A few days ago, I awoke around 3am. I decided to see if anything major had occurred in the tech world, and the only thing I could see was the Samsung Note 3 on Amazon UK had finally dropped in price to £579 instead of its mouth watering £699.

The Note 3 fascinates me. I decided to get the iPhone 5S instead, but the Note 3 keeps calling out to me. It is probably the geek in me that is drawn by this massive specification device. So there I was a 3am browsing Amazon. And then as easy as one two three, I had added the Note 3 to my basket, paid and went back to bed.

And then whilst sleeping, I kept thinking why did I get the Note 3. Is it really going to be a better offering than the iPhone 5S. Yes, I would have a larger screen and potentially longer battery runtimes but what else. When you start to pull apart the extra features you soon realise they don’t really matter. I would lose one handed use. The 5S camera and its software is truly fantastic. I would lose a phone that just works really well across everything aspect. My Sony QX100 hub lens fits really well over the 5S. It wouldn’t fit over the Note 3. So as I slept, I realised that even though on paper the Note 3 has a bigger specification, in reality I would be worse off. So I awoke out of my sleep at 4am, opened the Amazon app on my iPhone 5S, and cancelled my Note 3 order. All actioned one handed and in seconds.

I have now decided to wait until Apple’s Keynote iPad speech on 22nd October, as I believe more of the hidden functionality of iOS 7 will be announced. After that, I will decide if the Note 3 is worth a try. Somehow, I don’t think I will be adding it to my list of devices.

If you are using the Note 3, perhaps you could add in the comments how your experience is going.