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Is 2GB Ram enough?

Hello guys,
I have been using Note 1, S3, Note 2 - with the ICS on Note 1 I felt that the system went a bit laggy (using Custom ROMs solve the issue so far); I felt that 1GB Ram on S3 was not enough as the system by default already use ~600-700Mb or so, manageable. With 2GB on the Note 2 I felt that it was pretty enough, under heavy loading it took like ~1.4-1.5 GB Ram, sometimes the system micro lag a bit - no major problems tho.
We all know that Samsung loves to throw all kind of features, their apps etc into the device; the TouchWiz is cool but I believe it's optimized.
Keeping all this in mind , with the new apps/features in the S4 (SS Health, Air stuffs etc etc) I wonder if 2GB is enough? Also that the new Android OS the 5.x version should be around the corners - although the sources confirm that even S3 (with its 1GB Ram) will have the Key Lime Pie 5.x but I believe it would be not smooth and breezing fly - just like the case of Note 1 with ICS.
With the rumors saying Note 3 will going to have 3GB of Ram this really confuses me. I'm in decision b/w S4 and Note 3 - I was really happy with the Note 2 (gave to my daddy) but it's a little bit big; the S3 was okay but the 1GB was shortage.

Yup, it's plenty, no need to worry about that. Laggyness is an inherent problem with touchwiz since the first GS, was also a problem with my GS2 and a friend has mentioned it's been an issue on the S3. I expect the S4's UI to be lag free but wouldn't be surprised if there are some hiccups. Lag can be due to keeping the voice feature on, or lack of optimization. Either way, gaming and other tasks wont suffer, so don't worry.

-]Megacharge[- said:
Yup, it's plenty, no need to worry about that. Laggyness is an inherent problem with touchwiz since the first GS, was also a problem with my GS2 and a friend has mentioned it's been an issue on the S3. I expect the S4's UI to be lag free but wouldn't be surprised if there are some hiccups. Lag can be due to keeping the voice feature on, or lack of optimization. Either way, gaming and other tasks wont suffer, so don't worry.
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Thank you very much,
I have tried HTC , Sony and the Nexus line with weaker specs but the system seems to be optimized way more (esp. the pure Android Nexus line).
I will be super happy if in the S4 they solve the wake-home-button-lag due to the CPU (Exynos 4) specific; that is so irritating
In any case I'm going to root the device as I always do =))

Well I used s3 for 4 months and sold it just bcz of the lag issues you have mentioned. In s3 I used to freeze or remove every bloat app so I can get free ram, it sill disnt solve the issue. I got note 2 and all the lag issues gone, I wonder how you even faced micro lag, I never faced any. Now my ram is full of bloat, I still get only 200-250mb free ram but I never faced any lag.
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err, i think you guys have a common misconception. Free RAM = wasted RAM. on Linux, it is better for the ram to be full rather than to make it not fill up at all. Lags are always due to background apps continuously running.
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really the more ram that caches apps and games the better, quicker and uses less battery.. so even if a phone has 10gb ram it should use as much as possible as android manage the memory very good on its own.

Yup
Seems every manufacturer wants to sell a new device every year, so... they put less than is possible on their top of the line devices to assure that next year the hw would be too old and stupid sheeps (us) would feel the need to update.
I have a 5 year laptop (in which Ive put just more rams) which does it's job extremely well. But smartphones needs to be upgraded every year.
No manufacturer wants customizable hardware so that the end user could build himself a smartphone that would last ~4 years.
For example if the SGS3 had 2 gbs RAM it wouldn't need upgrading, and if the S4 had 3 or more gbs RAM wouldnt need an upgrade next year.
Regarding that rumor that Motorola would allow us to build a phone to our specification is simply dumb. Android can't support so many configurations, and certaintly that manufacturer would destroy the market by simply stopping the need for hw upgrading every year (similar to pc market)
So... 2 gb is not enough..
Nothing is enough in this market.
If you want all the goodies Android and various apps will bring in the future you will certaintly need to upgrade your S4 next year.

