Picking a new phone

Choices
I need a new phone. My phone hails from the first decade of this century and is on life support. The reason I have a phone that is two steps from a flip phone is totally logical, I don't have a IT budget for my family technology and there are six people in this household. Sounds like an excuse but its actually a valid reason. Let me explain

The Rationale

There are six people in my household,not including the dog,( they haven't asked for a tracking collar yet. That's when I put my foot down. No cellular plan for Roxie). Everyone has a cell phone. We have wrestled with plans for cell for years and have finally got a grasp on things.(the cell bill is less than a car note now). The problem is you have to pay full price for your phone which is more than a laptop or a tablet.  So I have been replacing phones for the past year and my phone is still third in line( yeah, I know you can finance phone but I don't like to). So now the process.
I need a phone that allows a lot of functionality and portability. I llaptopike the Samsung Note 4. It has plenty of power, an excellent camera and a large screen to multitask ianywheren two windows. My family has decided to start some YouTube channels and we plan to do all the filming with the latest high quality cell phone cameras. The price will put a hurtin' on my pocket book but its a killer system!  Then the other day I saw the LG G4 with ttablet and onhe leather back. The concern about technology I have long had is that it has no soul. The style is minimalist and cold. This does not describe the LG G4.  The G4 has a very warm and inviting. I think they need to make a stressed leather back, like an old briefcase.

The Specs

Now  the specs. The G4 has an eight core CPU, high screen resolution to make viewing sharp and crisp, plenty of storage and a removable battery( I am writing this for the uninitiated or nouveau geek so I'm leaving a lot of the in depth tech info out). It has expandable memory and one of  the highest resolution front and and rear cameras. The rear camera has a f-stop(don't ask) that allows it to take pictures in low light and image stabilization( no more blurry pictures) and a high resolution front camera that  let's you control the delay for shooting selfies with hand gestures.  The screen is as big as the Note 4 and the IPhone Plus. The rest of the comparison is so close it really a matter of personal preference.  The only advantage the Note 4 has over the G4 is the stylus. The jury is still out if the G4 can do "Split View" as LG Flex could for multitasking.  They both run the latest version of androids OS so neither has the advantage there. For me its a heads up tie except for the multitasking. Over the years  I have migrated from a desktop to a laptop to a tablet.  My method of computing is totally fluid so I can do what I want or need to do  from anywhere.  As of 2010 95% of my computing has been tablet based(I am writing this blog from a tablet). I love working on tablets but they have become cumbersome. I want to instantaneously access all of my information all of the time. Thats why I am looking at the phablet. It's a nice cross between a phone and a tablet and one less gadget to carry around.