For a long time, not much has been said about the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge. If you are not familiar with the name, then you should know it is another version of the Galaxy Note 4, but it has a display that is curved. The Galaxy S5 is perforated pattern with a smaller display.
Design
Looking a litter further into the differences of the two phones. The Note Edge has a unique design in which provides an easily observable display when placed in your palm or on a table. The curved display is only noticeable on the right side and framed by a classy metal rim. The Note Edge also has a removable back panel, unlike the Galaxy S5. However, the S5 is thinner, with a back dimpled pattern panel. The Note Edge opts for faux leather, however they both have a fingerprint sensor embedded in their home button. The Note Edge comes with the S Pen Stylus while the S5 is dust and water resistant.
The 5.6 inch display of the Note Edge comes with 1600 x 2560 pixel resolution, which is the highest so far. In addition comes with 525 ppi pixel density, while the 5.1 inch display of the Galaxy S5 comes with 1080 x 920 pixel resolution and 432 ppi pixel density. However, they both use Super AMOLED technology for their display, with the Edge having a peak brightness and color temperature of 496nits and 6719K, compared to the S5’s 8100k and 442nits.
OS and Hardware
The more powerful of the two belongs to the Note Edge with the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor that has a speed of 2.7GHz. Compared to the Galaxy S5 that has a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801, that has speeds of 2.5GHz, which provides a performance that is weaker. The Note Edge uses an Adreno 420, while an Adreno 330 GPU is used on the Galaxy S5. The Note Edge has a RAM capacity of 3GB with two variants of 32GB and 64GB. The Galaxy S5 has a RAM capacity of 2GB and two internal storage variants of 16GB and 32GB. They both have expandable memory options up to 128GB.
The Note Edge runs on KitKat v4.4.4 while the Galaxy S5 runs on KitKat v4.4.2.
Camera
Both sport a back 16MP camera, while the Note Edge provides better features such as the optical image stabilization, aspect ratio of 16:8, F2:2 aperture, 1/2.6 inch sensor, 1.12 micron pixels, and much more. The Galaxy S5 provides phase detection and other features which helps to capture videos. The S5 front 2MP camera can’t compete with the Note Edge F1.9 aperture on their 3.7MP camera.
Battery
The 2800mAh battery on the S5 is nice in which delivers over 20 hours of talk time. The Note Edge uses a 3000mAh battery that provides a similar result as the S5.
Price
You can get the Note Edge with AT&T for $399, and without a contract for $946. While without a contract for the Galaxy S5 will cost $650 on Amazon.