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Samsung's Note5 emerges victorious from our blind comparison, smacks the iPhone 6 Plus on the head

By Chris P.

Updated: Aug 24, 2015, 8:10 AM

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Samsung's Note5 emerges victorious from our blind comparison, smacks the iPhone 6 Plus on the head

Last Thursday, we finally had enough time to sit down and pull some photos taken by the Samsung's new super-phablet, the Note5, and mix them with identical snaps produced by competing devices including the Apple iPhone 6 Plus, the Galaxy Note 4, and even the exotic Xiaomi Mi Note Pro. A true phablet standoff!

Instead of sitting judge ourselves, however, this time around we thought we'd go for one of our popular blind comparisons and see what you thought before weighing in (in a separate piece). So we labeled the images in a way that you wouldn't know which is which (to avoid bias) and arranged them for you to judge them. Well, voting has now been closed, and we're ready to share the results with you, which are unanimous in that Samsung's Note5 produces more compelling images than the iPhone 6 Plus according to you. In fact, the total score it accumulated beats that of the Note 4 and the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro, too. Here's the final split:

1. Samsung Galaxy Note5 — 5,642 votes

2. Samsung Galaxy Note 4 — 4,526 votes

3. Xiaomi Mi Note Pro — 1,359 votes

4. Apple iPhone 6 Plus — 1,020 votes

Scene 1: The back yard

Side-by-side preview. Click on the image to zoom in.

Scene 1: Which photo do you like best?

Photo A (iPhone 6 Plus)

10.15%

Photo B (Mi Note Pro)

2.61%

Photo C (Note 4)

10.44%

Photo D (Note5)

76.79%

Scene 2: Hobbymasters

Side-by-side preview. Click on the image to zoom in.

Scene 2: Which photo do you like best?

Photo E (Note5)

42.58%

Photo F (Mi Note Pro)

19.96%

Photo G (iPhone 6 Plus)

6.96%

Photo H (Note 4)

30.51%

Scene 3: 16 Moore St

Side-by-side preview. Click on the image to zoom in.

Scene 3: Which photo do you like best?

Photo I (Note 4)

66.92%

Photo J (Mi Note Pro)

6.7%

Photo K (iPhone 6 Plus)

2.6%

Photo L (Note5)

23.78%

Scene 4: A waving banner

Side-by-side preview. Click on the image to zoom in.

Scene 4: Which photo do you like best?

Photo M (Note5)

32.31%

Photo N (Mi Note Pro)

15.19%

Photo O (Note 4)

39.73%

Photo P (iPhone 6 Plus)

12.77%

Stay tuned for part number two of our blind camera comparison series, this time centered on low-light performance. Coming end of week!

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Chris Panayotov is a former mobile tech reviewer of phones, tablets and wearables at PhoneArena. However, his contribution to PhoneArena content includes not just reviews, but all kinds of regular and experimental features, such as news stories, buying guides, and an exclusive column on the most notable phones out of Asia.