Last night I spent some time using the Note 3. Luckily, one of my neighbours picked one up and knew I would be interested in having a play.
First up this is Samsung’s best phone regardless of size. It is well designed and full of kitchen sink tech. You can read all the spec goodness on Samsung’s own website.
Picking the phone up it looked gorgeous. Black is much better than white. The rear fake black leather cover looks more realistic. The Note 3 looks slim and professional. Turning on the screen powers on and it is a total wow moment. It really has a phenomenal real estate. Using the new s-pen was excellent. Very responsive and was recognising my dodgy handwriting with ease. I tried all the various s-pen tricks and they all worked as advertised. I messed around with the camera and I must say Samsung really have a great camera app.
Available internal storage was 25.62gb. That’s a decent amount for apps and games with media going on a micro sd card.
Having had the Note 2, the Note 3 felt different and far more polished. However, the Note 3 is not a one handed device. You can either cope with its large screen and dimensions or you can’t.
In my mind if you want a top flight phone it is a decisions between the iPhone 5S and Note 3 depending on your preference to screen size and one handed use.
So one question you may be thinking. Does a 3gb ram phone have lag? At the moment it does at times. I would imagine software updates will improve this situation.
Would I want one. Actually not at the moment since using iOS 7 provides a much better feeling and function on the new iPhones.
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As I mentioned before, the Note is now a real productivity work horse, if want a media consumption and standard smartphone features you probably could not justify the price or size of the Note 3. It is a business device first and personal second.
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It could be used for both just as easily. The price is extremely high at present and hopefully may drop. But Samsung smartly instigated a region lock plus did release a 16gb version to keep the 32gb model pricing higher.
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The large screen and digitiser are expensive but great for note taking. The S Planner is also much better as is Action Notes. Knox for serious security, again expensive to develop. Obviously the large high resolution screen means it is an option to replace a small screen smartphone and larger tablet. But Samsung are aiming this for stylus input as well as standard smartphone uses. If stylus functions don’t add value to you the cost maybe too high and there are other better value high performance alternatives. It is like trying to compare a Range Rover and BMW 5 series, yes both are cars but you wouldn’t buy the Range Rover for its sporting credentials because it has very few. But they are both highly impressive and both are luxury items. If you are going to spend a lot of money you still need to think about your requirements unless money is not an issue.
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I need an excuse to believe my daily life needs 3 class phones (S4, Z1, Note 3)!!!
Mike
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