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I have had the unbranded N920c, 32gb gold edition since September. Like Calvin, I prefer to use it without a case, the beauty is stunning. The phone runs really well, smooth and fast. My issues with it are only 32gb of internal memory (25gb for the user I think) and the battery life isn't good enough. Samsung should not have dropped the battery from 3200 to 3,000.

I love everything esle about this phone except memory and battery life. This is the first android Ive owned and might not root. I will sell it by August though as it seems Samsung has found a way to get microSD cards to work with their superfast internal memory and so the Note 6 should have MicroSD slot. Right now I am down to 10Gb of memeory and I have no large videos on it. THat is not enough.

Other than that I recommend the phone.
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Posted: 2016-02-13 22:49:06
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@skblakee
I'm getting pretty good battery life. Maybe its due my combination of custom rom and custom kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.c[....]ent/tw-namelessrom-v1-t3220801
http://forum.xda-developers.c[....]-kernel-galaxy-note-5-t3189907

The last time I bothered to look I had 4h30 minutes Screen On time with 41% juice still in the tank. I don't play games or watch video's on my phones so that does help.
Also love the phone unprotected.Feels good in hand.
Storage for me ain't an issue.I don't store much on my phone and if I do take pics and video I transfer to PC in the evening. Also don't play games and some of the big name games are massive so that would chip away at that precious +- 32GB storage.But yes,it is insane releasing only 32GB models.Should start with 64GB if there isn't a SD slot available.
All in all a brilliant little phone this Note 5.
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Posted: 2016-02-14 10:35:14
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I think rooting the phone and (I am guessing) removing or freezing samsung bloat ware will improve the battery life . Also not playing games will also use less battery. However browsing on amoled screen , use plenty of battery I would have thought. In terms of storage I travel almost 2 hours a day in the tube where I don't have Internet which is why I like to store videos/music on it so for me 32 GB is not enough .

Anyway glad to hear you guys are enjoying it . Shame Samsung didn't release this phone here in EU .

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Posted: 2016-02-14 12:05:45
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@aussieland1
'However browsing on ambled screen shot'
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Understand you about the measly storage.Especially for your needs it is essential to be able to top up that number with an external card.

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Posted: 2016-02-14 13:19:27
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Sorry it was meant to be "browsing on amoled screen ". Amoled is known to use more battery while browsing the web
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Posted: 2016-02-14 13:31:33
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got myself a note 5,n920cd,dual sim model.v fast and smooth.works on o2 network no probs.
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Posted: 2016-02-14 14:57:28
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Cool @Daviep Dual sim would be quite useful for me.Nice.
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Posted: 2016-02-14 15:16:56
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Congrats Daviep

In my experience the Note 5 is the best phone from Sammy so far.
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Posted: 2016-02-14 15:32:20
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Daviep

I take it you bought yours from eBay? If so was there no region lock ?
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Posted: 2016-02-14 23:19:36
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Yes no region lock.bought from ebay,uk seller.tronix computers.was going to buy from dubai only equivelent of £471 for 64gb storage but add on 20% import duty so just got one from a uk seller.such a great phone.samsung really messed up not officially selling in europe as there seems to be loads of grey imports for sale and they all sell quick and for big £S.
I had a s6 edge plus,good phone but its not a note.still got my note 4 as i think its the best android phone ever,wont get rid of it.if the note 6 has micro sd support then it would be perfect.

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Posted: 2016-02-15 00:41:14
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