Apple's iPhone 6 are displayed during a news conference by Customs and Excise Department and the police in Hong Kong September 21, 2014. Hong Kong customs and marine police on Saturday foiled a smuggling case involving a speedboat carrying 138 iPhone 6, a
Apple's iPhone 6 are displayed during a news conference by Customs and Excise Department and the police in Hong Kong September 21, 2014. Hong Kong customs and marine police on Saturday foiled a smuggling case involving a speedboat carrying 138 iPhone 6, along with harddisks and RAMs, from Hong Kong to mainland China. Lured by the promise of profit from smuggling the new iPhones into China, opportunists have joined the thousands of Apple Inc fans lining up to buy the devices as they were launched across Asia. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS CRIME LAW TELECOMS)

The smartphone war between Samsung and Apple may be seeing its twilight days in court, but it is nowhere near done where it matters - in the market. Samsung has responded to Apple's strong iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus sales by pushing up their Galaxy Note 4 release date, according to reports.

Samsung has pushed through with the reported earlier release of September 26. According to BGR, the original plan was to release the Galaxy Note 4 in late October, a month after Apple made iPhone 6 devices available to the market. Now that both devices are available to consumers, here are three reasons for buyers to get the Galaxy Note 4 instead of the iPhone 6:

No Bendgate Issue for Galaxy Note 4

The iPhone 6 Plus recently made news for what is known as "BendGate," where a video of a stress test went viral after an iPhone 6 Plus unit was deformed after a little pressure was applied to the unit with just bare hands. Whether or not the video is legitimate, no such issues raise concerns for the Galaxy Note 4.

While Mashable's report on the Consumer Reports test did not include any details on how much pressure it takes to bend the Galaxy Note 4, it did include results for its predecessor, the Galaxy Note 3, which scored highest. It takes 150 pounds of pressure before the Note 4's predecessor is deformed, and given Samsung's consistency with design, the Note 4 can be expected to perform just as well. Business Spectator lists that the Note 4 features an aluminium frame, scratch resistant glass, and a plastic body resembling that of the Note 3.

More Power Under the Hood

Apple's iPhone 6 may still be the only mobile device with a 64-bit processor, but the rest of its features under the hood are lagging behind. According to Business Spectator, the Note 4 features the latest chipset - a 2.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor with an Adreno 420 GPU. Other features include 32 GB internal storage, 3 GB of RAM, a 16 MP main camera with a 3.7 MP front-facing camera, with the main camera featuring Optical Image Stabilization while the front-facing camera has a wide angle lens.

Better Productivity Features

CNET compared the iPhone 6 with the Note 4's predecessor, the Galaxy Note 3, and decided the Note 3 was still better because of its productivity features. Business Spectator resonates this choice with their comparison of the iPhone 6 and the Galaxy Note 4, saying the iPhone 6 does not really offer any new features except for the landscape mode and Reachability features.

Samsung has improved their S Pen functionalities, adding Smart Select to make it easier for users to save content from various sources, and Snap Note, which lets users take photos of handwritten notes and edit them digitally. The Note 4 also features a multi-window mode that lets users multitask. Users may select to run supported apps at the same time in a split-screen mode, giving the users control over the size of the app window depending on their task at hand.

Here's a bonus reason for buying the Galaxy Note 4 instead of the iPhone 6. Business Spectator points out that these powerful features in the Galaxy Note 4 come at a price that's $50 cheaper than the iPhone 6. It retails at $949, while the iPhone 6 begins at $999.