PART I OF A 2 PART STORY...

I thought we were happy, the 3 of us. Me, my trust Galaxy S5 and my Gear 2 Neo smart watch. Together we were connected, you know? In sync.

We all just had so much in common; the same fitness regime, moved in the same social media circles. Played the same music. We even kept to the same schedule.

We were good together. Really good.

Then the new girl came to town and everything changed.

Now I wish I'd never met the Galaxy Note 5 from Samsung.

Oh, we all wanted to connect with her at first, she was irresistible. So slim and yet plenty of size in all the right places, if you know what I mean. (Before you really get the wrong idea, I'm talking about a massive 5.7 inch display that just won't quit... well, not before it gets to the very edge of the handset, anyway)

And the things the she could do! The hidden S Pen in the same beautiful gold finish as the phone, making handwritten notes so easy. I was saving notes as appointments, converting them into text, making lists. I didn't even need to turn her on to use the S Pen - the Note 5 was good to go the moment you popped the pen out. (That's not a euphemism. You literally pop the S Pen out)

It wasn't just notes I was taking with that S Pen either - like the Note 4 I could use the pen to highlight both text and pictures, or parts of pictures. Only now, thanks to the Note 5, I could even scroll through multiple pages from websites and paste them into my own documents and emails.

The Note 5 did everything I wanted. Clear photos in low light? Not a problem. Live broadcast video to Youtube? A cinch.

Perhaps the most alluring thing about the Note 5 was her ability to last all day long... on one charge. I'd never encountered battery life like it. In spite of her large screen and powerful processing speed, she was slow to drain yet quick to charge.

"At long last!" I thought, "Finally a phone who really understands me. Real, quick, dependable wireless charging. It's a miracle." While everybody else glazes over whenever I bring up my favourite subject, the Note 5 just said, "Sure. I'll do wireless charging. And I'll do it faster than ever before."

Just like that, I was lost. This was the phone I'd been waiting for. Oh, sure she was a bit longer than my S5, but not much wider. Besides, who wants to hide something so beautiful away in their pocket? I wanted everyone to see me with the Note 5. I wanted to show her off.

Ah, the times we had. The levels of Minion Rush we completed together. But nothing this good can last forever and sadly, all review periods must come to an end.

Like a refugee camped outside a Budapest railway station, I had to send her back where she came from. Parting wasn't sweet and there was a fair amount of sorrow.

So I returned to my S5 with my tail between my legs and everything seemed fine... at first. It wasn't until I tried to pair my Gear 2 Neo smart watch back with the S5 I realised everything had changed. Initially I thought I was imagining it - bluetooth devices don't always get along straight away; sometimes you have to switch off a few times before you can really get their attention.

No, it wasn't till I went running I realised how much my watch really wanted the Note 5 back. It simply refused to talk to my fitness app and that was that.

I have to admit, I know how it feels. Sure the Note 5 had her faults, but not many. For example, I couldn't touch her without smearing her surface with greasy fingerprints, but that might have been more my problem than hers. Yet again, Samsung had released a phone without landscape functionality on its home screen but now I'm just searching for small little niggles to ease my pain.

I miss her. I miss her real bad. Maybe with time I'll get over her. But I'll never forget those few glorious days with the Galaxy Note 5.

And neither will my watch.