I've done a decent amount of research and it seems like 3GB of RAM would be unnecessary but there's rumors out there pointing at a possible 3GB of RAM but it seems like the 2GB is pretty set in stone. Anything can happen. But, in my opinion, 2GB is enough for the phone... just not my personal peace-of-mind.

Delakit said:
I've done a decent amount of research and it seems like 3GB of RAM would be unnecessary but there's rumors out there pointing at a possible 3GB of RAM but it seems like the 2GB is pretty set in stone. Anything can happen. But, in my opinion, 2GB is enough for the phone... just not my personal peace-of-mind.
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To be honest I'm all for the S4, better screen, better camera... - hell yeah!
But here in my place , I have info about Note 3 will be having 3Gb ram - basically, Note is a larger Galaxy S with bigger screen, clocked CPU/GPU and have some S-pen features; and having an additional 1GB of RAM:
Note 2 > S3 for 1GB Ram
Note 3 > S4 expected for 1GB Ram again
Note 1 = S2 with 1GB Ram but with ICS Official Loaded I'm sure that S2 runs faster and smoother than Note 1.

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-]Megacharge[- said:
Yup, it's plenty, no need to worry about that. Laggyness is an inherent problem with touchwiz since the first GS, was also a problem with my GS2 and a friend has mentioned it's been an issue on the S3. I expect the S4's UI to be lag free but wouldn't be surprised if there are some hiccups. Lag can be due to keeping the voice feature on, or lack of optimization. Either way, gaming and other tasks wont suffer, so don't worry.
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all android devices lag, every one ive owned has in some way.
and to the OP, yes 2gb is more than enough.

cell128 said:
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Lol. Not a fan of General Discussion? At least you gave obvious reasoning to your assumption of an answer.

bungadudu said:
Yup
Seems every manufacturer wants to sell a new device every year, so... they put less than is possible on their top of the line devices to assure that next year the hw would be too old and stupid sheeps (us) would feel the need to update.
I have a 5 year laptop (in which Ive put just more rams) which does it's job extremely well. But smartphones needs to be upgraded every year.
No manufacturer wants customizable hardware so that the end user could build himself a smartphone that would last ~4 years.
For example if the SGS3 had 2 gbs RAM it wouldn't need upgrading, and if the S4 had 3 or more gbs RAM wouldnt need an upgrade next year.
Regarding that rumor that Motorola would allow us to build a phone to our specification is simply dumb. Android can't support so many configurations, and certaintly that manufacturer would destroy the market by simply stopping the need for hw upgrading every year (similar to pc market)
So... 2 gb is not enough..
Nothing is enough in this market.
If you want all the goodies Android and various apps will bring in the future you will certaintly need to upgrade your S4 next year.
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Sure they want to, for example the iphone allows to upgrade to OS 6 but with Iphone 3Gs (and even 4, 4s) it's absolutely laggy...
they create you the feeling that what the heck why it's so laggy and buggy => need to upgrade asap
s4 with 3GB would be such a peace of chocopie

hieupham said:
s4 with 3GB would be such a peace of chocopie
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Of course, but if that who would buy the S5 next year?
(There is no app/game who can get the S3 to sweat, the only notable and needed difference between the S4 and S3 being more ram and bigger battery. Does that worth $400-500?)

Want more than 2GB of RAM? #Dealwithit
Just had to do it.

No one will make dual channel 3gb ram.
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it's more than my PC

jerhum stengay said:
it's more than my PC
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It's more than the PC I had 4 years ago. with only 1.5GB of RAM.

