SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy Note 4 review: Metal-framed phablet.

Item: Galaxy Note 4
Rating: 78
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2014·$700

Overall

78/100

Class rank

#6 of 92

Tier

Flagship

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Note 4 metal-edge phablet.

Note 4 added a metal frame and QHD AMOLED to Samsung's phablet — the last great removable-battery Note.

01Display

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 12 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED

Size5.7"

Resolution2560 x 1440

02Performance

74/100

At 74/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 15 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSD 805 / Exynos 5433

RAM3 GB

Storage32 GB

03Camera

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 13 points above the cohort average.

Main16 MP OIS

Front3.7 MP

04Battery

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 12 points above the cohort average.

Capacity3,220 mAh (removable)

Charging15 W

05Software

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.

What works

QHD AMOLED rare in 2014.
Metal frame upgrade.
Removable battery.
S Pen.

What doesn't

Still faux-leather back.
16 MP cam OK not great.
TouchWiz heavy.
176 g.

Cross-shop it against

Nexus 5 (LG)

$349 · score 84/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 92-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .