I recently sold my Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and returned to an iPhone 6. With the Note 7, new iPhones, and new Nexus phones on the horizon, it just felt like the right time. I miss a lot about the Note 5 — the incredible screen, the bigger battery — but the thing I miss the most was one tiny feature: when you pull the stylus out of the phone, you can write and save a quick note without having to unlock or even turn on the screen.
The “screen off memo,” as Samsung calls it, was useful to me for the exact reason it was created: being able to scribble and save quick reminders. I’m terrible at remembering things, and I’ve found over the years that my best ideas are fleeting — I have to make an idea permanent the moment it appears or else...
