I love how Apple fanboys complain that Note 4 has "too many features". Well how about that 17 hour of on screen time? Is that too big of a battery too? Is that "gimmicky" too? Good talk.
Battery life varies, I've heard reviews say iphone out performed it in there test with iphone 6, Galaxy note 5, and note 4 all having similar battery life.
That's the problem with fanboys, I mean, fanchildren, they just have to go online and argue about how their's is so much better and call everyone who doesn't agree with them names. Xbox vs PS, Apple vs Android, Chevy vs Ford, etc.
People are calling Note 4 features 'gimmicks'? By definition all features can be a gimmick. A finger print scanner can be a gimmick. Remember when 'NFC' was only on Androids and Apple users called it a gimmick or the size of the phone was a gimmick? Apple remembers lol. My Note 4 can do everything an iPhone can plus many many more! I love ir blaster. Yes, I can change channels/controls and other devices with my phone. Every 'gimmick' on my Note 4 I use, so I see my Note 4 as 'technology on overload'. Me personally, I would rather have too much than too little. Even with all those features on the Note 4 our battery is better and charges faster. Also, iPhone users are stuck with how many gb are on their phone while Note 4 users can upgrade our memory to 128gb. iPhone users have to upload pics to a cloud now they can get hacked and as a result, their boobs are on the internet lol. I haven't even mention the S Pen, yet. The S-Pen is a serial killer when it comes to other phones. Look, the iPhone is a good smartphone, however when I pay $800 for a phone I know I will get my money's worth. Some can't say that........
The thing with these 2 is that they're BOTH awesome. If you want a phablet running iOS get the 6 Plus. If you want a stylus and Android get the Note 4. You can't go wrong with either. I personally went with the 6 Plus and have not been disappointed in the slightest.
Kelvin Miller I love the comment. I was saying that all along. Not much of a change besides screen, camera optimizations and the build and chip. But if you don't care about any of that, then keep the iPhone 5s. Because you are not missing anything in particular. Apple has done this for years, playing it safe and not trying anything new. Note 4 over note 3. Build, better camera, ois, updated speaker, finger print scanner, fast charge, chip and the screen. Best screen on any smart phone this year with out killing the 3200mah battery.
who the hell cares about sales? do you really think someone who buys a bugatti wants everyone to be driving the same car he has? not everyone can afford a note4
^ Yeah but the iPhone has the most sales for single phone... Obviously more android sales, there's hundreds of millions of androids, and only 1 iPhone every year or so...
iFans claim their great Apple company innovates, but all they do is create gimmicks and market outdated hardware. 5.5" screen?? 1080P resolution?? 8MP camera?? Smart watch?? real innovative for 2010, LOL. Not to mention their garbage maps and bootleg chinese gorilla glass. Please don't reply by telling me how they invented smart phones or touch screens, because they didn't. I had an HTC MDA(touch screen, smart phone) years before iPhone was invented. Not dissing the iPhone, lord knows they have really optimized their iOS and do a hell of a job with their support and app store, but it is as much of a competition for the Note 4 as a Honda Civic is to a Porsche 911 turbo.
Erick Vargas True, but Apple was never about innovation. It's about getting it right. Apple didn't invent the smartphone; it saw what the compassion had to offer, and they choose what features people wanted. Ditto for the iPad. And the same thing will happen for the apple watch. Now, I'm not saying that the apple watch will be huge, but it will get more attention than the other smart watches. And 5.5 inch phones might have been a gimmick in 2011, but in just 3 short years phones became more capable than ever before, so it made sense to increase screen size to compensate the increase in capability. 1080p resolution is only noticeable if your phone is 5 inches or bigger, which is exactly what Apple did; 2k is only noticeable if your phone is 6 inches (from my experiences. I don't know about you, you might have robot eyes). 8MP cameras might be outdated, but Apple is keeping in in everything else like aperture, image sensors, pixel size, better ISPs, etc. Plus my iPhone is not my primary camera, I have a Canon. I can sum this up in one sentence: Samsung invents it, Apple perfects it.
Joseph Lo Re I can't say a bad thing about the iPhone. It is a good phone, my problem is the way it is marketed and how they lure people towards their brand. They got away from Google maps because they think they can do better, but google has been in the map game for a lot longer than most companies, they have pretty much re-invented the internet. I am no robot with super human eyes, but I do most of my online stuff and photo editing from my home PC, which is connected to my 70" TV. I also don't primarily shoot pictures with my phone(I have a Nikon full frame camera), but when I don't have it on me I like to see a good image if I need to edit it via my PC. My first DSLR was a fixed lens Minolta Dimage Z6 when it was released back in 2005. That camera's pictures with a 6MP sensor where great at the time and good by today's standards, but lets not kid ourselves, they are blown away by today's cell phone cameras. As for the screen size, its not that it was a gimmick, they just were not affordable or sought after. The HTC Shift(X9500) was a +$1200 smart phone. Heck, when I purchased my first smartphone(Nokia 3650) I paid close to $400, this was back in 2003 when everyone had the brick phones and nextel's walkie talkie(push to talk) was the thing. To quote you, yes, "I can sum this up in one sentence: Samsung invents it, Apple perfects it," but how far behind are they on "perfecting"?? Its more of a "Samsung and android makers sell products, Apple sells it's brand." A phone this size and price needs to have everything it can at the top of the line, it is a flagship for both companies, but the fact of it is the iPhone 6 plus is not suited to compete with the Note 4. Maybe when it picks up a stylus, multitasking, and similar screen resolution(in say... another 2-3 generations?? When they "perfect" it).
