Galaxy Note 4 review: A fan-favourite Note — metal frame, big removable battery, QHD screen.
A 2014 Note many fans still miss — removable battery and all.
The Note 4 paired a metal frame with the practical removable battery and microSD that later Notes dropped. A nostalgic favourite, now firmly history.
01Display
74/100At 74/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 7 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
52/10052/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.
03Performance
34/10034/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.
04Battery
56/100At 56/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 6 points above the cohort average.
05Build
60/10060/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.
06Value
42/10042/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.
- Beloved by fans — metal frame plus a removable battery and microSD.
- Sharp QHD AMOLED; capable S Pen.
- Good battery life for 2014.
- Adaptive Fast Charging.
- Plastic back; microUSB; mono speaker.
- Software ended at Android 6.
- No water resistance.
- Discontinued — a vintage device.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 7-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .