Does the 32gb ROM + 3gb RAM version worth it?
The only difference is only ram and rom. The rest seems the same.

You can't compare note5's exynos 7420 which was on 14nm process vs one plus one which is s801 with 28nm process. That is already an unfair fight.

Mate8's kirin 950 is on 16nm process and definitely will be more efficient. Coupled with FHD screen, the mate8 battery life is actually better than Note5. Users claimed to get 7hours SOT.



This post has been edited by crayzee: Feb 18 2016, 06:53 PM

double posted

This post has been edited by crayzee: Feb 18 2016, 06:50 PM

well 4-5hours SOT might not be enough for you but not for everyone who uses phone heavily. Mate8 emphasizes on battery life. Some might think huawei cutting cost for not using QHD screen but FHD on 6inch screen is actually sufficient and the PPI is not really low to begin with.

The reason you see that the note5 screen more awesome is due to the amoled display being used instead of LCD. Amoled colors tend to be more vibrant.

If you wana pay premium price why settle for QHD? go for 4k

This post has been edited by crayzee: Feb 18 2016, 07:13 PM

Not sure where is the extra 20min extra, it's 20hours extra bro, almost an additional 1day standby

Talktime both scores about the same, but the web browsing really tells the whole story. Web display tends to use more white display hence the amoled usually suffer at this point. With the QHD display on the note 5, each of the pixels need to be lighted up to display white. There are more than 1.5 times the pixels to display in QHD than FHD.

Another point is that not all SOC are able to get decent performance out of QHD especially in gaming etc, so my guess still stands to the point that FHD is actually balanced for current gen phones. Anything more than that requires more powerful gpu to match with QHD screens.

China launched in December and January in other countries. Malaysia now only launch in March I guess most of the issues already ironed out.