bungadudu said:
Yup
Seems every manufacturer wants to sell a new device every year, so... they put less than is possible on their top of the line devices to assure that next year the hw would be too old and stupid sheeps (us) would feel the need to update.
I have a 5 year laptop (in which Ive put just more rams) which does it's job extremely well. But smartphones needs to be upgraded every year.
No manufacturer wants customizable hardware so that the end user could build himself a smartphone that would last ~4 years.
For example if the SGS3 had 2 gbs RAM it wouldn't need upgrading, and if the S4 had 3 or more gbs RAM wouldnt need an upgrade next year.
Regarding that rumor that Motorola would allow us to build a phone to our specification is simply dumb. Android can't support so many configurations, and certaintly that manufacturer would destroy the market by simply stopping the need for hw upgrading every year (similar to pc market)
So... 2 gb is not enough..
Nothing is enough in this market.
If you want all the goodies Android and various apps will bring in the future you will certaintly need to upgrade your S4 next year.
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Actually American GS III does have 2gb ram... But anyway I honestly think 2gb of ram is plenty for anything we need on a phone for now at least. I guess it'll depend on how efficient the os/touchwiz runs. But i *think* iirc at least the gs iv ram is significantly better. But anyway if I can get a real upgrade and not a pay it off throughout two years kinda deal I'll probably pick up the S IV and sell my gs iii
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More is always better!
More ram, more MHz, more screen, more functional!
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[Q] Lag even after Firmware Update

Has anyone noticed a considerable lag continuing even after Samsung's most recent Firmware Update for the Note 4? Some users and commentators are praising the Note 4 for its lightning speeds and no lag, but somehow I cannot say the same. I have serious lags in most any operation of the Note 4, but especially in the Camera.
Is it also normal, that there is static when the speaker is turned up?

lrsthmp said:
Has anyone noticed a considerable lag continuing even after Samsung's most recent Firmware Update for the Note 4? Some users and commentators are praising the Note 4 for its lightning speeds and no lag, but somehow I cannot say the same. I have serious lags in most any operation of the Note 4, but especially in the Camera.
Is it also normal, that there is static when the speaker is turned up?
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What firmware are you running?
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djunited said:
What firmware are you running?
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The stock Samsung firmware KTU84P.N910FXXU1ANJ4

lrsthmp said:
The stock Samsung firmware KTU84P.N910FXXU1ANJ4
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Im on that firmware and i have no lag at all. The phone is very smooth. I did however disable shealth and svoice. I thought NJ8 was the latest?
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I can't believe i'm saying this but i have been using a Galaxy Note 4 for two weeks and i have never experienced even the tiny bit of lag. You should try disabling apps you are not using, disable sync etc. If nothing works you should try factory reseting your phone.

I'm using a tmobile note 4 on the latest anj4 firmware and my phone is almost unusable.
There's so much keyboard lag regardless of what keyboard I use.
Scrolling sometimes just completely stops until I actually pick up the s pen from the display.
I actually had a Samsung rep at best buy look at it and he couldn't believe how bad it was. I sent it to Samsung but of course since I had rooted it they said it was my fault.
I've been rooting and roming phones since the captivate and have never had an issue.
My note 4 has been like this from day 1, I bought it new from eBay which was my mistake. Now I'm basically stuck with it and at time's the lag is so bad I want to throw it out of the window.
Mine is definitely hardware defective. I have a Lumia 520 that runs smoother to be honest.
I guess the only way I can get any money back from it is to sell it for parts I suppose.

donharden2002 said:
I'm using a tmobile note 4 on the latest anj4 firmware and my phone is almost unusable.
There's so much keyboard lag regardless of what keyboard I use.
Scrolling sometimes just completely stops until I actually pick up the s pen from the display.
I actually had a Samsung rep at best buy look at it and he couldn't believe how bad it was. I sent it to Samsung but of course since I had rooted it they said it was my fault.
I've been rooting and roming phones since the captivate and have never had an issue.
My note 4 has been like this from day 1, I bought it new from eBay which was my mistake. Now I'm basically stuck with it and at time's the lag is so bad I want to throw it out of the window.
Mine is definitely hardware defective. I have a Lumia 520 that runs smoother to be honest.
I guess the only way I can get any money back from it is to sell it for parts I suppose.
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Samsung owner here for 2 weeks and believe me my phone is blazing fast compared the first day of use after i bought it!!!
no lags here, its the fastest android phone ive ever used and much faster and smoother than my sony z ultra!
booom

Me too very fast... I use Nova

No lag what so ever....

