SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy Note Edge review: 2014 first single-edge curved display.

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2014·$946
Overall
82/100
Class rank
#4 of 92
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Galaxy Note Edge.

Samsung's 2014 Note Edge was the first production phone with curved-edge display — pioneered the Edge series.

01Display

90/100

At 90/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 18 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED curved-edge
Size5.6"
Resolution1600 x 2560 QHD+

02Performance

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 21 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 805
CPU2.7 GHz quad-Krait
RAM3 GB

03Camera

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 17 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.

Capacity3,000 mAh (removable)

05Software

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 74-point average for flagship phones of 2014.

What works
  • First production phone with curved-edge display.
  • S Pen included.
  • 5.6" QHD+ Super AMOLED.
  • Removable battery.
What doesn't
  • $946 expensive niche.
  • Asymmetric design.
  • TouchWiz heavy.
  • Limited curved-edge utility.
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? .