This is a great comparison video with a great point. No matter what the outcome of the comparison, if you are comfy in one ecosystem, your choice is made. Love it cnet
If i use my phone for taking a lot of pics Ans vid, playing games and watching movies which would be better??? I'm used to iPhones now but I like the battery life, camera and expandable memory on the note 4.
how is the note 4 uglier than the note 3 ? and dont get me wrong i love my htc one m8 and nothing beats it. but the note 4 definitely isnt uglier than the note 3.
Apple Ecosystem for me. It does everything I want to do with no problems. I just don't like Android as much but its all preference and what you want out of a phone. I Love my iPhone 6 Plus!
What I want to know is if I can move my apps to an sd card, without rooting? or if I am limited to the on board storage? No app to sd makes the sd card slot useless for me. And yes I know I can have music, photos and movies on the sd card.
Coming from Cnet.. You can do more on the Note 4. A friend of mine just upgraded to Note 4 from iPhone 5, only one comment he made "iPhone is boring." Can't argue with that. Gave him Showbox and he's luving it more :-).
Honestly i do, but really only for 4 apps; youtube, hangouts, reddit, & chrome. Its really cool to respond to text messages with out pausing a video or browse the internet and watching videos simultaneously.
Apple did the dumbest mistake entering into the phablet space. The 6 Plus is just a huge iPhone. It has no purpose, other than being hella big, a size equal to the Nexus 6. I laugh; it's outrageously big, if you've used it like me. Note 4 all the way because of all the features, that you Apple Fanboys say as gimmicks. The Galaxy line has gimmicks, but not the Note lineup.
Well their dumb mistake cost Samsung 60% in profits which is just disgusting and shows that Samsung was just riding on the S3 hype from years ago. N4 is a "good" phone no doubt but not better than the iPhone 6 plus. While N4 has all these "features" and "specs" that don't help its cause iPhone has sheer performance in every aspect and it has a huge array of apps and software optimization to back it up.
blue4zero I own both until you own an use both..Shut your mouth.... the problem with the Note 4 has nothing to do with Apple the problem is that there at a ton a Note 3 user and the note 4 isn't that much of a different to upgrade and iphone 6 plus doesn't even come close to Note 4.. Technically the Note 3 is better than the iphone 6 plus... 6 plus is just that a blown up iphone 6 there is no phone on the market like the Note series, Its in a class of its own.. A better comparison would be the Samsung Mega
I have the Note 4, the wife has the iPhone 6 plus. The 6 plus is buttery smooth, but honestly, that's about it. My Note 4 is just has buttery smooth, plus I can: swap out batteries, expand memory, multi-task, use the s-pen, customize any way I want to, use a bigger & better screen, take wide angled selfies and more then I can mention. There is no comparison, the iPhone 6 plus wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the Note series. And with all that being said, it's a better value. The 6 plus is way overpriced for its capability, or lack there of. It's a good phone, but the Note 4 is superb.
Android/iOS person here Love or hate TouchWiz (you can get a custom launcher anyway), it does make the most out of big screen devices. iOS NOR Stock Android takes advantage of a bigger screen. Yes TouchWiz is bloated but it has 32GB standard and you can simply tun off the features you think are just gimmicks. Sometimes, more is better.
I'm not disappointed in the winner or anything, I never really am. I'm just wondering where the scores are and why some rounds weren't clear as to which phone was better. I would have simply appreciated a tiny mention to the fact that the layout of this show was changing during the intro. :)
As much as I love my iPhone 6, I knew for a very long time that the 6 plus would never be able to hold up against the behemoth that is the Note 4. As a phone I will always prefer my iPhone but as a Phablet, there really is no comparison. Galaxy Note 4 all the way.
CNET is stepping up their games. I could've swore they would've gone with the 6 plus which isn't a bad phone just can't really complete in this category
That heart rate monitor is such a piece of crap! Put your finger on your camera and you can measure your heart rate. Almost EVERY device works you just need a camera and flash
Lamar Battle I have a note 4 and i don't care if my note is better. I know it is, i don't have to be running around shoving it downs peoples throats :P
Honestly, Apple fans should be thanking Samsung. Without Samsung and their Galaxy Note line, the iPhone 6 Plus would not exist. In fact, Apple would still be of the mentality that no phone should be larger than 3.5". You should expect that Apple's first go at the large smartphone/phablet market would not be perfect. The Galaxy Note line is now on it's 4th generation, so Samsung has this device formula down to a science... while Apple just made a really big iPhone. The Note 4 is an amazing device. If you say that the iPhone 6 Plus is better, you have never used a Note 4. I have used both devices quite a bit, and the Note 4 is the clear winner. It can do so much more than the 6 Plus, and it offers more VALUE (they're both the same price) than the 6 Plus too. Features + value is a tough combination to beat. Good luck next year Apple.
Note 2 took nearly a year to ship 10 million units; the Note III accomplished the same feat in just 60 days. If the Note IV continues the trend, Samsung could soon announce a record launch for its flagship phablet
Do ur research ser note 3 sold 10 million in 2 months as well ur not stating anything, and unlike Apple fans we don't need to switch our phones every year we already have something Apple won't come out with for another 5years
Half the people on this forum never use the features on their phones. 9 times out of ten their on Facebook or Instagram. Don't tell me about features because you don't use them. Example: my co-worker has the note 3 and was trying to sell me on the things you can do with it. I gave him my wifi code to join the network. He was like ok let me take a picture of it. Now let me pull out the pen. Now let me......I said why not just type the wifi code that I gave you.
