Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to come with bonus business card holder?

I saw an article on this issue right after it was released in Korea, and hypocrisy was my first thought. Where is gapgate? Where are the Apple commercials pointing out this gap? If an iPhone shipped with a gap in the frame the world would be all over it. If a gap in my phone that could eventually lead to internal hardware vibrating and moving is a feature not a flaw, "you're holding it wrong" shouldn't have been such a big deal. After the first bent iPhone 6 article came out, scores followed. This is only the second article I've seen on the gap in five days. Double standard or the media doesn't care because it doesn't have an Apple logo on it? And if this is in fact nothing new and has been there before, why was it ever news in the first place? Why did those first customers in Korea even bother to point it out?

The iPhone6 plus shipps with a similar feature. If you place the phone in your pocket and perform day-to-day activities, you can place just about anything you want inside the device.

I'd have to see it. It could not be there when it gets here to the US. The one thing I can say for the note line is that it offers way may use cases for a bigger screen than the 6+ does. In fact if "rumors" are true and Google does drop a nexus 6 phone /phablet then Apple might get shown up by Google. Rumors are Google is adding ways in Android L to take advantage of the larger screen and I'm sure it won't be a middle step of a 2 column view that Apple added in the 6+ that requires special coding in the app to take advantage of that.

Just come out and admit you dislike Samsung and pretty much anything non apple. And no just cause you have a nexus device or whatever don't make you not a apple fanboy. There's nothing wrong with being a apple fanboy, I prefer Android but at least admit it and stop pretending you have no bias towards apple. I'm not apples biggest fan but I use an ipad at home and it's the only reason I come here. The thing is you have a problem with others talking negatively about apple so you doing the same is just as bs. You can't be against others talking about bendgate if you happily criticise anything non apple mainly Samsung. You should also read upon this gap stuff, nothing new it's to allow for easy replacements of display. The whole expanding stuff is just there to cover there back.

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The Galaxy Note4, now with S-Pay
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Apple deserves a break after the past couple of weeks. My Z10 seems to have a toothpick holder on the top, but it is not mentioned at all in the manual. I dont use toothpicks normally, I am from the UK, but when the toothpick is in plaice it increases the size of the phone to the point that it is unnecessary for me to upgrade to a phablet.

#Bendgate or #GapGate? Well, #Bendgate takes the crown as the worst feature between both phones.

Don't worry, Rene, #GapGate won't be as famous as the iPhone 6/6+ feature ;)

"Some minor rocking or vibration of parts may occur". For a while there I thought I had flashed back to the previous century and was reading a GM press release.

Its samsung none care about the defect of a samsung its not a mark to beat, its silent total coz samsung is not in top position ,if it was apple that would be a different story.

Funny... but I never seen a line-up going around the block for Samsumg when they announce their new phone. Apple charges a premium for their products and people still line-up around the block to spend their money. Good food for thought.

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This is what a real phablet can do, which also has a bigger and sharper "quad HD" screen and is smaller that the ridiculous looking iPhone 6+, which is the same as the iPhone 6 and the previous iPhone 5. I always thought that 4" was the ideal screen size, keep drinking the Apple Cool-aid.

http://youtu.be/Tv7C4e8thv0

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How about a cup holder too??

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Agree 1,000%. But, it's a simple case of "the bigger you get the more people want to see you fall". The fact that everything Apple does is magnified and all of Samsung's marketing efforts are focused on Apple means that everyone knows who the big dog in the room is still.

The best feature that iPhone 6/6+ copied from Android is.....bend into an L.
Anyways, I rather have this manufacturing defect than an engineering defect that is bendgate.

Thank you for this article!

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I don't remember a gap on my Note 3 so I wonder why the Note 4 has one? It's probably blown out of proportion like the iPhone 6+ bending but if the gap truly is big enough to put a business card in that would bug me as it will be full of dirt, makeup etc in no time.

A phone with 1/10th the sales of the IPhone won't get the same amount of press coverage as the iPhone? shocking!

About "modern mobile media circus", I am betting that Samsung will get nowhere near the amount of attention, or coverage, as the iPhone's (starting from the original to the latest model). The positive effect of this overblown bending issue is that the next iPhone (iPhone 6s) should be getting some 'more-than adequate' structural integrity designed right in. To answer your question "weigh these big phones based on their merits", my answer is *no*. Every little feature should matter, from the design trade-off between weight vs environmentally friendly reusable material (aluminum) vs indestructablibly vs plastic and non disposable but replaceable batteries.

The reason why Samsung isn't held by the same standards is because the industry does not expect them too. That is why they can get away with a "defect" in their new flagship device.

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Funny how people will latch onto the smallest thing just to have fodder to rifle at the opposition. This "Gap" is also noted in the Manual for the Samsung Note 2 and 3 which sailed along without notoriety. Funny how when a feature or flaw is called out it's instant wildfire, some legit but many are pure minutia. Is this "gap" a necessary evil ? In my opinion most likely , like most things there is expansion and contraction regarding heat and cold and this may be some measure to safeguard the device, again my opinion only and you are more than welcome to take with a grain of salt.

#GAPGATE hahahahahahaha you damn haters take that now! Card holder, be aware of roaches crawling in and then getting into your ears!!

I can't help but remember all my old Palms when I see people stylusing on their Notes. And I shudder.
On my 5S I can comfortably take notes with one hand while carrying groceries, by lunch bag, walking the dogs, or holding open a book (you get the idea). The "Note" requires two hands and a stylus to do the same thing? Seriously??

