Samsung Galaxy Note 3 review - GSMinfo.nl

The King of phablets. So you may surely describe Note 3. This has mainly to do with his two best-selling predecessors, the Samsung Galaxy Note and the Samsung Galaxy Note II. These phones have their huge success paved the way for the Note 3. After the first note, many manufacturers also came with phones with screen sizes greater than 5 inches, with varying success.

With the release of the Samsung Note II confirmed his supremacy in the field of phablets again. That was faster, thinner and had better battery than the competition at that time. In addition, Samsung also distinguished himself once again with the multifunction S Pen. You could see that reflected in the sales figures: Samsung sold a total of forty million devices with the Note nomenclature. The question that now arises is: how well does the Note 3 doing? The youngest of the Note-family enough quality to meet? ‘High expectations Note 3 GSMinfo.nl took extensive progress.

Design

Designing a phablet has a few problems. Firstly, you should make sure that the housing is as small as possible in relation to the screen. With a screen size of 5.7 inches is that basically no problem, there is plenty of space behind the screen for up to two phones. Then you come in, however, the node with the second problem, namely the thickness. Because the unit is so large, it is important to keep the casing. Thin as possible Otherwise, you will immediately feel that you have been. Huge device in your pocket That of course is not the intention. Samsung has been hard done his best, because the Note 3 despite its increased screen size almost the same size.

Samsung has also made some odd design choices, and that in fact we are not used to. Usually keeps the origin of Korean company the whole series in the same design style, but what Samsung has been doing with the back of the Note 3 we can only classify as misplaced boldness. The obligate thin plastic fabrications back side to make way for a faux leather back side equally fragile thin plastic place. It is of course a matter of taste, but we believe that this is a piece could. Less ugly This in itself is nice that the back is not that galdde plastic that is so contagious, but the fake stitched edge gets all that bad right premium vibe that we are a bit allergic to.

The build quality is also excellent. Samsung has the edges with small ridges, so automatically you’re a lot tighter unit. The power button is on the right side of the unit, in the range of your thumb. Pull the pin you are still at the bottom left and the headphone jack is still on top. In that respect, Samsung so nothing changed compared to the previous device. At the micro-USB connector Samsung has something changed. The connection is made wider by Samsung a lot, though it is still possible to use the Note 3 to recharge. Standard micro-USB cables The extra wide connection data transfer is extra fast, and charging cable that comes with the Samsung supplies power a piece rapper. Convenient invented!

Display

The display is the most prominent and simultaneously the most beautiful part of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. 5.7 inches is one of the largest screens of writing is for sale at the moment. The resolution is (finally) stepped up to Full HD 1080p. We finally say, because the Note II was equipped with a 720p screen, while the competition at that time already had full HD AMOLED screens. In terms of color, the Super AMOLED screen of the Galaxy Note 3 unmatched. The viewing angles are fine, though the screen does shine pretty quickly so you can see many reflections at lower brightness. A higher brightness disappear which however soon again.

Because confess very little sun at this time of year, we can say little about the screen visibility in bright sunlight, but the maximum brightness is pretty bright. Indoors can often hurt your eyes. We can therefore imagine that the Note 3 to sunnier conditions will have little trouble.

AMOLED technology which has always struggled with displaying high brightness, especially when compared to LCD, a technique that can produce light more easily. If we take the next example, the Galaxy Note 3 S4 explain, however, we see that Samsung has made great strides in screwing the brightness. The maximum brightness of Note 3 is really a lot higher than the S4. Glad to see that Samsung is in this area continues to develop, to undo. Weaknesses of AMOLED technology

Hardware

the Galaxy 3 is a powerful 2.3 GHz quad-core processor that settles all tasks without any difficulty, but as a consumer you have there really little message. In practice it is not so interesting what is hidden under that plastic, because the speed of so many more things than just depends on the processor. Samsung has, as expected, the affairs are in order, because at no time we had to wait for the Note 3. Everything is very fast, whether it’s editing a photo or a graphic heavy game that is very demanding. Many apps at the same time is no problem, the Note 3 alternates rapidly between different apps. It all fits into the 3GB internal memory.

32GB internal memory is twice as large as the average smartphone, and that we can appreciate. We call for a while that the prices for memory so low that it is not justifiable to phones with “only” 16GB rest. Because Android often opsoupeert part thereof, how often in practice only about 10GB. Not so in the Note 3, because although here too 6GB is occupied by Android, there remains an acute 25GB free to cram Spotify offline playlists, photos, videos or your own music collection. If you still find that too little, the Note 3 also supports microSD cards of up to 64GB.

yet as a separate paragraph on the impressive battery. With 3200 mAh capacity is higher than most other Android smartphones on the market. It shows especially when you let the phone standing by, because obviously the big screen slurps a lot of power. As long as the Note II does not the latest discs with the battery, but it’s still impressive that such a great phone yet very impressive numbers knows to put down. You have at least once every two days a charger needed, unless you’re watching videos all day course.