"The Note 4 can do more than any phone on the market." You can't justify all those useless features on the Note. Sure, you get a device that can "do a crap load of things", but will you actually use them? I obviously don't own a Samsung phone, but I'm pretty sure 80% of the features in that interface aren't really usuable. "You can write notes with the stylus" - Yeah totally, I'm not gonna get my laptop or a textbook, lol, in class, but I'll write on my phone... And WRITE, not even type on that giant screen, makes sense. Ohh and don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on Android, I'm hating on Samsung. If I'm to pick an Android device I'll choose HTCs phones anyday over Samsungs. The fact that you put anything you can think of (talking about the so called features) in that buggy interface does not make the phone "The Best". Also I don't see what's all the BS about "split-screen functionality". Opening calendar on top of something sounds like the only useful thing you can do, and even that isn't something so mind-blowing. Sure, I'd like Apple to make more use of the big screen that's on the 6 Plus, but if they "just" add the app support for split-screen functionality I'll be really disappointed and I wouldn't even use it. But anyway, that's just me. I'm sure Samsung fanboys will tell me how they aren't all useless and only about 30% of them are. lol.
There is no doubt that there are better phones that iphone, but people who use apple think that this product is the best when it is not. I am not against apple. I used to have an phone and didn't like it. I like android better than ios. People, I just suggest to stop being fans of products, and buy the one that works for you the best. As consumers, we are not doing any company a favor to make somebody to use their product. We are the ones paying for the product, These companies are not paying us to use their products.
Iphone 6 Plus for me and Note 4 for the wife. Honestly we both just upgraded from the Galaxy S line and the Note is a bigger, faster version of the that... besides a gorgeous screen there's nothing to brag about. I needed a change and the 6 Plus is amazing and fits my needs. With the addition of Swype to Apple, I now have that Android feel with Apple... it's all about what you, the "end user" wants. My wife loves her Note because it's exactly the same from what she had before and she says "I don't have to relearn anything."
After using android phones and tablets for years, I just couldn't deal with the delay and lag compared to IOS. Maybe my devices were just getting out dated and couldn't handle the latest apps ect. but that doesn't mean I should have to buy a new phone and tablet every year. Apple app store may not have an app for everything but the apps on there work and are normally high quality apps, as for the play store on android... I just got the Iphone 6+ because I wanted a bigger screen and after owning an Ipad 4 for nearly 2 years, the smoothness and speed compared to an android is amazing. Never crashes and I know if I want to do something on it, it will do it with no problem.. unlike my android devices where they would take for ever and suddenly do it all at once with no smoothness. I'm not a fan boy but apple for me is a lot smoother and does what I want to do, unlike my experience with android...
I bought note 2 wks ago. Already has issues. Volume button is very loose. U can here clicking sound. And near the home button oliophobic coating is starts coming off by using fingerprint scanner. Wtf. And finally the glass finish is very uneven. The surface has slight depression that u can seen under reflection of light. I like the phone, but the Quality is very bad
You are a stupid liar...😕 I've had my note 2 for almost 2 years now and about to upgrade to the note 4 and I've had no issues and it runs smooth as the day I bought it... You people just hate to give it to Samsung I mean really you must have bought a used beat model...
JadeBlack9 I'm not lying. I bought note 4 from bell mobile for 997. And I said I like the phone. It does run good and stylus is awesome. U blind??what I am saying is the build quality sucks.
Actually they did not admit the fact Note 4 won. They said its the best Phablet on the market they don't have the Ball's to say The Note 4 beat the iPhone that's considered taboo. But if you look at other videos they say and show the scores when apple products beat other device's.
Folk, It's NOT even a contest... The 1st Galaxy NOTE: www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxynote/mobile/index.html?type=find is already much better than the "stretch" iPhone 6 plus... Only iStupid & iMorons will choose the elongated iPhone 6 Plus than the GALAXY NOTE 4. I had the iPhone 6 plus for 14 days and returned it to Costco & got the "white GALAXY NOTE 4" and the difference is night & day. We love the GALAXY NOTE 4 - the screen, multitasking, s-pen (wacom digitizer), battery life, 128GB microsd card, easy to replace battery, etc........ To make the long stort, GALAXY NOTE 4 is way better than the iPhone 6 Plus any day. Have a great day to y'all
Love the Note 4 but the iPhones complete metal build and smooth OS make it a hard choice. Pulling out a Samsung just doesn't look at good as an iPhone. But damn the specs on the Note 4 are beastly
You just forgot that SGN4 has "one handed operation" that is way better than pulling down your screen for every click. Anyways, every Galaxy Note is top of the line when they come out.
What Apple fanboys are basically defending is a bendy metal phone with 4 year old specs running on a ToyOS and owned by bunch of people who would get confused using Google.
iPhones have been showing most of the same exact features since it first came out with small changes.. The Galaxy has way more features than the iPhone..
Have you totally lost it! instead of comparing Siri with s voice u r comparing it with Google voice something u can also have in ios and for the last time Google voice is not a virtual assistant! its just a faster way to google. iOS users can also download google maps and many other Google applications! Can android users download iOS apps like find my phone, find my friend, iMessage, FaceTime, iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand, iTunes Store HELL NO! There is no reason to compare iOS maps with google maps cuz u can have both on iOS same is case with the Siri and Google voice and YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THAT IPHONE CAN RECORD SLOW MOTION VIDEO at 240 fps 720p HD something no android phone in this entire world can do
Having just recently switched to android from iOS, I can say that yes, they do have all of those apps (in terms of functionality anyways as apple restricts their software to their lineups) but I haven't had issues finding apps to use. I do agree with you that the app store is slightly better than the google play store since it's more organized but the comparison was based on native functionality. While it's true that apple does have google now searching capabilities and google maps capabilities, you can never set them as your default applications because spotlight or apple maps will always be the default option. Android has google voice search accessibility from any screen instead of having to click into an app, same with maps just by telling it to give you directions somewhere. It also provides directions and commute updates to your job and home depending on the time of day. Overall, I feel that android has great functionality as well but everyone has their own personal preference.
