Samsung unveils a Keyboard cover for Galaxy Note 5, S6 Edge+

Shape aside, the biggest functional difference comes down to this: the Galaxy Note 5 has a stylus, while the S6 Edge+ does not. “It is easy, safe, and most importantly, available virtually anywhere you can swipe a card, in most cases without new costs for merchants, from day one“.

At the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2015 event today in New York, a couple of major announcements were made, particularly the global launch of the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note5. But it dived into virtual reality – the new hot sector in tech – with its first Gear VR headset a year ago.

The Galaxy Note 5 packs an Exynos 7420 64-bit octa-core chip, 4 GB of RAM and a 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display.

While Samsung is the world’s leading smartphone maker, competition from both sides – with Apple’s bigger iPhones at the higher end and upstarts including China’s Xiaomi at the lower – are said to be chipping into the South Korean company’s profits.

Samsung also officially launched its payment service yesterday, and said it was coming to the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge Plus and Note 5 handsets. The Note 5 will also include the S Pen stylus, while the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus will not ship with or support the writing tool. The two will come in 32 GB and 64 GB storage variants.

The 5.1.1 Lollipop is the latest version of the Android OS.

While the S6 Edge+ isn’t much of a step up over the S6 Edge, we wonder if it’ll offer a better experience than the 5.5 inch iPhone 6 Plus or even Sony’s Xperia Z Ultra. Both phones tout some improvements over their predecessors. The front camera comes with the same wide f/1.9 aperture as the rear unit. However, each carrier is rolling out its own promotions to entice customers to switch or upgrade when they buy the new smartphones, which are largely identical in terms of their specifications. The phones will go on sale on August 21 in the United States and Canada.

The Galaxy Note 5 will be available 3 color options which are Black Sapphire, White Pearl and Gold Platinum. Any time that the user wants to use the phablet as a tablet, the Note 5 can detect the writing or doodling and immediately brings it to S Note.