I just ordered a new Note 3 from Amazon and it was darned expensive.
I have a note I which I have used consistently for the last year and a half and I have used it daily. There are signs it might be wearing. I even have some small scratches on the screen. I expect to use the 3 the same way. I loved my 1 but thought I should upgrade before it falls apart.
The question is will I see a significant difference in the 1 and the 3? Is the 3 worth the price
I will appricate any thought you have on this subject
Wait until you get the note 3 use it for a few days and decide for yourself amazon is quite relaxed on returns
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Really? Man The note 3 is like comparing the play station to the ps4
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I had my doubts about getting it as I was really happy with my note 2. As it turns out the difference is night and day. This thing is the greatest phone ever built. You won't be disappointed.
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I had my doubts about getting it as I was really happy with my note 2. As it turns out the difference is night and day. This thing is the greatest phone ever built. You won't be disappointed.
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I'm coming from note 2 what do you think of the battery I don't find it any better what settings do you have regards sync brightness apps disabled?
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I'm coming from note 2 what do you think of the battery I don't find it any better what settings do you have regards sync brightness apps disabled?
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I'm coming from Note 2 as well, only thing that's better is the screen, some other important things like battery life is worse for me. As well as stupid speaker placement, and KNOX. I'm not doing heavy tasks, so I don't notice any difference with the new CPU, RAM etc.
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I'm coming from Note 2 as well, only thing that's better is the screen, some other important things like battery life is worse for me. As well as stupid speaker placement, and KNOX. I'm not doing heavy tasks, so I don't notice any difference with the new CPU, RAM etc.
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I find the speaker placement annoying also especially when holding the phone landscape my index finger on my left hand covers it
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I'm coming from note 2 what do you think of the battery I don't find it any better what settings do you have regards sync brightness apps disabled?
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The battery life isn't much better than My N7100. However it's a 4g phone which up until now should have meant worse battery life than it's 3g counterpart. It's also a much faster processor and the screen has a much higher ppi and is significantly brighter. All these improvements and no sacrifices so far as battery life is concerned are pretty amazing to me.
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Go for it I got mine last Tuesday, and can't let it go from my hands...
One think that annoy the hell of of me is that if you try to use pattern or password for lock screen you will lose lock screen widgets, and voice commands.... Those only work with swipe option... Hopefully Sammy will get this fixed ASAP. By enough whining, that's the best phone since Nokia 6310i
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If I had a Note1 and wanted to buy a new phone it would be the Note2. Nice specs, no auto-dimming of the screen like on the N3 and better speaker compared to the N3.
Brgds...
I am coming from S2, I like my N3 especially s-pen. my typing has reduced getting my hand writing practice again
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if the note2 was the beast, and you're coming from a note1, the note3 is the incredible hulk. my first couple of days, i was kind of like, meh, it's just an incremental upgrade, and honestly it is, but it has a lot going for it and i am liking it more and more and more. this might be the first phone i keep much longer than 12 months. i upgrade once a year, and i am not too enthused about the first generation of 64bit phones that will hit in the near future. between google keeping mum on 64bit android, oem's still keeping hush about their 64bit plans, the initial bugs from android aaaaand the vendors overlays, i wanted a phone that would hold me over. but who am i kidding? i'll probably still get another phone next year.
I had a Note 1 and I have a Note 3 it is the best decision I made.
Bigger screen.
Better pen
Faster processor
Been playing with it all day long and I am sure the battery will do another day.
BUY ONE!
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How are you getting 2 days have you disabled apps or what I can't get anything near that
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Once you have finished playing with your new toy and downloaded lots useless or hardly used apps do a factory restore and only load what you use everyday.
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I'm hating my Note 3 for one reason; the bluetooth music stutter glitch. This is the third device I get, I returned the first 2, and it still has the same problem! I did a factory reset and it didn't help
Yes, buy it!
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Wait until you get the note 3 use it for a few days and decide for yourself amazon is quite relaxed on returns
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I had my doubts about getting it as I was really happy with my note 2. As it turns out the difference is night and day. This thing is the greatest phone ever built. You won't be disappointed.
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The battery life isn't much better than My N7100. However it's a 4g phone which up until now should have meant worse battery life than it's 3g counterpart. It's also a much faster processor and the screen has a much higher ppi and is significantly brighter. All these improvements and no sacrifices so far as battery life is concerned are pretty amazing to me.