I will always prefer iphone but if I had to have a android device then it would be the htc one m8 because it feels premium and don't have so much extra stuff I don't need in the software
When the ip6+ came out, everyone was complaining for the less optimization for the bigger screen. Now that the nexus 6 has nothing for the bigger screen, noone gives a shit!
I just find it pretty funny that the Geekbench scores shown were Single Core. Since Samsung has a Quad Core vs Apple Dual Core (I'm quite sure it is still a dual core), Samsung GN4 has higher performance on the paper. Misleading again....
Hey Brian, what's up with this price fight ? I used to love this show. This is like Tom Brady VS Payton manning or a heavy fight champion. This video has none of the excitement. Boring
Samsung sales are going down! Also, the Note 4 bends and contains gaps. Apple is great, but I'm sticking with LG. Say all you want but LG makes some of the best phones on the market today. It's about quality, not quantity.
Apple fans always get so defensive when there not the prefered choice.. Phablet=phone/tablet... So indulge me on how iPhone 6 is even named in a category as the note 4. And for those saying samsung has gimmicks it doesn't it just has options... Guaranteed once the iPhone 10 get the same features we have now u won't see it that way
I love apple but a wasted a lot of space with the iPhone 6 plus. They could have done so much with the screen size. They can always add stuff in though, hopefully.
I love how Apple fanboys complain that Note 4 has "too many features". Well how about that 17 hour of on screen time? Is that too big of a battery too? Is that "gimmicky" too? Good talk.
Battery life varies, I've heard reviews say iphone out performed it in there test with iphone 6, Galaxy note 5, and note 4 all having similar battery life.
Hahaha
Nawnp MCPE according to CNET and GSMArena, Note4 outperform iphone6/iphone6plus by hours. I have my sources. Where is yours?
www.gsmarena.com/battery-test.php3 Heres the link even.
Note4: 87h vs iPhone 6+: 79h vs iPhone 6: 61h
17 hours of screen-on time?? No phone gets that much on the market right now..
My phones better than yours!!! No mine is better!!! Good lord, its a dang phone, buy the one that suits you and quit arguing on TH-cam.
That's the problem with fanboys, I mean, fanchildren, they just have to go online and argue about how their's is so much better and call everyone who doesn't agree with them names. Xbox vs PS, Apple vs Android, Chevy vs Ford, etc.
People are calling Note 4 features 'gimmicks'? By definition all features can be a gimmick. A finger print scanner can be a gimmick. Remember when 'NFC' was only on Androids and Apple users called it a gimmick or the size of the phone was a gimmick? Apple remembers lol. My Note 4 can do everything an iPhone can plus many many more! I love ir blaster. Yes, I can change channels/controls and other devices with my phone. Every 'gimmick' on my Note 4 I use, so I see my Note 4 as 'technology on overload'. Me personally, I would rather have too much than too little. Even with all those features on the Note 4 our battery is better and charges faster. Also, iPhone users are stuck with how many gb are on their phone while Note 4 users can upgrade our memory to 128gb. iPhone users have to upload pics to a cloud now they can get hacked and as a result, their boobs are on the internet lol. I haven't even mention the S Pen, yet. The S-Pen is a serial killer when it comes to other phones. Look, the iPhone is a good smartphone, however when I pay $800 for a phone I know I will get my money's worth. Some can't say that........
The thing with these 2 is that they're BOTH awesome. If you want a phablet running iOS get the 6 Plus. If you want a stylus and Android get the Note 4. You can't go wrong with either. I personally went with the 6 Plus and have not been disappointed in the slightest.
You should be because you probably have an iPhone and it's the 6 is the same as the 5s and 5...
Joshua I respect you man! Its all about personal preference
Kelvin Miller I love the comment. I was saying that all along. Not much of a change besides screen, camera optimizations and the build and chip. But if you don't care about any of that, then keep the iPhone 5s. Because you are not missing anything in particular. Apple has done this for years, playing it safe and not trying anything new. Note 4 over note 3. Build, better camera, ois, updated speaker, finger print scanner, fast charge, chip and the screen. Best screen on any smart phone this year with out killing the 3200mah battery.
iOS is just too smooth though! But numbers don't lie, that Note is a beast!! Still wouldn't get it .
The Note is faster then the iPhone though. You can't even scroll fast because they limit how far you can scroll per flick on iOS
AnimeBeefRandoms That is not the same kind of fast.
Stefan C. Well Note 4 is better at multitasking and faster at everything else.
AnimeBeefRandoms Well, that is arguable. I mean, something like that is not a fact.
AnimeBeefRandoms The sats are on your side friend, use them! Lol don't say shit like "well it's just better =P ". It undermines your entire argument.
I like how no one else at Cnet wanted to be a part of this...
the Why aren't you showing multicore performance from Geekbench 3?
Because the Note 4 destroys the iPhone 6?
Cause its meaningless since its an iOS vs Android OS.
Why are you complaining? Your note already won the competition.
Because those numbers mean nothing. Use it in real life doing real life tasks...that's the real test.
Bring The Old prizefight back!
