My 'aha!' moment in reviewing Samsung's Galaxy Note 5
Usually, when a shiny new gadget arrives via horseback at JR Raphael International Headquarters, I summon up my inner Lewis and Clark. There's a certain sense of discovery, after all, in powering up something unknown and diving in to see what it's like to use.
When the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ showed up at my dusty stoop, however, the feeling was a little different. As it turns out, Samsung's Next Big Things are -- well, pretty much the same as the last ones.
Don't get me wrong: That's not necessarily a bad thing. People appreciate having phones with different size and feature options, and Samsung's current blueprint for its devices has no shortage of compelling qualities. But there's no denying that -- as I put it on social media -- the Note 5 and S6 Edge+ are basically two big Galaxy S6 phones, one with a stylus and one with a curve.
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