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Go for it I got mine last Tuesday, and can't let it go from my hands...
One think that annoy the hell of of me is that if you try to use pattern or password for lock screen you will lose lock screen widgets, and voice commands.... Those only work with swipe option... Hopefully Sammy will get this fixed ASAP. By enough whining, that's the best phone since Nokia 6310i
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if the note2 was the beast, and you're coming from a note1, the note3 is the incredible hulk. my first couple of days, i was kind of like, meh, it's just an incremental upgrade, and honestly it is, but it has a lot going for it and i am liking it more and more and more. this might be the first phone i keep much longer than 12 months. i upgrade once a year, and i am not too enthused about the first generation of 64bit phones that will hit in the near future. between google keeping mum on 64bit android, oem's still keeping hush about their 64bit plans, the initial bugs from android aaaaand the vendors overlays, i wanted a phone that would hold me over. but who am i kidding? i'll probably still get another phone next year.
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samcory said:
I had a Note 1 and I have a Note 3 it is the best decision I made.
Bigger screen.
Better pen
Faster processor
Been playing with it all day long and I am sure the battery will do another day.
BUY ONE!
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What all these people said.
It is a great phone, streets ahead of my Note 1.
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Oh my, finally an Android tablet that doesnt feel like a downgrade from an Android mobile phone.
Nice lcd screen, nice weight balance, nice keyboard and most of all so smooth, exactly like the Note 2 I had before.
I'm not a big fan of Touchwiz but on this tablet it actually seems to make more sense than in a phone.
I've wasted a lot of money on Android tablets, hope this one lasts me for a while lol!
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congrats, I love my note 8
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Me too. Most of the Android tablets out there are junk. This one's definitely different.
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Yeah just found I have bad light bleed. I'm going to try to get it replaced. It's only annoying when watching videos though.
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Yeah just found I have bad light bleed. I'm going to try to get it replaced. It's only annoying when watching videos though.
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Same mind.
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Yeah just found I have bad light bleed. I'm going to try to get it replaced. It's only annoying when watching videos though.
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The light is bleeding from where?
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congratz.. it will be a nice tablet man:cyclops:
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The light is bleeding from where?
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In portrait mode top left on about 4-5cm and top right side 2-3cm. Shop wouldn't replace it... It's true that in normal use you don't see it, only with dark movies. My Tab2 was as bad or worse but on the 10.1 screen it wasn't so bothersome.
If it bothers me I will try to send it in under warranty.
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In portrait mode top left on about 4-5cm and top right side 2-3cm. Shop wouldn't replace it... It's true that in normal use you don't see it, only with dark movies. My Tab2 was as bad or worse but on the 10.1 screen it wasn't so bothersome.
If it bothers me I will try to send it in under warranty.
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Is it cover by warranty? I have very bad light bleeding issue too.
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Is it cover by warranty? I have very bad light bleeding issue too.
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I dont know I'm living with it for now. Fact is that when you flex the tablet the whole screen goes black or white so probably there is something with how these tablets are built. Also if I press at the spot the light bleed disappears...
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Oh my, finally an Android tablet that doesnt feel like a downgrade from an Android mobile phone.
Nice lcd screen, nice weight balance, nice keyboard and most of all so smooth, exactly like the Note 2 I had before.
I'm not a big fan of Touchwiz but on this tablet it actually seems to make more sense than in a phone.
I've wasted a lot of money on Android tablets, hope this one lasts me for a while lol!
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Welcome to the club! While I was very happy with mine out of the box I'm getting a lot of pleasure out of tweeking the performance and trying out different apps to take advantage of the stylus (in between playing a shed load of games that wouldnt run on my old tablet).
There is no need to open a new thread because you bought the tablet. Imagine everyone who buys Galaxy Note 8.0 to open a new thread.
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Dropping Sprint (have given them 3yrs to "fix" coverage in my area) and my Note 2. Going to T-Mobile and a Nexus 4. Anyone gone from a note 2 to a nexus 4?
I've went from a N4 to a note 2 and then back to my N4 . Both great devices the note is just to big
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I did the same as the guy above. I bought it about a month ago and really didn't like how AMOLED displayed whites. When comparing displays, I thought the nexus was much better.
