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{Help} Confused between Note 4, Note 4 Edge and S6 Edge.

After S6 Edge announcement and watching videos I am too much confused between Note 4, Note 4 Edge and S6 Edge.
What i like about Note 4 is 5.7" Screen and clearity of camera, Multitasking While in note Edge i like the Edge features so I was confused in between this two devices but after S6 Edge announcement i am going crazy as i am not able to decide which should i buy. I like the S6 Edge features like People Edge Contacts, Dual Edge, It's look and Notification animation it's very cool but it also have some demerits like Non removable Battery, Non Expandable Memory, No proper usage of Dual Edge Screen because of small 5.1 inch screen. So plz help me to decide which one to nuy. If you were in my position then what you would have buy ???.
I want to buy anyone from the above devices so i can start making My Previously made Black Metallic Theme for my New Device...
Those who want to have a look to my Black Metallic theme which is made for Note 2 can visit the below link.
Black Metallic Theme by Manikant

Poll have been added which will help me to decide

I'd wait for the Note 5 release. That way you'll get the new s6 features as well as the big display with the curve on the edges.

For this moment note4 with Exynos. May be note 5 at the end of the year. Note edge and s6 edge are very dificult to protect.

Get the note 4. Really cannot go wrong with this phone even now, with the sterling battery life and that screen. Lollipop will show up eventually and it will only enhance the note. Sure enough s6 looks good, but its a first generation product where i am concerned and a bit of a hail mary. It's the first time they have gone all in with their own processors and lack of expansible storage and removable batteries, eschewing that for a wonderful design.
The note 4 has both of the above, sterling build quality, the current best screen on the market ( i got both the nexus 6 and 6 plus and believe me only iphone even comes close in fidelty), all around great shooter and wonderful battery life.
As much as i admire the s6, i think its one product to sit out until they get it better next year. Golden rule... never buy a first gen product.

manikant_009 said:
After S6 Edge announcement and watching videos I am too much confused between Note 4, Note 4 Edge and S6 Edge.
What i like about Note 4 is 5.7" Screen and clearity of camera, Multitasking While in note Edge i like the Edge features so I was confused in between this two devices but after S6 Edge announcement i am going crazy as i am not able to decide which should i buy. I like the S6 Edge features like People Edge Contacts, Dual Edge, It's look and Notification animation it's very cool but it also have some demerits like Non removable Battery, Non Expandable Memory, No proper usage of Dual Edge Screen because of small 5.1 inch screen. So plz help me to decide which one to nuy. If you were in my position then what you would have buy ???.
I want to buy anyone from the above devices so i can start making My Previously made Black Metallic Theme for my New Device...
Those who want to have a look to my Black Metallic theme which is made for Note 2 can visit the below link.
Black Metallic Theme by Manikant
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If you must absolutely get a samsung device, get the S6 edge.
There is currently little-to-no support for the Note4

How do you define support? I'm never going to catch up with all the threads in this forum for the T-Mobile one alone, much less Note 4 in general. There's certainly development happening.
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I was going between the Note 4 and Note Edge and while I was realllllllly hoping the Edge would come down a bit in price, it's clear that T-Mobile has a high opinion of its flagship and isn't coming down any time soon. I sprung for the Note 4.
I hadn't even heard of the S6 or S6 Edge until after the 4 had arrived at my door. Now that I have, I see they don't have an S-pen.
It's not my whole existence but I do send enough text from my phone that I really do benefit from a thick, heavy, slide-out keyboard. I'm not one to carry a bluetooth KB around either, so I really wanted a phone with an integral hardware KB. Nobody makes a decent one any more: the MyTouch 4G Slide was better specced than the current LG slider they offer, and coming off of that phone, I wasn't about to pay for the LG and get worse hardware, and none of the other carriers offered attractive options.
I can write about as fast as I was able to type on a phone keyboard, so I decided the next best option was a pen. The Note 3 would have been more affordable, but still more than double what we paid for my MyTouch 4G Slide, so considering the cost, I decided to go all in and get the better hardware of the Note 4. Again, wanted the Edge, but the additional nearly-$150-or-so was a major turn-off for nearly identical hardware.
Aside from stock twitch-whiz interface and bloatware apps, I'm pleased with it and the handwriting recognition does pretty well for me.
I hate Samsung devices, though. Mainly because of twitch-whiz, to be fair.

question for those who had the note edge

I have had the note edge since launch and looking at upgrading to the edge+. I can live without the S pen il honestly miss it maybe 20 mins a year. The one reason I have been holding back on the upgrade is my favorite features of the note edge is notifications on the edge. What I mean is when I am browsing the net and get a phone call or text it just pops up on the edge and not the whole screen allowing me to reject it using the edge and not interrupt what I am doing. My understanding this feature is not there on the edge+ out of the box and curious to know if there is a way I can add it after the fact thru an app or other means.