My Note 4 is blazing fast, the most smooth android phone i ever use. My previous android phone is HTC One M8.
Lag? No way Note 4 is lag.

I just bought a squaretrade warranty last night. Hoping they can fix it or replace it.
Anyone have experience using squaretrade?

There is Lag in the Note 5 , but not my mom;s LG NEXUS 4

It is a shame that , my samsung s6 edge is slowing down ,
i just got my note 5 , and try to make it a decent gift for my mom
and you know what , this southern lady refused to accept it and said :" my nexus 4 is smooth ,better then this lagggyiiiiiiiii note 5"
i bought nexus 4 for my mom like 3 years ago , it still goes smoothly even better than iPhone 6
i check out the System and what ? Original Android is better than anything else !!!!!!!!
fxxk the iPhone by pure edition android phone produced by Google is quite simple and easy
i wish google will find out that you still can make a thousand B Profits by selling real android phone

Artech21-Offical said:
It is a shame that , my samsung s6 edge is slowing down ,
i just got my note 5 , and try to make it a decent gift for my mom
and you know what , this southern lady refused to accept it and said :" my nexus 4 is smooth ,better then this lagggyiiiiiiiii note 5"
i bought nexus 4 for my mom like 3 years ago , it still goes smoothly even better than iPhone 6
i check out the System and what ? Original Android is better than anything else !!!!!!!!
fxxk the iPhone by pure edition android phone produced by Google is quite simple and easy
i wish google will find out that you still can make a thousand B Profits by selling real android phone
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mine is lag free once i removed all the bloat, you should try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/guide-bloating-touchwizzing-note-5-t3184563

What is it with new phone models that makes all the idiotic made up stories come out?
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mallman said:
mine is lag free once i removed all the bloat, you should try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/guide-bloating-touchwizzing-note-5-t3184563
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I haven't removed any bloat since I got my phone, i'm running it 100% stock so I can point out and laugh at these idiots trying to talk about how slow the phone is with all the bloat, well at least on the AT&T version there is pretty much no slow downs at all, this phone really is a workhorse. 6 days of use and it's not crashed or hard locked, it hasn't force closed an application while I was trying to use it, and it hasn't even done more than a slight hiccup when I first got it out of the box.
For the first 2-3 hours my phone was downloading apps and updates and installing everything so it was a bit slow during the first 2-3 hour time period. But ever since that all finished it has been flawless.

Yeah I don't know where anyone saying lag. Lag is non existence on the note 5 Verizon version.
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I was very impressed by how lag free the Note 5 is after reinstalling the apps I had on my note 4. So far Samsung has produced a beast of a phone here!
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Fastest phone ive ever owned for sure. Totally lag free for now. Hopefully it stays that way.

Kaboose666 said:
For the first 2-3 hours my phone was downloading apps and updates and installing everything so it was a bit slow during the first 2-3 hour time period. But ever since that all finished it has been flawless.
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This is a good point. If the story from OP is at all true its surely because his mom signed in, then it started auto downloading all of her apps, and it was laggy while it was installing 120 apps so she said she didn't like it. Other than that there is no chance this is even remotely true. I just went from a Nexus 6, which is leagues faster than the N4, to the Note 5 and its a huge improvement. I was not very impressed by the N6. Was quite slow right from the start. I went to that from the M8 and it felt slow out of the box compared to that. The Note 5 is the only phone I've used that impressed me more than the M8.

my note 4 was lag free when i first got it but i started noticing lag after a couple weeks of use..tw cause much of a slowdown

Lol the nexus 4 was the biggest piece of **** I've ever owned. You sir and your alleged mom are full of it. Does she have kik by any chance? ?

Absolutely no lag on the Note 5.