As an iPhone 6 owner, if I were to go phablet, I'd go with the Note 4.
What happened to the scoring in between rounds? It made the Prizefights more interesting. Please bring it back.
What happened to the scoring system?
Same thing I commented on. CNET is biased.
What happened to your numeric rating system
The new one sucks
let's see who wins in sales
who the hell cares about sales? do you really think someone who buys a bugatti wants everyone to be driving the same car he has? not everyone can afford a note4
Toyota Camry outsales Lamborghini so I guess Camry wins.
MRUAV1
Note 4 is cheaper than iPhone 6+
Over 80 percent of phones shipped are android.
^ Yeah but the iPhone has the most sales for single phone...
Obviously more android sales, there's hundreds of millions of androids, and only 1 iPhone every year or so...
I haven't watched the video yet but i can already tell you the note 4 wins
Nobody uses the styles or split screen LMAO!!! SAYS THE iPhone user
Soo true
I love my note 4 this phone is a beast
iFans claim their great Apple company innovates, but all they do is create gimmicks and market outdated hardware. 5.5" screen?? 1080P resolution?? 8MP camera?? Smart watch?? real innovative for 2010, LOL. Not to mention their garbage maps and bootleg chinese gorilla glass. Please don't reply by telling me how they invented smart phones or touch screens, because they didn't. I had an HTC MDA(touch screen, smart phone) years before iPhone was invented. Not dissing the iPhone, lord knows they have really optimized their iOS and do a hell of a job with their support and app store, but it is as much of a competition for the Note 4 as a Honda Civic is to a Porsche 911 turbo.
Erick Vargas True, but Apple was never about innovation. It's about getting it right. Apple didn't invent the smartphone; it saw what the compassion had to offer, and they choose what features people wanted. Ditto for the iPad. And the same thing will happen for the apple watch. Now, I'm not saying that the apple watch will be huge, but it will get more attention than the other smart watches. And 5.5 inch phones might have been a gimmick in 2011, but in just 3 short years phones became more capable than ever before, so it made sense to increase screen size to compensate the increase in capability. 1080p resolution is only noticeable if your phone is 5 inches or bigger, which is exactly what Apple did; 2k is only noticeable if your phone is 6 inches (from my experiences. I don't know about you, you might have robot eyes). 8MP cameras might be outdated, but Apple is keeping in in everything else like aperture, image sensors, pixel size, better ISPs, etc. Plus my iPhone is not my primary camera, I have a Canon.
I can sum this up in one sentence: Samsung invents it, Apple perfects it.
Joseph Lo Re I can't say a bad thing about the iPhone. It is a good phone, my problem is the way it is marketed and how they lure people towards their brand. They got away from Google maps because they think they can do better, but google has been in the map game for a lot longer than most companies, they have pretty much re-invented the internet.
I am no robot with super human eyes, but I do most of my online stuff and photo editing from my home PC, which is connected to my 70" TV. I also don't primarily shoot pictures with my phone(I have a Nikon full frame camera), but when I don't have it on me I like to see a good image if I need to edit it via my PC. My first DSLR was a fixed lens Minolta Dimage Z6 when it was released back in 2005. That camera's pictures with a 6MP sensor where great at the time and good by today's standards, but lets not kid ourselves, they are blown away by today's cell phone cameras.
As for the screen size, its not that it was a gimmick, they just were not affordable or sought after. The HTC Shift(X9500) was a +$1200 smart phone. Heck, when I purchased my first smartphone(Nokia 3650) I paid close to $400, this was back in 2003 when everyone had the brick phones and nextel's walkie talkie(push to talk) was the thing.
To quote you, yes, "I can sum this up in one sentence: Samsung invents it, Apple perfects it," but how far behind are they on "perfecting"?? Its more of a "Samsung and android makers sell products, Apple sells it's brand." A phone this size and price needs to have everything it can at the top of the line, it is a flagship for both companies, but the fact of it is the iPhone 6 plus is not suited to compete with the Note 4. Maybe when it picks up a stylus, multitasking, and similar screen resolution(in say... another 2-3 generations?? When they "perfect" it).
This is a great comparison video with a great point. No matter what the outcome of the comparison, if you are comfy in one ecosystem, your choice is made. Love it cnet
If i use my phone for taking a lot of pics Ans vid, playing games and watching movies which would be better??? I'm used to iPhones now but I like the battery life, camera and expandable memory on the note 4.
You know ur not getting any more review units, right?
Yeah too bad it's ugly. How does Samsung manage to make phones look so cheap?
Yeah but too bad that cheap iPhone bends. How does Apple manage to make a phone so cheap? :(
CNET actually chose Samsung over apple huh? Never thought I'd see the day.
Excellent review. . . Note 4 it's about 1 to 2 years ahead! When is the apple watch coming out with the lame square screen?
Samsung phones are getting uglier and uglier everytime, and Iphones are the same every year. HTC FTW
how is the note 4 uglier than the note 3 ? and dont get me wrong i love my htc one m8 and nothing beats it. but the note 4 definitely isnt uglier than the note 3.
I personally like Motorola devices, but I agree that HTC makes the best looking phones.
Disagree with every part of that sentence.
Lol....
Wait thats a sentence?
Apple Ecosystem for me. It does everything I want to do with no problems. I just don't like Android as much but its all preference and what you want out of a phone. I Love my iPhone 6 Plus!
What I want to know is if I can move my apps to an sd card, without rooting? or if I am limited to the on board storage? No app to sd makes the sd card slot useless for me. And yes I know I can have music, photos and movies on the sd card.
You can do that since Android 4.2 I believe.