adamj546 said:
I have had the note edge since launch and looking at upgrading to the edge+. I can live without the S pen il honestly miss it maybe 20 mins a year. The one reason I have been holding back on the upgrade is my favorite features of the note edge is notifications on the edge. What I mean is when I am browsing the net and get a phone call or text it just pops up on the edge and not the whole screen allowing me to reject it using the edge and not interrupt what I am doing. My understanding this feature is not there on the edge+ out of the box and curious to know if there is a way I can add it after the fact thru an app or other means.
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No, you can't. It's completely different from the Note Edge (which was my FAVORITE phone, ever) but I have come to love the Edge+ so much that I don't care. The phone is simply a beast and performs so well I can live without that feature.

adamj546 said:
I have had the note edge since launch and looking at upgrading to the edge+. I can live without the S pen il honestly miss it maybe 20 mins a year. The one reason I have been holding back on the upgrade is my favorite features of the note edge is notifications on the edge. What I mean is when I am browsing the net and get a phone call or text it just pops up on the edge and not the whole screen allowing me to reject it using the edge and not interrupt what I am doing. My understanding this feature is not there on the edge+ out of the box and curious to know if there is a way I can add it after the fact thru an app or other means.
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In Note 4 Edge, both the displays were separate ( they made it work together). In Edge+, its integrated. So, you won't get all the features of Note 4 Edge. But as the post above mine says, this phone is a beast!

Edge feeds / apps / panels & AOD customization

Hi guys! I've searched a lot and I couldn't find anything about the "edge" customization.
I've seen there is a lot of apps/feeds/panels for galaxy note edge and s6 edge, but not for our s7e.
I am a biologist not a developer, not even a programmer. But I would like to know if there is a way to port those note edge or s6 apps te the s7e 935f.
For example, the edge clock & weather of the s6e.
Also, I would like to know if it could be possible to customize AOD display to stay on the edge or to customize night clock
To move like AOD to slow down burn-in.
I feel the edge screen and AOD capability have a lot of potential and I see no interest in these forums which has taken me for surprise, since you are always creative and develop cool features
Thanks guys!
Nico

Hello,
There are some apps, but very few, and most of them are paid. I was also wondering why this gets such little attention, I also think that AOD and even nigth clock have GREAT opportunities, but nobody seems to be interested.
I know that we will get the updated AOD with the Nougat firmware, that it nice, but nothing new for the night clock. Also no interesting Edge feeds and Edge panels to download. Even in the app store there is nothing significant for us.
I thought that maybe modders will make some cool stuff, but here on XDA it is also a dead topic....

I think the issue is more the amount of Time to put into developing a app thats only specific to two model types:
S6 edge and S7 edge.
While if you develop a standard app, your open to the whole market.
I think the time in developing and upkeep might not justify the attention and downloads on such a specific device.
I know people who have developed apps for the Note series using the Spen
That had a wider market or 3/4 device series and still his sales where not as much as he would of expected.

[Infographic][Comparison]How The Note5 Stacks Up Against The S8/S8+

Hey guys! The Galaxy S8 is coming out soon so I decided to make this infographic highlighting some of the differences between the Note5 & the Galaxy S8 & S8+ in case anyone was curious. In my opinion the S8 devices don't seem to be all that much of an improvement on the Note5, but have a look at the image below to see what you think.
Also, if anyone wants to have a bit of the S8 experience on their Note5 right now, then you can install the Galaxy S8 TouchWiz Launcher from here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/themes-apps/touchwiz-galaxy-s8-launcher-note-5-t3582346
Oh and...please be sure to hit the "Thanks" button if you found this helpful. Thank you!

S8 Has finger print at the back, bixby and bixby vision that does not even work properly, worthless edge screen that takes so much space for just a white gesture. I wait for note 8, I hope its like the note 5 but with 6.4 inch screen , water resistence (although its pointless because people reported s7 edge being damaged by water damage at some cases) , 64 gb memory at least and dual SIM Setup.
I don't care tht much all about those tbh.. all i want is a battery that lasts 7 hours of screen on times in max brightness And i am happy.

Sell S8 and return to S6E+ ?

Sell S8 and return to S6E+ ?
Why?
2 or 3 shops have NEW S6E+ (some shops in price higher than new S8 !)
S8 is crazy complicated to me and infinity display is a no go for me.
On S6E+ everything was just perfect like a melody.
Please reply and warn me if I may do something wrong doing this procsss or what will I loose?
PLEASE everybody are free to reply everything what they think. every info is important to me

androidbadboy said:
Sell S8 and return to S6E+ ?
Why?
2 or 3 shops have NEW S6E+ (some shops in price higher than new S8 !)
S8 is crazy complicated to me and infinity display is a no go for me.
On S6E+ everything was just perfect like a melody.
Please reply and warn me if I may do something wrong doing this procsss or what will I loose?
PLEASE everybody are free to reply everything what they think. every info is important to me
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Yeah bro s6 edge plus is fine and all, but it got a pretty weak battery life.