Connections

In terms of connections, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 up-to-date. Not only are new network protocols supported as 4G, also Bluetooth 4.0 with support for virtually all protocols. Also in wifi not only B, G and N supported at both frequencies, 802.11a can also handle the Note 3. It is clear: the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is ready for the future. Course developments are fast, but we expect the successor 4G will take some overdue. The Note 3, at least with the 4G networks of all three providers compatible. That’s a fine idea.

Since 4G networks in the Netherlands are still weak, we have a fast data connection can not be tested in practice. However, the speed over 3G is still quite fine, provided you are not indoors behind thick walls. In general, the range of the discs 3, however, excellent. The call quality is fine, even if your mouth is relatively far from the microphone, due to the large size of the phone.

Software

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is equipped with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, and will be getting an update to 4.4 KitKat in the near future, we are sure. If you buy a Note 3, you must simply work with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. That’s a punishment, moreover, because 4.3 is pretty complete. And all that this version of Android still lacks, Samsung adds to its TouchWiz skin. Once you get used to wearing the skin with Samsung to your productivity. Not only is it extremely easy to get, in various settings, you can also consider a lot of self-adjusting. Whether you find a skin works fine and is of course a matter of taste. Fact is that it used to Samsung’s skin does not last long and fairly intuitive puts everything together. That is worth a compliment.

However, there is also a downside to TouchWiz. Maybe it was our review sample, but we did occasionally feel that the software was not tested. Quite thoroughly When removing the S Pen (where we get to that later), some apps were sometimes hang, and not just installed apps, but also supplied by Samsung apps. The camera also has occasional cures, especially after we had used. Pin The only remedy was to reboot the phone. There you as a consumer, of course, not waiting. Even more annoying was that the alarm clock application decided without any form of notification to hang. The result was a missed appointment and a lot of swearing in the apparently less successful software. It is hoped that some Samsung going to do here, though we could not reproduce the problem easily. It will therefore be difficult for Samsung to explain. Finger on the sore spot

Camera

We dare to say that the Note 3 one of the best photographing apparatus is that we have had in our hands. lately Especially in low light the appliance, you know as long to produce. Quite decent photos in a special ‘night mode’ With good light, the pictures wonderfully bright and loeischerp. Sometimes it is amazing how far you can zoom in and still can clearly distinguished. Things apart Look for example at the picture of the rugby match below. You need not be afraid that your pictures are moved quickly, because with good light, the picture is taken so fast and hardly moved. Stabilization techniques in Note 3 of course also contribute to this.

However, performance in low light is the most striking feature of the camera of the Note 3. As dusk falls, this time of year is quite fast, are photographs of smartphones are often quite grainy and drab. The Note 3 there is a lot less of a problem, and also manages to maintain. Still nice colors It still does not compare with an SLR camera with a long exposure time, but it will go a long way. It is no longer wasted effort to get it to turn. Those beautiful lit tree tops on film your smartphone at night, dawn from your pocket An example can be found below, between a selection of photos that we have made. During the test period with Note 3

Filming may also Note 3, and not without merit. The same beautiful color that you see in the pictures returns in the videos. Here, too, the Stabilization important work, because during the filming of the bus stop below your editor was shaking from the cold, something you hardly see reflected in the final result.

Price / Quality

The big question is: how good is the Note 3 relative to what you pay for it? At the time of writing a Note 3 takes apart a little less than 560 euros. It is expected that the price of the future is quite gradual bags. We see that with all Samsung phones, the Note Series is no exception. The fact is that you even have a pretty good deal for 560 euros. The Note 3 is equipped with the latest hardware and a stunning monitor screen. In addition, you also get another fairly recent software, though Android 4.4 now out. However, an update from Samsung is well in line with expectations.

What you should also keep in mind is that Samsung’s S Pen is an important and unique accessory supplies power that you will not find in other phones. It also helps that Samsung has implemented. In a very pleasant way For almost every user the pin will have some value, and if you do not use it nor is it in the way. Partly because we dare to label.

Conclusion

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is a somewhat large, but extremely powerful and versatile phone. There are few things that the phone doing wrong, and that’s pretty. The only real criticisms are the size and occasional problems with the software. Criticisms that you could easily dismiss by pointing to the excellent camera and the sheer speed with which the Note 3 does its job. In practice, the discs 3 is a particularly pleasant phone. But one for a fairly specific; however do large audience. The phablet may be successful, not everyone is waiting on a phone with a screen of 5.7 inches.

we should not pretend that nobody wants. a monster phone Note that Samsung 40 million devices sold says enough. However, we wonder whether the phablet market is not saturated. Note II owners really do not have very much reason to switch to this model, unless they can figure out because their subscription expires a new model. On the other hand, of course, remains the best phablet that is for sale right now, and that’s a title that certainly will provide impressive sales

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 buy?

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