There is no lag on the Note 5. Stop reaching.
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Stop the madness! No lag at all
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zerojay said:
What is it with new phone models that makes all the idiotic made up stories come out?
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If people put down $800 for something, he can make up all the wild stories he wants. #sarcasm
By the way, my S4, S5, S6, Note 3, 4 didn't lag either.

no laaaag !!! ?
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What is this lag you people speak of??
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I am happy about note 5, but TBH my Nexus 6 even with dev. preview was smoother. 90% I am smooth sailing however sometimes I have hiccups like text message not showing up til like 30 seconds after the fact and a few force close every now and then. Nothing to complain about, I mean Nexus does have the stupid multi task bug where you switch between apps and and only half the screen shows up

Warrior1975 said:
What is this lag you people speak of??
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W trust me, fastest phone ive ever used. I didnt even lower my animation down to .5 like i usually do.

Wouldn't surprise me the nexus 4 holding up so well. Nexus lack features, don't have the top tier specs but they "just work" even gnex ran pretty smooth on LP considering it's age and no more official support I say it held it's a lot better than other phones of that time

sshafranko said:
W trust me, fastest phone ive ever used. I didnt even lower my animation down to .5 like i usually do.
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I agree. I've only had the phone for about 2 days but it is easily the fastest phone I've ever used. Noticeably faster than my wife's S6 which I thought was very fast. Hopefully it will stay that way.

VIDEO- Iphone 6 Beats Note 5 In Speed Test!?!

I could not believe my eyes when I saw this. The Note 5 is a spec power house with an ocat-core processor, and 4GB of ram while the Iphone 6 has a measly dual core processor and 1gb of ram.

in another video with the S6 vs the iPhone 6, the S6 had the advantage. the S6 and N5 have the same specs with the N5 having a gig more memory. but where the issue lies, and like he mentions is how the N5 fully closes apps down. i noticed in some other thread on here that the N5 aggressively closes recent apps whereas the S6 does not. maybe it's to help with the battery life. but i assume the test would prove differently if the N5 did not fully close out apps as was mentioned.
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use the task switcher instead of clicking icons again...

tallazzPilipino said:
in another video with the S6 vs the iPhone 6, the S6 had the advantage. the S6 and N5 have the same specs with the N5 having a gig more memory. but where the issue lies, and like he mentions is how the N5 fully closes apps down. i read in some thread on here that the N5 aggressively closes recent apps whereas the S6 does not. maybe it's to help with the battery life. but i assume the test would prove differently if the N5 did not fully close out apps as was mentioned.
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The S6 has a more aggressive RAM profile than the Note 5. It is more in terms of optimization. iOS while lacking in features in Android, is extremely optimized for their hardware which is something that is difficult for Android which is on devices with a variety of hardware. By optimizing the most out of their hardware, they can achieve these results., something hard for Android to do with fragmentation.
Still, getting a Note 5 in a couple days, so I can't wait.

Brinith said:
The S6 has a more aggressive RAM profile than the Note 5. It is more in terms of optimization. iOS while lacking in features in Android, is extremely optimized for their hardware which is something that is difficult for Android which is on devices with a variety of hardware. By optimizing the most out of their hardware, they can achieve these results., something hard for Android to do with fragmentation.
Still, getting a Note 5 in a couple days, so I can't wait.
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in that case, it's interesting that the S6 had the advantage in other videos i've seen. also, Android just always seems like there's always more things going on (factor in those widgets) compared to iOS which is like so vanilla.
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Software performance and UI lag

Hello
I have read many hours about this phone and will probably be my next device, but some questions before I make a final decision.
I have been a HTC user and always tried to give Samsung a chance but after a time the UI got so laggy, it turns me back to HTC with Sense.
This phone will be my Company/job phone and I don't want to make software every month to get it smooth again.
Have Samsung addressed the lag in Touchwiz? Do you have noticed any lag or slowdowns? For me the lags have always started and got worse after some weeks.
Any suggestions or help will make my decision easier.
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b-george said:
Hello
I have read many hours about this phone and will probably be my next device, but some questions before I make a final decision.
I have been a HTC user and always tried to give Samsung a chance but after a time the UI got so laggy, it turns me back to HTC with Sense.
This phone will be my Company/job phone and I don't want to make software every month to get it smooth again.
Have Samsung addressed the lag in Touchwiz? Do you have noticed any lag or slowdowns? For me the lags have always started and got worse after some weeks.
Any suggestions or help will make my decision easier.
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I've been using it for like 3 weeks now and I never noticed any lag even once! What I've read about is that Samsung is using extensive RAM management so if you open too many applications together, when you switch back to older applications, it reloads instead of resuming the session, never happened to me though but I don't keep much applications open at one time (may be 10 or so at most). You are right, the android devices are always fast when you take it out of the box and gradually start showing lags after a while (specially Samsung devices). However, I have more than 50 applications installed ( I use premium apps only, don't go for apps that load adds) including FPS games, Social Media, Podcasts, Utilities, etc. etc. and didn't notice any lag at all even if I don't kill any background application for days (I tried that). Even with 3 Gigs of RAM, I heard that S6 and S6 Edge doesn't show any lag so I'm assuming S6 Edge+/Note 5 with 4 Gigs of RAM would be better anyway. If you're thinking of getting it for Job/Business purpose, I don't see any problem at all with it.

