ?
i mean disfunction of some spen apps - i will use spen for all wacom advantages, not only as finger replacement.
thx for answers
and second one - which "smart"watch u use with note 4?
thx again
sorry for my english
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Disadvantages of root is, loss of warranty, even if u flash the stock rom, u will never reclaim it.
Other than that, there is no disadvantage.
i use moto 360 2nd gen.

thx for answer
and u use any other rom or stock ?
thx again.)

tlacenka said:
thx for answer
and u use any other rom or stock ?
thx again.)
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I see on others threads with custom roms sot is 3-4.5h.
But me with stock(non-rooted) get 4.5-5.5h sot.
I will root and flash custom after 6.0.1,if samsung dont update tw with theme engine and new camera api

tlacenka said:
Hello all note4 users
considering note 4 - to get as new phone
why note - because of spen
why note4 - because easy qi charging, replaceable battery, sd card, maybe because of IR
the question is (for now) - are there any disadvantages of using root on note 4 ?
i know advantages, but dunno if i dont get something wrong when i root the phone ?
i mean disfunction of some spen apps - i will use spen for all wacom advantages, not only as finger replacement.
thx for answers
and second one - which "smart"watch u use with note 4?
thx again
sorry for my english
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An important disadvantage when rooting is the loss of the Knox container
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ok, last 2 phones to consider - note 4 or lumia 950xl
what i want : wireless charging (i know note4 has not native)
good photo camera
replaceable battery
bonuses of android: root, have a lot of payed apps, ofc the reason for note - spen
bonuses of wm: new of (for me) - "native" run (no java vm)
something new to learn, iris scanner
continuum ? (i know it is cannot run native x86 apps), but is it advantage ?
so..what u think its better for me ?
thx for answers

Go for Lg g5 or lg v10, Note 4 has aged now.

Unless you need to root your device, because you work as a sofware developer and need your device to be root so you can take advantage of those abilities. You don't need to root your device. As stated before it will void your manufacturers warrenty on your device.
I got my Note 4 N910C shortly after the SGS6 series was released and after the Note 5 specs were released. I have absolutely no regrets in getting it as it will probably last me a good few years before I need to upgrade.

in country i live is N910F, but root is what i want...

tlacenka said:
in country i live is N910F, but root is what i want...
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Until Samsung release another Note series with replaceable battery Note 4 is your only choice considering you want S-Pen & replaceable battery.
Note 4 is still a good device & now the price has dropped quite a lot.

dork997 said:
Go for Lg g5 or lg v10, Note 4 has aged now.
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Comparing to the G5 yes it has aged. Comparing to the V10? Oh no it didn't, Note 4 still has better performance than the V10.

Note 4 is the only phone I have had for more than a year, does everything I need and more, and for the age it still performs great

It's a great phone but a huge disadvantage that has not been mentioned is its stock dpi.
It ships with 640 dpi as default which makes the GUI incredibly huge and annoying. You can use adb to change it, but most stock apps do not scale with a custom dpi.

On dpi, I guess it totally depends on user preference. For me 640 dpi is best as i don't like small fonts which are hard to read. With small fonts I have to wear my reading glass every time.

ok, i order note 4
now i need to have look at case and glass .)

tlacenka said:
ok, i order note 4
now i need to have look at case and glass .)
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I hope you will enjoy your new toy when it arrives!

Disadvantage is you miss most of spen functionality in CM roms,otherwise TW customs roms are good.

i hope i will
u know how it is
to root or not to root ? dont know if i need knox...but.. i think i need warranty
i dont want another rom - i want use spen features ) but i think there will be nova launcher... we will see what it can do when it comes
but i need root for some applications and some customizations.)
ok..there is a lot of alternative apps for almost same functionality without root..but not all
and neeed/really want QI charger - any tip for "best one" but not those which make a lot of heat - functional with another case .)

GrippingSphere said:
On dpi, I guess it totally depends on user preference. For me 640 dpi is best as i don't like small fonts which are hard to read. With small fonts I have to wear my reading glass every time.
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Lol true. There's absolutely no point in decreasing DPI after a certain limit. Most think that it's great, but you can bet that all of them have to shrink their eyes a bit to adjust to their small DPI, or keep the phone closer than before to your eyes, I'm talking about people with near perfect to perfect vision.
And Note 4 I think has actually decreased the stock DPI in comparison with Note 3. 640 should be near perfect fort most people, I use 600 anyway, and this is where I don't have to shrink my eyes, or put on my glass, or make any alterations in comparison with stock DPI. Love your eyes, not the more screen area.
And there's App Settings of Xposed with which you can restore the Samsung's stock apps' DPI to default, while keeping a lower valued DPI system wide.

d4rkkn16ht said:
Until Samsung release another Note series with replaceable battery Note 4 is your only choice considering you want S-Pen & replaceable battery.
Note 4 is still a good device & now the price has dropped quite a lot.
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Keep dreaming. I don't see a Note 5 with replaceable battery in a near future. Note6 will probably have Expandable storage but thats it.