Also, I didn't find the spen to be all that useful, although came in handy once or twice. The phones are pretty equal in terms of speed. Battery life is much better on the note, camera is much better on the note, and the display size didn't make it stand out IMO. They have the same resolution so it displayed the same amount of stuff.
I figured the note would be out dated around August when the note 3 comes out and the nexus will continue to be updated for a while.
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I just traded my note 2 for the N4 I have now. Couldn't be happier. Even with the drop in specs/screen. I love this damn phone.
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I've went from a N4 to a note 2 and then back to my N4 . Both great devices the note is just to big
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Agree, for flashing hoolic like me, I prefer Nexxus 4 the awesome device ..
I just feel its so much more comfortable to use. I used the note 2 for a week straight to see if I could get used to it but it just didn't feel right . To me the only thing that's great on the note is the battery life.
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I have nevered used a Note before but I'd like to try it. The batter battery life and camera are huge attractions to me. It's just the size that I feel will be too big for me as I have a Nexus 7 already.
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Once you go Note, you can't go back. I miss the size of the Note 1's screen and still not used to the Nexus 4 (had it since Dec). The Note 2 basically fixes all the problems of the Note 1, but costs $700. I didn't want to spend that much so I "settled" for a Nexus 4. For the price, the Nexus 4 is worth it, but I would have bought a Note for the same price.
I have had both. I don't understand how someone can say the note 2 has a better camera.
Only pros of note 2 : better battery. S-pen , Case options . Bigger screen & features 'if' that is for you.
Other than that, that's it.
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Nothing quite like some guy with an otterbox defender on a note 2, holding the phone to his ear. It's one of the most ridiculous things to witness. It's kinda like me holding my N7 to my face like I'm making a call. Hilarious.
I used Note 2 for six months and I loved it then sold it and got N4. I miss the Note 2's camera and big screen but N4 is much better looking phone with much professional built quality. I will keep N4 for a while.
I went from a note 1 to an n4 after 3 months. Just couldn't get used to the size of the note. The n4 works much better for me.
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I went from a note 1 to an n4 after 3 months. Just couldn't get used to the size of the note. The n4 works much better for me.
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I did the same thing loved the note 1 it was awesome.......I then traded my n4 for a s3.......worst choice ever so slow and laggy.......back on a n4 now I think I'm going to try and stick with it till the n5
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Has any one gone back or still uses there gnex?
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Sold mine for this. Not going back. The hardware on the galaxy nexus won't live to see another year I'm afraid.
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Has any one gone back or still uses there gnex?
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i use both my n4 and gnex, but keep the sim in the n4.
I loved my GNex but my N4 is leaps and bounds better. I can't think of any reason I'd go back.
Why?
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As fan of nexus series can't see any point to return on Gnex (I had it before n4). Just my opinion.
No.
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No real reason why just asking.
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Have both. But N4 is my major, I barely touch my Gnex or Nexus S now
No ways that I am going back
not even in my wildest dreams...hell no
My GNexus died. It was great device, i mean it provided great user experience in spite of really average specs (like very poor GPU). I think optimization in case of ti-omap was relatively more advanced than it is in case of snaprdagon s4 pro maybe due to ti's more open policy. Gnex cannot measure up hardwarewise to N4. It can hardly handle more demanding live wallpapers without lag. Its screen is the biggest flaw -grainy, horrible horizontal banding. But still touch responsiveness and scrolling experience is very smooth. To be honest I preferred stock browser experience on my gnex than the one provided with n4 and chrome. Just pinch to zoom and scroll. Literally, heaven and earth difference. But that's the end of gnex's advantages over n4 I noticed so far. I completely disagree with those criticising our lcd-ips screen. It's awesome! I really don't feel the need for 1080p screen. And... 2 GB of ram + 1,5 GHz x4 krait. Why would I downgrade to Gnex? N4 is all I need
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I've had some strange issues with my note 3 and wonder if anyone else has similar
My note 3 takes random screen captures or will dial one of my contacts without notice
I have a pattern lock screen so I know my phone isn't unlocking
Anyone else having similar ?