LilVege said:
Yeah bro s6 edge plus is fine and all, but it got a pretty weak battery life.
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Does it get Samsung Experiance in any Samsung Update?
(no rooting no custom romming)

PLEASE HELP me dear XDA Users, please respond with whatever thing comes to Your mind!

It already has Samsung Experience 8.0 but it won't get
any update so it won't look as good as S8. Actually, if I had an S8, I wouldn't return it and buy S6 edge+ instead. But if you want to do so, you can. But if you play heavy games or do resorce intense things you should stay on S8. Even S6 edge+'s hardware still good, it is getting older and it can be not enough anymore. After all, this is your decision. Do what you want.

cimrikonsoloyuncusu said:
It already has Samsung Experience 8.0 but it won't get
any update so it won't look as good as S8. Actually, if I had an S8, I wouldn't return it and buy S6 edge+ instead. But if you want to do so, you can. But if you play heavy games or do resorce intense things you should stay on S8. Even S6 edge+'s hardware still good, it is getting older and it can be not enough anymore. After all, this is your decision. Do what you want.
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Is the same with even with S7? Would You tell me that?

The S6+ is a beautiful phone. I cannot lie. It is very well made and everything works well.
I have the S8+ and honestly - I would keep the S8 if I were you.
One thing only.... battery.
The S6+ is terrible on battery life, no two ways about it.
Otherwise it's probably the best phone Samsung made (outside of the Note 4).
The metal ring is sheer class and the machining is very fine.
It's slim and it's beautiful - I take it out and just look at it sometimes.
At home it's the first phone I reach for. But the S8+ is just a little more capable.

S6 Edge+ had the best Samsung camera IMHO.
When they have an F1.2 with 16MP sensor it will be top of the hill.

cpufrost said:
S6 Edge+ had the best Samsung camera IMHO.
When they have an F1.2 with 16MP sensor it will be top of the hill.
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Another XDA User that claims what I've told everyone here for months.... That cam in non-low-light is bestet only by S9+ (I've tested that 2 years with each new Galaxy S version)

I have not bothered past s7 yet, but i love my s6. Currently it is on android 9.0 Pie beta

godkingofcanada said:
I have not bothered past s7 yet, but i love my s6. Currently it is on android 9.0 Pie beta
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Hello great dude!
Can You tell me more about Your phones? What are their exact SM- numbers and letters.
I have fallen in love with S6 too (S6E+ on Exynos).

androidbadboy said:
Hello great dude!
Can You tell me more about Your phones? What are their exact SM- numbers and letters.
I have fallen in love with S6 too (S6E+ on Exynos).
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Sm-g928w8. It has hardware similar to the S7 and the same four gigs of ram. I've got the kernel and device tree, and proprietary blovs

godkingofcanada said:
Sm-g928w8. It has hardware similar to the S7 and the same four gigs of ram. I've got the kernel and device tree, and proprietary blovs
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Thank You.
Can You help me out in such a wierd thing: I have S8.... but people in my country are still buying S7(E) like crazy. Maybe they are afraid of the no-bezel and infinity display. I have a problem with S8: due to the lack of borders (bezeles) the hand that is hoding the phone while the other is typing a SMS text message for example the holding hand sometimes touches the screen and puts a letter inside a word or turns on or off some kind of a function.
I got this idea of selling S8 an buying a new S7 flat to not have this problem. What do you PERSONALY/INDIVIDUALY think of this?
Please answer, I will not be angry or any sort of bad emotions.

androidbadboy said:
Thank You.
Can You help me out in such a wierd thing: I have S8.... but people in my country are still buying S7(E) like crazy. Maybe they are afraid of the no-bezel and infinity display. I have a problem with S8: due to the lack of borders (bezeles) the hand that is hoding the phone while the other is typing a SMS text message for example the holding hand sometimes touches the screen and puts a letter inside a word or turns on or off some kind of a function.
I got this idea of selling S8 an buying a new S7 flat to not have this problem. What do you PERSONALY/INDIVIDUALY think of this?
Please answer, I will not be angry or any sort of bad emotions.
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Hold your phone with one hand. I hold it in my fingers and type with my thumb

godkingofcanada said:
Hold your phone with one hand. I hold it in my fingers and type with my thumb
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My thumb is not long enough. But thanks for that advice