Clear dial memory note 38/3/2023 ![]() ![]() The Note 3's full HD AMOLED panel is exceptionally crisp (though it still uses a weird subpixel layout that is not as dense as true striped RGB), and when set to movie mode in the screen mode menu, reproduces colors with decent accuracy. The 5.7" display on the Galaxy Note 3 is largely reminiscent of the one you'll find on the Galaxy S4 - in all but two respects: size and brightness. Samsung had the right idea here (make the back feel less like a slimy plastic suckfest), but then someone started getting clever and decided 'polyurethane cowhide' was The Next Big Thing, and through what I can only imagine was a series of escalating dares about how long they could get away with it, the Note 3's design was born. If it makes into the Note 4, I'll be genuinely surprised. Is this going to age well aesthetically, or go down as one of Samsung's better design moves? Ha. Does it look better than it did before? Sure. Well, it's not even faux leather - it's just plastic textured sort of like leather with some fake stitching around the edges. Samsung is trying very hard to change that perception with the Galaxy Note 3. It was also quite flimsy, its slimy rear cover easily accumulated scratches and scuffs, and the phone simply didn't feel particularly premium. The Galaxy Note II was not particularly pretty. Really? You couldn't just give it a bumpy texture, or a rubberized matte coating? You had to go the whole "we're literally making it look like a notebook" route? Groan. Samsung just hasn't sent them to Goodwill yet. in 1999? TouchWiz is that guy still wearing cargo pants. TouchWiz aesthetics: Remember how cargo pants were super cool and super functional.This seems like an entirely superficial design change. Even with the S4's rear-firing speaker right next to it on a hard, flat surface. Down firing speaker offers no real improvement: It's not any louder, and it doesn't sound any better.It also hasn't really removed any of the stupider ones. Gimmicks: Samsung has added some legitimately useful features to the Note 3.It's the same sensor, so I'm not sure what happened here. Camera night performance: Compared to the Galaxy S4, it's just not very good.The Note 3's is much brighter, and at 1080p it looks incredibly crisp. Much better display: The Note II's display was too dim, and at 720p, wasn't exactly the optimal viewing experience given the size of the panel.Camera: This is the same camera from the Galaxy S4, and while it doesn't seem to do as well in dark conditions, it's still an excellent daytime shooter that yields tons of detail.Unfortunately, you still have to press the physical home button for that to work, but back and menu work with the S Pen just fine. S Pen works with capacitive buttons: This was such an oversight on the Note II, it had to be addressed.But so far the Note 3 feels much sturdier than the Note II, and the faux leather, while horribly tacky, feels so much better than the slimy plastic of the S III / S4 / Note II. ![]() The new Adreno 330 GPU ensures excellent 3D performance, and the phone opens and runs apps incredibly quickly. Speed: The Note 3 is incredibly, stupidly fast.And while NUX still won't be winning any beauty contests, it still does focus on providing in-built functionality stock Android lacks. With the Note 3, Samsung does add a little to the pile of toggles and overflow menus, but it has also refined and honed many parts of TouchWiz NatureUX 2.0 (yep, that's the name), including some Note-specific features that may be worth a second look. While I will be among the first in line to call out some of Samsung's superfluous software gimmicks, there's little denying they've developed features that have legitimate uses, and that their phones have a degree of functional versatility that remains unmatched by any of their competitors. And it's not just about specifications - anyone can have those. Samsung, however, seems dead set on making the Note 3 the very best phone it can possibly be, period. Some large devices will sacrifice on the camera, the quality of the display, the processor, or practical ergonomics (*cough* Z Ultra *cough*) in order to meet a price or size target. The thing I've come to like about the Note phones is their no-compromise approach to the big phone concept. ![]()
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