Coming from Cnet.. You can do more on the Note 4.
A friend of mine just upgraded to Note 4 from iPhone 5, only one comment he made "iPhone is boring." Can't argue with that.
Gave him Showbox and he's luving it more :-).
Honestly who the heck uses those multitasking features on the Samsung Galaxy honestly
Its awesome
Honestly i do, but really only for 4 apps; youtube, hangouts, reddit, & chrome. Its really cool to respond to text messages with out pausing a video or browse the internet and watching videos simultaneously.
Your mama
Every note user.
Split screen is useful not sure about the rest.
Apple did the dumbest mistake entering into the phablet space. The 6 Plus is just a huge iPhone. It has no purpose, other than being hella big, a size equal to the Nexus 6. I laugh; it's outrageously big, if you've used it like me. Note 4 all the way because of all the features, that you Apple Fanboys say as gimmicks. The Galaxy line has gimmicks, but not the Note lineup.
Yeah the Note 4 and Nexus 6 are the size of the iPhone, but they both have larger screens.
Well their dumb mistake cost Samsung 60% in profits which is just disgusting and shows that Samsung was just riding on the S3 hype from years ago. N4 is a "good" phone no doubt but not better than the iPhone 6 plus. While N4 has all these "features" and "specs" that don't help its cause iPhone has sheer performance in every aspect and it has a huge array of apps and software optimization to back it up.
l Got to agree with the Samsung loss blue4zero
But the iPhone has no optimization compared to a Note. You can't compare them, period. The Note is its own league
blue4zero I own both until you own an use both..Shut your mouth.... the problem with the Note 4 has nothing to do with Apple the problem is that there at a ton a Note 3 user and the note 4 isn't that much of a different to upgrade and iphone 6 plus doesn't even come close to Note 4.. Technically the Note 3 is better than the iphone 6 plus... 6 plus is just that a blown up iphone 6 there is no phone on the market like the Note series, Its in a class of its own.. A better comparison would be the Samsung Mega
I have the Note 4, the wife has the iPhone 6 plus. The 6 plus is buttery smooth, but honestly, that's about it. My Note 4 is just has buttery smooth, plus I can: swap out batteries, expand memory, multi-task, use the s-pen, customize any way I want to, use a bigger & better screen, take wide angled selfies and more then I can mention. There is no comparison, the iPhone 6 plus wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the Note series. And with all that being said, it's a better value. The 6 plus is way overpriced for its capability, or lack there of. It's a good phone, but the Note 4 is superb.
Man was so close to getting an iPhone, then i had my hands on the note 4.
Why didn't you put the multicore score down for the Note 4 and 6 Plus? Oh, I know because the Note wins.
So, what's the conclusion?
Android/iOS person here
Love or hate TouchWiz (you can get a custom launcher anyway), it does make the most out of big screen devices. iOS NOR Stock Android takes advantage of a bigger screen. Yes TouchWiz is bloated but it has 32GB standard and you can simply tun off the features you think are just gimmicks. Sometimes, more is better.
I miss the old prizefight.
I'm not disappointed in the winner or anything, I never really am. I'm just wondering where the scores are and why some rounds weren't clear as to which phone was better. I would have simply appreciated a tiny mention to the fact that the layout of this show was changing during the intro. :)
Great video! Totally agree with everything! I liked the previous design tho with points after each round and stuff cus it had more tension lol :P
As much as I love my iPhone 6, I knew for a very long time that the 6 plus would never be able to hold up against the behemoth that is the Note 4. As a phone I will always prefer my iPhone but as a Phablet, there really is no comparison. Galaxy Note 4 all the way.
whats a geekbench 3 benchmark? o.O
CNET is stepping up their games. I could've swore they would've gone with the 6 plus which isn't a bad phone just can't really complete in this category
That heart rate monitor is such a piece of crap! Put your finger on your camera and you can measure your heart rate. Almost EVERY device works you just need a camera and flash
I have an iPhone 6, and I agree... But I'm still never getting an android. ;)
But Android is better.
I wonder if anyone really cares
Lamar Battle I have a note 4 and i don't care if my note is better. I know it is, i don't have to be running around shoving it downs peoples throats :P
David Well good for you LOL
+Javier Miglino Lmfao!!!
So the next iPhone is going to be thicker sporting a bigger battery right? Stop laughing.
We all know the note 4 is better.
Apple went cheap with the design of the iPhone 6 Plus. The 5S looked way more luxury.
Honestly, Apple fans should be thanking Samsung. Without Samsung and their Galaxy Note line, the iPhone 6 Plus would not exist. In fact, Apple would still be of the mentality that no phone should be larger than 3.5". You should expect that Apple's first go at the large smartphone/phablet market would not be perfect. The Galaxy Note line is now on it's 4th generation, so Samsung has this device formula down to a science... while Apple just made a really big iPhone.
The Note 4 is an amazing device. If you say that the iPhone 6 Plus is better, you have never used a Note 4. I have used both devices quite a bit, and the Note 4 is the clear winner. It can do so much more than the 6 Plus, and it offers more VALUE (they're both the same price) than the 6 Plus too. Features + value is a tough combination to beat.
Good luck next year Apple.
True Story.
Apple: bigger Iphones, smaller Ipads
I haven't watched a Prizefight in awhile, I noticed he doesn't give out numbers anymore, imagine if he did, what the score would be, wow!
I don't even know how this was even put in question. The Note 4 is hands down the best phone in the market right now.