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mancuk29 said:
I've had some strange issues with my note 3 and wonder if anyone else has similar
My note 3 takes random screen captures or will dial one of my contacts without notice
I have a pattern lock screen so I know my phone isn't unlocking
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Had some issues with mine today,I did Restore to Default and things are working fine,just try though and you could be lucky or else wait for the OTA update to fix the issue!
So glad it's not just me .. Did you reset your whole phone to default ie factory reset or just the phone settings and if the phone how did you do it ?
I've added an app called call confirm to ensure I don't accidently dial
What a weird issue ?
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So glad it's not just me .. Did you reset your whole phone to default ie factory reset or just the phone settings and if the phone how did you do it ?
I've added an app called call confirm to ensure I don't accidently dial
What a weird issue ?
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Thanks for letting me know about that app and I did factory reset,I use my iphone a lot so used the term Restore to Default.The thing is you have to delete everything off your phone if u got it and u should be ok I believe!
When the original Galaxy Note arrived,there was a problem called Ghost touch,which operated screen touch on its own and it affected only 1/3rd of owners so Note series is prone to such issues,dont worry!
Your welcome will we have had our fair share of issues reboot and ghost dialing .. Not good for a flagship handset but im sure Sammy will sort it ..... Glad it's bit a fault but probably a software issue which will be fixed in time to done
Love the note 3 had one and two and so far bar a few gremlins this is the best handset so far
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Your welcome will we have had our fair share of issues reboot and ghost dialing .. Not good for a flagship handset but im sure Sammy will sort it ..... Glad it's bit a fault but probably a software issue which will be fixed in time to done
Love the note 3 had one and two and so far bar a few gremlins this is the best handset so far
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Hey,its alright buddy!Ahh,I have had some worst issues with my S4 and took many hours to sort it out despite being an E&C engineer so this is less than a problem for me.Basically yes,facing such issues on flagship handsets gives us the creep but we cant help.
Yes,its one of the best handsets,hopefully some rooting in the near future.
Best of luck!
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Hey,its alright buddy!Ahh,I have had some worst issues with my S4 and took many hours to sort it out despite being an E&C engineer so this is less than a problem for me.Basically yes,facing such issues on flagship handsets gives us the creep but we cant help.
Yes,its one of the best handsets,hopefully some rooting in the near future.
Best of luck!
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That's Why I Got Rid Of My S4 Too Many bugs ... I Can Live with the few bugs we have as this phone rocks . I bought the iPhone 5S before my note 3 it lasted a whole 2 days before I returned it back to apple who looked at me like u was thick ... "you want to return the 5S" ... yes pls it's so small I can't stand it. .. "but u have a premium sought after device" my reply your point is ? make a bigger screen until them I'll stick with Samsung !
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That's Why I Got Rid Of My S4 Too Many bugs ... I Can Live with the few bugs we have as this phone rocks . I bought the iPhone 5S before my note 3 it lasted a whole 2 days before I returned it back to apple who looked at me like u was thick ... "you want to return the 5S" ... yes pls it's so small I can't stand it. .. "but u have a premium sought after device" my reply your point is ? make a bigger screen until them I'll stick with Samsung !
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I use an iphone 5 too and I agree that the screen is a bit small and thats one of the reasons why people are stuck with Android but its really cool and both have advantages over each other.
Anyway,where are you from,buddy?
I'm thinking about trading my Note 3 for a G2. Ended up being too big for me. I have a few questions for you guys. How is it? Battery good? Camera? I've noticed that development is good. I'm a Verizon customer so if anyone out there had the Verizon version can they tell me how the back buttons are? They are obviously smaller than the other carrier versions. Anything will help. Thanks.
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Battery is great! Last all day. The back buttons aren't an issue. I quickly got used to them. Loving it.
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first off - welcome!
I'm using the international version of the LG g2 so I can't give you any information about the back buttons of the phone. The battery is quite good if you don't have anything keeping the device awake. I still have a wakelock issue and I get 4-5 hours of screen on time. The camera performs really good in well-lit surroundings but lags when used in artificial lighting and in low light situations.
I don't know how the note 3 performs (I came from an iPhone 4) but I'm really satisfied with the smoothness and speed of this phone. It's absolutely wonderful.
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unless you need the stylus, you're better off. Superior camera S800. so really the battery life is fantastic.