![]() The texture of the Note 3’s display also just feels wrong when you use the stylus. And yes, I set my own brightness manually, in case you’re wondering if this is an auto-brightness issue. The screen is amazing, but it dims itself too often. It’s both a step forward and a step back. And the fact that the Note 3 speaker fires downwards as opposed to out the rear means it’s easier to hear if you’ve got it in your pockets.īut let’s cut to the chase, what do I think of the Note 3 as a whole? ![]() It doesn’t sound as full, though admittedly it is plenty loud. Sticking to the multimedia department, the speaker on the Note 3 is definitely not as nice as the speaker on the Note II. Coming from me, that’s quite a bit of praise, since I despise the camera on the Note II. It takes a while to start-up, and sometimes you’ll need to take two shots to get a good one, but I’d say I’m pleased with what Samsung has delivered. Not as good as the LG G2 I’ve also had a chance to play with, but it’s still a fine camera. Moving on to the camera, the Note 3 made me feel substantially more confident when taking photographs than my Note II. Now again, I want to stress this, the Note 3 is not even remotely close to what I would call slow, but the Z Ultra felt just that extra bit smoother during the two weeks it was in my hands. This tells me that the problem here isn’t hardware, it’s Samsung’s software. Sony’s Xperia Z Ultra, despite having a slower processor (2.2 GHz vs 2.3 GHz) and “only” 2 GB of RAM, felt more fluid. The Note 3 is blindingly fast, but it’s not the fastest phone I’ve ever used. Now enough about the screen, let’s talk about the Snapdragon 800 and 3 GB of RAM under the hood. ![]() It’s not as smooth as I want it to be, so I found myself using the stylus less, which is a total shame since that’s one of the device’s key selling points. The only word I can think of to describe the texture of the Note 3 stylus against the display is rough. It’s like when you borrow someone else’s pen to write something down, and that person’s pen has a completely different feel compared to what you’re used to using. It’s difficult to put this sensation into words. Second problem, and this is what kills it for me, the stylus just feels wrong on the Note 3’s display. Again, even after a month of intense usage, I still need to fiddle with the bottom of the phone to make sure I can take the stylus out. With the Note 3, however, I felt a pain in my stomach every time I wanted to eject the stylus and poke around the screen.įirst problem, it’s orders of magnitude harder to remove the S-Pen from its silo on the Note 3 than it is on the Note II. You don’t know how fast you can be on a smartphone keyboard until you’ve used SwiftKey Flow in conjunction with an S-Pen. When I owned a Note II, I absolutely loved to use it with the stylus. Despite one month of using this handset, I still haven’t gotten used to the screen dimming itself due to thermals. Now granted, my heavy usage is limited to the morning, because for the rest of the day I just use the phone in small bursts, but the same problem presents itself if I want to watch a thirty minute television show on the Note 3 or play a game. Well, what if I told you that you won’t be able to read a 500 word article without the brightness changing at least three times? It’s that bad. The Note 3 doesn’t get uncomfortable to hold, that’s not the issue, but the device, in order to maintain a certain temperature, turns down the screen brightness. As you’d expect, this prolonged usage causes heat to build up. For the next hour to hour and a half, my eyes are glued to it, catching up with everything that happened while I was asleep. It’s stupendously bright, the color reproduction is hugely improved, yet there’s a serious issue for those who consider themselves “power users”.Įvery morning, at 06:30, my alarm goes off and I pick up my phone. The screen on the Note 3 is drop dead gorgeous, but it would be a mistake to call it perfect. Forget about the size, if you’re not a fan of big phones, then you shouldn’t even be reading this. The first thing you’ll notice about the Note 3 is the screen. Below are my thoughts on the device as someone who has owned a Galaxy Note II for roughly 10 months. Still, of all those phones, I’ve easily used the Note 3 the most, without a doubt in my mind. I want to say that I’ve had my SIM card in it for 31 days, but that would be a lie since I’ve also been playing with Sony’s Xperia Z Ultra, LG’s G2, and the Nexus 5. ![]() Last month, on the 18th of November, I took delivery of Samsung’s highest end smartphone, the Galaxy Note 3.
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