Once again, proven factor that Note 4 is not only the king of phablet but also king of smartphone now
Note 2 took nearly a year to ship 10 million units; the Note III accomplished the same feat in just 60 days. If the Note IV continues the trend, Samsung could soon announce a record launch for its flagship phablet
Do ur research ser note 3 sold 10 million in 2 months as well ur not stating anything, and unlike Apple fans we don't need to switch our phones every year we already have something Apple won't come out with for another 5years
Half the people on this forum never use the features on their phones. 9 times out of ten their on Facebook or Instagram. Don't tell me about features because you don't use them. Example: my co-worker has the note 3 and was trying to sell me on the things you can do with it. I gave him my wifi code to join the network. He was like ok let me take a picture of it. Now let me pull out the pen. Now let me......I said why not just type the wifi code that I gave you.
Bigger screens was once a gimmic too until iPhone got it... Apple fans once said we don't need a screen that big.. But what are they saying now?
Comment section full of apple fanboys. Let's get real here note 4 is the best phablet. Samsung created the "phaplet" category.
WHAT WAS THE SCORE???!!
Wow I was expecting it to be more competitive.
apple sold nearly 10 million iphone 6 plus compared to only 4.5 million sold note 4
Still a lot
Is that first day or total sales? Big difference in release dates.
You mean iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus... Iphone 6 plus alone sales 4 million and galaxy note 4 sales 4.5 million in almost 2 country....
Since when do sales make a better device?
***** my thoughts exactly.
Everyone's bitching about if Android or iOS is better, and I'm just sitting here with a rooted Galaxy S4...
Lmao
Till this day the Note 4 is still the King even topping the Note 5 in terms of features. As the best smart on the market.
"The Note 4 can do more than any phone on the market."
You can't justify all those useless features on the Note. Sure, you get a device that can "do a crap load of things", but will you actually use them? I obviously don't own a Samsung phone, but I'm pretty sure 80% of the features in that interface aren't really usuable. "You can write notes with the stylus" - Yeah totally, I'm not gonna get my laptop or a textbook, lol, in class, but I'll write on my phone... And WRITE, not even type on that giant screen, makes sense. Ohh and don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on Android, I'm hating on Samsung. If I'm to pick an Android device I'll choose HTCs phones anyday over Samsungs. The fact that you put anything you can think of (talking about the so called features) in that buggy interface does not make the phone "The Best".
Also I don't see what's all the BS about "split-screen functionality". Opening calendar on top of something sounds like the only useful thing you can do, and even that isn't something so mind-blowing. Sure, I'd like Apple to make more use of the big screen that's on the 6 Plus, but if they "just" add the app support for split-screen functionality I'll be really disappointed and I wouldn't even use it. But anyway, that's just me. I'm sure Samsung fanboys will tell me how they aren't all useless and only about 30% of them are. lol.
Why he didn't talk about the bendable feature on the iphone 6+?????
There is no doubt that there are better phones that iphone, but people who use apple think that this product is the best when it is not. I am not against apple. I used to have an phone and didn't like it. I like android better than ios. People, I just suggest to stop being fans of products, and buy the one that works for you the best. As consumers, we are not doing any company a favor to make somebody to use their product. We are the ones paying for the product, These companies are not paying us to use their products.
Iphone 6 Plus for me and Note 4 for the wife. Honestly we both just upgraded from the Galaxy S line and the Note is a bigger, faster version of the that... besides a gorgeous screen there's nothing to brag about. I needed a change and the 6 Plus is amazing and fits my needs. With the addition of Swype to Apple, I now have that Android feel with Apple... it's all about what you, the "end user" wants. My wife loves her Note because it's exactly the same from what she had before and she says "I don't have to relearn anything."
Can the note 4 bend?
of course it can bend but not in your pocket :)
i love the fact that they use the metric system
no more scoring system?
WTF? Where ate the judges and how did Samsung win a CNET contest vs Apple? Something's not right here... the bias is missing.
What is this?? What hapened to the old prize fight?!!!
The note 4 would have won all rounds. So it would have been shameful to show that so... Yeah
After using android phones and tablets for years, I just couldn't deal with the delay and lag compared to IOS. Maybe my devices were just getting out dated and couldn't handle the latest apps ect. but that doesn't mean I should have to buy a new phone and tablet every year. Apple app store may not have an app for everything but the apps on there work and are normally high quality apps, as for the play store on android...
I just got the Iphone 6+ because I wanted a bigger screen and after owning an Ipad 4 for nearly 2 years, the smoothness and speed compared to an android is amazing. Never crashes and I know if I want to do something on it, it will do it with no problem.. unlike my android devices where they would take for ever and suddenly do it all at once with no smoothness. I'm not a fan boy but apple for me is a lot smoother and does what I want to do, unlike my experience with android...
"Nobody uses the screen multitasking and the stylus pen" - iPhone users lmao . Can't wait to upgrade to the note 4 next month!!
I bought note 2 wks ago. Already has issues. Volume button is very loose. U can here clicking sound. And near the home button oliophobic coating is starts coming off by using fingerprint scanner. Wtf. And finally the glass finish is very uneven. The surface has slight depression that u can seen under reflection of light. I like the phone, but the Quality is very bad
You are a stupid liar...😕 I've had my note 2 for almost 2 years now and about to upgrade to the note 4 and I've had no issues and it runs smooth as the day I bought it... You people just hate to give it to Samsung I mean really you must have bought a used beat model...
JadeBlack9 I'm not lying. I bought note 4 from bell mobile for 997. And I said I like the phone. It does run good and stylus is awesome. U blind??what I am saying is the build quality sucks.
Now that CNET has admitted it, there is no doubt about it.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is the KING of all smartphones. Period.