Always thought Samsungs had that

snap off back ,insert card ,,
snap back on.

The main difference between the issue with Samsung's phone and the 6 Plus, is it's a physical flaw with Samsung's phone, and a Physics law with iPhone 6 Plus aluminum.

The first can and should be fixed prior to shipping, the second is generally something that people should be already have been aware of when it comes to metal encased phone and decide to accept it as a risk when purchasing.

Me, I never used my pants pockets for my phone, almost always used a belt clip of some sort.. so a non-issue and love my 6 Plus.

A supposed water proof phone with a gap path direct to it's circuitry .. umm yea, I would be upset. Time will tell how that turns out or if people really care about water-proof phones. lol

Seriously, this is getting old. Either you are doing what Apple PR is commanding you to do or there is a serious insecurity issue on your part.

Here's an idea, why not discuss the numerous tv ads where Microsoft is killing Apple over Siri?

Shockingly, Rene missed the biggest Galaxy news of the day - that Galaxy Quest is finally available on Netflix streaming!

Something to always complain about with Samsung.

Magenta is the new Yellow

Well, if it is a 'feature', why do only 'some Korean Note 4s' have it?

If they all have it, it's a feature. If only some have it, it is a gate-worthy amount of manufacturing tolerance. Now, what is it?

It's Gapghazi.

I saw some people chuckling about this in the forums, but to actually publish this piece? Quite a step down into the gutter.

"The Galaxy Note 4 hasn't launched in the U.S. yet, so it's quite possible that's exactly what will happen in the near future. If so, that'll tell us something about Samsung's place in the modern mobile media circus"

While Samsung as a brand is well-known, their individual smartphone models haven't captured an interest level similar to Apple's. Not likely Samsung glaring product design defects would get coverage like the iPhone.

Nobody will care. They will make excuses why its alright. Its Android afterall. But 9 iPhone's bend......uh oh. Better scrap the iPhone.

I don't know an Android owner that would care about something like a gap in their phone. Android owners fall into one of three categories:

1. They bought their phone because it was cheap or they were pushed into it by some salesman. They likely don't use their device for much more than an occasional email.

2. They want anything that isn't an Apple product and are willing to convince themselves that their choice is a good one even though they spend more time talking about Apple's issues than they do enjoying their own device.

3. Fanboys that are more concerned with useless tech specifications than usability or design. They don't consider the Galaxy to ever have been a copy of the iPhone. (shows how little they understand design) They are quick to point out features that came later on the iPhone even if they never use those features themselves (and they actually are usable on an Apple device). They selectively pick details to compare with the iPhone, but dismiss the idea that Apple is on its second generation of 64-bit (they HATE the 64-bit thing!) They will never understand that something like Apple Pay, which will actually become quite popular and very secure and usable, is anything more than a copy of NFC (which they never use). They troll blogs and social media ready to jump on any praise people make about Apple. They do their best to sell Android to their friends and family and will even try argue with Apple owners every chance they get as to why they should switch. They are the kinds of people you unfriend in social media and stop hanging around with because they spew the same old arguments they have been making since 2009 and its getting quite old.

So yea, a gap in a phone won't phase them. It could be all plastic and pleather as long as it has more useless memory or more pixels etc. Its all about meaningless stats and justifying their device choices.

We make fun of it now, but in a couple of years, Apple will release an iPhone with a gap and claim to have made the first phone with a built in cardholder. The same way they think they just made the first phone with a curved screen.

Of course, I'm just kidding. Please don't rip into me.

It's good to know where to go to get all my Samsung news. iMore :P

The double standard is ridiculous. 9 retards bend their phone (most likely on purpose) out of 10+ million, and it's the next fill-in-the-blank-gate. This plastic Samsung cheese piece comes out with a shell they couldn't even fit the parts in to, calling it a feature? The android crowd with their one way mirrors and smoke screens, tisk tisk. Maybe it doesn't really matter because in 8 months the next note will be here or hey I'll just wait 60 days and they'll throw a new galaxy at us.

If all that craziness did occur for Samsung, it's a win. That means people know their brand and care enough to spawn all that stuff knowing the mainstream would eat it up.

At the same time, let's not go down the path of justifying any of Apple's flaws (or what could be flaws) by pointing fingers and saying Samsung does it too. So what? I'm not paying Samsung. I'm paying Apple. And at a premium as well. I hold Apple at a higher standard because they're a premium brand.

I'm not concerned about the bendgate nonsense. I am concerned about Apple's response and tactics towards media sites it deems as unworthy (of event invites) because they spill the beans on Apple all the time or they might be too critical.

Apple is paid very well to battle these "gates" that pop up. I think their PR could handle it a lot better. Just throwing out figures like 9 people had issues just kills credibility. Why mention this at all? Sure you want to downplay it and make this issue go away, but you don't do so with stats that just don't make sense. Apple needs to do better. There were users bit by the iOS update bug and now have these concerns. If I was Apple, I would have offered these users an itunes credit who suffered through this and offer an iron clad guarantee that they stand behind their product with any very unlikely bending resulting from normal pocket use being fully covered.

It's a "feature"? Hahahahaha.

Can you imagine the defense iMore would have made if it was an iPhone? Wait they already and always do.

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The hate for Samsung is strong with this one.