Android manufacturers have tried phones with physical keyboards before, but they just didn’t have much staying power. Samsung is bringing QWERTY back with the Galaxy Note 5 — with a twist.

The physical keyboard Samsung unveiled when they introduced the Galaxy Note 5 today isn’t part of the phone. It’s a case that snaps on, much like the IP-infringing one that Ryan Seacrest’s pet startup tried to sneak past Blackberry. Samsung is a lot more likely to avoid pesky litigation, given their rather chummy relationship with the Waterloo, Ontario company in recent years.

In addition to a full QWERTY keyboard, Samsung’s case adds three throwback physical buttons that take you back to the early days of Android phones: back, home, and menu. Clip the case on, and the Note 5’s screen adapts to its presence. It’s a bit like how their S-View covers work, blanking out a portion of the screen and displaying information only where you can actually see it. Pop the case off, and things return to normal. You can pinch, zoom, tap, and scribble all over its 5.7-inch diagonal screen.

The Galaxy Note 5 is powered by the same Exynos 7420 processor that Samsung used in the Galaxy S6, and they’ve paired it with a generous 4GB of RAM. It also has a 16MP rear-facing camera and the AMOLED display boasts Quad HD resolution (1440 x 2560 pixels and 518ppi).
But while you can clip on a QWERTY keyboard, you won’t be popping in a micro SD card to expand the Note 5’s internal storage or hot-swapping a dead battery for one that’s fully charged. Like the Galaxy S6, the Note 5 doesn’t have a removable back. It appears that Samsung has finally decided that the profit margins on Apple-style NAND upsells are just too good to ignore.

Hmmm

as a Samsung freak....

Lovely innovation

Still love me android

Hahaha, nothing new again maybe note 6 go be fone with two screen, it looks some how though but samsung fans would always luv samsung

Now Samsung has finally produced a phone I would buy.
The keyboard did it for me.

Samsung and i phones are the phones people use in developed world no one uses blackberry

Mheeenn.. Blackberry will be so jealous.. Watch out for blackberry action soon..

Na now they just dey wake. They didn't include the internal memory, the selfie camera and the battery strength in the article. Even though I am all for a physical keypad on an andriod device, I'm totally over Samsung. Next!

Hmm I need to see it for real..

Ok

Samsung Brouhaha.... Mtcheewwwwwwwww! Only Samsung would make a phone battery of 2800mah and an extended battery of 7500mah.Yuck!!

Esepayan:
Samsung and i phones are the phones people use in developed world no one uses blackberry

because blackberry is produced in underdeveloped world