Actually they did not admit the fact Note 4 won. They said its the best Phablet on the market they don't have the Ball's to say The Note 4 beat the iPhone that's considered taboo. But if you look at other videos they say and show the scores when apple products beat other device's.
+Cris Cozy lol Give up man.
now we got note 5 which apple might reach in 2020 to meet the technology.
Folk,
It's NOT even a contest...
The 1st Galaxy NOTE: www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxynote/mobile/index.html?type=find
is already much better than the "stretch" iPhone 6 plus...
Only iStupid & iMorons will choose the elongated iPhone 6 Plus than the GALAXY NOTE 4.
I had the iPhone 6 plus for 14 days and returned it to Costco & got the "white GALAXY NOTE 4" and the difference is night & day.
We love the GALAXY NOTE 4 - the screen, multitasking, s-pen (wacom digitizer), battery life, 128GB microsd card, easy to replace battery, etc........
To make the long stort, GALAXY NOTE 4 is way better than the iPhone 6 Plus any day.
Have a great day to y'all
Love the Note 4 but the iPhones complete metal build and smooth OS make it a hard choice. Pulling out a Samsung just doesn't look at good as an iPhone. But damn the specs on the Note 4 are beastly
It doesn't have a 2k front facig camera
As much as I think the stylus would be useful, I would feel like such a nerd using it in public on my phone...
i enjoy my galaxy note 4, the only thing i miss is my small ecosystem i had with my iphone and macbook
ouch... that last 5 seconds commentary... we have a winner! :)
Google voice? Lol you mean Google now lmao
That Geekbench 3 score is for single core. The Galaxy Note 4 wins in multi-core.
The Note 4 is not only the best Phablet on the market, it's the best phone right now and its not even close.
You just forgot that SGN4 has "one handed operation" that is way better than pulling down your screen for every click.
Anyways, every Galaxy Note is top of the line when they come out.
It's like people don't understand that anything that the Samsung can do you can find a app that can do it just as good or even better
What Apple fanboys are basically defending is a bendy metal phone with 4 year old specs running on a ToyOS and owned by bunch of people who would get confused using Google.
If they preferred the iPhone, this would get 90% dislikes. So biased.
iPhones have been showing most of the same exact features since it first came out with small changes.. The Galaxy has way more features than the iPhone..
I personally prefer the Prizefights with scores
Have you totally lost it! instead of comparing Siri with s voice u r comparing it with Google voice something u can also have in ios and for the last time Google voice is not a virtual assistant! its just a faster way to google. iOS users can also download google maps and many other Google applications! Can android users download iOS apps like find my phone, find my friend, iMessage, FaceTime, iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand, iTunes Store HELL NO! There is no reason to compare iOS maps with google maps cuz u can have both on iOS same is case with the Siri and Google voice and YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THAT IPHONE CAN RECORD SLOW MOTION VIDEO at 240 fps 720p HD something no android phone in this entire world can do
Android don't need shity iPhone apps.
Maybe but iOS users can have both then why such comparison that's not fair at all
Having just recently switched to android from iOS, I can say that yes, they do have all of those apps (in terms of functionality anyways as apple restricts their software to their lineups) but I haven't had issues finding apps to use. I do agree with you that the app store is slightly better than the google play store since it's more organized but the comparison was based on native functionality. While it's true that apple does have google now searching capabilities and google maps capabilities, you can never set them as your default applications because spotlight or apple maps will always be the default option. Android has google voice search accessibility from any screen instead of having to click into an app, same with maps just by telling it to give you directions somewhere. It also provides directions and commute updates to your job and home depending on the time of day. Overall, I feel that android has great functionality as well but everyone has their own personal preference.
Dude it takes few touches to reach Google apps doesn't matter if its default or not
The point is you can have both on iOS
I will always prefer iphone but if I had to have a android device then it would be the htc one m8 because it feels premium and don't have so much extra stuff I don't need in the software
This video just seemed like no one cared while making it. Brian barely did any of his antics and just read the script.
No scores?! CNET prizefight has gone down hill.
... no more judges?
When the ip6+ came out, everyone was complaining for the less optimization for the bigger screen. Now that the nexus 6 has nothing for the bigger screen, noone gives a shit!
I just find it pretty funny that the Geekbench scores shown were Single Core. Since Samsung has a Quad Core vs Apple Dual Core (I'm quite sure it is still a dual core), Samsung GN4 has higher performance on the paper. Misleading again....
Hey Brian, what's up with this price fight ? I used to love this show. This is like Tom Brady VS Payton manning or a heavy fight champion. This video has none of the excitement. Boring
This seems like a paid Samsung commercial - you are highlighting on Samsung stuff, and where are the score for every round?
No doubt
Let me guess iPhone won because it is CNET.
Samsung sales are going down! Also, the Note 4 bends and contains gaps. Apple is great, but I'm sticking with LG. Say all you want but LG makes some of the best phones on the market today. It's about quality, not quantity.
Apple fans always get so defensive when there not the prefered choice.. Phablet=phone/tablet... So indulge me on how iPhone 6 is even named in a category as the note 4. And for those saying samsung has gimmicks it doesn't it just has options... Guaranteed once the iPhone 10 get the same features we have now u won't see it that way
wow... I thought this was gonna be a fanboy decision for apple. bold moves, cnet. bold moves. good job though
Lol wow haven't seen a prize fight in a long time now. Kinda miss the old way though :/.
I love apple but a wasted a lot of space with the iPhone 6 plus. They could have done so much with the screen size. They can always add stuff in though, hopefully.