SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 3

Samsung's is back with a new Note in the market NOTE 3 which features the style of older notes with new function and the +GEAR.

DESIGN

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 retains the same design that gave the Note series of smartphones their own identity.The Note 3 is available in three colours - Jet Black, Classic White, and Blush Pink.The front of the phone is dominated by its 5.7-inch Full-HD Super AMOLED display. The front of the phone still features a physical Home button and two capacitive touch buttons for Menu and Back controls. The different sensors, front camera, notification light and earpiece grill sit above the Note 3's screen.

The phone's front panel is surrounded by a chrome frame, which gives a premium feel to the Galaxy Note 3, but the edges sport a faux-metal finish with a ribbed pattern.

The power button is on the right edge of the Note 3, volume rocker on the left, a 3.5mm headset jack and Infrared receiver on the top and a new USB 3.0 port sits at the bottom along with a small speaker grill and the slot for the S-Pen stylus. It's good that Samsung has placed the power button on the side and not on the top, in line with other large screen phones, but if you have small hands you'll still find the location a little cumbersome.

DISPLAY

The Galaxy Note 3 comes with a full-HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels packing 386 pixels per inch. The display was not very reflective and sunlight legibility was great. The viewing angles on the phone are excellent.

The Note 3's big full-HD display enhances the user experience by leaps and bounds.

SOFTWARE

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, the latest iteration of the OS and TouchWiz Nature UX, Samsung's own UI that includes custom apps in addition to a skinned interface. 

Samsung's TouchWiz UI has been panned for employing big, glossy and cartoon-like icons and menus. The intent might be to make the UI user-friendly, but it ends up looking anything but pleasant. The Galaxy Note 3's UI has been optimised for the S Pen, a stylus that offers enhanced functionality with the device's built-in digitiser.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 offers a more enhanced version of Multi-window that comes with support for launching two instances of the same app. It's also been made more flexible as you can place the Multi-window bar on either side of the screen.

The major feature of the Note 3 that integrates the S Pen is Air Command. The  -Pen that comes with the Note 3 features a button that can be pressed to invoke an Air Command menu on the screen when you hover it over the screen.

CAMERA

The Galaxy Note 3 features a 13-megapixel rear camera that takes excellent shots in daylight and good artificial light. We found that pictures clicked with the phone had good amount of detail and looked very close to life with accurate colour reproduction.The Galaxy Note 3's 2-megapixel front camera does a decent job when it comes to video chats .

The Note 3's rear camera is capable of recording 1080p video and performs well.  It can also capture Slow motion, Fast motion and Smooth motion videos. It also offers video stabilisation to let you take steady shots.

PERFORMANCE

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is powered by Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa 5420 processor which is essentially a set of two quad-core processors- a 1.9GHz Cortex A15 quad-core processor and a 1.3GHz Cortex A7 quad-core processor that work together to optimise processing. It has 3GB RAM onboard, and a Mali T628 MP6 chip for processing graphics.The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 comes with a 3200mAh battery which will last a full day.

+GEAR

SAMSUNG launched this phone +GEAR model which features an Samsung smartwatch with it and is very useful.

PRICE

It's price in USA is around 700$ and in INDIA it will cost 49,900Rs.

Pros

• Brilliant HD screen
• Excellent performance
• Latest OS version
• Options for easy single-handed operation

Cons

• No FM radio
• No 4K video recording
• Expensive
• Bad low light photography