Chief among the new features on both phones is a new 'live broadcast' button in the camera app, which lets you instantly stream HD video to YouTube. It's a great idea, and it addresses the current trend for livestreaming, but I'm anticipating that it'll also trigger a big wave of embarrassment caused by people accidentally pressing the 'broadcast' instead of 'record' button Thanks to the S Pen, the Note 5 is very much the businessperson's phone. The Stylus lets you take clippings of your screen, have more control over screen-grabs, and hand-write with impressive precision on your screen. It's more responsive than ever, and comes with a super-satisfying clicky end that does nothing more than go 'click' when you press it. Perfect. The Note 5 appears to be a more versatile device than the Galaxy S6 Edge+. Once the novelty of Edge's cascading display wears off, there's really not much to do with that extra screen space on the left and right sides of the phone. The S Pen on the Note 5, on the other hand, is an all-round useful tool that adds a whole new world of handy perks. What really clinches things for the Note 5 is the Keyboard Cover (pictured). Even though the world has moved away from physical keyboards on phones, I hold out hope that gadgets like these could spearhead a comeback for them. Though I should add here that Samsung exec Justin Denison had some trouble writing 'Hi Mom' when demonstrating it on-stage...
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I'm a writer-editor hybrid whose writings on video games, technology and movies can be found across the internet. I've even ventured into the realm of current affairs on occasion but, unable to face reality, have retreated into expatiating on things on screens instead.