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I've been using it for like 3 weeks now and I never noticed any lag even once! What I've read about is that Samsung is using extensive RAM management so if you open too many applications together, when you switch back to older applications, it reloads instead of resuming the session, never happened to me though but I don't keep much applications open at one time (may be 10 or so at most). You are right, the android devices are always fast when you take it out of the box and gradually start showing lags after a while (specially Samsung devices). However, I have more than 50 applications installed ( I use premium apps only, don't go for apps that load adds) including FPS games, Social Media, Podcasts, Utilities, etc. etc. and didn't notice any lag at all even if I don't kill any background application for days (I tried that). Even with 3 Gigs of RAM, I heard that S6 and S6 Edge doesn't show any lag so I'm assuming S6 Edge+/Note 5 with 4 Gigs of RAM would be better anyway. If you're thinking of getting it for Job/Business purpose, I don't see any problem at all with it.
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Thank you mate, it sounds promising.
What is the phone you have used before and can compare with?

for my part, i have used long times :
samsung galaxy S - S2 - S3 - S4
samsung galaxy note 2 - 3 - 4
lg g3
Htc one M8
iphone 4S - 5S - 6plus
And now my new galaxy s6 edge plus !
I can tell you, it's the first time i have the feeling of the smooth experience of an iphone, or htc one m8 in my hands with samsung
Impressive, really (50 apps, premium or not installed)
Imo you can close your eyes and go for it

b-george said:
Thank you mate, it sounds promising.
What is the phone you have used before and can compare with?
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My daily driver was Note 2 - No phone could beat the battery life of this one
I've used S2, S3, Nexus 4 and Note 4. Never noticed much lag on Note 4 either, but with S6 Edge+, its even faster and responsive (or may be I tell that to myself since I spent $900 on it). Either way, if the budget isn't a constraint, this is a phone to go for this year!

Hayaa said:
for my part, i have used long times :
samsung galaxy S - S2 - S3 - S4
samsung galaxy note 2 - 3 - 4
lg g3
Htc one M8
iphone 4S - 5S - 6plus
And now my new galaxy s6 edge plus !
I can tell you, it's the first time i have the feeling of the smooth experience of an iphone, or htc one m8 in my hands with samsung
Impressive, really (50 apps, premium or not installed)
Imo you can close your eyes and go for it
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How long have you been with your Edge+?
If it is as smooth as M8 or better i will definitely buy it.

One week only, because it's avaible in france since one week
i will see with some weeks,
but the difference its notable if i compare with the feeling of the firsts weeks of the phone i quote

I was a M8 user for a long time. I wouldn't say it's smoother than HTC (ARHD) but you won't notice any lags on Edge+ As for the battery I used to get around 7 hour SOT on my M8 (Custom kernel & Custom ROM) On here i'm still unrooted I get around 5:30 minutes SOT with texting and few YouTube etc. considering the higher resolution and higher screen resolution it's only natural.
Reassured you won't regret getting S6 Edge+

I will wait two weeks to see if the slow downs will be reported. It's promising to hear no lags, but they usually comes after some weeks.
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get note 5 or s6 edge+ plus, better then 3Gb ram.