**Full Disclosure: I participated in an Ambassador Program on behalf of Influence Central for Sprint. I received product to facilitate my review as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation.
I have a love-hate relationship with new phones. On the one hand, I love seeing what’s new about a phone and using the awesome new features. On the other hand, customizing the phone to fit my needs and remembering how I had my old phone set up can be a pain! I’ve spent the last few weeks getting to know the Samsung Galaxy Note5 by using the device as often as I could.
I was impressed with the Samsung Galaxy Note5 right out of the package. It feels a little thicker and sturdier than my last phone. It’s no bigger than most of the phones on the market right now and fits in my hand without issue. When I type, I use one hand to hold it and the other to type just so I don’t drop it. (I’ve dropped and shattered a phone before – I don’t want to do that again!)
After I logged into my account and set things up, I went to the camera. Cameras are probably my favorite feature on phones but I was blown away by this one! The Samsung Galaxy Note5 has so many modes: pro, selective focus, panorama, video collage, live broadcast, slow motion, fast motion, virtual shot and auto. There are also modes for the rear-facing camera: selfie, wide selfie, video collage, live broadcast, virtual shot and interval shot.
My favorite is the wide selfie but you have to move very slowly otherwise you’ll look funny (note my sleeve and the fence in the photo below).
The Galaxy Note5 features a refined S Pen that makes it easy to write, capture notes or draw on the display. I can’t get enough of the S Pen! If you pop the pen out when you aren’t using your phone, it’ll show a black screen so you can write yourself a memo. When you pop the pen out to use while you are using your phone, you’ll see ‘air command’ with several options including action memo and screen write. My favorite screen is what I call the ‘doodle screen’ because I can play with the writing utensils and colors while I write.
Other fun features:
- The Samsung Galaxy Note5 boosts productivity through SideSync 4.0. This enables me to share photos and documents with most PCs and Macs with a simple drag-and-drop operation.
- The 16-megapixel rear-facing camera and 5-megapixel front-facing camera can be launched from any screen by double tapping the home button.
About Family Share Pack Plan with Starter Unlimited Data:
With Sprint Starter Unlimited Data, you can choose a 1GB high-speed data for $20 per month, then get unlimited data at 2G speeds so you never have to worry about unexpected overages again. Alternatively, you could choose to buy additional high-speed data. Plus get unlimited talk and text for $20 more per month while on the Sprint network with Sprint Global Roaming included (excludes taxes and surcharges).
Families switching to Sprint get four lines with unlimited talk, text and 40GB of high-speed data to share while on the Sprint network for $120 per month (excludes taxes and surcharges).
Galaxy Note5 Pricing Table:
Samsung Galaxy Note5 Amazon Prime Promotion:
- New and existing customers that purchase and activate a Samsung Galaxy Note5 by Nov. 30 get a year of Amazon Prime for free!
- Amazon Prime: customers can enjoy unlimited FREE Two-Day Shipping on more than 20 million items, unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes with Prime Video, access to ad-free streaming of over a million songs including thousands of curated playlists and personalized stations with Prime Music, unlimited photo storage with Prime Photos and much more this holiday season and the year after.
I love this phone! It was easy to get used to, I love the size and that S pen feature is amazing on press trips.